The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-09
MILES REPORT.
II May he Suppressed by the War De-
partment.

IL May BE Suppressed by the War De-
partment.
New York, Nov. s.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says: Major
General Nelson A. Miles has completed
and submitted to the war department
his report covering the entire period OF
hostilities between the United States
and Spain. 1t could not be learned at
h war department whether this re-
port. in it's entirety. will be given out
for publication in the near future or at
all. II is said that certain portions of
the report may be withheld. The sum
and substance of the reasons for with
holding II. II is said. Is the fact that the
report Is said to deal squarely with
matters that certain officials prefer to
keep in the background.
Friends of General Miles who claim to
be cognizant OF the contents of the re-
port. say 1t is exhaustive in dealing
with the minutest details, and many
things which have not been clear to
| the general public as to the conduct OF
the war are fully n comprehensively
explained.
That the report is thorough n ex-
haustive is shown by the fact that IL
covers nearly 200 sheets of closely type
written manifold paper and includes all
dispatches sent by and received by
General Miles. II. I'm fact, covers all
the part taken by the army in the war
and deals in the most minute details
with the period beginning with Gen.
eral Miles landing in Cuba and until
he left the island Of Porto Rico to come
home.
The reference to the Santiago cam
paign alone takes up many pages. The
invasion and occupation OF Porto Rico
Is given in detail. 1t Is also mentioned
that General Miles conferred with Adj
miral Sampson and asked the admiral
a. -ratant the 1andinD nf I-nitpd States
troops on Cuban soil, which was done.
The report also refers to the warning
General Miles gave to General Smarter.
and in plain English criticises General
Skaters conduct of the campaign In
Santiago.
The report only makes brief mention
of the work of the INSPECTORS depart
ment. which General Miles thinks was
satisfactory in so far as the inspector
general had power n authority TO act
From this the inference Is drawn tina
the inspector general was curtailed by
authority greater than his in the con
duct OF the work.
The report practically states that thu
muddled condition of matters relatine
to the army status Is due to the rae,
that much information that was giver
out was contradicted by the secretary
Of war. Contained In the report AR ar
passed between General Miles and tn
war department. None Of them ar
curtailed or mutilated. and II is ex
pected that II the report is published II
full. many of these kilograms and por
lions OF others will be made public foI
the first time. These kilograms. 1t u
further said. will tell truths that IL II
alleged have been so far suppressed.
The report makes no reference to tn
so-cailed Alger-Miles controversy. blu
some OF the statements credited TO Gen
eraI Miles are reiterated. A friend o
General Miles said:
'The general will not make the repor
public. but the secretary OF war vii
give II out. He will not dare to keel
II back 1t will be a bitter pill for Al
ger. but when IL Is known that the re
mort has been submitted. the demand
FOR II will be great"