| Show u ff t = M = ij mROPA HERS AND MIR tk ff t Chat With Gororal Mllos About His Experiences ir Euro peEn Camps arid Courts j I I let h foullon steel At fiat tile Tkl 1clonnorelt Nild Afloat fir II 11 Sir II II o Tokl S11111 I 1111 hooMI19 Aboot II Allies Ile lho Th IIPrl 1 lth the Viar or ItooolaTI Volor jand Ih 1 1111legn 1IIod if I it Itoodon I Ar Ilopectio I or IWIe tho Tho I tituro of Hii11 nnd I 0 oy ond it 1rnoloThe 111911611 Troopl and Iloo I hy 31Olo Qon I ktoja I sjllro Iraloo tile story 01 1114 F0734 st lilt It Iso V111toof lit 1 I r bo lu lAnolon it 1 Isro ttbat Albolrol Miller 1 no ot Crooded It ul t 1 ulaco Hotel by IIIo ljokelit9tolon I I ahlngton D C Nov 10 1897 1lIgnanl at the ncral lI1e I ery 1011ch have Ill lubllhe1 ttemeat quarters on him big xtrnaganl le to Atlantic Thin 111 across tile n hall 111me h1 which 1 fact cam out In I a last night 1 risked him aboul lIh I hIm state room putting tile clues rEls 70 H whether that was not a high to ns lion I for tnils Sam to pay for one Cans Genera Miles replied passage p man ot wnoie made out 1 That story was n doth It was a al lie fiom beginning 1 1 to tend but It has seemed 1 to me too silly I truth I Is 6t kocd contradiction I The I to Runine t to t ordered go hen I wa 9 0 Vv ordinary first class stale an n ag1 the XI 11 un VeLiken I Stepped on boaid r lly loom occupied blp 1 found my o itaircturul had been assigned to me mistake It 1 trblp > Her ImBKage was In the room Insist I upon her lenMng rod I could not of the steam managers i I it I One of the Ill hlp company happened be on board > v nerouRly goe m t th re Z ileh hoWncol 10 be grant without any additional I I barge did not cost Than your state room n9 391 t 1 Ate II 01101 nol wa s the emphatic rcjl rcjlDM It cost You MONo A General Miles It dll replied No t not and nothing like It The actual tMt nt charged was that of the ordinary tntclasi passage And no molt I TIM TROUUU I WITH ADMIIIAI i MIULIIH Ignoble with Ad i How about your ilral Miller general It Is I said that jou croKdccl him out of the Ducking tan Palace Hotel In London am There Is I not n oord of truth In I Hat replied General Miles 11 cant but I think how the stars originated has the rounds ot the if that It gone I Mile The admiral and m > selt were loth guests of the Kngllsh govern n1tnt Our occommodallon were ar We had I tanseil Cr us at that hotel nothing to do with making the ar I rangetnents still our names were livered over the doors of our rooms bee fore be-e went theie Th other guests assigned In the Battle had their I I rooms Over one room mas posted Hit name MY of the crooto prince 01 Slam another bore that oC the duke ot Wallmhg II thlid that or the grand duke of Itussla Ilnol i a 0 II us lth Ill the guet rho room 10 hllh 1 WAs al Iho filikeigned Wle a mnll Parlor front and n Sleeping apartment In the mr lowing Inelow openIng out up on a court Admiral Millers name was or the door if its rooms still 111 lie aW the 10 roomA 1 never MS ovtr my admirals mutual mail < I dont think he elor Paw mIn The story was n 1111 In ttmnl front beginning to nd Till KUITAN AND HIS ARMY Th concrsatlon here dilfted to On rral Miles experiences during his tour lie Mslted Poorly ever great army 01 latrpe a nil Saw more titan 400000 Idlrs In tile ronneuvels title < l In the countiles He 010 > s of the different cunll Inupried the military factories and In llgatwl I the newest things In arms Rd ommu t II came Int contact con-tact IN lilt Ih a chile generals of Iurop find 1 runnel his stories of his Intr Iu fill some oC the great monarchs exreedInglY Interesting During the enlollon 1 asked him 10 tell me lan1gIsItut the sultan lie alIt a-lIt I My I first Mew of the Turkish troops we s the Friday after I niricd In Con OInnUnopl I nw the sultan ovesallie day and at the same time It was upon the occasion or the sultans goIng go-Ing to worship at his rnMiilte mosque war his palace Ho does this evory rrlJy The mBquo IA 0 lenutlful marhlo F trurtur tint Ir front tho banks of the Tlosphoius Ju1 Iplto the mosque there Is a mnll I 1 alacce I IIAR given a place In this polac and from Us windows I could see i the rgl mnts as they mussed IhemI0 on At it the mosque There A Pre 1 Ihlnk About u7O DOIdItTR on duty loch tfitimentof cavnlr bad horses ot the