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Breckenridge
ger Orders General
TO Cuba.
Washington, January l2.-secretary

Especial Dispatch to The Post)

and he had apparently not known elouB.
to provide himself check BOOK anu hau
moi left his signature with the secretary "
the treasury, nor made any preparation ior
ayailing himself Of the funds al his com
mand. There we're experienced disDurs-
Ing officers In the island who had IN lhe
aggregate over 100000 In their possession,
and yet General Miles had complained lhut
there we're no paymasters In the isiahu, ~
that the soldiers had no money with which
to buy food for themselves. General Mines
had then called on the department 10 put
$4,000 more In the hands OF Major Black
and that General Egan declined 10 DO, put
ting 81, 900 to Major Blacks credit In New
York.
General Egan referred to the mysterious
manner In which papers disappeared from
the files of the war department He said
that while General Miles was In Tampa
he wired TO the commissary general TO
know what stores and supplies were on
hand at Tampa and some othcr point
General Egan replied In the usual way,
though at that time the railroad tracks AZ
Tampa were piled with millions OF rations
General Egan said he was astounded the
following morning to SEQ In the reports
Of certain papers that General Miles had
severely reprimanded the commissary gem
eral the chief OF ordnance and the quar-
termaster general for the unprcpared con-
dition Of their departments. General Niles
had no right In law to deliver such repri-
mand and witness at once had enclosed the
clipping TO the adjutant generals office re-
questing an inquiry as to the authenticity
of the report. No such repyimand was ever
received by him and the general command
ing had not taken notice Of his inquiry. or
! even taken the trouble since then to de-
clare the unauthorized character OF press
statements. II was such indifference a.
this that had given license to the yellow
journalistic knaves who had misrepresented
and bounded government officials through
out the war"
General Egan subsequently had tried to
get his letter OF inquiry and press clipping
from the adjutant generals Office, but u
had disappeared and was nowhere 70 be
fornd.
Witness charged General Miles directly
with disarranging and hamperipE the ad-
ministration Of the war department ~
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calling off officers from duty where their
presence was absolutely necessary. This
was the case in taking Colonel Jonn Wes-
ton away from Cuba to serve With the
Porto Ricnn expedition and In putting
Major A. l.. Smith, very effcicnt otncer,
assigned as depot commissnry In PORTO
Rico, to work in soma transport duty
when his services were demanded on snore.
General Egan said the commanding gen.
eral went clearly outside his power ~ DO.
ing this and intimated that General Miles
was moved to do go by the ignorance ana
inefflciency al his own appolntee. Major
Black, who was supposed to be the chiei
commissary officer on General Miles stan.
General Egan referred to General Miles
Testimony thai he had photographed the de-
partment from Porto Rico for complete
and proper rations, and said that Ii the
commssary generals office received any
such message he should have considered
II the reaueat of "a very ignorant and III
Informed person.
Continuing. General ygan. referring to
General Miles expressed preference for ma
tive beef. of which he said there was
plenty. asserting there were no cattle
whatever In the neighborhood OF santiago.
The native beef General Miles referred TO,
General Egan characterized as stays. runts,
bulls and oyerworked cattle The use OF
such animals. the department would never
allow
General Egan, quoting General Miles al
legation that In his Judgment there was
some serious defect in the refrigerated can.
ned beef said General Miles would not say
this was anything more than his Judgment.
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was clearly shown by the fact that General
Egan read his remarks from careiuns
prepared typewriter copy CIV
