Show GENERAL CRA TO I INOT J NOT EXPECTING WAR THE JAPANESE Commander Here on Tour I of Inspection Of tf Posts of Department I I There Thora is no possibility of war between be be- tween tho the United States and aud Japan The army of the thc United States today today to too day is in iD a better Letter condition than it has as ever been beeD at any my time in the tho history of tho the country A number of important improvements improve improve- ments moats will wW bo be made D at Fort Dou Douglas tho comin coming year Plans for these e ha have o been I approved by the war department and andare andare andare are now in the hands of the quartermaster ter general at Fort Douglas Doulas J General E. E D. D Thomas commander of tho the depart depart- meat ment of tho the Colorado U. U S. S A. A Genera Thomas arr arrived cd in this city last night for the annual ins inspection edion of Fort Douglas Ho He loft leit tho the Knutsford bot hotel at 10 0 o'clock dock this morning in in company com corn pany with Colonel Scott and aDd other offiCers officers cers cers of the post He stated this morning morning morn morn- ing ine that in his estimation t there ere was n-as no possible chan chancy Q for war between tho the United States and Japan In the opinion opinion i ion of G General Thomas th the visit of the United States fleet to Japan and the reception re reo re- re which was ac accorded the tho fleet has had a splendid effect on the tho people of both countries With regard to the tho condition of the army at pre present ent General Thomas said sa-itI There are aro now men in the standing army and more moro entering every day in fact the recruits are coming in n now at a greater Teater reater r rate te than might bo be boe e expected This is largely due t to the increase increase in in- crease in pay granted to the tho men by congress A notable feature of tho new recruits is that they are arc of a 3 higher class of men than t rave lave been joining the army in tho the past This of course is is due to the increase in ic pay J General Thomas stated that the appropriated for improvements at t Fort Dou Douglas would bo ho 1 used as IS fast as possible tho idea of tho the war department bein being to make it one of tho best of the small posts in in the country lIe He stated that all plans for improvements mente at the f fort rt aro aio approved by the war department depart t ment meat and that bids will bo 10 called for at once Tbt first improvement is a new bakery building costing now practically cally completed d bv by the Campbell Building company of this city Other improvements will consist of two double barracks and a 3 new hospital General Gonel Thomas has just completed an WF ton r tonof ot of Fort Duchesne He lie will spend spond two or three days das in this city which he will ma make mako a thorough I inspection of Fort Douglas Afterward be he will viii visit the military posts post's in iu Anzona Arizona Ari An- zona and andew New ew Mexico |