lllrkk color Dad nearly everv reglm1 a9 mlformeil dlfferentll There Were trnrs of Circassians with black i calls Thv wore luropnn unllollnA bul Ihplr bron Ate wore covered with cart Illife I1lOr wern troop of Turk 10 turbans rind there were other troops I uf lIng cop and hrllllnnl unICorm Thr wore long Ifioes of infantry Rome dr d In grern tM favorite rlor IIC tb prophet Mhomt and others In unllormB oC little trlmo tn red The cavIry were all mounted Their iworso I not large hut thy wr Well lorod I Stool most of them had Arabian Mood In them A CHAT WITH Tim SULTAN 1 PII the sultan ride on horseback I n kd 1 Vo his majesty rode to the mosque In a carriage which was driven by a t hmon In n r1 velvet Bull eni IrolJered In gold Ile had a large escort 11th him and the procession was n Jnt it Impressive one As he appeared ILIA soldiers all fared directly and looked tonnrd him here was a great chf rlnu from the crowd and < l this nntlmml until his majesty hail en t pf d the mosque nut general It Was not al this time lt jour Interview with the sultan If k place No replied General Allies My ullene was shortly after this I Thn sultan received me In big pal still I hd ROm conntln with him hout mllltn and other matter Th rinvorreation was carried on Ihrounh gk Intrtortr llow dill his Majesty i Impress you lie seemed to me a tit n of ronsIder I Itt 05IrlI f onto ability lweO ral t Miles Ile el folaremd cumoina I unit Detroit tind lie tine one of lh l lost n lilentinl nl lmoel 1 IIrr amorg the rulers of the world 11 be von know not on I y ibei broad at jj I AjQbomnI of r umile anti I ASIA i lt l i J it Of all ilia Meihammeila16 I carth hr are something like ono hundred arl sixty nllllo Moharrimdans mlot f upon i him DR i illoolr spiritual bond Ile has been on the thrc no for twenty sixvars Anil It fre sooom tr me I tits t he must be pretty much I of a man to be aiM 10 mlntln hlmlt for that length of time surrounded as he Is I by tho great flowers of Uurope vtoo are really to Ink aInntug 01 any mistake he may make illd you hem anything ot the Other whom he succeeded during your stay In I Constantinople only gosxlp lepllcd General Miles 1 The I sultans brother you know was I deposed on the ground of Insanity I lie IIns Inltn from Ihe thron and Imprisoned He Is I now believed to be In ono of the palaces on the llosphorus and there la a military guard ot about four thousand soldiers about this lalace I It Is I suppose d to contain the ex sultan I but the World docs not know hel1llr lie IH there or nol helher he Is I all a 01 dead whether ho Is I In BAn or Ban I hw hemcl It said that the Present I Pres-ent sultan Is I afraid oC t his life and that he I a a neivous wreok on thin uccount Did 1 joi Bee thine that might con < fir I it Ihls opinion No filled General Mile An to his Ielng nCral1 01 110 IfLl doubt hether More Is 0 monarch In Iurole All ling nol a greater or less I Cur oC aeensslnal1on You remember Ihre have bern recent attempts to kill the king of Italj I the cmpeior of Auattla and the president of France I don bellme the sultan is I more afraid oC tits life thou any of the other monarchs are of losing theln Does the sultan rally understand mllltry matter said 1 Yes indeed said General Mile Ile hnows nil About Ilia troop and thlr 1ulpmnt He spoko of his army having BOI11 American gun and nl pornll hoI n good hnuolodge or the dltTrent klllolA 01 firearms He 14 I very proud of tits army und II hen 1 reo marked that he must haw had good generals In ortbor 10 Ile able to Inn hlllz CM 000 men In fortjfl days he replied that ho Knew he had wood I gen ials And flint he hud mod a thm calling I suppose that he had chosen tile generals himself Did 1 ho say anything about the arY arYNot much replied General Miles no hn I referred to the success of the Turks he replied that Cod wail wa-il the side of the right that the Ollel hall 1001 wr upon him without with-out cause and that through God a dill plenue they had hen unsuccess fill 1J1WIr TIII1 1JATTLI1 11N1S Where dill yon 10 after lolng Tulkey general I ment 10 eee the Greek and Turk sh armies In the field t Palled down through the l1urdanellB and Paw the fortifications there unit thence I nlld to AlhuB und lIenl 10 tile field The advance lines of tile two orioles were within 400 yards