Not the least remarkable Phase o. uen
cral ygan's statement was tue iaheuass
in which 1t was couched. Inere "as
scarcely phrase that would not havs s, ner :,
characterized as sensational IN an o'uinA''
official utterance. , ,,..
asLed whether he had any further move
ment In prospect OF forcing an Is'u"
81 h.ye sa,d all intend to say for the
nresen, . he replied, land II any one
wsn,s IN hiring the matter to court mar
,iai I am ready for that, too, as ] nave
s,raaav stated before the commission.
q com as the nature OF General Egan
s,a,s,ne,ts became known, attention was
dIrected TO army headquarters 10 ascsI
tain what move would be made py rensIa'
Niles THE latter. through Gonerai Aice
,ar his chief aide. beyond saying thal ~
stood for the soldiers, declined 10 Mahe
anv statement. saying that now was ~,
the time for talk and that before .ahIus
anv action II would be only proper any
nacessarv to wait until he had had an vp'
nortnnity to receive through the resuia,
channels and TO consider the testimony
furnished by General Egan. ne ~ou''
not tally about court martial
Altogether the intimation conveyed va
that General Miles would act with nelip
arss,on n he decided 10 take any acuol
a. ~, and there was faint suegestol
that he might decide to ignore the state
ment altogether. 80, .r -
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part OF General Miles would terminate the
incident But should he decide to take
notice officially of the attack, the next
step would be. for him to prefer charges
with the president against the commissary
general These might be based on several
technical grounds such. for instance az
conduct tending to the destruction OF good
order and discipline. 1t would be for me
president to pass upon the demand, and
he might adopt one OF three courses-rc-
tlse II, grant II, or. instead. order
court Of Inquiry. In Ills latter case ,De
board would have the power to go into the
question Of veracity which has been
generals would be practically under ex-
animation.
Most vigorous and sensational testimony
was given before the war investigating
commission today by Commissary General
Egan, who appearing unexpectedly to
meet the allegation against the beef issues
In he war vigorously arraigncd Major
General Miles. commanding the army. He
read his testimony from long written
statement He denied numerous state
ments OF General Miles, charged that the
Iatters testimony constituted several re.
fiectlons ON the commanding generals OF
the expedition, and referred TO MIN as
this same commanding general, Nelson
A. Miles" and said whoever called the peei
furnished "embalmcd beef was a liar.
w. D. Miles. the general manager OF the
Armour Packing company. Kansas CITY
testified that the company had supplied 70
the government about 100000 pounds O
refrigerated beef and nearly 500, oo.
pounds Of beef in tins and no chemicais o.
any kind we're used. He said they had also
supplied the English French and Japancss
governments with timed meats Of the
samo kind and the Japanese government
had recently stipulated that future DEW
erieg must be Of the same quality as ne
fore and the beef supplied them was ex'
actly the same al that Furnished TN
Crited States government
General Charles p. Egan. commisaarl
general Of subsistence, was then called Z
answer regarding the charges OF Genera
MiIes that ,'embsimed" and pro;essed re
was furnished the troops in the field Con
eral Egan had prepared a typswrit.s'
statement covering his side OF me ~.
and was allowed TO read y. uenerai Esa'
referred to the fact that General M,ies ~ "a
refused 10 be sworn and commenten on IN
fact that he was only one OF seo wlthsssc
who had 90 refused. General Egan saio
himself preferred 10 be sworn:
General Eean began BY GAZING a.,enltu
10 General Miles appointment OF ms1e
/ John d. Black, civilian. az MS cniei
ftan. and said that this was larke,y Z,
sponsibIe for the trouble thai iollo~e'
/ He esiA that Major Black MAO neen ~.
nished $500 before starting sof rosso ~
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Especial Dispatcb to The Post. }

