The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-09
GEN. MILES RETURNS
Commander of the Army Reaches
the Capital.
RECEIVED AN OVATION
SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE
GREETED THE GENERAL
Declines to Discuss Reports of His
Removal and Will Immediately
Resume His Duties-Shafter De
clines to Talk, But Starts For
Washington.

New York, Sept. S.-General Miles
was asked today what he thought OF
published reports that it is believed in
Washington circles that the present
public discussion of army affairs will
be dropped after his expected inter
view with President Mckinley. He
said: at decline to be led into dis
cussion of the matter"
General Miles went shopping this
morning with his wife. and daughter.
Before leaving the Waldorf-Astoriah he
said:
'I shall leave for Washington at 2:SO
today. 1 shall Immediately enter the
'treadmill,' meaning my official duties.
1 shall call at the war department first
and pay my respects and then shall go
at once to the presidents mansion to
pay my respects to President Nc
Kinley"
A special to the World from Camp
Wikoff, says: General Shafter listened
with interest to a synopsis of General
Miles interview criticising him. Then
he remarked: 81 won't say a word"
Before General Miles left his hotel
in Jersey City to take train for Wash
ington his attention was called to
statements from Washington as to
the possibility of his removal from the
high command he holds being dis
cussed in military circles. He held up
his hands and said good naturedly:
Now l am not going to say a word
on that subject. 1 said all I intended
to say about it in the statement
made yesterday. You really must not
ask me for any more"
ARRIVAL AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, Sept. S.-Major General
N--son A. Miles, commanding the army
of the United States, accompanied by
Mrs. Miles and Colonel Mause and
Colonel Micheler of his staff, arrived
here from New York at 6:35 o'clock
this evening.
General Miles and party came over
the Pennsylvania in a dining car at
tached to the regular west-bound train.
They were met at the Sixth street sta
ton by Major Black, a member of
General Miles staff and Captain Nor
ton, clerk in the Office of the command
ing general.
Several hundred people had assem-
bled at the station to greet General
Miles. A Gordon of police officers open
ed a way through the crowd to the
gate, through which the distinguished
party passed form the platform of the
station to the carriage which stood in
waiting at the main entrance
AS General Miles stepped from the
rear platform of his car he gave
kind greeting to his coachman. who
stood awaiting him and then handed
him bundle of souvenir canes, while
he grasped the hands of Captain Nor
ton, Major Black and two or three
newspaper men. He was attired in
an unconventional blue serge sack suit
and wore a broad -brimmed Porto
Rican fibre hat. AS General Miles
passed through the crowd in the sta
ton, his hands were grasped a score
OF times by enthusiastic men and
women. He gave a cordial greeting to
all and, as he and Mrs. Miles and
Colonel Micheler stepped into the car
rage, the crowd burst into sheers.
While expressing his qualification at
the successful termination of the war
and his pleasure at once more being
at home, General Miles said he had
nothing to say at this time in addition
to the statement given to the press by
him in New York.
From the Pennsylvania depot Cen
eral and Mrs. Miles were conveyed di-
rectly to their residence
General Miles did not leave his home
during the evening. 1t was expected
that he would call at the White House.
but he said he had no intention of
doing so tonight. He will resume his
duties at the headquarters of the army
IN the war department tomorrow morn
ing and will avail himself of an early
opportunity to pay his respects to the
president.