The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-26
WHAT Gen. Young SAYS.
Vie Tells OF German Army Nanpuyres and
Visit to the Kaiser.

Major-Gen. Henry c. Corbin. Adiutan.-
Cone.rl Of the United States Army, and
NJ or Cen. Samuel 3 W Young, pre-id, nj
q: the War College. two Of the officers Of
the United States Army designated by
President Roosevelt 70 accept Emperor
Williams invitation 10 attend the German
4 my manpurres in September. arrived
on the Amer ca liner Philadelphia yes
ter lay. Brig -,cn. Wood the other repre-
a NATIVE of the army a. the manpuvras
will return early IN November He and
Ms we'd have been spending some time
in Scotland Yesterday Gen. Wood was
10 have viewed the DELAYED coronation
procession in London
Gen. torbiu. took the first train
he could get for Washington. Gen. Young
went 10 tho Waldorf and will u
20 Washington this morling Yesterday
Afternoon Gen. Young TAXED inter 'stia .ly
Of Is nip abroad, ard among other thing,
he si |.
When We landed oil the other side We
had some time TO SPARE and concluded g.
do a little unofficial sig ltseeing Corbiu
and Wood, a. well as myself, wanted TO have
look at the field of Waterloo. and so We
made for Belgium The battle ground Of
Napoleon nd Wellington is cut up into little
farms now and the soil produces good crol.
TOR n" u rif'y Belgian farmers. Certain
landmarks are preserved. hovever, and
thee IS an old Ergli-h sergeant he might
have been anything less than a thousa nd
years oli-has quarters on tho field and he
makes il his business 10 tell the story Of
Waterloo and poiat out objects Of interest
that are sin intact on ~. field For in
stance, there is still standing tho head
quarters Of Napoleon and the heaicuarters
of Wellington. Besides thai there is A rres
mound built Of the soil taken from tho feel .
for n sort Of monument 10 those who Tough,
and died there
After our visit 10 Waterloo We Jour
neyed leisurelv over 10 Germany. Our
unofficial selves got there about week
before our Official entities, and a. we had
nothing TO do bur look at the city aud en lov
ourselves in our own Wav. Near the end
Of the week. however. the King Of Italy
dropped over Tor tiffin with the Emperor,
ana the latter caused a special grand opera
r"r'ornaIc" 80 BE- given ~ the ROYAL Opera
House IN The Kings honor. W. were
bud - tne show al d as an elidenc,
o. royal favor, We OCCUPIED the hoX Of
Autrlcas good frlnd Prince Henry
One act OF Al - and ute act of Carmen
NeTH 'lv"u, With an interval of about half
on holr between acts. During that in
t@rNal, the In. error and King retired from
t'r noS 10 the royal -alon AID We vcro
asked 10 come along
W. were IL the ulrn,d.a.c ,,rcsonce
a royolty, bu' l. soon became anraror.
Mat u WASH a rar, OF the programme
'Nf Us % become ACQUAINTED At that time.
80 We pa''ook Of tn - frcshmerts and
me u.ch ard other TIN s. ana en- low, d
ourstIN'~. II the ucn Of our Iar,y were
not hosored however, our ladies vera
AZ tie rar'.cu request uf the German
Empress. Ms. corhir. Mrs johnson. tha
"ife Of ,ut-Col johnson, an aide N
ten Sorhm, AID Mls Wool we're ore
'en,ed u tho Enperors consort. Jhev
lad, pleasant chat With her Majesty
and after time W. all went back TO 500
the. other act of the opera.
We wefeul Oiii.!any in Gormanv until
the following Monday. but on Sunday
the Z npcror gave a dinner AT his ualac,
In Pot dam-it was regarded A. hixhly
informal affairard Ne were among those
uviied ] don't 60 much on dinners a. a
rtIe, t,it never had better time in nv
life. IL wa iuet what it was supposed to