Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-10
GENERAL MILES HAS
 MADE HIS REPORT.
It Covers the War With Spain, but It Is Said, Win Not Be Given
 Out Very soon.

New York, Nov. 9. The Herald from Washington says:
 Major General Nelson A. Miles has completed and submitted to the war de- partment his report covering the entire period of hostilities between the United States and Spain.
 It could not be learned at the war de- partment whether this report in its en- tirety will be given out for publication in the near future or atal. It is hinted that certain portions of the report may be withheld The aim and substance of the reasons for withholding it, 1t is as- serted, is the fact that the report is said to deal squarely with matters that cer- tain officials prefer to keep i'll the back ground.
 Friends of General Miles who claim to be cognizant of the contents of the re- port say it is exhaustive i'll dealing with the minutest details and many things which have not been clear to the genera public as to fhe conduct of the war are fully and comprehensively explained.
 That the report is thorough and ex- haustiye is shown by the fact that it covers nearly 200 sheets of closely type written manifold paper, and includes all dispatches sent by and received by General Miles. In fact it covers all the part taken by the army iR the war, and deals i1 the most minute particulars with the period beginning with General Miles landing in Cuba and until he left the island of Porto Rico to come home.
 Tho reference to the Santiago cam paign alone takes up many pages. The invasion and occupation of Porto Rico is given in detail. It is also mentioned that General Miles conferred with Ad- migal Sampson, and asked the admiral l to protect the landing of United States troops on Cuban soil, which was done The report also refers to the warning General Miles gave to General Shafter, and in plain English criticises General Shafter's conduct of the campaign in Santiago.
 The report only makes brief mention # the work of the inspector generals de- partmeut, which General Miles thinks satisfactory, insofar as the inspector general had power and authority to act. From this the inference is drawn that ihe inspector general was eurtailed by authority greater than his in the con- duct of his work.
 The report practically states that the muddled condition of matters relating to the army status is due to the fact that much information was given out and conradicted by the secretary of war.
 Contained i'll the report are true cop ies of every telegram that passed be- tween General Miles and the war de- partment. None of them are eurtailed or mutilated and it is said if the report IS published in full many of these tele, grams and portions Of others will be made public for the first time. These telegrams, 1t IS further said, will tell truths that it is alleged have been so far suppressed.
 The report makes no reference to the so-called Alger-Miles controversy, but some of the statements credited to Gen. Miles are reiterated. A friend of Gen. Miles sad:
 ''The general will not make the report public, but the secretary of war will give it out He will not dare keep il back. It will be bitter pill for Alger, but when it is known that the report has been submitted, the demand for il will be great. :"