The Pct)
testimony OF
general OF subsistence before the nigat
fairly sizl the wires out of the ciy
tot
He called General
drummed hea
Miles tho
beefco and he
crisis and
probably
be matter
conid
with
General Egan is locked fol absorbing
General otooka o
iepiary for treason
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whoever" said General Egan. calls u
embalmed beef Is a liar. "
Citing the reports submitted By Generai
Miles In corrohnration OF his charges. Gene
eral Egan submitted whether or pot hie
course OF securing these reports would
ports. He cited Generals Merritt and
Shefter as approving the beef News:
paper statements euianating from General
Miles" he said, that 10000 pounds q
beef were condemned ct Porto klco. Y
an absolute falsehood. No such Quantity
was condemned there or elsewhere. n a y.
Witness said Surgeon Dnly'f report tes5
the beef apparently whs infected WIN
chemicals to aid In prsssrving 49,
cloth" He denounced the assettioe IN
chemicsiiy prepared hsef VA 49,
Anywhere and said be did not e. xzk
surgeon DAILY hid. that bsllsf IN
Or now. WAY. then. ~ oall
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Probabilities.

Louisiana-Threatening weather. heht' 10
frts! southerly winds
Fest Texas-Threatenins weather. WIN
showers on the gulf; light to fresh Var'ap''
Ni rest Texas and New Mexico-Partiy CLOUDY;
n,.,ahoma and Indian Territory--partiy
cloudy weather, preceded by rain ID eastern
portion: variable winds,
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WEATHER INFORMATION.
Snow and Rain In Lake Region an
the Middle Atlantic States.

the Middle Atlantic States.
Washington, January IA high pressure
covers the Atlantic States and low pressure
extends from the west gulf to Manitoba snow
and rain have fallen in the lake regions ana
Misstssinrj valleys and gulf and South At
iantic States and rain on the extreme south
er., and extreme North Pacific coast.
yoiIeu to tbe Atlantic Coast except In Fioridn.
whtre the temper has remained Sta
ticnary- .,, 49, ,,ississ,nni
,,'Ian r. The Atlantic coast except in New
EncIard, where the weather will be fair. fol-
lowed by snow. ...,a c,at..
II will grow warmer in the Atlantic sta.e'
+. NJ the temrerature will remain nearly sta
tyonary elsewhere.
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NEW YoRK-The annual winter carnival
of sports under the joint nane cement OF the
kriCkerbocker and New Jersey athletic clubs
will be held at Madison So lare garden today
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DENOUEMENT OF THE BEEF SCANDAL

General Egan: "ln denounc-
ing General Miles as a liar, when
he makes this statement, wish
TO make it as emphatic and as
coarse as the statement itself.
wish to force the lie back into
his throat, covered with the
contents Of a camp latrine. 1
wish to brand it as a falsehood
Of whole cloth, without a par
ticle of truth to sustain it.
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GOOD New. from OtIs.

Washington. January 12.-The secretary
of war was much gratiied this morning. ny
the receipt of the following cablegram at
7:25 o'clock:
Adjutant General, Washington:
Manila. January 12.-Conditions appar-
emily improving. Citizens feel more Sc
cure. Many natives returning. City quiet
and business active Otis.
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PHILADELPHIA. Pa.--Mr and Mrs George
w Childs Drexel will give large bail at
Horticultural hall today in honor OF MISS
Minnie Drexel Fell, who made hersdebut into
society recently.
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seesessssssssee,

Post)
commia senerat
of the president
before the war
In and the es
the
whic invade M
II Is said that President ACCESSIBILITY
the beef
Eganha that either NO or General
he
81 beef
be
in
of administration cir
wlr
itswhch he compelled to suffer today
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Observation-Disclosures instructions were
received here recently from Secretary Alger
giving final orders for the movement of the
Fourth United States infantry to Manila
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+ CHICAGo.-The Chicago University and
Minnesota will debate the questian Re-
solved, That the United States senators shctld
be elected by direct vote Of the people. At
the Kent theater at the university this even
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roDAy's FORECAST.

anstIH ss 70 Diplomatic dinner at the
IND R I.--Rhode Islands Ken.
y ana ana , snow will be held at Music hal.
vva2hT NEWS. va4-Ths steamship
,a Srk Of the American line will come
~'ss LOT her annual overhauling.
Eet.S Ga.-Abe Small the thrice
murderer of Policeman Jansen C.
una who was resplted on December .
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by Governor Gambler, is under sentence to
hang today.
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Genernl observations

GenernI ObscryatiOns.
observations taken at all stations by United
States weather bureau at p M. 10Th merih-
ian time: ~.
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Will Say the Beef Was Good
Especial Dispatch to The posto

Washington, January l7-The war commission will find
in its report to the president that the charges Of officers that the
beef furnished 10 the army invasion OF Porto Rico em
baed chemically treated and unfit for use are untrue and that
the meat supplied was good
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General Egan in his sworn
testimony before the war inves-
tipatirlg committee:

tISdtIIlS SOIII'IIIttcc'
General Miles lies in his
throat, in his heart, in every
part of his body. He should be
drummed out Of the service and
imprisoned. wish to force the
lie back in his face. Unless he
should prove his statements ne
should be avoided by everybody,
should be barred out Of every
club"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-24

