The herald., 1897-11-10

afternoon. The party Is composed of a
number of distinguished military men.
They are General Meiklejohn, his pri-
vate secretary, John c. schofield Cap
tain George F. Chase of the Third cav
airy, stationed at Jefferson Barracks
Col. G. A. Deane, Col. Charles Weare OF
Little Rock, Ark; Lieutenant Robert
H. Noble of the First infantry, Sar
Francisco, and w. D. Sanborn, Pacific
coast agent of the Burlington railroad
When the party arrived here they
were met by the following gentlemen
who had been asked by General For
man, president Of the chamber Of COM
merce, to act as reception committee:
Col. III. g. Otis, w. C. Patterson, L. A
Croft, F. X. Rule, Guy B. Barham. I. E
Gibbon, ]. r. Newberry, G. ]. Griffith
and r. w. Braun. The committee met al
the rooms of the Merchants and Man.
ufacturers' association in the Wilcox
block. Thence they proceeded in body
to be present at the arrival of the train
The secretary's party and the
delegates from the city all left together
at once for Santa Monica. After re-
naming there an hour inspecting the
village and beach, they went over to
San Pedro. Division Superintendent
Muir had provided a special engine to
haul the visitors coach. The trip from
Santa Monica to San Pedro was made
in just sixty-three minutes, which
breaks all previous records. The site
Of the government breakwater was WIS.,
tied, after which the return trip to this
city was made. Guy Barham took charge
of the party and conducted them to the
California club, where they were enter
tained at dinner. The remainder of the
evening was spent at the Orpheum.
General Meiklejohn was seen at the
Van Nuys hotel last night by Herald
reporter. II am delighted with what
have seen of Southern California" he
said, land gratified with your delightful
location, your wonderful progress and
prospects. This is the first time that
have ever seen anything of the country
Three years ago / passed through Los
Angeles. but did not stop. Today we
visited Santa Monica and San Pedro
We came back from the latter point
with DR.. F. X. Ainsworth at the throttle
He makes a first-class engineer, and
think he missed his calling when he stud
led medicine" (The general likes his
little joke) Tomorrow we go out to
Pasadena to look around, but must re-
turn in time to catch the o'clock train
for San Diego, which Is the next point
that we visit.
political reasons for my visit to either
Santa Monica or San Pedro? No, none
whatever. I simply went as a tourist
and sight OF course, have heard
great deal about San Pedro. But, to
change the subject, your people do en-
tertain magnificently here.
Something about the purpose of my
trip? Why, certainly. 1t is customary
for a newly appointed officer in my ca
pacity to make an inspection tour of the
army posts of the entire country with a
view to becoming familiar with their
exact geographical location and sur
roundings. Thus far have found all the
army stations in excellent condition as
to management, location and sanitary
conditions.
II am enjoying this outing thoroughly
and am profiting much by my personal
inspection of the army posts. have in
the main only theoretical knowledge
of the affairs of the department and ]
am now seeing the practical side. Minor
matters have been called to my atten-
tion at various places In the interest OF
Improvement to the service which shall
attend to upon my return to Washing
ton.
my trip has been confined strictly tt
the inspection of army barracks, but
have been taking advantage Of the op-
portunity to couple business with pleas
ure.
1--WE will VISIT Redlands Friday on oui