The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-13

| terious manner in which papers disap-
! peared from the files of the war de-
! partment. He said that while General
/ Miles was at Tampa he wired to the
/ c0mmissary general TO know what
stores and supplies were on hand at
/ Tampa and some other point. General
EaSan replied in the usual way, though
at that time the railroad tracks at
Tampa We're piled with millions OF ra-
tons.
REPRIMANDED BY MILES.
General Eagan said he was astounded
| the following morning to see in the re-
ports OF certain papers that General
Miles had severely reD-imaDded = the
eommisSary general, the chief of ord
nance and the OuartermaSter general
for the unpreparedness OF their respec-
tive departments. General Miles had no
right in the world to deliver such
reprimand, and witness had at once en-
closed. the clipping TO the adjutant
generals Office, requesting an inquiry
as TO the authenticity of the report No
such re9rimand was ever received by
him, and the general commanding had
taken no notice of his inquiry, nor even
taken the trouble since then to declare
the unauthorized character Of the press
statements. 1t was such Indifference
as this that had given license to the
yellow Journalistic knaves who had
misreDresented and bounded govern
ment officials throughout the war"
General Eagan subsequently had
tried to get his letter of inquiry and
press clipping from the adjutant gen
erals Office, but it had disappeared, and
was nowhere to be found.
Witness then charged General Miles
directly with disarranging and ham
Dering the administration of the war
department by calling officers from
their duty where their presence was
absolutely necessary. This was the
case in taking Colonel John Weston
away from Cuba to serve with the
Puerto Rican expedition, and in put
ting Major A. l.. Smith, very efficient
officer, assigned as depot commissary in
Puerto Rico, to work on some trans
port duty" when his services were de-
manded on shore.
General Eagan said the commanding !
general went clearly outside his power /
IN dong this. and intimated that Cen
eral Miles was moved to do so by the |
ignorance and inefficiency of his own |
7ppolntee, Major Black, who was sup |
posed to be the chief commissary Of !
1cer on General Miles staff.
AND ILL-INFORMED."
General Eagan referred to General
"a the department from Puerto Rico
or complete and proper rstions. and
said that if the commissary generals
'ffice had received any such message
le should have considered it as the re-
lueSt OF very ignorant and ILL., in
orined person
Continuing, General Eagan referred
o General Miles expressed preference
or native beef, of which, he said
here was plenty. General Eagan as
erted there were no cattle whatever
n the neighborhood of Santiago The
atIve beef General Miles referred to,
'eneral Eagan characterized as stays,
ulls and overworl1ed cattle The use
such animals the deDartment would
ever allow
General Eagan, quoting General
Tiles allegation that, in mis- judgment,
here was some serious defect in the
and canned Oeef, said Gen
raj Miles would not say this was any
hing more than his judgment.
Whoever" said General Eagan, 1
calls it 'embalmed beef is a lar
Citing the reports submitted by Cen
raj Miles in cOrrOboration Of !
IS charges, General Eagan submitted {
neither or not his course of securing {
lese reports would not be construed {
seeking adverse reports. He cited
enerals Miles and Shafter as approv-
lg the beef I
Newspaper statements emanating
ON General Miles that 100000 pounds
the beef were condemned at Puerto
leo is absolutely false. No such ouan-
ty was condemned there or else
here"
DAILY ALSO A LIAR.
Witness said Surgeon Days report
lat the beef apparently was injected c
it'll chemicals to aid in preservation Fl
as ''falsehood, and he made it out O
whole cloth" II
He denounced the assertion that D
lemically prepared beef had been is Il
ed anywhere, and said he did not be- a
we Surgeon DAILY had that belief, d
en-, since or now. f,
Why" he asked, did he shirk his te
lty? Why not then make Chemical
alysis, and why Keep this infarma-
N to himself and spring it suddenly
the commission and the whole conn
=, and imply that packing houses .
We been cheating the government and r.
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