The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-31


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PROTEST FROM SKATER.
July 18th. after the surrender was
complete. General Shaftcr wired the iol-
lowing 20 General Miles;
siboney, July n. 1sgs-S.io T. M.-Re-
coived July is. 1Sgs.-Gcneral Miles, on
Board Yale. Letters and orders ln re-
ference TO movement oil camp received,
and Will be carried out. None is more
anxious 20 get away from here than my
self IL seems from your orders given
me. that YOU regard my forces as part
OF YOUR command. Nothing will give mo
greater pleasure than serving you, Cen
eral. and 1 shall comply with all your
REQUESTS and directions. but ! was told
bv the Secretary that you were not 70
suuersedc me in command here. 1 VIII
furnish the information called Tor as
{ ocondition OF command TO Gilmore ao-
jutant-generai. A. II. Q.
" SKATER, Major-General'
General Miles very promptly replied
as follows.
" playa del Este. July u.s. 1895 (Guanta-
namo) 1850 A. M.-General Smarter:
Telegram received Have no desire ana
have carefully avoided any appearance
of supersediug you. Your command ls "a
have The honor 90 command, having been
duly assigned thereto, and directed hy
the President tO go wherever / thought
my presence required. and give such
general directions ass ] thought best con-
corning military matters. and especially
directed to go 90 Santiago for spcchc
purpose. you viii also notice tnat the
orders of the Secretary of War of July
18Th left the matter To- my discretion.
should regret that amy event shouid
cause either yourself or amy part OF your
command To- cease TO Doc part OF mine.
VERY truly yours.
NELSON A. MILES,
" 'Maior-Genoral Commanding United
States Army.
General Miles then gave General
Shancr final instructions, ana l'il Hui-
riedly for Porto Rico.
"In view of the situation. as revealed
by the above teloerams, the following
statement contained i'm the Now YORK
Herald of recent date, Is quoted.
ALGER FEELS REPAID.
"gf my cahiee-am 90 MaJor-GcncrM
ghaffcr informing him that Malor-Geu-
crYl Miles was not sent 60 supcratde him
m supreme command of the troops in the
field at Santiago de cuba prevented inc
stormng OF the city on the day OF ITS
surrender. and the resultant saving odd
lives which otherwise would have been
lost u the attack then am ielad Io4
sending 90 q thousandiold'
"'rhis statemcnl was made 10 me thls
afternoon bv Secretary Algcr anropo-
of the publication iu the Herald oi 3es-
tcrday. setting forth the doinss OF
Nfaior-GeuDral Miles during his brci stay
i'm cuba. The Secretary told me h' nia
moi propose Go enter into any Controversy
regarding the Santiago campaign Win
anybodv. The results spoke for theme
selves and they were "a sufficient Jusu-
ncation for the policy which hAd been
,ursuod ay the War Department in the
conduct OF the operations against SAN
tiaso. e,..,....
NV cabloeram TO General Smarter
he continued. was simply due 90 my de-
sire 10 show him that ] intended 10 90
everything fair Before Ibis departure Tor
cuba. General Miles and 7 had talked
the matter over. and he started for 1upa,
knowing that he was not in any way 90
Interfere with the preparations which
were under the control OF General shat
ter THAT there could be mo- doubt what
ever cahled General Shaftor that Gem
eral Miles had left for cuba. with In
str1ctions not TO In any manner super
sode him as commander OF the troops
in The Ncld at Santiago. and. as ] have
said. ~ my message prevented a battle
ON the morning of the day the city sur
rendered. then / am repaid a thousand
fold I'D