The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-08
GEN. MILES,
STATEMENT
Commander of the Forces
Reviews the late War.
HE ADMITS PREVIOUS STATEMENTS.
reported Interviews With Him
Were Substantially Correct.

reported Interviews With Him
i Were Substantially Correct.
HIS WORK AT SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
BE Was Formally Authorized to Accspt the
Surrender of General Toral's Forces, But
This He Generously Declined to Do,
Leaving All of the Honor TO His Next in
Rank, General Shafter"-His Request
That Wisconsin Soldiers Be Allowed to
Visit New York Was Snubbed
New York, Sept. 8.-Thc United
States transport Obdam, having ON
board Major General Nelson A. Miles
and his staff, Major Green!aaf. Cap
tain Whitney, the Second regiment Of
Wisconsin volunteers, consisting Of 30
officers and 800 men, and the hospital
corps. from Porto Rico. arrived here
SSotSiooys NhhSSt c'i ttiiA
daughter were also on board the trans
port, which sailed from Ponce on Sept.
l. The surgeon in charge reported all
well on board and no sickness Or deaths
during the voyage.
General Miles admitted to reporter
who interviewed him the substantial
accuracy Of the statements attributed
to him by the Kansas City stars cor
respondent at Ponce. Porto Rico.
'There are" General Miles said, "a
few minor inaccuracies In the publish
ed reports, such as usually occur in
such interviews but they are unim-
portant.
1T Is true that requested that my
troops In Porto Rico. on their return
home, should be allowed to camp some
where New York, preferably Brook
lyn Heights. Fort Wadsworth or Gov
ernor's Island; and l also requested Of
the war department that the troops be
allowed to march through New York
city. / never intended to parade my
self, as l shall go to Washington in
few days, and would not be here at
the time of the contemplated parade
II asked that the Wisconsin regi-
ment aboard the OLDHAM be permitted
TO stay in this vicinity for day or two
to give them chance to sca tho citv
II wouId do mn harm to lot tbova vast,
orn bova pet a sIi,,nsp of Neu, yor,,
Gurelv tbev mart If M,nv of tho,,
think, have never seem the citv and
perhaps will never have another op-
portunity to see It..
$40 nv first raouest have rooe,vod
mn renlv 10 NV second recuas, 7 ro-
ceivad a reply ordaring the yyiecor al,
boys home forthwith"
A long statement emanot;,r from
General Min.s was riven tn tho ra.
Dorters on board of tho Obaom II 10
In the form of letter in which Cen
eraI Miles is mentioned IN the third
nerson. and ia in substance .s f,,,,ws.
SIN the first n,aca Iat ,,n .,y ,hot
Abe war has cIo.ed ,rtsr b,;,r oo,-
Nuc,ed larrsI,, &c 5,a,o,.l MIN, s+ot.,
.,ubI,.Iv OF tha horinri,u nr t.o ,,.,n
eb,t n would ha ,rha .to,n,,ort ,,,,,
uvh,,c,v m,da ,,d , pa,ero, nrda, ,,,,,
e.suea NV hin, nc oop,,,a,1,, ~ 49,
m.rican army In rh,nh ,ho n,,n ,hat
=. bo, ,tri,ar to ,,,,..,,, r.ns' sa'.a
ehadowed. namely seeking to accom-
Dllsh results with the least possible loss
.srt or Mo-. tn .,id. .T,a t-,,;,a1
h,atos ro,..,,n,o,t 10 Emo .t,,n,. tn,
-, ga a.. ,,,,.a,s,, =, ,e. w"
s,n,;sh m, j., nn,no,ti,,,, ,,,,,h ~ 49,
posed invasion Of Cuba. No officer
ls fit to command troops who, from any
motives whatever, would needlessIy
risk the life of a single soldier, either
from disease or the bullets of the
Anemv have never sacrificed the