Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-30
DRILL At FORT MYER
Chinese Commissioners Enter
tanned by Col. Hatfield.
SOME SPLENDID RIDING
Enthusiastic Over Personal Intimacy
Between Riders and Horses.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Visited During the Morning. Also the
Post Office Department, and
Methods Explained

Ihe imperial Chinese commits: oners were
entertained this afternoon at Fort Myer by
Col Hatfield, commandant of the post,
with special cavalry and artillery drill
that had been got up for their benefit The
party left the Arlington Hotel in the early
afternoon and were driven over to Fort
Myer in carriages. There were about TWEEN
" IN the party, the commissioners being
accompanied by Sir LANG, the Chinese min
lister, and Mr.. Charles DENLY of the State
department. The commissioners had seen
some American army posts since coming
to this country, being entertained at Fort
sheridan on their way to. Washington but
this was the first time they had seen the
'Cossack drill and they were decidedly
enthusiastic over the personal intimacy
that seemed to exist between the men and
me horses. Col Hatfield and the commits
Sloners had met yesterday on the trim TO
Mount Vernon and they were thus in n
measure already acquainted with their
host They occupied the big box down at
the end of the riding hall, where so many
distinguished guests have been entertained
before them. and were presented to num-
Der of the officers of the post,
mere Is a question which attracted the
Ch1nese guests the more. the riding or the
driving exhibitions. The Chinese have sew
eral well-equipped horse batteries in the
service. but they are not trained to putting
up such fancy drill as the artillerymen
gave: and the exhibition was revelation.
The bareback drill, the vaulting over horses
on the run and the driving of barebacked
horses with the men standing on them were
all spectacular stunts that appealed both
10 the commissioners and their followers,
and they said that while the Chinese cav
airy did nothing of the sort, they realized
the value that such training must be both
to the men and horses
The two Commissioners. Viceroy Tuan Fang
and Mr.. Tai Hung Chi. will this evening
be the guests at dinner of Mr.. Charles
DENLY, who has been their guide and COM
panfon each day. during their stay in Wash
lngton. 1t will be small dinner, only the
two commissioners and their secretaries
Mr.. Woo and Mr. Use, being invited to
meet few guests, among them justice
Harlan of the Supreme Court.
The Post Office Department
Col Chun and Mr. Oyang King, the vice
consul at San Francisco, went through the
Post Office Department this morning. They
had been especially deputed to look up the
postal system, and they did it with char
acteristic thoroughness. They saw what
there was to see of interest in the post
office museum. but they were more inter-
ested in the system of the office and went
thoroughly into the workings of the rail-
way mail service. the local delivery, the
money order office and the special delivery
and inspectors divisions. China is a mem
Der of the information postal union, so
she knows pretty well in general way the
workings of the American system but this
was a chance to get the Information ut
close range from headquarters, and it was
not overlooked.
The visitors then went down to the Smith
sonian and the National Museum.
Government Printing Office.
The Chinese commissioners, accompanied
by the Chinese minister; Mr.. DENLY chief
clerk of the Department of State; the sec
rotary of the commission and three Chinese
military officers, visited the government
printing office at 10 O'Clock this forenoon.
They were accompanied through the great
est printery in the world by Mr.. Charles
A. Stillings, the public printer; Mr., Oscar
J. Ricketts,, foreman of printing, and Mr..
F. \. Collins, secretary to the public
printer.
The party first visited the big press room
and witnessed the work of the fat-bed
drum cylinders the fiat-bed tWo-revolution
cylinders, the presses with automatic feed
ers, the great rotary or web presses which
print the Congressional Record and the
speeches of senators and Representatives.
They were then shown the presses which
print the registration cards for the Post
Office Department, and the job press divl
sion with the up-to-date machinery there,
and the die stamping presses which pro-
duce the embossed stationery now SO gen.
orally used by Congress and the depart
ments.
Next the visitors were shown through the
divisions where the type is set by hand
with the racks for leads rules. slugs, ETC.
From there they were ushered into the di-
vision where linotype machines are used
and each of the visitors had his name set
on a linotype slug to be preserved as a
souvenir of his visit to Uncle Sans big
print shop. They were then shown the
workings of the monotype machines and
manifested much interest in the manipuia-
ton of the Lanston machines and the ope-
ration of the casters
Thence the party went through the bind
cry and showed great interest in the ruling
and sewing machines, the perforators and
numbering machines. At the conclusion of
the tour of the office the visitors expressed
great admiration at the wonders they had
seen. They were given very good insight |
into the workings of the printery through
their interpreters. The commissioners car
ried away with them other souvenirs-slugs, |
monotype matter and fancy designs exc
cuted on the perforating machines by the |
young lady operators. Mr.. Stillings had |
planned to have the commissioners take |
lunch at the office, but they had to hasten |
away to the military drill al Fort Myer
The commission will leave for New York |
tomorrow night.