of ah other 1 wnl along the picket line < oC the Greek Ilrmy under u lIug oC grace As I lid eo 1 could Fee the Turks and could hear their busies The Turks were then IIv ng In tile Ito mlikh they had cap iinned Com tile Greeksand the OrekB were IIllhout I shelter In Ihe rain I Were Ihe OekB ul all ready for war general No they were riot was the reply They viere varied nway by Popular nthuslnlIl and thy were outnum Ird outmaneuvered anti oUlgner nl01 by tile Tot Do you think there In I any good 1011 Itn lIlaterlal In the Greek nation HA thy might make good Pat offers If they were Properly handled and under skilled generals TIII ARMY or IIUSSIA I flow are you Impressed will Iho Russian soldiers general Very favorably IndI replied Gencial Miles The Itusslans hoe one oC the bertarnilem oC lurop And their populntlot IB 00 great thaI tile other nations fear them Napoleon jou know once said that nuropc would at some time he all COBnol or all republican Tho Itusslan em Ilro Ions now a Population oC more than 10000000 Now nt the rate ot erne soldier to every live Inhabitants Itussla has a possible arm or 21 009 000 The nulanB are a iillltary nation na-tion The czar expects every man 10 be L sold I P r 1114 People have long been accustomed war and his artily as far nB I could see Is well Aimed well ofilvered and well equipped 1 have never sn liner horses anywhere titan those Used by tile Russian eaV airy GUN MILKS AUDirNCB WITH I Till CZAIt Please tell mo about jour audience with the czar general 1 on1 him lit the summr Palace at Peterhor not far from rt Petersburg Peters-burg tend hall 0 very ljleasa t filter r1 0o Won view with him Our converilatlon was In Ingl1h find we nere alone al tile time Ills talk was largely devoted lo military matters Ills Majesty was very enthusiastic over the rospectu of the road 1 hlch will be of great political eonnnnlol anti mllltaiy importance to his empire The czar Is ou Imnw president of tho road lie lisp I think been over the line himself and ho MYB It nil develop a wonderful country 11 gOOB Ullouh some oC the richest soli I I on the glob and the olltnato oC the lands through which It passes Is I much like that ot Minnesota Prom what he said I judgo that It Is his ma JOBty Idea 10 IlLvelopt Slbrla an I spicily IS iwall a Micro did you go from St Petersburg burg I did some traveling before I left lIulo milled Gen Miles I was Ih gust of the government anti was given n spnl car 10 go to Moeow wler I wan entertained In the palace near the Kremlin Near the palace rrounds Nhere I saw 0 long row oC Pennon lying agntrost the wall anti was told that thoe guns were all that reo I malnoI oC OOIoloaB famous army flint invaded lIula According lo tho ltuslanA Napoleon cam Into the country with 600000 mn and hen he went out his army was rlned 10 2O 000 Tile Itnslnn burned tho mnl I Onl Pity it Mow 10 defeat hIm I They destroyed all tile provisions along him line oC mrch nn1 conquered hIm tooriel hy starvation anti cold than by rimartne011101ANY vs rnA > jci The conversation nxt turned to Or many anti Dan Miles described for me the discipline ot Ihe German army lie sus that Germany Is I one 91tut tnlll try camp and that the Soldiers sm Inportance there i than In to be more any other country Ho chatted foe Zi Aome lime about the young kMser of hint he saw much during h enb I II v next talked of the Inch I sol I tier nnoll eoulll Fee that he ot onBIllr Ihe I French fully the equals of the Ccr Inons Riot that hi I v Identli believes t lint a wnr III Rome 1Ime break out hlllen I the French and the Otrinarv The nermanA lie Palo hoe hon tryIng try-Ing 10 conciliate thn Vicnoli ever Blnc th close oC the Iranenruslon war when They forced 1 tin French to Iay 111 ent I00Qooo000 and to give Uon AInIorrnln The Frnth will lievr TgT o that said Gen Mil anti I lie < battle will have to be ClluRhl nr again sooner or later Onerlll A Iles wn much Impressed with Prong Int raure whom Ito desirIbeil no one oC the most dignified nn1 one oC the ablest rulers 01 1lIrol QUIrN VICTORIA AND IIrm AIUIY In talking oC Ili Igllh Irool the glIernl Paid ho saw 10000 or them In the maneuvers lie describe them as wellequipped and = While looking nt the mnneuers oC the army Queen Victoria called Oen oral Allies to the carriage and asked