The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-11
Nine Noted Americans Urged to
Serve On a Committee.
THE PRESIDENTS NOTE
DESIRE THAT THE EXACT
TRUTH SHALL BE KNOWN.
Personnel of Commission - Alger
Says There Is Nothing In the
Charges and They Do Not Worry
Him-Shafter Wants the Santiago
Campaign Investigated.

Washington, Sept. 1o.-The president
has urged the following named gen.
tlemen among others to accept places
on the committee requested by Secre-
tary Alger to investigate the conduct
of the war:
Lieutenant General John A. Schofield.
General Granville NJ. Dodge.
General John B. Gordon.
President D. c. Gilman.
General Charles F. Henderson.
Robert T. Lincoln.
Daniel S. Lamont.
DR.. W. w. Keene.
Colonel James A Sexton.
The message which President Nc
Kinley addressed to each of these is as
! follows:
"WiIl you render the country great
service by accepting my appointment
as a member of the committee to ex-
anime into the conduct of the commits
sary, quartermaster and medical bu-
reaus of the war department during the
war and into the extent, causes and
treatment of sickness in the field and in
the camps?
1T is my desire that the full and ex-
act truth shall be ascertained and made
known. cannot too strongly impress
upon you my earnest wish that this.
acted as will command the confidence
of the country, and 1 trust you will
consent to serve.
(Signed) WILLIAM M'KINLEY."
1t would have been difficult for the
president to have selected nine men
more favorably known to the American
people and yet equipped perfectly for
the work they will be called upon to
perform. Lieutenant General Schofield
was General Miles predecessor as COM
manding general of the United States
army His experience in the civil war
as corps commander eminently fits
him to pass judgment upon the opera
tions in the field just concluded.
General Gordon has had the same ex-
perience in the confederate army as
General Schofield on the northern side,
and in addition, he has represented his
state of Georgia for two terms in the
United States senate and retired in the
face of a popular demand for his re-
election.
General Granville NJ. Dodge is well.
known as a man of large business in
tereSts in New York, but even better
known among soldiers with whom he
led to success in the civil war. He also
commanded an army corps and has
never lost his interest in military af-
fairs since entering civil life.
d. c. Gilman is one of the best known
educators in the United States, at pres
ent holding the honored position of
president of Johns Hopkins university
in Baltimore. He was selected by
President Cleveland as a member of the
commission appointed to settle the
Venezuelan boundary controversy.
Charles f. Henderson of Nebraska
was senator from that state for two
terms and also served with distinction
in the war as a division commander.
He is at present in Washington.
Hon. Robert T. Lincoln is, of course,
so well known as to need no introduce
ton to the public, and the same is al
most equally true of Daniel Lamont,
secretary of war under the second
Cleveland administration.
DR.. w. w. Keene is a citizen of Phil
adelphia, and enjoys the reputation of
being one of the most scientific and
ablest of physicians in that city.
Colonel James A. Sexton is the best
known to the American people on ac-
count of his election on Friday to the !
posct of commander-in-chief of the G. |
A. r.