Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
Equipment and System Declared Efficient
by American Officer.
GoNARCHs OF EARTH DO HOMAGE
EmperOrS and Kings Extend Courtesies to
Touring Military Chief.
BRITISH RULER GREETED FROM MID OCEAN
DISTINGUISHED Tourist sends MarcOni-
gram 20 Edward and Receives Ap-
Dropriate Reply by Gable on
Landing I'm New York.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Lieutenant GEN
eral Nelson A. Miles, his wife and party,
who have been abroad hve months, havo
in that time been around the world. re-
turning home on Lucania yesterday.
One feature OF the trip across the At
iantic was the dispatch Of a Marconigram
10 King Edward VII when LucaniA was
eighty miles from the Marconi station at
crook Haven. General Miles sent the fol-
lowing message:
Midocean greeting. with best wishes for
happiness and health, TO his majesty and
the royal family.
10 this the followipS reply was received
by cable on the arrival OF Lucania in port
Today:
have submitted your message to the
king: l am commanded by his majesty 10
thank you for your good wishes and TO
say for him that It afforded him much
KNOLLYS.
With the general were Colonel and Mrs.
M. P. Maus, Henry Clark Rouse Of New
York. F. B. Wllborg of Cincinnati, Mrs.
Miles and Sherman Hoyt. Colonel Whitney
was with the party when they left this
country, but returned some weeks ago.
sGives story of His Trip.
To his interviewers General Miles said:
have been abroad for five months.
left Septe mber IL for the Pacific coast and
the coast defences from Puget sound to
southern California .........
on October We sailed on the transport
Thomas We stopped at Honolulu and me
sandwich Islands, and tn sailed for
Guam. We touched at the island and then
continued to the Philippines. We spent a
month there. 1 examined the military
situation and visited the principal stations
and forts and inspected the troops There
were no serious hostilities at that time
The 20UOO troops there were in fine condi-
tion.
and Canton. The Japanese army is well
equipped and disciplined and so is the
navy When l was there they were. dis
cussng the question of raising large
tnnd Tor the equipment of the navy. IN
the army they have most modern appli-
ances. The Japanese are efficient in their
system. The system of inspection and
routine is much the same as ours They
pay considerable attention TO drllls, phXsl-
corps at the Toxic academy numbers about
as many cadets as we have at West Point
corps.
The party went from Japan to Port
Arthur and, and thence e tS reEa Sa1 there
detachment of troops, the legation guard,
at the capital Everything there Is quiet.
emperor and the/ dowager empress. They
received us with much courtesy and atten-
tion. We saw the troops of the Chinese
army and the troops of the allied forces
which are still there.
Equals Union Pacific.
We were eighteen days going from Pekin
to Moscow. The roads are good and the
train service excellent. The weather was
cold at times. but IN my opinion It was no
colder than | have experienced In our
northwest. The railroads have as good
roadbeds the Union Paclnc or the
Canadian Pacific. From St. Petersburg we
went TO Paris, where we spent Ave days
thence to London, where We remained eigh'
days, and so on to New York
We received an invitation to meet the
czsr, but We were delayed day and Sc s.
s.lnfz zsFiNs An a
nave been given us, but we could not re
main. Our Invitation was to a grand bal
at the winter palace, but as we would nave
had TO remain at least another week fol-
the purpose we reluctantly had TO torest
the pleasure; was vas there mTe years and as 81
the oficials treated us most courteously
on that occasion 1t was summer; this tim
the year TO obtain an idea of life In Russia
/ paid a very pleasant visit TO KIM
Edward when we reached England AM
was not invited to Windsor through al
oversight. II was not known Ina thSt sn M
been extended to her also. The master o
Ceremonies wrote a nice letter OF explana
ton and regret IN "NIne Mics n was san present
she would have been included IN the invita-
ton. A.. ..
dinner given at the residence Of Genera
Brugere commaDder in chief OF the Frenc
army
ASKED as 10 nls piulof NehtA 81 NhiiNS oe'
he was going TO West Point to visit hi
son. Sherman, II be could find the time
and was then going TO Washington to max
his report.
81 will in no manner forecast what vii
be contained in my report he added.
The general looks hale and hearty an
he and Mrs. Miles appear as though tn
trip had agreed with them.
Rousa pratnes siberian hallway,
Henry Clark Rouse, president Of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railroad, who wa
with General Miles party in its tour {
the world. returned today.
While abroad he Investigated the cor
struction and equipment of the trans-s
berian railroad, making the trip from Peki
10 Moscow in the record time OF sever
teen days. nineteen hours over the Eai
Chinese & Trans Siberian railroad.
MIR. Rouse believes the road will be
great commercial value He finds it we
constructed and well conducted and h'
lieves It Will soon be possible to mal
the trip by rail from Berlin to the Pa