The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-08-30

having been notified from Washington,
and Gen. shafter saying nothing to him
about e. After the surrender Gen. Miles
stili retained control He Authorized
shafter TO appoint peace commissioners
and, judging from skaters report tha,
an was over. ne Instructed him az TO the
disposition Of the troops
July Is shaftsr wired Miles that the sur
render wasnotas complete ssthouEht and
said Please do not 20 away with shs
reinforcensnts as may yet need them %
Miles promptly replied by wire frem pa
iquiri that the surrender 'ts conrlete.
and tho spaniards must surrender
on July Is. shafter wired Miles that
the surrender was finally complete And
Gen. Miles replied through Adiutant Gen.
Gilmore as fonows
The commanding general is very much
graunel to hear that the surrender ls
complete lie directs that you telegraph
anything Of importance and the condi-
ticn Of your command daily" Gen Miles
then reported tho condition Of affairs 70
the secretary Of war, with whom he had
been in conference in one Of his teie,
grams 20 Miles, Secretary Alger says
las soon as Santiago fails the troops
must all be put in camp as comfortable
as they can be made and remain, sup
pose, until the fever has had It's run"
Miles did not agree with Secretary Al
ger for July ast, IN letter al
ready published In the Star. the general
commanding urged the return OF the ar
my to the United states as soon as poss-
ible ON July Il after the surrender was
complete Gen, shafter wired as follows.
to Gen. Miles:
"siboney. July H. $40 p. m. Received
July 49, lSsS-Gen. Miles. on board Yale
Letters and orders is reference to move
meut Of camp received and will be carri-
ed out None IS more anxious to get
away from here than my self it seems
from your orders given me tnat you re-
gard my forces "a part OF your command
Nothing will give me greater pleasure
than serving under y4u.ger,ral. and /
shall comply with all your requests and
directions, but / was told by the score
tary that YOU were not TO supersdo me
In command.
- viii furnish the Information called
for as to the condition Of command to
Gilmore, adJutant general A. II. O. sIIAF
TER. Maj Gen"
Gen. Miles very promptly replied as
follows.
playa Del Este, July is1saS. -Guanata-
namo, 1880 a, m General Shafter.-Tele-
gram received; have no desire aud have
carefully avoided any appearance or sup
erzeding YOU. Your command is part
OF the United states army which I have
the honor to command having been duiy
assigned thereto and directed by the
President TO 80 wherever ] thought my
presence required ana give such general
directions rs / thought best concerning
military matters, and especially directed
TO go TO Santiago for specific purpose.
You viii also notice that the order OF the
secretary Of war OF July 10 lert the mat.
ter to my discretion. 1 should regret thar
any event should cause either yourself
or any part Of your command TO cease
to be ~ part Of niue Very truly yours
NELSON a. MILE, Major General com
manding United sta,es army"
Gen. Miles then gave Gen. shafter final
Instructions and left hurridely for Porto
Rico for reasons already known to the
readers OF the Star In view OF the sit-
uation as revealed by the above telegram
the following statement contained in the
New YorE neraid OF recent date o. quoted
"If my cabicgram 10 9hafter. Informing
him that MAJ. Gen. Miles was not sent 10
suDersede MIN in Supreme command OF
the troops 10 the field at Santiago De Gu
Da. precented the storming Of the city on
;he day OF its surrender ana resulted
In the savins Of lives which otherwise
womd have been lost "a the attack. then
am repaid for sending Il a thousand
fold"
"This statement vas made 70 me this
afternoon by Secretary Algor apropos Of
the publication IN the Ieraic Of yester-
day, setting forth the dolngs OF Major
General Miles during his brief stay IN
Cuba. The secretary told me he dld no,
propose 10 enter into any controversy re-
garding the Santiago campaign with any
body. The results spoke for themselves
ana they were a sufficient Justification
for the policy which had been pursued By
the war department in the conduct OF
the operations against Santiago.
My cablegram to Gen. shafter," d,
continued, was simply due 20 my desir,
70 assure him that Intend 10 be absolu,
tely fair. Before his departure from
Washington Gen. Miles, and 1 had talked
Jhe matter over and he started Tor Cuha
knowing that he was not ln any way tc
interfere with the operations which wer,
under control Of Gen. shafter. That ther,
could be no doubt whatever, / oabled 4,
Gen Shsfter, Informing him that Gen
Miles had left Tor Cuba. with instruction
not ln any manner TO supersede him a.
commander o. the troops in the 1eld a
Santiago De cuba. and az ] have said