Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-02-19
GEN. NILES HOME AGAIN.
he Reaches New York After a
Tour in Which He Circled
the Earth.
TELLS OF THE MANY PLACES VISITED.
Cordially Received and Welcomed
by the Crowned Heads of Europe
and Asia-Sends Wireless Mes
sage TO King Edward when
Steamer Was Nearing New York.

son A. Miles, commanding the United
States army. his wife and party ar
rived here Sunday On the steamship
Lucania. The general, who has been
abroad five months has, in that time,
been around the world.
One feature of the trip across the
Atlantic for the general was the send
ing of a Marconigram to King Edward
VII. February 9, when the Lucania
was 80 miles from the Mareoni sta
ton at Crook Haven, Gen. Miles sent
the following message:
"Midocean greeting, with best
wishes for happiness and health to his
majesty and the royal family
To which the following reply was
received by cable ON the arrival OF
the Lucania in port, Sunday:
81 have submitted your message to
the king. j am commanded by his
majesty to thank you for your good
wishes and to say for him that it af-
forded him much qualification to re-
ceive it at Windsor. "KNOLL9S.'
Was Abroad Five Months,
To his interviewers Gen. Miles said:
81 have been abroad for five months.
/ left September II for the Pacific
coast and there made an inspection
of the forts and the coast defenses
from Puget sound to southern Cali
fornia
son the first of October we sailed
on the transport Thomas. We stopped
at Honolulu and then sailed for Guam.
We touched at the island, then con-
tinued tc the Philippines. We spent
a month there. / examined the mill
tary situation and visited the prin-
cipal stations and forts and inspected
the troops. There were no serious
| hostilities at that time. The 10000
troops there were in fine condition.
From the Philippines we went to
Hong Kong, Canton, and thence to
Nagasaki and Yokohama. We visited
the military academy at Toxic and
saw something of the Janaese troops.
In China and Japan.
"The japanese army is very well
equipped and disciplined, and so is
the navy. When | was there they
Iv-ere discussing the question of rais-
Ling a large fund for the equipment
sd the navy. In the army they have
most modern appliances. The Japan
ese are efficient in their system
Continuing. the general said the
party went from Japan to Port Ar
thur andthence to Pekin. | remained
there a short time. We have there =
small detachment of troops-the le-
CATION guard at the capital. Every
thing there is quiet. We were accord
ed an audience by the emperor and
the dowager empress. They received
us with a great deal of courtesy and
attention"
Gen. Miles party went through
northern China to Siberia, passing
through Manchuria en- route, and SO
on to Moscow.
Failed to Meet the Gear.
"We were IS days going from Pekia
to Moscow. The roads are very good
and the train service excellent. The
weather was very cold at times, but in
my opinion it was no colder than l
have experienced in our northwest.
From st. Petersburg we went to
Paris, where we spent five days,
thence to London. where we remained
eight days, and so on to New York" !"
did you have an audience with the
czar?" was asked
I'VE received an invitation to meet
the czar. but we were delayed day.
and so did not arrive in time. An
audience of the czar would have been
given us. but we could not remain.
Our invitation extended to a grand
ball at the winter palace, but as we
would have had ito remain at least an
other week for the purpose, we re-
luctantly had to forego the pleasure.
His visit to King Edward.
Il paid very pleasant visit to
King Edward when we reached Eng
land, and was most graciously re-
ceived.' =
Regarding the story that Mrs. Miles
was overlooked in the invitation which
the general received from King Ed
ward, Gen. Miles said:
Mrs. Miles was not invited to Wind
sor through an oversight. 1t was not
known that she was with me, or the
Invitation would have been extended
to her also. The master of ceremonies
wrote me very nice letter of explain
alton and regret, in which he said the
king did not know Mrs. Miles was
present or she would have been in
cluded in the invitation
In Paris the general was the guest
of honor at dinner given at the res
idence of Gen. Brugere, commander
in-chief Of the French army.