The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-14


hold a position on Punch. a story is told
Of him which would indicate that under
provOcati0n he can indulge in a sportive
practical joke. says the Baltimore News.
THE Incident" said an army man. els
accepted By some of us as an explana-
ton Of some of the friction between CEN
eral Miles and bis colleagues which years
of association have developed. As You
know many OF the historic ieaIOusies
cabals and feuds have been founded on
circumstances m themselves insignificant
"A number Of years aeo Miles. who is
a big man physically. and another well
known general, clean shaver and Of small
stature, We're detailed TO report to a
western garrison As the incident which
am about TO relate has never been for
given by the small general who still
brides at suggestion of the indiEnftv ne
suffered. i shall omit his name.
Ito this companion of Miles was as
signed the duty or arranging for berths
on the Pullman car. The two generals
then were friends, bat each took pleasure
in getting the better Of the other. an with
apparent good nature Whether there
was conscious or unconscious jealousy at
the bottom OF their amiable conflicts.
do not know.
.'On this western trip the small general
selected of the only Two available bcrths
the lower for himself. When Miles found
that he had TO climb to the top bunk he
protested. saving that. inasmuch as ne
was by far the higgcr of the two, he
should have had the lower berth. But
the other general was inGeNibie. and
Miles had to climb labOriously into the
UnwelcOme port.
Down below The triumphant general
chucllled. while the notes from the upper
berth where Miles was trying 10 adjust
himself for his nights sleep, could by no
means have been mistaken for a vesper
'By midnight the PulIman's diapason
Of shores indicated peace. Suddenly an
uprOar disturbed the sleepers- The tr0U-
HE was between "a very insistent woman,
who had boarded the train at a town in
western Pennsylvania. and the porter.
General Miles pushed aside the cur
heavens name is the natter
Natter she repeated. IT arranged
by telegraph for a berth in This ear and
the porter tells me that two army mon
have got my accommodations and that I
must sit up
That's all right. madam. replied
Miles. ] can arrange matters for YOU
Ny little boy is occupying the berth UNDER
me. and you can turn in with him.
The excited woman Gained down. OK
make ready for the night. AT this juno
ture the little general was ava kened.
90 There now, little boy said the wo-
man, detecting signs Of uneasiness i'm the
darlIened berth, don't make any noise.
your Either told me 20 sleep here
What does this mean2' exclaimed the
little general
''The woman repeated her instructions
90 Madam came the voice from the
lower berth. I am General x Of the
United States army, and I command you
'.4e never finished his stern order.
With a shrek the woman snatched her
belongings and fled 10 some remote part
of the train But while the rest of me
awakened and COnVulsed OCCupauts en-
ioved the performance. there ensued
cCllOuuy between that general and Niles
that was suggestive Of field carnage The
little man could not be molhtled- 1e
swore vendetta against Miles, and the
enmity was increased with years
General Miles has proved himself
strategist in more ways than one. but he
never more clearly showed the true sol
der spirit than by a clever coup he exc
cuted on a train between Washington and
New York the other dav. On taking ms
seat in the chair car, ne found hmselE
in close proximity TO a young woman
whose family had long been on terms OF
intimacy with his own. and q young man
to whom had been coufided the pleasant
duty OIL acting as her escort The gallant
general immedia tely entered into CONVEX
satiCn with the twain. The day was hot
and the escort had lost much sleep the
night before. so that soon after the train
pulled out of the Baltimore station the
young man was noQding. A waiter an
nounced dinner sin the dining car ahead
but the young man slept on. apparently
lulled by the constant flow or the GER
erals conversation and the rhythm %
the train. That was the generals oppor-
tunity. He invited the young woman TO
dinner and she accepted. When the gen
eral and his fair partner returned the es-
after the dining car had been detached
When he ascertalned that he was too
late for dinner he apologized profusely-
but the general and his talr partner IN
the deception only smiled, and the raven
Gus young fellow could not understand
why his fair friend was not as hungry
as himself when he reached New York
Since General Young was assigned 10
Washington as president of the new war
college he had entertained many of us
with accounts Of the people of the Phil-
ippines, said a fellow officer. General
by native teachers in the Philippine
schools were grotesquely misleading.
most Of Europe Children were TAUGHT
that there were three continents Eu-
rope, Asia and Africa
''To discover for himself what eduCa-
tionaI results had come of American OC-
CupanCy. a friend of General Young dc
termined 10 visit a school room 70 see
whether higher education had raised up
any eNpansiOuists among the native pu-
pills. When he had an opportunity TO
question the children. General Young
friend asked IN spanish ~ tney kneW
how many continents there are on the
globe. AsCOre Of little hands responded.
The visitor called upon the nearest pupil.
d" How many continents are there2' he
. There is only one continent said
. Only one? repeated the surprised Wis
Only one persisted the boy, stur-
And what is the name of ito asked
g 'Tbe United States Of America was
the reply"
General Young is as intrepid as the IN
dian fighters OF the pioneer days. once,
in the reconstruction period. he was in
command of a Texas post where there
was serious friction between the sol
diery and she citizens. The people
stOrmed against the garrison and made
divers threats, but the general refused
the local authorities arrested one of the
soldiers and hauled him into court on a
serious charge. The town was i'm a fever
OF excitement, and it looked dark for the
prisoner Young learned OF the arrest
He respected the law of the land, of the
state and of the community. but he felt
that the dignity of the army was at
stake. and he lost no time i'm meeting the.
emergency. He didn't call on his fellow
officers Tor advice or consult with any
or no law, the flower of the army was
not to be ruthlessly pluCked- He called
for a file Of soldiers. placed himself at
their head and marched rapidly 70 me
court house The move startled the towns
people. and they gathered Ia angry
groups. but Young CUried his lip and huf-
ried on. In front OF the court mouse ne
noticed couple Of deputies ON guard.
Column loft' rang out the command,
and the little file swept up the steps ann.
as Young himself shOuldered the depu-
ties out of the way. they marched mp the
short aisle % The court ROOM Ilere tho
future commanding general Of the army
halted his men. but scroufullv ignored
the Justice. The man ON the bench was
dumb with 2mazement. The prisoner was
IN the dock and the judge had just been