UNITED STATES ARMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 796, 20 April 1910, Page 5

UNITED STATES ARMS.

STTCHERER'S TRIBUTE. GOOD EFFECT OF PACIFIC CRUISE WEST POINT ODE MODEL; By ItelegiiiDh—Press Asaodstlon-OoDrrlcnl fßec. April t9, 10.30 p.m.) New York, April 19. Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener was en-.,,' tertained by'the Pilgrims' Clnb at the .•: Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The guest said that m Australia he had - heard a good deal about the visit of the United States fleet. What- had struck the Commonwealth was not only thecourtesy and goodwill of Admiral Sperry and his officers, but the good behaviour,'' smartness, and preparedness for war of., the men and ships. The visit had created an excellent impression, had demon-■ strated tho world-power of the United States Navy, and had brought hometo the people of Australia and New;. Zealand the kindly feelings that Ameri- ' cans entertained towards them. Lord ' Kitchener continued: .' "■■]■[_ "My opinion of West Point Military - Academy may be summed up in the word : 'thorough.' It mates men of raw lads, forms their characters, and instructs their minds.. I have recommended the Australian and New Zealand Governments to make West Point their ' model, but.,. they will have to work by degrees, for it • has taken a century to create West ■ Point."-, ■'■.'', ; v.... MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND. ETJMOUE OF BEFOSAL DENIED BT ' KITCHENEE. (Sec April 13, 9.25 p.mj . London, Aprii>l3. ; With regard to the "Observer's" state- '. ment that Lord Kitchener will not accept tho post of High Commissioner of tho' Mediterranean, that he desires to be head of the Committee of Imperial Defence,' and that he will resign unless the Govern-'"•■ ment allows him to carry .through jhi»; Army of Empire scheme. Lord Kitchener' denies that he is unwilling to accept Ut»:; Mediterranean command. .