The herald., 1896-10-03
MAJOR GENERAL NILES
Pleasing Reception Given
in His Honor
4 NOTABLE GATHERING OF CITIZENS
Famous Indian Fighter Meets
Many Friends
SOME WHO FOUGHT WITH HIM
The Famous capturer OF Geronimo Was
Also There
"reminiscences Of Frontier Warfare and Hard.
ships
SOME WHO FOUGHT WITH HIM
The Famous Capturer OF Geronimo Was
Also There
"reminiscences Of Frontier Warfare and Hard.
ships
The Chamber of Commerce Presented
an Animated Appearance-Gen.
Miles Will Go East Today.
Pleasing Incident.

Pleasing Incident
| 1t was a representative body of citi-
| zens who yesterday thronged the rooms
of the chamber of commerce to greet
| the distinguished soldier who was once
a resident of this city, General Nelson
| A. Miles, now in command of the United
| States army. In the company that was.
| honored by his presence there were per-
sonal friends, army comrades, and still
others who knew the general by repu-
| tation alone, and all united in according
| to the great Indian fighter a most cor
| dial welcome.
Five members of the reception COM
| mittee-Major Bonebrake, Col. Dan
Freeman, Major r. F. c. Klokke, Cap
| tain Gilbert A. Overton and ]. A. Nor
| ton-went down to- the Arcadia depot,
| where stood the private car of the Wis
| iting party, and conducted to the cham
| ber Of commerce General Miles and his
party Upon arrival at the chamber at
| 2 D. m the visitors found a large COM
pany awaiting them. Lowinsky's or
chestra in the gallery played its best as
the visitors came up the main stairway
Michler and Mr.. Wiborg, with their la
dies, all escorted by the members of
the committee.
The distinguished visitor evinced
much interest in the display of Southern
California products in the midst of
| which they found themselves, but the
greetings that soon began diverted
their attention from the inanimate to
| the animate.
| Into the main parlors of the chamber
! the general was ushered, and there he
| found awaiting his arrival large COM
| pany of the representative business and
professional men of Los Angeles, many
of whom were personally known to the
| frontier soldier who had made such
rapid advancement to the highest mill
tary position in the nation.
I In the center of the directors room,
General Miles, with President w. c.
Patterson of the chamber of commerce
| beside him, stood and cordially greeted
| a continuous line of people, eager to
| take his hand. Some of these the gen.
eral recognized at sight as old acquaint-
ances, and others introduced them
| selves as former comrades. Introduce
| tions and handshaking were kept UP so
| long that the guest of honor must have
been we'll fatigued.
One pleasing incident of the occasion
was the arrival of a delegation from
General George Crook garrison No 1873,
Army and Navy Union, headed by Com
mander Beck. Some of these men had
served under General Miles in his from
tier campaigns, and as they shook the
hand Of their former commander and
mentioned their names and company,
many were remembered and given more
cordial greeting. This revived in the
minds of many the vigorous campaign
ing done in Arizona when the Indians
were most troublesome
were most troublesome. Amongst the
delegation were Sergeants Leroy and
Hale, who were under Gen. Miles in the
Pine Ridge campaign, and Privates LIE
Grand and Baker, who We're in the
Apache campaign.
While this was going on, a tall,
straight, stern looking man approached
and clasped the hand Of the general, and
| the spectators could readily see the mu-
tual pleasure of the meeting. The word
was soon passed through the company
that the siX-foot-six man was Col II. w.
Lawton, the soldier, who, after long
and arduous pursuit captured the motor
! ious and unregenerate Indian murderer,
Geronimo. Colonel Lawton shared much
of the attention bestowed upon the SOL
dier visitors.
There was number of ladies at the
reception, though they We're in the mi
nority. Bankers, lawyers, editors, mer-
chants, a list of whom would include the
best known names of Los Angeles, Wed
one with the other in paying respect to
the general, and they accorded equally
hospitable attention to the members of
his party.
When the guests had removed to the
second of the parlors, and after the
walters had served to the assembled
| guests light refreshments of punch and
| waters, an unexpected delegation ar
rived. This comprised about two hun
| dred boys from the high school who had
! been permitted to visit and shake the
! hand of the commander of the United
| States army, as a lesson outside their
curriculum, but one of patriotism. The
, boys filed by the Indian fighter and each
| was given the same token, a firm clasp
| of the hand. Older members of the COM
| pany looked on this scene with approval,
remembering how they, in their younger
| days felt more patriotic and more am
bilious after just such an experience
with man who had attained a pinnacle
| Of greatness-a Lincoln, Grant or
Sherman handshake being one of the
| things pertaining to their youth which
could never be forgotten. The exercise
Of dealing impartially with all the two
hundred high school boys after the pre-
vious experience with a greater number
of their elders, fatigued General Miles
and soon after it was over he and his
party, with the escort committee, re-
tired from the hall and drove back to
their private car.
The crowd of citizens who had taken
part in the animated scene of the after
noon fingered longer in the rooms of the
chamber, which was especially attract
i've on this occasion. the fresh decosa-
tions, the music and the refreshments
having their particular charm. Secre-
tary Willard and Superintendent Wig
gins, with their assistants, SO conducted
the details of the reception as to make it
a perfect success.
General Miles has changed his timer
ary. He said to Herald reporter last
evening that he had concluded not to go
to San Diego, but will proceed eastward
this morning by the Santa Fe and will
maka some official visits at Arizona.