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MONDAY. JUNE 10, 1113
BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORO. OREGON
Moving of Russian
Embassy Creates
Capital Problems
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Br A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Trunin
Washington Corratpendant
Washington-The most heat-
ed East-West dispute In Wash
ington at the moment finds
the Soviets backing down a
bit, while the
red blooded
American ret-
I 1 idents of Ore
gon ave. here
are shouting
"nyet!" to a
small scale at-
sionism In the
western hemisphere.
The issue is whether Russia
should be allowed to relocate
its embassy from downtown
Washington, 3Vi blocks up
16th st. from the White Housj.
to a 15-acre estate on Oregon
ave. on the fringe of the Dis
trict of Columbia, five miles
from downtown. The Chevy
Chase Citizens association,
whose members live In the
area, are up in arms against
it.
' The State Department wants
to accommodate the Russians.
This is not, as the John Birch
ers might suspect, a sell-out
of American citizens by dip
lomats who are soft on com
munism. It Is International
back-scratching designed to
secure better quarters in Mun
cow for the cramped Ameri
can embassy.
The decision is up to a local
Washington zoning board, for
an embassy chancery (office)
is legally an office building
which cannot enter a residen
tial neighborhood without per
mission. Commercial Use
If the Soviets get their per
mit, they would tear down the
existing Tudor mansion on
the estate and put up a ISO
room, $2 million, four-story
structure. The Citizens associ
ation claims its members can't
co-exist with this sort of thing
because It would bring a com
mercial use into one of the
city's loveliest residential
areas, interfering with the
low-lying skyline of the area,
creating disturbances due to
traffic, and who knows what
else.
All the persuasive power of
the State Department hain't'
budged them or pried a per
mit out of the zoning board
since the dispute began two
months ago.
, So the Rwuttnt have offer
ed to back their chancery 20
aet down (he hill and to trim
our feet off the height. They
will also pull In the width
by 38 feet and screen It with
shrubbery.
' , Already one public hearing
has been held by the zoning
board, and another is sched
uled on the compromise plan
this month. The Soviets are
reportedly dismayed over the
power of a handful of voteless
citizens to block their move.
The Russians aren't the only
onea with embassy troubles.
The recent increase In the
number of new nations has
forced the chancery issue upon
many residential neighbor
hoods In Washington. And
since many are African na
tions, the question Is tinged
with racial undertones in In
stances where the Africans
have applied for a site in an
all-white neighborhood.
The German and Dutch gov
ernments are building new
chanceries in fashionable resi
dential areas, but they diplo
matically avoided trouble by
inviting their new neighbors
in to talk about their plans.
Maybe they even added a few
names to their social invita
tion list.
Sen. J. William Fulbright,
chairman of the Senate For
eign Relations committee,
wants to ban further embassy
encroachment. He is sore be
cause trie rrencn emoassy,
which is next door to his
home, Is planning a new office
building.
The argument against com
pelling the embassies to re
main in commercial buildings
downtown is that this is more
expensive property, perhaps
too dear for the newer na
tions. Fulbrlght's answer is
direct: "We pay for most of
the chanceries anyway
through foreign aid." This ar
gument can't be made for thu
Russisn
Basically, the problem l
due to a long-standing mistake
in not following JL'Enfant's
original plan for Washington,
which envisioned developing
Embassy Row along the Mall,
that broad grassy sweep from
the Capltoi io the Washington
Monument. This would have
pleased virtually everyone, es
pecially Congress, perched up
on Capitol Hill where it could
look down on the foreigners.
That is still tile preferred an
gle of vision of many con
gressmen.
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Denied to School
Salem - ItlPli - Simmons In
stitute of Portland has been
denied a license to operate
as a private vocational school,
State School Supt. Leon P.
Mincar has announced.
Minear said the dental was
based upon the findings of
a public show cause hearing
held in Portland on May 27.
According to J. M. Adams,
consultant, private vocation
al school licensing, State De
partment of Education:
That the Institute had
failed to submit Instructor
qualifications requested by
the department.
