Show R arlius ia win in ill his special car 1 ila marenita Marq oquita nita OP or 1 ni Us wll will sat not gal rylen to sly OB on hit ile italian ia estion tion united statts states borts in I 1 excellent condition I 1 athe abo regular overland central pacific passenger doe due in ogden at it 7 30 a m yesterday leet erday but which did not arrive until 9 55 on account of the storms cow tow raging io in the sierra nevadas had on board a noted party none lees less than secretary ot of war reddell proc general batchelor Bat chedor captain woodruff Woodra fr wife vitro and child the special mariquita which contained the party was attached to the last car and froni from the I 1 large arg e obier in the rear tho the ent entire r country through which the train wag was passing could be seen been the tile car is a veritable palace oa on wheels and is the property of dr ward president of tho the wagner palace car company it was loaned to the secretary by its owner and has carried him on the entire conr upon the arrival ot of the train in the ogden yards a number of gentlemen including Lieuter lieutenant ant thurston S saper C in knapp agent wells an and aad a STANDARD reporter were on hand an and d as soon aa as the secretary made hia his appearance pe arance the railroad officials offered their services the only request made was that they endeavor to give him a quick run and enable him to reach vv washington by sato saturday way night csc detary proctor is a very pleasant gentleman and anything but officious ho ile is 13 very fast and bis his hair is is neaily nearly white he ile lets leto the quartermaster general attend to the little duties uh which ell need attention from time to time while be he takes in tie the feenery of the surrounding count country 1 I the courtly gentleman was just a admiring the beauties of the wasatch mountains with axion at their has base when the reporter introduced himself yon you reporters portera re will botha bothe death damhof OI 01 me 11 laughingly exclaimed the see decre r C tar tarv y I 1 but I 1 like to talk to tha no newspaper vf 6 a 1 pe bay a for all that I 1 know how rt it boea ROCS this thesis 13 one oceon of your anguil tours of inq Ins is it not ashod the reporter yes we leit left washington about five weeks age and made the rounds of all the southern posts traveling some of the time by rail and tha balance balanco by ambulance the trip has hag done me a vast amount of good gool and I 1 would no noa have missed it for the ilia world riding in the hard bard seats of a military coach over dry and dusty roada throughout texas and arizona is no not t the most pleasant pastina pa but we all enjoyed it tor for its novelty I 1 find the different forts ia in excellent condition and the tile men thoroughly drilled the united stales has no reason to be ashamed about her standing army although it does not number very many men how do you find the percentage tags of desertions compared with that of 0 previous years 11 decreasing decre ping to a remarkable extent as will be seen by my report now being prepared there are va rious reasons tor for this decided im im prova ment chief among which la Is the n now process of 0 drafting tho the men used to bo be taken indiscriminately from among tho the hangers on of the large cities and naturally nata rally the very worst class ol 01 men drilled drifted into the army now the majority of the young soldiers eol diera are taken from the country and they have proven morn mora steady and better satisfied then again I 1 think tho vegetable rations allowed by congress hag tins had bad a good effect all through thel South where tho the climate Is warm very little m meat e a t ia Is desired and the fruits and slid vegetables are much appreciated better material is being infused into the ranks of the officers and the changes are flolly v taking place mere more attention is being paid id to the common 01 eol ol diers by tho department ament than h heretofore re and the result ia is already a I 1 rea dy apparent ap abent I 1 have estimated in abed wat that the decrease decre aeo in desertions ia Is about thirty per cent or one third and during tho last two months even that record has been broken this state of affairs gives me much pleasure and encouragement 11 la Is there anything in the oft repeated rumor that joi yoi intended to t le te air wn nothing in the be least I 1 dan not imagine where the rumor rum obtained life as it has never nevet been joyin my intention to pree present frit my resignation that question quee tion has been asked and answered at least one hundred times and still people think there must be some foundation for tho the report have you anything g to say on the al all important italian nothing that matter is entirely in the hands of the state department and it ia is my mv candid 0 opinion i ion that there it will wilf remain Ps some ome importance m ortan cellas bag been attached to my curried hurried return to washington neton an and stories have been circulated that the italian scare I 1 call it a scare has caneel my rapid movement but bot such ia is not the case the president is expected to depart on his western trip nest next week and there are matters of vital upon which I 1 must eoe lea him I 1 expect to reach home next saturday it all ia Is well and I 1 see bee no reason why mylove mont should attract attention in this case as even it if war should be declared it would affect the army but little as the matter would rest almost entirely with the navy do you havo have any ally idea that the predo president aident will be inclined to visit ogden and other utah cities 1 I see no reason why he be should not utah at present is attraction attracting much attention and everyone likes to see bee her beauties the presidential party will ill reach california via the 0 southern route and then go north to the he t columbia they will return by the oregon short line and I 1 think tho tile route billias them through ogden 11 the secretary secre a car was at this moment switched on to the eastbound union pacific train and the conductor called all a board aboard secretary beare tarv was to eee see improve so rapidly and was also pleased to meet THE tim STANDARD reporter it teemed rather strange he eald bald as the writer was the first and only newspaper news aper man ho he had bad seen sl since n ce lea vp rig ban francisco A few moments after 1030 the train pulled out |