Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-01-19
LEADERS CONDEMNED.
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The War Commissions Report VIII.
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Secretary AlEer Will Not Escape,
While Miles, Brooke and Breck- I
1nridge Will BE Criticized
Congress- Also Hit.

view ork, Jan. 16.-The Herald's
Washington special says:. Briefly put,
the commission to investigate the con-
duct of the warwill place blame as fol-
lows:
B; secretary: Alger--F;ors weakness in his res
lations with Maj. Gen Miles; for permit
ing Gen: Miles to go to Santiago.
Gen. Miles-For his conduct before, dur
ing and after the war; for his selection Of
certain army camps For telling Secretary
Alger he was in the habit of making out
his own orders;a for bringing unfounded
charges that bad beef was supplied tosthe
troops In Porto Rico. .%,:%f e Il 49,
Gen: Shafter-For certain points which
he admitted in his testimony % h Il. -
Gen.. Breckinridge-For leaving his de-
partment to take part in the Santiago bat
tie; for not making more inspections.
Gen. Brooke-For conditions at Camp
Thomas: for lack of inspections; for fall
ure to- carry out@proper sanitary regula-
stions. IN. "A $1,000 <.,:-.N .!-.-.g
+ aCongress-Fors failure to make appropri-
atoms for smokeless powder. =. g.
Z So Report Nearly Ready. p ~. I
|. President Mckinley will have in his
possession the full report of the war
commission within the next ten days.
This report, tits asserted, will not be q
whitewash of the army administ ra ton.
1t will be unanimous upon all essential
|: points. 1t Twill declare that the pri-5
mary trou BILE lis due to the lack of
proper military organization. 5%&
g twill show that Secretary Alger was
weak, especially in his relation with
Maj. Gen. Miles; but it will not find him
responsible for the camp horrors"
Subordinate officers will be blamed for
the conditions which existed with re-
spect to these matters. Neither@the
secretary nor any member of his fam
ily, it will be stated, had any interest
in any of the camp sites. 4.s> 81 ~ Z
Blamed for the Camps.
Maj. Gen. Miles will be criticised for
his conduct before, during and since
the war. The report will show that it
was he who recommended the location
of the camps at Miami and Chickamau-
ga; that it was one of his aids who Sc
lected the camp site at Camp Alger;
that before the war he recommended
the concentration of the regulars at
Chickamauga. and that Secretary Alger
strongly objected to the location of
camp at Miami, but was overruied. It
will show that Gen. Miles was directed
by the secretary to make an inspection
trip of all the camps, but informed him
that he was in the habit Of making out,
his own orders. It is also stated that
the secretary should never have per-
mitted Miles to 60 to Santiago, though
an observation of this kind may not be
included in the report. These instances
convinced the commissioners that the
secretary should have taken steps to
compel Gen. Miles to comply with his
instructions.
Beef Charges Unfounded.
Coming down to the beef controversy,
the commission will find that Gen.
Miles charges were unfounded, that the
10 officers whose reports Gen. Miles SUBJ
mitted as showing the beef supplied for
the Porto Rican army was unfit for use
never served in Porto Rico. and that
there was absolutely no criminality in
any of the contracts made for supplies
for the service.
So far as the Santiago campaign is
concerned, the commission will report
that Gen. Shafter conducted that move
ment as efficiently as could have been
expected under the circumstances. No
fault will be found with Gen. Shafter
except as to the points which he in his
testimony admitted. tg6m a
The commission will recommend that
IT, transport system be placed under
the navy. Col. C. F. Humphreys, now
on Gen. Brooke's staff, who had charge
of the fitting out of the transports, will
be called upon to-day to explain the
90 dition, of those vessels, and he will
have to make very good explanation
to satisfy the commission. Command
ing officers of the transports will also
come in for share of the blame. 5SEt'
" Breckenridge Under Fire.
4 The commission will recommend the
radical reorganization of the inspector
generals department, and, it is said,
will sharply criticise Gen. Breckenridge
for his action in leaving his inspection
department to take part in the Santiago
battle, instead of staying at home to
attend to his inspection duties Had
there been more inspection the com
mission is satisfied the epidemic of ty-
phoid and many of the Irregularities
which prevailed would not have oc-
CURED.
Ea Gen. Brooke will be criticised for! the
conditions which existed at Camp
Thomas, and the medical department
will be blamed for lack Of inspections
and failures to carry out proper sani-
ltary regulations.
n The quartermasterg general will be &C
quilted of charges Of high prices paid
for animals for the army, and the re-
port will state, that he obtained them
very cheaply; but he may, be criticised
for clothing furnished the men. -
Why Congress Il Blamed.