Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-11-11
WHAT HAS MILES REPORTED
IT Is NOT YET GIVEN OUT
the Contents of the Report, and
Say that 1t Criticiscs the Man
aEement of General Shafter at
santiago.

New York, Nov. GA special to the
Herald from Washington says
Alajcr General Nelson A. Miles has com.
pleted and submitted to the war depart
ment his report covering the entire period
Of hostilities between the United States
and Spain. 1t could not be learned at
the war department whether this report
in its entirety will be given out for pub
location in the near future or at all. 1t
is said that certain portions of the report
may be withheld. The sum and substance
of the reasons for withholding it, it is
said, is the fact that the report is said to
deal squarely with matters that certain
officials prefer to keep in the background
Friends of General Miles, who claim 20
be cognizant of the contents of the report,
say il is exhaustive in dealing with the
minutest details and many things which
have not been clear to the geneml public
as to the conduct of the war are fully and
eomprehcnsively explained.
That the report is thorough and exhaus-
tive is shown by the fact that it covers
nearly 200 sheets of closely typewriter
manifold paper and includes all dispatches
sent by and received by General Miles. 1t,
in fact, covers all the part taken by the
army in the war and deals in the most
minute details with the period beginning
with General Miles landing in Cuba and
until he left the island OF Puerto Rico to
colue home.
All Details Set Forth.
Tho rofnrnnoa to tha Cont;o..r o,,,0o ;o,
alone takes up many pages. The invasion
and occupation of Puerto Rico is given in
detail. 1t is also mentioned that General
Miles conferred with Admiral Sampson
and asked the admiral to protect the land
ing of United States troops on Cuban soil,
which vas done. The report also refers tc
the warning General Miles gave to Cen
eal Shafter and in plain English crit.
ciscs General Skaters conduct Of the
campaign in Santiago.
The report only makes brief mention Of
the work of the inspector generals de-
Partment, which General Miles thinks was
satisfactory insofar as the inspector
general had power and authority to act
From this the inference is drawn that the
inspector general was curtailed by au-
tholity greater than his in the conduct 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 that was given out was
contradicted by the secretary of war.
Te.egrams Given In Full.
Contained in the report are true copies
OF every telegram that passed between
General Miles and the war department
None of them are curtailed or mutilated
and it is said if the report is published in
full many of these kilograms and portions
OF others will be made public for the first
time. These kilograms, it is further said,
will tell truths that it is alleged have been
so far suppressed
The report makes no reference to the
so-ealled Alger-M Miles controversy, but
some of the statements credited to Gen.
eral Miles are reiterated.
A friend of General Miles said: "The
general will not make the report public,
but the secretary of war will give it out.
He will not dare to keep it back. 1t will
be bitter pill for Alger, but when it is
known that the report has been submitted
the demand for it will be great"