Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-14
Observation-Disclosures IL, 100
r.c,y AND MILES.

,r,.o ,ou,spapers of the country WI" '
,aor,r Commissary Genera
,,ayan for the loathsome iansuuee
,.oa 4, answering General Miles, 'e
-, before the Dodge Confhissi''''
- mot remarkable body OF inVes''s"-
,ors after allowing Easan to muu'ee
,v,rsss,ons that would not nave
,ormitted in any police court III '''o 80.
80 sent Fagan's typewritteh s''t'
-, - him telling him that unless IL
..,,,oo, q properly It will not be aun'i''''
70 their records. 30
-, General Eaaan. personally the PEI
,.,o,y very little, and the wohdel Nv"
q, how ne ever reached his present no
,osi,ion. IL seems, however 'h@O ITO
lieutenant Of volunteers n Tue
80 whence he was appointed u NV
roc,,,ar army. and by gradual pronio'iO"9
- ,,,o rank and assignment ne ho"
holds. 49,. ,,o,or shall
-, IN the rear as soon as posslpi0'
po .s,,,,, there are some difficulties
On the way. AT the oesihhins -,
nreeent investigation the
nronised that no army oihcer s"ou.N
made TO suffer on account oil eViuen0'
-. no gave before the investigator
,,r,ission. While Eagan's awiul tihu'
,a,rst Miles was IN no sense testiillohS
400 sunpose when he comes 10 De ii"i
,.rossed as he surely will be, he VIII u.
-. - sbolter himself behind the Presi
dents pledge .. 49,. r,ooo,
W. ebould not wonder If the Eag"
.,,sode did not blight the military caiee
of Miles and Eagan both'
general Miles married into the She'i
,an,lv. Its influence in times past wa
very helpful TO him, but 1t may Dc Una
ho, connection has been hurttui 10 HI
n, late. That the shermans are OUT VIII
the administration may have han SUM
thing TO do with the fact that from u
very beginning Of the recent war MIN
,,,os snubbed. II was with no very goo
feeling towards the war Department 'n'
Miles returned to this country from fo'
pico In fact. he came back with gre
ance and his outraged feelings found We
in several newspaper interviews an"
his denunciation of the "embalmed Dee
that Eagan had sent his command.
We Aoubt II Miles had any idea that
condemnation of the beer wouid ma
,be commotion that 1t has. In cnar'
terizlng some Of the dressed meat DIS
balmed. Miles not only wounded AN
ana racan. but arrayed against MINIS
the rich and powerful meat-packing
,erest Of the country. Already 1t Is 5
that Miles has done our meat export
,rade almost irreparable injury. so
ueat-packers have abused Miles rouh'
and we may presume that IN the III
circles Of the War Office he was cur
black and blue Under these circumstaf
Iapan prepared his Dunciad. lie WIS
20 excoriate Miles and all of Miles's
norters. and he went at the work dei
,ate,v He had his speech or testim'
or whatever the dirty stun may De
od tvpewritten. And from hose |
,y,i,ten sheets he read to the Dodge {
mission. Therefore, he cannot plead
no acted without elaboration. 1t vii
impossible for him to try to eXtenuatt
sewer-like sentences by saying that
were framed in the neat OF paSsloh'
90 writ Is writ, and there would seel
he no way out of it for him; but we
remember that at heart Alger Is
Eagan. The public wish Is thats r.
shall be court-martialled for CONDUCT
becoming an officer and gentleman
for conduct prejudiclai to the SCI
Surely the matter cannot be allow
rest where II is. In that event prec
would be established which would ?
the service for all time.
our own opinion is that Eagan "
proceeded against somehow, and tn
abort will be made TO drag Miles In
,it with him. Considering how ur
Miles has been treated from the beg
of our troubles with Spain, 1t is n
ing any very violent injustice to tn
pnice TO suppose that It's hostility
On stin unappeased. Meanwhile no
aw people are stopping 10 think W
the beef in question was good or Z
" Our conclusion reached from
statements OF Miles, Roosevelt. DR.
~ and others. IL. that many eonsig
OF the refrigerated and timed be'
unfit for men TO eat. But 1t wou
appear that In only one or i've IN
were chemicals used 10 preser'
msst. II is claimed that these W