The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-16
NELSON A. MILES
IN TOWN TWICE
sH1M 'is1
INTERVIEWED BY ENTERPRISE
REPORTER WHILE SPECIAL
AWAITED PASSENGER.
IMPRESSED BY RICE INDUSTRY
Distinguished Warrior Talks Enter.
tainingly Of This Section, War
in the East, Army Foods,
and Politics.

u, S, A., retired, for five years III,
general commanding. was In Beau
mont twice yesterday. The first tint
was early In the morning, while mos
of the city was asleep, but entertain
ing, unawarcs, one of the most dis
tinguishcd characters In recent Amer
lean history. The second time wa
in the middle of the evening, wheI
the veteran army officers specia
tarricd long enough to allow
through passenger TO whirl by.
But few people in the city knew o.
the old soldiers presence and hat
they known il, they could have done
little toward entertaining him oil
showing their appreciation of his
worth and admiration of his char
acter. His stops were too brief. Al
q o'clock yesterday morning General
Miles special pulled in over the San
. I'd Fe. At Z It departed over tbs
Southern Pacific for Orange. A triI
down the Sabine occupied the day
and at 9:45 last night the special
again steamed into Beaumont, enroutt
to Houston. 1t remained here only
long enough to meet train No. on
the Texas and New Orleans, and then
passed on.
General Miles Interviewed.
Brief as was the Generals stop
il was long enough for an Enterprise
reporter to find him and engage hin
in a fifteen minutes conversation
This was last night, while the special
was laid out for a quarter OF an hour
waiting for the passenger from Hous
ton to New Orleans. Briefly, this Is
what General Miles said:
The war in the Far East is teach
ing the nations and armies of the
world much regarding practical
modern campaigning Both sides dis
play wonderful generalship."
"The opportunities for Democrat
victory in the coming presidential
election have not been as good for
many years"
IN no section of the world has
there ever been such rapid industrial
development and increased valuation
as in the rice belt of Louisiana and
Texas"
Rice as a food for military pur,
poses, especially for armies in time
of war, is highly practical and should
and will receive more consideration
i'll the future"
Sketch Of the General.
In appearance. the General Miles
who lounged against the guard rail
of the observation car in last eve
ning's dusk was not the General Miles
seen in the Hobbies of the fashionable
hotels or at the official gatherings OF
functionaries at Washington. Last
night General Miles was dressed for
what he was dOing-touring the coun-
try in railroad coach. In Washing
ton he was also dressed for what he
WAS commanding the armies
of the United States, in epaulettes,
gold cord, aigrettes, brass buttons
and waving plumes.
In Washington General Miles, even
in plain frOck and top hat, strollinS
down Pennsylvania avenue, attracts
attention because of the dignity OF
his bearing. the sQuarencss OF his
shoulders, the greatness of his car
riage. the poisc of his head and the
perfect curl OF his mOustache. Last
night, had he left his car and saunter-
ed up and down the uneven platform
al the Southern Pacific depot, he
would have been passed by without
second look. No one would have
suspected who he was and If one gave
him a thought it would have been to
class him as an ordinary, ev-
cry day transient-a business man
from small town returning to his
home after a visit TO the fair, tired
and dusty.
Personality the Same.
This was spoken in his appearance
But could The stranger have seen the
General SION to greet a friend. Could
one have heard his voice-which still
batrays MASSACHUSETTS as its owners
native stare-and have observed his
manner. he would have known in
stantly that the plainly clad man was
the same old cOurtiCr who is noted
fram one end Of Washington to the
other for his courtesy his politeu"Ss
his dignity and his irreprOachable
manner. The personality was the
same The hearty handclasp. the dis
tiuct cnuuciarion. the absolutely per.
Tcct English. the welcome and the
cu8lfciloWship-all Of these were the
same aud were as loudly proclaimed
as if they had been printed in black
aud white
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man in charge Of the Miles party
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