The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
Court of Inquiry Opens For Business
Tomorrow.
ATTITUDE OF GEN. MILES
DOES NOT CONSIDER HIMSELF
ON TRIAL.
He VIII Be the First Witness and
Will Testify Concerning the En-
balmed Beef Charges-Number Of
Officers Already On Hand-Beef
Packers In Evidence.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-The court OF in
quiry to examine into the beef charges
preferred by General Miles today went
into executive session as soon as it
assembled, and proceeded with its work
of selecting witnesses TO be summoned
and mapping out a plan of procedure
a number of witnesses who viii De
examined have reported among them
being Colonel Powell and Major Lee OF
the Ninth infantry, Captain Duncan of
the IWenty-hrSt infantry, and Major
jackson OF the Third cavalry. Several
other officers are in the city, and sew
eraI representatives of the beef con-
Germs whose product is II question are
here. The probability is that the TAX
ing or testimony will begin certainly on
Monday, when General Miles will be
examined. He viii be looked to for
comprehensive statement OF his
charges, and viii be examined as TO
his statement before the war commits =
sion, and his alleged newspaper inter-
views. His examination viii be limited
closely TO mis- charges and the basis Of
them, and II is understood that shOuldi
an attempt be made to elicit from him
a statement as TO whether he had en-
tertalned any animuS that it VIII be
held he need not answer the questions
prOpOunded.
General Miles viii be followed by
other witnesses. and upon whom he Will
rely for confederation. Following them =
viii be examined Witnesses who viii (
be expected to refute the charges Of
the major general.
The privilege to be represented by i
council before the court will be exer-
cised by the. beef concerns. but it is not
General Miles present intention TO
have counsel. He does not consider HIM
self 20 1rtirr1Ia IF
but merely called upon 10 present his
contentious in regard to the beef fsr-
nished the army, and TO offer testimony
TO subStantiate his position. 1t is pos
sible that developments may arise that
Will make it wise for him to be repre-
Sented by counsel, but at present he
does not consider it likely.
The count, when it concluded today'S
session, announced that the first 1OC-
NAL session would be held Monday, ara
that the hearing of the testimony would
begin then The court viii meet at its
quarters in the Lemon building at 10
o clOck, and will proceed TO the White
House, where it will pay its respects tC
the president. From there it viii so to
the war department and VIII present
itself formally to Secretary Alger, and,
finally, to General Miles, major general
Returning at once to its
rooms, it viii begin work.
In addition 20 the officers mentioned
in the foregoing as being here to tes-
tify. among the others summoned and
who viii appear are Major \. W. Cor
liss and Captain d. L. Harreu of the
Seventh infantry; Major a. H. Bowman
IF the Second infantry; Captain Hughes
Of the Thirteenth infantry; Lieutenant
Colonel F. II. Liscum OF the Twenty
fourth infantry; Brigadier General c.
D. Viele and Major J. u. Bell of the
FIRST cavalry. These officers were in
either the Santiago or Porto Rico expe-
1itiOn. and are among those who have
made reports upon the beef.