Show MRS NELSON A MILES THE LIFE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WIFE OF THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE AMERICAN ARMY ICopyrleht 1S31 J Irs Nolson A Miles the wife of the general commanding the United States army BetB a mognillcent exampl of womnlY courage to all American women wom-en who have friends or relatives at the front She Is I a tall fine looking woman of about 40 and bears a striking reo emblanee to Ihe Sherman her fo i 1 J thers family one that has notably dla tlngulshed Itself In the civil and military mili-tary annals of the nation for the uncle un-cle of Mrs Miles was that General Sherman wbo march to the ea rur Clshed the Inspiration for the war song Marching Through Georgia Another uncle no less famous Is I exSecretary of War John Sherman of Ohio Mrs Mllea father was Judge blierman of Clove land She Is I n sister of Mrs Don Cameron Cam-eron wife of the cxPennsjlvanla senator sena-tor Mrs Miles was a great favorite uf the Boldler uncle and one of the de lights of her girlhood days was to hear the blurt old soldier retail thrilling BtorieB of the wnr It was in 1SCS at a reception given by tho then Senator John Sherman that BhB met her loldler lover Oeneral JllIIeB wa a tall handsome young fellow fel-low with all the honors of n splend did war record Miss Mary Sherman t patriotic heart vastly approved of the gallant young hero who so promptly and plainly approved of her Their marriage was celebrated In handsome style at Cleveland General Sherman taking a conspicuous part In the cermony After the wedding the y < ung officer who had decided to devote his future to the fascinating life of a soldier Instead of retiring to private life was almost Immediately ordered to a military post In the west For years he was ensured on the frontier In keeping Uncle Sam Indian charges In check During this time Mrs Miles accompanied her hus band everywherc The I scarcely an amy poot Irom > Alaska to Arlzuna that she ha not visited and she ha en eountred ahenlure enough to haves turned an nverng woman have-s hair gray With terror On the fronller the rel Ie Indian were eunstallllY on Ihe verge of un uprising the only thing that held them In ehcck being tho fear u ynu m ngeanec wnen a party of the goernment 0ldlerR wa compelled to go out upon Rcoullng and other expeditions lenvlng 1 tha fort poor ly garrisoned there was alxxajs fear 0 ian i-an Indian attack In case of a surprli and the capture of tho fort by the In dlans all the ameers notified Ihoto w ho remained behind that rather than pr mil their wives to fall Into the hands of the Indians they were to kill them when the last hope of help seemed gone Of this desolate life Mrs Miles herself tells many a stirring story I could hav e borne nil the hardships she said to a friend without even one thought of repining had it not been so far from civilization It was the horrible hor-rible loneliness and the unvaryIng lou tine that made It hardest I nlxvnjs turned to our bleak bore Iuarte nnd found occupation for my mind and IIn gen In beautifying Us Interior After vxe got settled I made them look comfortable com-fortable and homelike 1 remember one cold dreary Inter we had been preparing to spend a very merr Christmas when word reached us that Indians were attacking the next post and that the garrisons ammunition ammuni-tion and strength had about given outGeneral out-General Miles at once gave orders to ourmcn to prepare to go to the relief of the station and next morning our sol dlers med out of the fort Enouili ammunition am-munition had been left behini and enough oldlers to work the guns Then began deeolallon In carnt W knelv It mUI be ollet n month before they returned When nIght caIne ond w barricaded our door feIV of u clo cd our ee In sleep farlng that the treacherous Indian hearing of our unprotected un-protected cundillon would tab odvon tag cf 1110 make nn attaek Wclt our dcfenden had been gOM about three leek when a heavy torm leI In It was the greatest snowstorn I had evr seen Tor eight days It mow ed without ceasing and with the rising of the sun each day eCry man woman an1 child of u turne < 1 out wllh now hovel nnd helped clar awa the drift from the houes or they would have plied up above the first story Once there was u lull In the storm that permitted us to clear fairly good paths from house to house Then It began be-gan to snow again Wo kept hard at work but It was a vain effort ID keep up communication wllh each olhcr nnd tho miseries of our position IVerc further fur-ther aggravated by solitude My life ccmed to m one Ion t elgn of terror nn1 1 tears terror lest the ever prol ling Indians discovering our defenielosa condition iihoiild don their war paint and descend upon ua At lost fixe1 months had passed fixe months to a day I lay and thought In t C1 A f Pf ritr J 71X agony ot the unbappy IIIt1e band that had R gallonlly rIdden out of our gota 0 rew month beforo I did nut boll e thy onld ever com back I Imw Ihat If they had becn fr and w < lllhey llUld hn rlurned long befero Ibat I l > raed Iballf my huband were dad God woul < l glv me lrenglh to ber It If h were allv gl him the trengtb to com bock to me At lat I fell Into an uneay olumber When I awoke It 118 to IInd everyone rUhlng hllher and tlllho pnnla Btrl < len pUltlng extra ban upon the doo nn1 wlnlow and making ready for nny defene our munition would afford Nothing could be seen through the thick darkness but out of the night cam to u the rhYlhmlcol beat of horses feet Shouts echoed and re echot arrus tha plain Not on of u hul believed our lat hour had rom The women most of them were huddled In a corner of my cottnge whll Ih cries of the redskins grew loud and lIercer n they nPl > ruached They brol Inlo uur ototlon wllh a crusb all1 our houo the IIrst they allacked The dteonl h Y a sobbing I Suddenly there oC a loud report re-port from the old barracks Then abox e the din and the shouts I heard one voice whleh I had never hoped to hear again this side of the grave and I fell taintIng taint-ing Into my husband 0 arms There was more Joy In that obscure little army post that night than In all the rest ol the world Tor four years OeneratJIIIe wa sta Honed In Chicago and there Mrs Miles was very popular as sho Is I now In Washington socletj She has a daughter daugh-ter Cecilia who made her debut In society nbout two years ago A bo > of IS Is I the only other child He Is I studying at a private school In Washington Wash-ington but some day hopes to be n soldier sol-dier like his father The Miles residence on Rhode Island avenue Is I a handsome one and bears In the stjle of Its furnishing fur-nishing evidences that the family has traveled much There are all sorts of Indian curloo and many IntoresUng things which they have brought from abroad General Mllei Is I verj fond of his home and almost any evening when official duty docs not make It Impossl ble and h has not been called upun 10 da escort duly for the ladles of his family to some of the brilliant social gatherings of the capital he may be een quletlj seated In his llbrarj a fa rlte dog or so at his feet and an en irtalnlng book In hand Mrs Miles hers < lf Is I a strongly domestic woman and understands thoroughly every do taU of the housekeeping duties which hr vant aro called upon to exeeule Their daughter I 0 i tall straight Cntllsh looking girl with frank blue cjes ind soft brown hair She > Is I fohd of riding and all sort of outdoor < exer clle a bcomc a oldler daughter In society h Is much liked her ability to toll wetl and IntereUngl being what one would expect ot the daughter of General lIIe who Is I himself a clevel raconlcur and 0 i Hller of marked aba IlySo So It will b een that Mrs Mile ond hcr dnughtcr whU they know froi ex ferlenre the chancc and dangers of the oldler i life are tho ort of omen to meet bravely the preent crisis fur Ihere Is tern IIAhUng blood In their Cln ADELAIDE IttCHAriDS |