The record-union., 1899-01-14

had not been for this charge, perhaps,
I would not have used such language
before the commission. Let those that
criticise my language be placed in the
position in which I was placed Let
them be charged as I was charged,
and they will understand my language
better. Il is the gored bull that feels
the pain.
WHAT GENERAL MILES SAYS.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.-General
Miles was asked to-day what official
action, if any, would be taken regard
ing General Eagan's attack, and re-
piled that he had not made any state
ment on the subject, and did not IN
tend to forecast the proceeding of the
War Department. When it was sug-
gested that the War Department was
estopped from any proceedings against
General Eagan on the ground of the
protection promised by the President
to all witnesses in their testimony be-
fore the War Investigating Commis-
sion. General Miles said that there
might be some question as to- the divld-
ing line between testimony and per-
sonal abuses: that in his opinion many
court of Justice, or for that matter,
police court, would have stopped Wit
ness who had used before 1t such
language as was used before the war
Commission yesterday. General Miles
said:
Il did not want to appear before the
War Commission, in the first place.
When they wrote suggesting that l
voluntarily appear before them, re-
piled that 1 believed it to be for the
best interests Of the service for me
not to volunteer any testimony. Wneh
1 was ordered before the committee,
and they asked me concerning Iacts
that then had in my possession, l was
obliged. as a matter of honesty, to an
swer them, and produced official COM
plants to me as my best reply. Even
then I did not tell them all the facts
which 1 had discovered by my own In
yestigation This inquiry was carried
on quietly through the proper branches
of the War Department, and was be-
gun as a matter of duty by the COM
manding General, after the receipt OF
an immense number of complaints.
That investigation is still being prose-
cuted and I still think, as 1 said be-
fore. that it would have been much
better had the officers of the War De-
partment who have in charge the care
of the proper feeding of the soldiers
been allowed to attend to these matters
quietly in their own way"
ROOSEVELT SAYS THE MEAT WAS
BAD.
ALBANY On. ". JAM Ex-Governor
Roosevelt stated to-day that he had
written a letter to Major General Miles
concerning the condition of the meat
furnished during the Santiago expedi-
ton. General Miles. at Washington, has
made reference to the receipt OF that
letter. The Governor, as Colonel Of the
Regiment Of Rough Riders, submitted
a report to the War Department In
September last which contained prac-
ticallv the same account Of the condi-
ton of the beef as was set forth IN
his letter to General Miles.
The Governor, in his letter, stated tnae
four kinds of beef were furnished to
the Rough Riders from the time they
left Florida for Cuba until their re-
turn. The first of these was corned
beef It's quality was good The SAT-
in the meat seasoned the other art1-
cles of food and the men found it quite
palatable. The second kind was canned
roast beef, which was without flavor
or taste and would turn the stomachs
of those who ate 1t. It was stringy and