The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-11
REPORT OF GENERAL MILES
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" season ana at the same tune ulSeu the plan of harassing the Spanish forces, doing the enemy the largest amount of Injury during the time nec- essary for our navy to demonstrate its superiority-the rainy or slckly season and the time actually required to equip and instruct the volunteer forces with the least possible loss to ourselves. In that letter I also asserted the belief l have entertained from the first that We could secure the surrender of the span ish army in the island of Cuba without any great sacrifice of life"
 Camps of Instruction.
 He then gives the text of the letter referred to. "The preliminary work, he says" should be done before the troops leave their states. While this is being done the general officers and staff officers can be appointed and properly instructed, large camps of instruction can be judiciously selected and ground rented and stores collected. At the end of sixty days the regiments, bat teries and troops can be brigaded and formed into divisions and corps and proper commanding agreements signed, | and this great force may be properly equipped, nodded and organized into an effective brigade with the least possible delay. Cause of Sickness In Camps.
 General Miles then says: "Congre- | gating tens of thousands of men, many | of whom were not properly equipped, in great camps away from their states rendered it difficult for them to be properly supplied with food, cooking ! utensils, camp equippage, blankets, tentage, medical supplies, transport, l etc, and was to a great extent the | cause in my judgment of the debilitat- | ing effect upon the health and strength of the men, who were otherwise in good | physical condition. The material nec- essary to clothe and equip large armies was not even manufactured at that ! time, and the subsequent condition of | the troops was injurious to the com mands in many ways"
 General orders issued May 20 for the purpose of securing uniformity in cloth | ing and supplies are given in full. The movement of troops to the seaboard is detailed. The report then says: while | the troops were being assembled at Tampa, Mobile, New Orleans, Chicka- mauga and Washington and different 1 states an expedition to the Philippine Islands was gathered at San Franlisco under the command of Major General l Wesley Merritt. The command was well organized and as well supplied as was possible with the means available. The expedition sailed May 26, 1898, and was well conducted and eminently sue cessful in every way. Full reports have been submitted by General Merritt and his subordinate officers"
 l Dangerous Missions of Spies
 General Miles mentions the dangerous missions of Lieutenant A. s. Rowan to Cuba and of Lieutenant Whitney to Posto Rico to obtain military informa- tion at the outbreak of the war. He gives an account of the fitting of the expedition to Santiago commanded by General Shafter and he quotes a tele- gram, dated June 8, to the secretary of war, in which he said: T desire to go with this command or to organize an- other and go with it to capture position No. g." General Miles gives the text of detailed instructions to General Shafter and inquiries regarding the transports and the shipment of stores. June 15 the secretary of war summoned Gen eral Miles from Tampa to Washington. He submitted plan of campaign on June "A for operations following the anticipated fall of Santiago. The mid dle provinces of Cuba were to be invad- ] ed from Neuvitas and a movement thence toward the west, utilizing the forces of Garcia and Gomez.
 Garcia's March to Santiago.
 He gives a copy of letter that he had sent June to Garcia in anticipa- tion of the Shafter campaign. Garcia s reply accepting the suggestions by ca ble from Mole St. Nicholas was receiv- ed in four days after the latter had been sent. The communications were made through Admiral Sampson. Gen eral Miles then says: Tt will be ob- | served that General Garcia regarded my requests as his orders and promptly took steps to execute the plan of opera tions He sent three thousand troops to Santiago. They were engaged in nc less than thirty combats on their way before reaching Santiago and would have been stampeded had General Gar cia's request of June 27 been granted
  sand men they pushed forward"
 General Miles continues: "The expe- dition against Santiago, commanded by Major General Shafter, landed at Dali quiri and Siboney June 22 23 and "A The subsequent movements against the garrison at Santiago have been describ- ed in the several communications and reports of commanding officers there engaged General Shafter's cable messag ges to the adjutant generals of fees concerning operations before San tiago are given. General Miles ther says:
 Ion receipt of these communications it was decided that I should go to San- tiago with the endorsements already en route and that were being moved as rapidly as possible. Before leaving Washington it was my purpose to lan6 sufficient forces on the west side of the harbor of Santiago to open the entrance to our fleet. I reached Charleston 1T time to go on board the fast steamer Yale already loaded with fifteen hun dred troops, and, with the steamer Go. lumbia accompanying, arrived opposite the entrance of Santiago harbor on the morning of July H. Admiral Sampson was then on board the flagship New York in close proximity to the entrance | tnr oy, 7 f11Il tria a1