The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
GEN. MILES IN THE FIELD.
He Was Greatly Amused at Gen. To-
rails Surrender.
From the washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 25.-The Star of
this city continues to print some very
remarkable interviews with Gen. Miles
written by its correspondent in Porto
Rico, Mr.. j. D. WheIpley, who is Gen.
Miles personal friend One of the ok
tracts from the published interviews
quotes Gen. Miles as saying:
The whole affair of the surrender of
Gen. Toral was simple. He agreed to a
surrender. was given time to secure ap-
prevail from Gen Blanco, and then from
Madrid, and then, without being asked To
do so. surrendered his entire corps or
about twice as many soldiers as were In
santiago This amused me considerably
and surprised me as well, but | took the
surrender of the corps a 5 though had ex-
pected it, ae4
DO you think this was done on his own
responsibility" I asked Gen Miles.
Il do not know" he said; s'but I have
had an idea that his was inspired from
Madrid for the purpose Of getting the SOL
diers home at the expense of the TTnifod
States. With Santiago lost the spanish
forces in Eastern Cuba would have been
IN very bad condition. They are in scat
tered and Isolated garrisons certain Of
being defeated in detail, and by the terms
OF the surrender they are brought to-
gether and shipped to Spain, where they
are undoubtedly wanted to strengthen the
government against revolutions
The correspondent also describes how
Gen. Miles shows his superiority over Gen.
BROOKE whom the President has appointed
commissioner for Porto Rico, as fol-
lows:
Gen Brooke is very much in evidence
around army headquarters. He is second
In command Cen Miles &c 10 ba
military governor of Porto Rico. with res
idence in San Juan Gen. Miles is in COM
mand, however, until he leaves the island
This is in evidence everywhere and when
Gen. Brooke calls at headquarters for a
call on the commanding general Gen
Brooke kicks his heels In the ante-room
as long as the commanding general sees
mt before he is allowed in the inner sane
tum. 1t is little by-pIay that is rather
amusing, as Gen. Brooke has not played
second for many years and never took
very kindly to it,"
Another paragraph of interest relates
to Gen. Roy Stone, and Is as follows:
Brig. Gen. Roy Stone, of the Engineer
Corps has furnished the element OF
amusement in this campaign necessary 10
give relief to all serious dramas. He was
sent ahead of Gen. Henry toward Areci-
DO with forty men of the Signal Corps and
a small detachment of infantry to take
Consumed with ambition to do something
stei ting, however, he was not content
with this, and started on a pell nell over
land chase toward the north coast, cap
turing villages as he went without firing
a gun. He nearly reached Arecibo before
Gen. Miles succeeded in checking his ad-
vance, for if Gen. Stone had succeeded In
reaching Arecibo, he would have cut off
the retreat of the Spaniards to San Juan
from the west end of the island, and that
is just what Gen. Miles did not want to
do, because it would mean the necessity
of several skirniishes perhaps or the taxi
ing of a lot of prisoners. Gen. Stone was
peremptorily called back and told 10 at
tend TO his own business. but at headquar-
ters he seems to be regarded as constant
menace to a peaceful situation Roy
Stone and his wherea bouts is the stock
joke around Headquarters, but the affair
has a serious side which is not overlook
ed by the commanding general.