Arizona silver belt., 1886-10-09
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The News Of the World By wire.
Genera Miles Course Criticised.
EN- oeror William Dying,

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Special to SILVER BE,T, frem Washington
The criticism passed upon Gen, !
Miles, row that the concessions be
granted Geronimo and hls fellow mur-
derers have become known, is, if pos
sible, move severe than when the first
reports ware received--tBat an agree.
meut had bsen made tEat the Indians
should not be turned over to the civil
auvh6rities for trial.
1t is claimed that Geronimo had
been driven almost to the last ditch
and wolld have been forced sooner or
later to surrender, and it had been ex-
pfe8sly stipulated by the War Depart.
uient when Cen Miles set ont upon
his can paign, A,ht an unconditional
surrender should "a forced.
The fact that conditions were mace,
is believed, will not be overlooked by
the administration, and some mark of
al;;sapproval of the course of Geroni-
mos capture will be manifested
1t is claimed that special warnings
of the chiefs tricky disposition had
been gwen to campaign officers Of the
expedition,
1t is feared the surrender will have
bad effect on the Indians, when the
facts become known among them, for
there are bands IN Colorado and other
sections of the country, who are liable
to cause trouble upon the slightest
| prOyocaton. ....
The adverse criticism upon the
course of Gen. Miles is passed in the
absence Of information as TO any spe-
eial reasons why he should have acted
as he did
Secretary Eudioott has returned and
was at his desk to-day, late in the af.
ternoon, having conference with the
President on the subject Of certain
army appointments, which are to be
made, and, more particularly, touch
ing upon the surrender Of Geronimo.
1t is not clear that the conditions
granted by Miles can be insisted upon
by the captives, as be surrendered to
/ Lieut. GatewoOd and Capt, Lawton,
exaeting from them no conditions, but
afterward he was assured by Miles
that his life would be spared,
Special from New Haven, Gem.
/ The statement in Gen Miles official
report, that Geronimo was not cap
tured, but surrendered conditiOnally,
| is denied by Capt. I.awton, who was
in command Of the q, 5. troops at the
time of the capture. In a private
telegram to Lieut. Albes, Of the Win
chester Arlnory, dated Albuquerque,
| N. NJ, Capt, Lawton explicitly denies
that the surrender Of Geronimo was
coupled with any conditions whatso.
ever.
! SAN FRAxcIsco, Oct. 1.-THE Chron.
icle's Washington special says: The
| President is said to be highly ndig-
nant over the Geronimo matter and is
one Of those who are not inclined to
let Gen. Miles off very easy. On his
return from his vacation, he had an
interview with Acting Secretary Of
War Drum. touching this question as
explained Gen. Drum had sent a
telegraphic order to Gen. Miles to at
once forward to the Department de-
tailed report of the capture Of the
Apache chief and his band, but il was
evidently the intention OF Gen. Miles
to incorporate the result Of the cam.
paign in his annual report, which he
/ was about to make out in compliance
with army regulations and he paid no
attention to the order for special re-
port of the capture of Geronimo.
When this was stated to the Presl-
! dent he was very much displeased and
at once dictated a telegram to Gen.
Miles, that compelled that officer to
send an abstract of his annual report,
relating to the Apache campaign. II
did not arrive there any sooner than
did the annual report Of winch it was
a part and was not as satisfactory as
to details as il was hoped would be.
| 1t is the intention to order court OF
inquiry into the conduct Of Gen,
Miles, now that his statements as to
the surrender have been disputed by
! Capt. Lawton.
! NEw York, Oct. g. 2,-Cablegrams
\ from London announce the serious
illness of Emperor William. 1t ap.
pears that the venerable sovereign il
in more serious condition than the
court care to acknowledge. 1t has be-
come known in Berlin that he is con-
stantly falling into tranee-like sleep,
and that each attack threatens to be
! his last.
| In court circles the opinion is gen
eral that the end is not far off, and
many Of the mobility are making ar
4 rangements in anticipation Of the Eni-
peror's funeral.
IFrom the s. +. Chronicle Oct 81
4 II now annears tbat Gan MiIes did