Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-09-30
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TIGAToRs OUTLINED.
Com m'ssioa InformedI BY the President
That He Desires. : Searching and Rigid
Neutrality-suspicious. Man Of Weight
1T and Standing From All Parts 81 the
0 Country-Ofgani1ation Effected by So
1ecttng General Dodge For Chairman.
WAsH1NoroS, Sept. 26.-The com.
mission appointed BY President Nc.
Kinley TO investigate the administra.
ton Of the artdepartment in relation
to its conduct to the Hispano- Amer
lean war has begun its labors. The
commission has effected an organiza.
ton by electing General Grenville NJ.
Dodge president, Mr.. Richard NJ.
Wrightman secretary and Major
Stephen Mills recorder. The members
Of the commission are as follows:
General Granville NJ. Dodge, the rail-
road builder and financier, who does bust
ness in New York and maintains his old
residence in Council Bluffs, La.
Colonel James A. Sexton of Chicago,
formerly postmaster at that city and now
commander-in-chief of the G. A. r.
Alexander Mcdowell McCook of Ohio,
one of the fighting McCook family" and
. retired officer of the regular army.
General John M. Wilson, U. S. A.,
chief of engineers.
Captain Evan p Howell of the Atlanta
Constitution, a distinguished Confederate
officer.
James A. Beaver, former governor of
Pennsylvania.
Urban A. Woodbury., former governor
Of Vermont.
Charles DENLY of Indiana, for 10 years
United States minister to China.
DIR. Phineas S. Connor, Cincinnati
physician Of high standing.
Pleased With tho Personnel.
The president is understood to te
thoroughly pleased with the personnel
of the commission. It has been his
effort to secure as members of the COM
mission men Of the highest weight and
standing, in whose opinions and judy
ments he could have the highest con-
fdence. For this purpose he has ap-
pointed on the board all phases of
politics, members IRON all sections,
members of commercial aud military
circles. It is the hope that the verdict
OF the commission whatever it may be
will be accepted by all classes as final.
It is the presidents desire that the in.
quiry should be rigid and searching,
which was indicated by his statement
to the commission when it assembled
1t the White House for a conference
with him. The president said among
other things:
''There has been in many quarters
severe criticism of the conduct of the
war with Spain.
Charges OF Criminal Neglect
of the soldiers in camp aad in the field,
in hospital and in transports, have
BEEN so persistent that whether true or
false they have made q deep impression
upon the country. It lis my earnest de.
sire that You shall investigate these
charges and make the fullest examina.
tion of the war department in all it's
branches with the view to establ. shing
the truth or falsity of these accusa-
tions. put upon you no limit to the
scope of your investigation. OF all de-
partments connected with the army
invite the closest scrutiny and exam.
ination and shall afford every facility
for the most searching inquiry. The
records of the war department and the
assistance Of it's officers shall be sub.
ject to your call.
II cannot impress upon you too
strongly my wish that your investiga'
ton snail be SO thorough and complete
that your report, when made. will fix
the responsibility for any failure or
fault BY reason Of neglect, incompe-
tency' or INSTRUMENTATION upon the
officers and bureaus responsible there.
fore-if it be found that the evils com.
planned of have existed"