Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-01
GENERALS IN LONDON
coRBIN AND WOOD ARRIVE FROM
GERMAN MANEUvERS.
Will Dine With Kitchener - Kaiser's
Army Praised as a Perfect
Military Machine

A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun
from London yesterday says; Gen. Henry c.
Corbin. who has arrived u London with
Gen. Leonard Wood 'on the way back to
New York after witnessing the German
army maneuvers. talks in the most enthusi-
astic manner about the kaisers reception of
the American generals and Of the lessons
which the mimic warfare impaired. OF the
German army, Gen. Corbin says It Is the
most perfect military machine In the world.
What impressed me as being of great
value and worthy OF Imitation by our
army" said he. were the superb staff or
sanitation, the quality of the cavalry horses
and the beneficial effect upon young Ger
mans Of the military drill and discipline
With regard to the staff organization there
Is a bill now before our Congress providing
for the creation of an organization that
would fulfill all the requirements Of modern
military conditions. The opposition to any
radical change Is likely to come largely
from the old soldier element This Is true
of England l notice, as it is Of the United
States The argument is that the methods
now In vogue proved successful under gen.
erals of other generations. Therefore, why
change them?
The German army horses are far SUI
perior to ours They have been carefully
bred under government supervision and are
admirably adapted for their work in spirit
endurance and conformity of training
cry or transport work they exhibit good re-
suits. being bred for their particular work
! think Germany's example could be follow
ed by the United States with advantageous
results
The effect of compulsory army service
upon the German remains with him through
life. He walks better. works better. lives
more healthy existence because of 1t. Much
OF this benefit could be secured for the
youth Of the United States by all schools
making military drills part Of their routine
Besides. such training would greatly in
crease our reserve force providing thou
sands Of young Ven with a certain amount
of military knowledge.
The emperor was kind and court eous
He talked and chatted with the utmost free
dom. The ice was broken almost as soon
as we were presented. The kaiser came up
to us on the Templehof and after talking
awhile said to General Young:
a. Is this your first visit to Germany gen.
eralT
well replied General Young. I've
never been in this part of Germany before. ;
Not In this part? queried the kaiser
smiling. What German places have you
SEEM
oh" replied General Young, with the
most serious face, I've been in Milwaukee,
st. Louis and Cincinnati often
The peal of laughter from the emperor's
lips caused the members of his staff, who
were sitting on their horses some distance
away, to look at him and the American gen.
erals with establishment.
The kaiser was so ticked by General
Young's explorations that, he led him over
to where the empresst was, presented him
and repeated to her what Young had said
Indeed. the kaiser s. interest in America
and things American is cropping out con-
tinually. He sought all the information
possible about the prospects of the crops In
the United States and1 talked about his own
experiments in farming, which he conducted
upon an estate near Rotsdadn"
The social invitations accepted by the
American generals include dinners by Earl
Hoberts, Lord Kitchener and Secretary of
War ,BrOdrick -