The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-06
m, NELSON A, MILES,
.,,order of Uncle Sans Army
Sails for Home.
b, WHAT HE HAS SEEN IN EUROPE,
o,,.5 Upon the Armies of All Ma
, I'M, Except spain's, and May Be
Called Upon to Do That Later
Great Strides in Russia.

Nv, ..ned for the United States oil
american liner St Louis, Tn
nonder of the army has been il
.ana - since May on his military in
,don has looked over Notifications
.r,cks, camps, ordnance works o
classes, and in the interval
his work he has writer
"a reports to the government cover
different features of European
s;,ri,m. After his return he will
N tbe assistance of Capt Maus, pre-
~ another and more comprehensive,
I,ort in which he will embody recon-
.rdation of improvements in tn,
it'd States army. incidentally
i Miles has met most Of the rulers
4 Europe. including Victoria, the EN-
.,r Of Germany, the sultan of Tur
roud the president of France. The
Irg6ent Of the French republic he
sssders the peer Of the royalties o.
l0pe,
GREAT PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.
pIhave seen the great armies OF Eu.
e said Gen. Miles, to a press repre-
Astatve. except the Spanish army
LIN Spain should declare war against
tUnted States, | may possibly have
opportunity OF seeing that. OF
Inething over three million men un-
srms have seen nearly four hun.
nl thousand, and in barracks and in
|urson and in field maneuvers, besides
|arly one hundred thousand men en-
kged in the construction OF war ma
HAL What have seen does not in.
ate that the millennium is at hand,
5en swords will be beaten into
nrh shares. There never was
bother time in the history OF
L world when such energy,
|Vuulty and wealth have been de-
|sed to war purposes, The resources
|il industries of many people are
r.ely devoted to main tanning
Efge standing armies and formidable
IirieS Fortunate are the people OF
itUnited States, that they are walled
by two great seas, yet this fact
TaId not warrant them in any policy
Eher than keeping a reasonable per-
flage Of the population fully equip
ID and instructed in modern APP
fhnces and methods OF war.
HIS OPINION OF RUSSIA.
Russia for hundreds of years has
ecu great military nation, Her
eople have been accustomed to war,
ID her population is so numerous, and
hi located geographically as to be
uetcaIly Independent of the other
overs Of the world Though her gov
nnent has been autocratic, and her
IoPle far behind the age in enlighten-
fnt only eight per cent. of the popu-
zion being able to read, the rays of
hlIectnal enlightenment are pene-
alng that vast region, and there is a
nat future for Russia. What the
iadllght Of the locomotive has done
our western country in the last
tleration, is now being done for that
@llry through con struction of the
AFoad across Siberia, one of the
rateSt enterprises of modern times.
enough, it is being built
lder direction of a self-made Russian,
% served his apprenticeship in the
aellne shops of Philadelphia, but
e Feter the Great, has become mas
foi his race, and is now contributing
lnenseIy to the maternal welfare of
A',a' The Russian army is COM
ssa OF strong, hearty men, and
officers are highly educated
d skilled officials. Germany
one vast military camp.
Vue sue Is Austria, that they have
Tfln, and France, that has been
l4aered, and part of her territory
zen away by fighting when she was
great disadvantage. On the other
VStands the great Russian bear, and
'"een these two Germany finds it
'FSSary to keep her powder dry. The
laan 1. army is kept under rigid dis
4ne' Is well drilled, makes the finest
.tarance on parade, but its fighting
aliles are no better than the En-
w. russian or French"
lHoANs HAVE SEEN THE REAL THING
.ug correspondent suggested that
european military men held that
'erS OF the United States army were
.uis.aayantage in being without op-
,ulitles and large armies.
iel great in field maneuvers, that
p'y simulate war; was the comment
'en' Miles. The difference between
O'ahk cartridge aud leaden bullets,
cannon Is as marked as that be-
''l spectacular scenes and that of
urama and real life. There are
'1,eIS' II not thousands of men in
Onlted States, who have been
aSeu IN the same maneuvers with
91O7s' division corps, or armies in
I. ac'lcal drill nearly every day for
years and at the same time have
y u more desperately hard-fought
az 4 'nan any men in Europe. Still,
uaneuyers accustom men to see
= command large bodies Of troops,
-1acn bodies of soldiers to move to-
ny ! question as to whether the
~ states. under its present mill
~ lo-'ey' would be able to cope with
o'H powers, Gen. Miles replied:-
That AMERICANS WILL FIGHT.
= any population it is estimated
] --a1 ~ IN tive is capable of bearing
n oo. mat would give us an army of
4, WY Our people are strong phys
II, and mentally intelligent and
-HloFmed. Besides that each citi-
40 q 'overeign, and personally in
/, 20 The welfare Of his govern
Z lua serves Voluntarily with
ENG forced into service by a
9 se'Foasa We have many