Cen Furston of Kansas. who won his
promotion in fair field. and got it on the
recommendation of his commander-in-
-hief. is returning to the Philippines after
/ mixed yxperisnc" at home here He was
enthusiastically received by the people of
Kansas. aud sword. voted by the state
vas presented to him. He was loudly ae-
-faimcd at San Francisco when he landed
ith all along the route of his journey in
lard. He bore himself. according to all re-
"rts. with excellent Judgment and good
@Ete through it all
But he did uot escape detraction or Sc
ere assault. He found himself the target
OF more than one rnudsIinger He was
lccused OF wearing honors unwurthiIy be
iI"Wed. So far from being "A hero he was
:hargad with beirg d coward. Instead Of
r}ding assaults on the enemy, and swim
Ling a river to get at him. it was as
erted that he had run TO cover when the
ShtfnE became brisk. 1t was also asserted
nat he robbed churches of altar valuah Ins
nd presented Il part Of the sacred spoil to
us WIFE And 50 forth.
Cen. Funston is a man of experience, as
Well as "f intrepidity, and he will probably
-ot be discouraged by the assaults of his
ne'niAs. The courage which has served to
tdvance MIN will serve to sustain him. But
rc would h@ more. less. than human +
ie Were not unpleaSantiy affected by tl,.
bought that in his absence This scurrilous
attic Will continue aud poison the springs
ii feeling here and there against him
y nile Ii" Is at the front lighting the coun-
rvs battles against willy foe at home
II III" jungle. his enemies in the rear will
~ barking like skulkcrS at his wclI-earned
~routa tiun.
And what is true in the case of Gen.
t'unst"n is unfortunately true IN tho case
II our military establishments in The Phil
Ipin"s. from the commander-n-chier down.
':uSy IT. they are in a field altogether new
and difficult: successful Is thc,. are in all
II Their assaults Oh The "n"my: deserving
- they are nt the gratitude and admira-
hon 1T their countrymen At home. our
soldiers are Vet made the butts Of chem
sings in n" rear ny those whose own cx-
7i"lt- ar" not more martial than attacking
gin tizzes i'll coy corner or talking war
Trough tn smoke rings Of 4 fragrant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-24

a few weeks ago stir was caused
throughout the country by the death of a
Cornell student as a result of certain prac-
tees connected with his initiation into a
secret society. Now comes word that q
smaller boy, student at a preparatory
school IN New Jersey. has died as a result
Of injuries received in Il hazing prank
played by members of the higher classes
on the youngsters of the lowest class
These two deaths once more bring sharply
TO notice the fact that the public sentiment
today is strongly set against these college
methods The tendency Of the period is
against the rough. even brutal. treatment
OF under-Classmen which obtained a few
decades ago almost without stint or hin
drance. The real purpose Of school and
college education i being more widely
recognized There is 10 disposition how
ever. To deprecate the indulgence Of the
boys and young men In wholesome sports
or In customs which serve 10 build charae-
ter upon solid. desirable lines II Is well
that the college atmosphere should be filled
with influences TO draw the over-studious
into healthful contact with matter and
muscle occasionally. and to destroy weak
ling prejudices and fears. But It is to be
remembered that very many .cDlIep-a stu
dents nowadays are physically unable to
stand the strain which some Of the Gus
toms put upon them. The Cornell case il
supposed to have owed its event To the
doctrine that a lad must go to any extreme
to avoid the charge of cowardice Tho
youth in question was ordered by the nm
per-classman who was guiding him To the
place OF initiation to cross canal and min
g meaningless scrawI upon the ttmbers az
a nearby railroad bridge. The victim In
stantly obeyed. rather than incur the
slightest suspicion of fear. and was
drowned in the canal A false standard
Of personal bravery is advanced by these
practices The boy who Is morally brave
enough to abstain from doing a foolish
thing Is often the greater hero than he who
Is courageous to rscklessness. II requires
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a fine fibre and a staunch manliness,
sometimes. such as amount of haZing
or initiation fooIery Will ever produce. to
face down an institutional prejudice. The
New Jersey case is of Il different charac-
ter. yet IL bears upon the same false no.
ton of college and school ''maniness.
The little victim was literally pounded to
death by being placed in pile of his fell
lows then pummeled by the unthinking
upper-class members. The latter thought
they were showing their superiority by
thus carrying out custom. They imag. med
they were preserving the dangerous dis
cipline" which keeps the classes distinct
from each other. BY all means let the
boys and the elder students play and prank
aud strengthen their bodies and clear out
their minds by an indulgence in harmless
pleasures and tricks. But for the sake of
the good name of modern education and
The lives of the rising genera alton let the
line he strictly drawn between pay and
m9nSiaUghtcr
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street Car Schedules.

