24. Why are Fort Myer, Arlington, and Mount Vernon very interesting to all citizens of the United States?
25. To whom does the beautiful city of Washington really belong, and why should we be proud of it?
[REFERENCE TABLES]
| LARGEST CITIES OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO POPULATION | |
|---|---|
| Rank | |
| London | 1 |
| New York | 2 |
| Paris | 3 |
| Chicago | 4 |
| Berlin | 5 |
| Tokio | 6 |
| Vienna | 7 |
| Petrograd | 8 |
| Philadelphia | 9 |
| Moscow | 10 |
| Buenos Ayres | 11 |
| Constantinople | 12 |
| INCREASE IN POPULATION OF OUR GREAT CITIES— NATIONAL CENSUS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Population | Rank | ||||
| 1910 | 1900 | 1890 | 1910 | 1900 | 1890 | |
| New York | 4,766,883 | 3,437,202 | 1,515,301 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chicago | 2,185,283 | 1,698,575 | 1,099,850 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Philadelphia | 1,549,008 | 1,293,697 | 1,046,964 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| St. Louis | 687,029 | 575,238 | 451,770 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Boston | 670,585 | 560,892 | 448,477 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Cleveland | 560,663 | 381,768 | 261,353 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| Baltimore | 558,485 | 508,957 | 434,439 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh | 533,905 | 321,616 | 238,617 | 8 | 11 | 13 |
| Detroit | 465,766 | 285,704 | 205,876 | 9 | 13 | 15 |
| Buffalo | 423,715 | 352,387 | 255,664 | 10 | 8 | 11 |
| San Francisco | 416,912 | 342,782 | 298,997 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| Milwaukee | 373,857 | 285,315 | 204,468 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
| Cincinnati | 363,591 | 325,902 | 296,908 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| Newark | 347,469 | 246,070 | 181,830 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
| New Orleans | 339,075 | 287,104 | 242,039 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
| Washington | 331,069 | 278,718 | 230,392 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
| THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION OF OUR GREAT CITIES | ||
|---|---|---|
| City | Leading Countries of Birth of Foreign-Born Population—1910 | |
| First | Second | |
| Baltimore | Germany | Russia |
| Boston | Ireland | Canada |
| Buffalo | Germany | Canada |
| Chicago | Germany | Austria |
| Cincinnati | Germany | Hungary |
| Cleveland | Austria | Germany |
| Detroit | Germany | Canada |
| Jersey City | Germany | Ireland |
| Los Angeles | Germany | Canada |
| Milwaukee | Germany | Russia |
| Minneapolis | Sweden | Norway |
| New Orleans | Italy | Germany |
| New York | Russia | Italy |
| Newark | Germany | Russia |
| Philadelphia | Russia | Ireland |
| Pittsburgh | Germany | Russia |
| St. Louis | Germany | Russia |
| San Francisco | Germany | Ireland |
| Washington | Ireland | Germany |