| Show as wa GEN milesa MIL aj GREAT G R A PUD well known army officer declares it was wonderful achievement it was a wonderful personal cal achievement it was an object les leg son to our younger off cers but as dem on anything of practical value beyond these points it is valueless gen T the speaker had been asked by the new aorl world for an opinion upon the ninety mile ride of gen miles from for sill to fort reno gen rode late commanding the second united states cavalry has seen the hardest kind of service he left his f dt OOK lt ft Q aa 54 major general nelson A miles right arm upon the battlefield battle field of win chester va he was retired from ac tive service in 1878 and is now secre tary of the military service tion and is also the editor of its bi monthly cation gen miles was at one time president of this tion the world representative asked gen to express his per bonal opinion of gen miles perform ance both as a veteran and from the standpoint of a man sixty five years of age what value the ride would have for the cavalry service if any and some statistics of other ions long distance rides in the service gen miles ride from fort sill to fort reno is a marvelous feat for a man of his age said gen roden bough it is a wonderful tribute to his physical condition and I 1 do not recall that any man at his time of life has ever undertaken or accod a similar feat while there was apparently no ef fort to make a record still the time was excellent and it must stand as an object lesson to our younger caa airy alry officers it shows show conclusively the result that a careful even life may produce even with age as a handicap and it illustrates the cal cat advantages a man gains from a life spent in the addle caddle gen miles has virtually spent his life in the saddle and without the hand cap of years his ride would not be he has long been an advocate of lorg distance or endur ince rides I 1 remember at one time I 1 had occasion to collect some statis tic tics on such ons and I 1 found that in 1877 gen miles allies organized in arizona practice for accustoming acu men mer and horses to severe work th s was by by severe rides across the plains by a party of raiders followed by an other party of pursuers the parties were wre usually about twenty strong and 1 I believe gen miles allies took an ail active part in a number of these rides crim nal had good time james M beasley the alaska con tractor who decamped two years ago after securing 3 by mears of a draft forged on the united states treasury and who was recently cap aured in south africa by officers after a chase of over 17 miles was not known to fellow passengers on the trans atlantic liner as a criminal dur ing the voyage from england he mixed with the other saloon travels and be ing a man of fine appearance and ad dress he had as good a time as any body only when the vessel reached her dock did the truth become known the officers who accompanied beasley showing him every consideration I 1 the need of character senator hoar of massachusetts ut the following admonition at the worcester hummer summer school conati lucions and states congresses and laws police and elections all break down and come to grief unless behind them and underneath them there be human character yon you may have ail these things but there will come a time when you must depend upon some individual to do right co m a rl acke n ca 2 d d 0 el n 0 91 4 7 A ob AVA Awid anAe danke 1 0 ey RY rw al vis belays |