That Simmons Institute
has been conducting classes
and receiving tuition with'
out having a license.
That evidence had been
received that students have
been Influenced to invest in
other business ventures of the
Simmons Institute, or its own
ers, faculty members, or salesmen.
FESTIVITIES SOILED In early June, 1863, Gen. J. E. B
Stuart was, with his cavalry, to protect Gen. R. E. Lee's in
vasion of the North. The event was proceeded by a gala re
view of the troops and even a ball. The fighting, however,
that was to come, was not to be light and gay. Federal
cavalry crossed the Rappahnnock river and were on the
move. Their move was to be of the most humililatlng type
they rode around Stuart and his men. It was Stuart who had
prided himself for doing just this to the Federal troops. A
bloody battle resulted, and the Federal cavalry was finally
pushed back across the river, but it was a serious blow to
Stuart. Here, in this drawing, Stuart Is shown at the head of
his troops. (UPI)
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By MERTON T. AKERS
UPI Correspondent
Jeb Stuart, the flamboyant
cavalry chief of the Confeder
ate Army of Northern Vir-
g I n I a, commanded 9,936
mounted men in June moj.
That was more than he ever
had counted before - or after.
This seemed to call for a
celebration, a pageant that
would be remembered. So
Mai. Gen. James Ewcll
Brown Stuart arranged a re
view of all his cavalry for
June 9.
His stuff officers were or
dered to appear In new uni
forms. Horses and equipment
were to be polished to per
fection. Guests were invited
from as far away as Chariot
teivllle, Va. The word went
out to "bring the ladies."
The site for the review was
a field at Brandy Station, Va
not far from Culpcper. Ni
t'.ire had made the field to or
der for the allow to be staged
by Stuart. A natural hillock
served as (he reviewing stand.
The Orange tc Alexandria
railroad ran close enough
for spectators to view the
scent) from a train.
Staff officers arranged a
ball the night before the re
view and another for the
night after.
Planning Datails
Gen. Robert E. Lcc, com
manding the Army of North
ern Virginia, could not at
tend. Ho was busy planning
details for his forthcoming
Invasion of Maryland and
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Vatican has announced that
a system of llghta will signal
the election of a new pope to
prevent the confusion that
surrounded the clwtian of
1858.
Two lights will be Installed
at Vatican Radio with lines
connected to the Siatlnc chap
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nals will be voting, sealed off
from the outside world.
After each ballot someone
inside will use the light sys
tem to signal whether any
candidate has received the
required two-thirds majority.
The traditional signal has
been the color of smoke is
suing from a chapel chim
ney after each ballot black.
indicating no pope had been
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But in 1038 the smoke
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Pennsylvania. So Stuart had
to make do with the ex secre
tary of war, Gen. George
Randolph, as the honor guest.
The ball the night before
the review was held in the
Culpcper court house. It was
a success, with plenty of
moonlight and magnolias.
By 8 a.m. June 9 Stuart's
troopers - they had not been
to the ball - stood in straight
lines, their equipment gleam
ing and their mounts groom
ed, and the pageant started.
They stretched for a mile and
half. On one flank 24 guns
of the horse artillery stood in
rows to provide the realism.
Stuart with his staff troop
ed the line, each brigadier
and his staff fulling Into line
as the general passed.
By 10 a.m. they hud made
the circuit around the troop
ers and pulled up on the hill
serving as a reviewing stand
Now the troopers rode by
Stuart and his spick and span
stuff at a walk. Then they
doubled back, first at a trot
and, as they approached the
reviewing stand, at a gallop,
swinging their sabers and
shouting (he "rebel yell."
As they broke into a gal
lop the artillery opened fire
with blank cartridges. Just
like a battle but without any
enemy.
It would make your hair
stand on end ti see them," Lt.
Col. W. W. Bluckford of
Stuart's staff wrote.
The grandstand loved it.
Young ladies with handsome
escorts swooned at the proper
time into their swains' arms.