The people are complaining loudly that
the street railway schedules are unsatis-
factory and that the arrangements for
transferring passengers from one line to
another are crude and uncertain. There
should be friction over this matter
The street railways of the city are now
well established upon a rapid transit basis,
with the electrical equipment of the last
remaining horse car line rapidly approach
ing completion. The company in possess
sion OF what are known as the syndicated
roads has been in organization for several
months. By this time the service should
be so smooth and reliable as to satisfy the
public entirely. No line in the city should
be maintained on less than a five-minute
schedule at any time. The companies can
not rightfully assume to thrust on the
people the burden of equalizing the hourly
fluctuations of the traffic. Yet they show
a disposition to do SO. There are certain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-24
Commercial Stationery
And School Supplies.

We invite your attention to the
carefully selected stock of CONNER
cial Stationery and Supplies for
School and Office Work. which we
are now showing. Many practical
helps to facilitate the work of the
student and business man are to be
found here.
The prices at which they are
marked are much below the usual
cost Of such goods.
We give a few below:
, Automatic Pencils, two grades Sc. and 1Oc.
Paints In boxes from be. TO soc.
School Satehels sc. to 25c. leather, with shoulder
straps.
School Bags. cloth, with rings, 75c. and s16o.
School Bags. cloth. with draw strings 25e. aud
Soc.
Book Straps, leather, &c. to 35e,
Rulers from lie. to soc.
Pencil Ers,sers from &c. to &c.
Pencil and Ink Erasers from Sc TO zoe.
Cloth-bound Noseless States, single. Sc to 12c.
double, 1Sc. and zoe.
Pencil Boxes, empty, Sc. to tic.
Pencil Boxes filled. Sc. to loo.
COlored Crayons, lie. to loo the box.
Inks, all the standard makes, from Sc to T5c the
bottse
Lead Pencils, with rubber tips, 10c, lSc and soc
dozen.
Good School Sponges from lie. to Sc each.
Pen Holders. Toe. to soc. dozen
Note Books, several styles, Sc to 15c
Exercise Books, board covers, with good paper &C.
TO 25e.
French Exercise Books, 25c.
Lunch Baskets, with leather strap to throw over
shoulder, lie.
Ieatherette Lunch Boxes I0c 30 l5e
Lunch Boxes, canvas sides and leather corners,
25e.
Coiored Crayons for blackboard exercises Ic each
Dustless Crayons, white, Toe, dozen
Crayons. white, 4for 1c., 1oc box.
Blackboard Erasers, 10c.
Geographical Globes, in large variety-a splendid
help for the student-25c. to $50.
Basement.
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n tUrbin" system OF marine propulsion
mas dpp@r' ntly Eindicated the claims of its
projectors. \ British torpedo boat de-
str"y"r. the Viper equipped with turbine
engines has just attained a speed of thir-
ty-scVen knots an hour on a trial run two
knots oyer the guarantee and seven knots
over the high speeds Of the average tor
ped" BOAT. 1t is believed thai with a
catlmer sea the Viper would have made
TO the larger vessels, such as the trans
oceanic craft. is awaited with keen interest
If the principle can he developed 70 such a
large scale very material advance will
have been ACCOMPLISHED in ocean steaming.
It is claimed that the time between Liver
low four days, perhaps, and maybe even to
three. one ct the chief gains. however.
would be in the increase of the vessels
carrying capacity. The turbine engines are
much smaller in buik than those Of the Of
binary pattern, ana what with this addi-
tton L. the storage space in a ship and the
leSSened need for coal bunkers. owing to
the shortened trip. il Is estimated that the
average liner could carry upwards Of thirty
per cent more freight with the turbine en-
GiHes than with these Of the prevalent
type. Fortunately the projectors of the
system are progressing conservatively. SO
that If the device Is applied to the larger
ships there win he very good reason to look
for immediate and marked success.