The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21
CORBlN FAVORS
FORT DOUGLAS
Adjutant General Of the Army Ar
rivss in Salt Lake.
TO VISIT THE POST TO-DAY
WILL PROBABLY ENDORSE
PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

A LTHOUGH he has not yet paid the
"a visit of inspection 30 Fort Doug
las which constitutes his mission
in Utah just now, it may be set down
as a fact that Major General Henry c.
COrbin adjutant general Of the United
States army. viii lend his influence to
the movement toward making that post
one of the most beautiful as well as
one of the most extensive in the United
States General Corbin had no hesita-
tion last night in expressing the most
friendly feeling toward Fort Douglas
and Utah.
The general arrived in Salt Lake yes
teTday afternoon, accompanied in his
private car by Mrs. COrbin and Miss
Mcmillan, daughter Of the late Sen
atOr Mcmillan of Michigan They
were met at the station by Senator
Kearns, whose guests they were during
their stay in the city. The party was
driven at once to the tabernacle, where
an organ recital had been arranged by
Professor John J. Mcclellan. The Wis
itors were charmed with Professor Nc
Clellan's marvellous playing and ac-
corded him unstinted praise.
Later they were driven TO Senator
kearns' residence, where, after dinner.
General COrbin received the officers
from Fort Douglas VINO called in force
10 pay their respects TO their command
ing officer.
Visits His Sick Son.
Earlier in the day, however. General
C0rbin went to the knUtsf0Td. where
his son. who came to Utah with the
Washington correspondents a week
ago, is i'll. He found the young man in
good condition. but it is not likely that
he will be able to travel for a week or
e.tfH To fr~I,H Iak
his future movements in the west would
be guided largely by his sons cOndi-
ton.
Ny purpose in visiting the west at
this time said General Corbin. lis to
inspect the army posts 7 have had no
opportunity as yet to visit Fort Doug
las, but I am going up there tomorrow
morning and viii look the ground over
very carefully then. I am very favor
ably disposed toward Fort Douglas and
believe il should be made a fun Tegi-
ment post Dougl-s is certainly one of
the best posts we have, both in point OF
. location as to hpaIthfuIness and for the
reason that il is easy to get supplies
into il.
Naturally, Fort Douglas is all that
could be desired and the improvements
now under way and to be made should
place it in the very front rank. So
long as we are compelled to maintain
garrisons in the Philippines il viii be
necessary to have an enlarged Fort
. Douglas. Tt will be one of the best pos
siblc places to station returning regi-
merits and restore the. officers aod men
to health after their campaigns in the
/ tropics. However, I viii be able TO
talk more fully about Fort Douglas
after L have seen it,"
The Army staff Law.
In reply to a question as to his views
on the army staff law, General Corbin
said it had hardly been in operation
long enough to say how il would work.
You know, we have been working
under it only about a MONTH he went
OD so far it has been satisfactory. OF
course, we will see places from time
to time where improvements can be
I made and the law viii doubtless come
in for some criticism, but. on the
J whole. I believe it viii work out we'll -
General Corbin goes to Fort Douglas
early this morning AT $3.50 o'clock a
/ review of all the troops now stationed
there viii be given in his honor. Fol
! lowing this he will look over the plans
for the numerous improvements and
the contracts already let and to be let.
About noon General COrbin. Mrs Cor
bin. Miss Mcmillan and a few friends
viii be taken by Senator and Mrs.
kearns on a special train to Park City
for a trip through the Silver King
mine.
Tonight they leave for the northwest.
| Their first objective point will be Fort
/ HgrTisOn, Mont. General COrbin viii
! inspect this post and Fort Nissoula.
/ when he viii go on into the Puget
| sound country.
The Earl and Countess of Salisbury.
/ who were expected TO be with General
/ Corbin's party, found it impossible at
! the last moment to come. They sail
! from New York for Liverpool tomor-
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