Young ladies with their par
ents or girl friends managed
to keep from fainting, a spec
tator noted.
"That night we gave a ball
at headquarters on the turt
by moonlight," Blackford re
ported, "assisted by huge
wood fires, firelight to dance
by and moonlight for the
strolls."
Troopers Unbidden'
lt was all very romantic lor
the officers and the specta
tors, less so for the troopers
who were unbidden to the
festivities.
On June 7 General Lee ar
rived and the next day the
whole review was repeated
at Fleetwood, a plantation
near Brandy Station. But
there was no galloping and
saber swinging this time and
no artillery shooting. Lee for
bade it. The horses needed
their flesh and the gunners
their powder.
"This was a business af
fair.' Blackford wrote, "the
spectators being all soldiers.
This was the last of our frol
ics for a long time."
The cavalry was to move
north across the Rappanhan
nock River early June 9 to
cover Lee's invaison. All
equipment was packed and
the men slept under the stars.
With the misty dawn came
the sounds of firing in the di
rection of Beverly Ford on
the Rappanhannock north of
Fleetwood. Obviously l n e
Federal cavalry had crossed
the river.
Stuart sent off his vagon
trains and dispatched more
troops to Beverly Ford to re
inforce Brig. Gen. William
E. (Grumble) Jones, who was
guarding the crossing.
On later word that the Fed
erals also had crossed at
Kelly's Ford, four miles
downstream, Stuart sent
other troops that way. Every
thing seemed to be In hand
with the fighting developing
in the center toward Beverly
Ford.
About that time Jones sent
word to Stuart that the Fed
erals were threatening the
Confederate right flank.
Stuart, who disliked Jones,
sent back word:
"Tell General Jones to at
tend to the Yankees on his
front,' and I'll watch the
flanks."
Jones, who reciprocated the
dislike, replied:
"So he thinks they ain't
coming, docs he? Well, let
him alone, he'll damn soon
see for himself."
Jones was right.
First a courier dashed up
to Stuart and reported Fed
eral cavalry "almost at Bran
dy (station)."
Soon another galloped up
and reported "the Yankees
at Brandy."
Stuart Humiliated
That meant the Union cav
alry had ridden around Stuart
a humiliating circumstance
for the cavalry general who
prided himself on riding
around Union armies and who
had so proudly paraded his
troopers in full panoply.
The Federal cavalry report
ed at Brandy Station swept
on to Fleetwood.
The Confederates counter
attacked and were repulsed.
The next time they took the
hill where the review had
taken place but remained
only a few minutes when the
Federals drove in again.
It was a classic cavalry bat
tle with sabers swinging, pis
tols cracking and squadrons
fighting sepcrately In the
dust and confusion until the
colors of their uniforms were
indistinguishable. Here moun
ted men rode head on into
each other, one of the few
times during the Civil War
when cavalry fought hand to
hand.
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Eventually, by hard fight
ing, the Confederates drove
the Federal horsemen back
from Brandy Station and to
wards the Rappahannock
fords.
This was a new kind of
Federal cavalry. It had sur
prised Stuart - that had never
happened before - and at
tacked him from the rear -also
unprecedented. They had
been on the offensive all day
and dealt as many blows as
they had received. The caval
ry of the Army of the Poto
mac never had fought so well.
Mad Cavalry
The Confederates admitted
it. MaJ. Henry B. McClellan,
one of Stuart's staff officers,
said:
"One result of incalcuable
importance did follow this
battle - it made the Federal
cavalry. Up to that time con
fessedly inferior to the South
ern horwmen, they gained on
this day that confidence in
themselves and in their com
manders which enabled them
to contest so fiercely the sub
sequent battlefields of June,
July and October."
When Stuart returned to
Fleetwood that night so he
could camp on the battlefield
as a symbol of victory he
found it littered with dead
horses and dead men. He waf
forced to bivouac elsewhere.
He counted 523 casualties.
The Federals lost 936, 486 of
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