him what he thought of her troops The general Pays the armj Ins great admiration tin the queen and that he found n 1I0ng soyal sentiment among the Ung loll People AA the queen np Iarcd 1101 the ololler VieT0 manl rest < < their dC1Ion In every wily The lIIn lent their hills ontheir boll is it let OorelA and theeret with vvlld ell Ihuslnoro Thin BO ntrrt1 Queen Via torla then fail donn her fare An the general said this 1 asked him no 10 hether Ihre woo much re publican sentiment In I England lie replied The Kngllsh people may want a republic and < 1 I think they would like n i liberal government They ore how ever devoted tu the queen And tile have n tight to be t proud of hr ondor tot reign tinting the least sixty 03rB Did You see the prince of Wales tenet al I asked 1 Yer replied General Allies I had some rnne1Ion with hIm lie Alan very ololl but Ile h1 chnng1 ron AleIrahl since I saw him on tile Men ton Common In Iro Ill wn yon know then Mulling the United States NIW TiiiNcsa IN WAiirAiin General Miles said I You hoe oat seen nil the nmlB oC 1lIropo Suppose there should Ie n vifter tomorrow tomor-row mhat would be s om oC Its nw still choraclerl1Ie calureB There ivould be a greater ue oC the tlgralh than ever hore repllod General Milege The 11Ihon Would leave a part In It anti steam power mould hp largely uned fit lIIolng troops rind supplies Then xould he many linrroved arms nnel longrae gunn mkls Imimiler uould be usell Whll the Principles 01 arCore would Ie the saine there woulel lo n change In toc1le ignition woulel he fought lit 0 longer range Strategy would be more Important than eer The great probably bet I ars of the tlltiirc will oC shorter duration than those of the pot There 1II1 probably be fewer lives 0 OEM AKMY I TOO SMALL lIow about the lnereno oC our nrMy general Do you still hold to your opinion that we should hive more troops Yot s I do replied tile genern I have hold that opinion Cor ninny yearn Our army In I too small for our uealth and population I think the army and navy should grow aB the nation grown lint tire not the rurorln eoun Irlp loadpd down with Aol ern Yes Ihy hv morn than they ran Comfortably support They are ul Ono v n1 of the extreme we are al the other We should have a fixed ratio for the Inorn oC the army 1 think we Ahouhl have at tile maxImum ono lralnd Soldier for ever Ihounnd oC our population anti no n minImum one In every Iwo thuonol If we hone h-one 10 every thousand this would ge us nn tirmy 01 ahoul Ihre times tile size o f the Present one Thin ratio honlol he kept up tl number of troops lo be determined by the census 10 lie taken every In Yeats MIIITAIIY TRIPS TO runOII1 Tell IOn general 010 you think your trll has paid Yes I think It has replied Con Jllles There have beep a number oC stotmllt concerning II whIch are nol I true 1 did not originate the Mon oC my being petit 10 Iurop tn xnmln Into tho onllt1on oC mllltarv matters there I did not nak to KO The secretary oC war and the President gave the orders c and I went The occasion for Sending 100 wa nol nltogther the OrTur klsh war and the danger or a gnernl Iuropan war though thaI fact hast cried my departure The lour wn taken to Investigate the condition of mllllnry otrnllA nl thp prosent time This has been the policy ol the government gov-ernment Irom the beginning le have now officers nl narly all Iho great courts of Ilurope sent there 10 report and to kp tho war tine nvy Iollnrt meritic posted non tho latest mlllty oIlopmnl Th nllon oC rurope 10 the sum thing r You will find their nntB In thIs country now Nearly every y Par ROm gnral 10 rent nhrun1 to xnmln into military rnlltlonA General Wlntleld Scott was sent there at the time of the battle of Waterloo MClnlln wn 0mmllon1 hy the grnment 10 watch the 1lopmntA 01 the Crellnan wn General Phil Rherldan took a similar tour during the Frnnoolruan Ir and General Bherldin spent the year following I In Investigating the military of conditio of nurope As to whether the trip has paid flint will lie I shown In my PA ports As for mjself I think It hits heen of ronIrnhlo value In ilia nc qulrcmnl of Inlolmnllon which may result In the Improwmnt of our nrmy And whlrh mlht Ile oC grent I vnlu In tiny complllIon we mny huo with Europe In the near future a IIUNI O CAnl1OTIn |
