. Civil War officers. Union . worn a high silk the evening I attended the Inaugural Ball with myaunt, Mrs. Sartoris, and cousins in the old Pension OfficeBuilding. It was a gorgeous and impressive occasion, andI was glad to note recently that this historic building, anAmericanized cooy of the Farnese Palace in Rome andthe scene of many such events, and in a measure amemorial to the Union Soldiers and sailors of the CivilWar, was one of those recommended for preservation inthe recent exhibit of Architecture Worthy of Preserva-tion of the American Institute of Architects. With the Corps o
. Civil War officers. Union . worn a high silk the evening I attended the Inaugural Ball with myaunt, Mrs. Sartoris, and cousins in the old Pension OfficeBuilding. It was a gorgeous and impressive occasion, andI was glad to note recently that this historic building, anAmericanized cooy of the Farnese Palace in Rome andthe scene of many such events, and in a measure amemorial to the Union Soldiers and sailors of the CivilWar, was one of those recommended for preservation inthe recent exhibit of Architecture Worthy of Preserva-tion of the American Institute of Architects. With the Corps of Cadets from West Point I againcame to Washington for the second Inaugural of McKinlevin 1901, and once more visited my Grandmother, al- EDITORS NOTE—Rather than list the many of General Grantsexperiences this article which is appearing with the permission ofthe Columbia Historical Society was published in The Records ofthe Columbia Historical Society of Washington, 1957-59. Thislets General Grant tell his own Photograph by Grant 3rd—Photograph taken 1905, Courtesy ColumbiaHistorical Society. though most of the Corps was quartered in the old EbbitHouse, since demolished. The day of the parade was coldand rainy and the ride up the Avenue, again as a specialaide to the Grand Marshall with Cadets Phillip Sheridanand Douglas MacArthur, was most uncomfortable. TheInaugural Ball in the Old Pension Office that evening wasonce more a very impressive affair; but aside from thesame general impression of our City even in gala attire,my principal interest and recollections centered aboutthe opportunity afforded to see something of the daughterof the then Secretary of War, whom I later persuaded tobecome Mrs. Grant. It was not until November 1904, when I was orderedback to Washington from the Philippine Islands andstationed in Washington Barracks (now the National WarCollege) on duty with the 2nd Battalion of Engineers,and to take the course at the Engineer
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