Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-13

inent to put $4,000 in the hands of Ma
Jor Black, and this General Eagan de-
clined to do. putting $4,000 to Major
bIacks credit in New York.
AFFAIRS AT TAMPA.
General lcagan referred to the con-
troVersy between himself and General
\! Miles regarding condition of affairs at
Tampa. claiming that General Miles
mad ignored his requests for an inquiry
as to the authenticity of certain state
monts.
1T was such indifference rs this" he
SAID that had given license to the
yellow journalistic knaves who had
msrepresen;ed and bounded Govern
hent officials throughout the war"
General Eagan further stated that
papeFs had mysteriously disappeared
from tho files Of the War Department.
GEN. MILES SCORED.
Witness charged General Miles di-
rectly with disarrancing and hamper
ing the administration OF the War De-
partment by calling off officers from
DUTY where their presence was abso-
lutely nccesSarN
General Eagan said the commanding
general went clearly outside his power
III doing this. and minated that Cen
cral Miles was moved to do So Inv tha
ignorance and ineniciency of his own
appolntce. Major Black. who was sup
posed to be the chief commissarv Off
Ger on General Miles staff
General Eagan referred to General
Niles testimony, that he had "tclc-
Eraphed the department from Porto
Rico for complete and proper rations'
and said that if the commissary gene
rails office had received any such mes
sage he should have considered II the
request of a very ignorant and i'll
informed person"
AS a JUDGE OF BEEF
Continuing. General Eagan referred to
General Miles expressed preference for
native beef. of which he said there was
pIenty' asserted there were no cattle
whateVer in the neighborhood of SAN
tiaSo. The native beef General Miles
referred to General Eagan characterized
as stays, runtS, bulls and over-worl;od
cattle The use of such animals tho
department. would never allow General
AaSan,quotinS General Miles allegation
that IN ms judgment there was some
serious defect in the REFRIGERATED and
canned beef, said General Miles Womb
not say this was anything more than
his judgment.
THE LIE GIVEN
Whoever" said General Earan
calls IL embalmcd beef is n LIAR"
Clting the reports submitted by Gene
raj Miles in Confederation of his cb,rros
General Easan submitted whether or
not ms course OF securing these reports
Wuuiu NOT be construed as seeking ad-
verse reports. lie cited Generals Moy-
rItt ana Shafter as approving the bocf
newspaper statements cmanatinr fron,
General Miles that 100. 900 pounds of Tho
pecl We're condemned at Porto Rico ;s
an absolute falsehOod. No such ou,n-
NY was condemned there or elsewhere ;,
Mitncss SAID Surgeon Days repor,
1haLIhe- haef- -l4at-t+r--rrtf1-yvas ir,rEzr7z1
n al a
was 'falschoOd and he made II ont
Oh whole cloth" He denounced tbo
assertion that chemically prepared bcor
mad been issued anywhere. and soid
ne did not believe Surgeon DAILY had
that belief. ""u
DAILY SHIRKED DUTY
why he asked. did he shir,. bis
DUTY why not then make chominaI
ANALYSIS and why keep this inrormation
W n,h'aeil ana then spring it suddenly
on the commission and the whole co.,,
Try, ana imply that packing bouens
nave been cheating the government ana
Sioiatins their contracts. At no time
ana ne inform the commssary general
or the Secretary of War OF tbcsn
This continued the witness "is =
Se"h'"'; calculated to ruin thousands
81 people and discredit and put in in
fanny one of the greatest indus,,;ns -
he world" i'es Oh
y ScATiiING DEGENERATION
General Miles was asked nv vour
commission how timed fresh beef h.
came n part of the army ration. Ills
answer is you had better ask the SEQ.
re,ary OF war or the Commissary Cen
eral / think they can tell You, 7
Know IL was sent to the army as food.
ana the pre;ense is that it was sent
as an experiment. General Miles in
saying that this food was sent To tha
army as a pretcnse for experiment
says that which implies corruption
which % out Of every 100 people viii
understand to mean corruption. This
Is a serious charge which should NOT
be made by any man lightly nor with
out ample evidence to support il. TAX
ing the statement In the sense that
was probably intended. the sense that
viii De accepted by the country at
large. the sense that already the press
almost wholly of the United States has
accepted t-indeed. some OF that press
because Of 1t. called for my dismissal
from the army and my court MARTIAL
| answer that 1t was not furnished un-
der the preiense of experiment, nor
even as an experiment. and when Cen
erai Miles charges that it was furnish
ed IS n 'pretense Of experiment ne lies
in his throat. he lies in his heart. ne
lies in every hair of his head and
every pore OF his body he lies wilfuily
deliberately. Intentionally and malic!-
oysly.
THE PUNISHMENT DESERVED.
If his st3tement is true that this was
furnished under 'pTetense OF an exper-
thaD I cboiild no ,,.,,aJ 90.