The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-13

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4 G>(( - non. spfine + On the whole
aSys se:si,E sss sSy q q sIms s an
os snso,,r ss ~ sommisssfy general or the
Ssefetsry o. war Of these things.
s'This.r continued the witness, IL q
49, AL calculated to ruin Thousands OF
Ieople end discrcdit and put infntiiy OH oric
Of tho greatest Industries OF th ? world. sHn-
erAl Miles In Ms testimony refers 70 the
beaf = sent out Under pretcnse OF an ex-
pertinent. This implies corruption, So
rious charge, not to be rnndc lightly. AZ
ready the press almost wholly has accept
Cd this view and some have demanded my
dismissal. It was not an experiment, nor
pretense thereof. General Miles Hes IN Ms
body. Iic should be drummed out Of the
service and Imprisoned. wish to force
tho lie back IN his face. Unless he should
prove his statements he should be avoided
by everybody, should be barred out oil
every club"
The witness denounced n the most sen .,
ratioral terms his (Mlles) "scandals, IL
bclr and malicious fa!sshonds"
General Miles was asked ny your COM
nnittee how timed fresh hecf became a
part Of the army ration Ills answer is:
You had better ask the secretary ~ War
or the commissary general think they
can tell. know II was sent to The army
AZ food and the nretense IL that u wac
sent as an experiment. General Miles In
sayipc that this food was sent to the army
us pretensc for experiment says that
which implies cofruption. which every
ninety -rine out OF ion people will take TO
moan corruption, because II was pre-
tense Of experiment. no says. not even
giving credit to me for furnishing II az
an experiment. but that furnished II mn
der the pretense of All experiment, This
was serious charge and ahond mot be
made by any niin lightly nor without
ample evidence to support IT, Taxing the
statement In the sense that II was Prob
ably Intended, the seuse TINT VIII be ac-
cepted by the country nj large, the serise
that already the press almost wholly OF
the United States has accepted it--tndned
some nj that press because Of 1t called
for my dismissal from the army and FOR
nv court riartiaI-l answer that It was
not furnished undcr the pretense Of eS-
pertinent. nor even as an eSpe intent. and
when General Miles charges that II was
furnished MS pretense OF an experiment
he lies In his throat he lies In his heart.
he lies in every hair of his head and every
pore OF his badly: he Hes wiifully. DELHI
erately, intentionally md malcously. III
his statement is trne that this was fur
ninhed under 'prctense OF IN expert
ment.' then should he drummed out of
the army and put in states prison. II
his statement is false, as | assert 1t to be.
then he should be drummcd out OF the SER
vice and incarcerhied IL prison with other
libelers His statement Is q scandal and
a libel rejecting upnn the honor of every
officer In the department who has con-
tracted for or purchased this meat, and
especially and particularly upon the COM
r-isnry general myself. In denouhcing
General Miles as liEr, when he makes
this statement, wish to make u as em =
phstic and as coarse as he statement
itself wish TO force the lie back into
his throat. covered with the contents OF
camp latrine. I wish to brand 1t as n
ialsehood Of whole cloth. without a par
ticle OF truth to sastain 1t, and unless he
can provs his statement he should be de-
nornced by every honest man, barred from
the clubs. barred from the society of de-
cent people and SO oatrac.Sed that the
street bootblack would no. coridescend &c
speak 10 him, for he has fOued his owr
nest, he has aspersed the honor Of o
brother officer without a particle OF rvi-
dence or fact TO sustain In any degree
Ills scanialous. 'ihelous. malicious false
hood. viz. that tbs beef or anything
whatever was furnished the army undel
'prctense OF experiment
General Egan referred to the published
interviews Of General Miles and CORE
thcIticity, General Miles having made
non-commlttal reply, AMI the witnes
then said when man refuses IN den
a libel or falsehood o.. a statement at
tributed to him. H. 10 we'll known tina
he assumes the matter. When he avoid
can moi deny It, Ny question Is no
answered yet. He has not denied she In
terview published IN the New York Jour
nal dated December %, ana having re
fused to distinctly deny It, he should b.
held to the strfctest accountability for II
II he made these statements, as set fnrtl
there. then he lied again, and II he mad
the statements mat pretensc is tho precls
term TO lie used. as he said when referring
to the experiment then nc He'd with n
black heart as the man who blew u.
the Maine. and he deserves 20. be charac
teriZed and known In America and Ell
rope. where his statements have gone, n
being the colossal, prcdigious liar of tn
Nineteenth century. | submit to this com
mission and to the whole country tina
this account OF an interview With him Ii
the New York Journal, being uncontrolled
cd, undeniad and when the opportunity wa
given him refusal 10 deny II In terme
places upon him the onus and responai
hility for the statement In chat Interview
which statement ! here and now denoinc
as an unmitigated faisehood. vile sian
der. so siandcrous that v can not be calle
EtLn.aa. SupnllL 10 Ills rOflntiShlOn util
the country at large whethcr 1t Is a cha'
arterlstic OF an honorable man to pnrmi
Ruch statements as are made In this al
lcF6d interview with General Miles in tn
New York Journal TO go uncontradictcd |
untrue and whether or not II Is not tn
frst duty CT gentleman, an honest mar
an honorable man to deny such fnlsehood
~ are to be found In the article | refe
TO II they were not made by him,
This Interview was headed as follows
" Miles Makes Grave Charges Agains
the Administration: Poisons Used In Bee
:iade Soldiers III; Bad Beef Sent to Troop
II Porto Rico
Continuing, General Egan said "Whe
was commissary general IN May last Gen
erul Miles had already selected FOR nj
star as chief commissary one OF the ahles
c0mmissaries OF the regular army. Maju
H. n. Osgood. Judge OF my surprise who
B one day General Gilmore. the adiutar
general for General Miles. told me II WI
General Miles wish to have Major job
Y d. Black, recently appointed from civ
life. A. o volunteer commissary. made HI
commiesary on his stan. expressed m
surprise that the senior officer OF the arm
should - select volunteer commigsar
officially devoid Of experionce In the sui
\ pietence department and therefore who'll
tne0onpetcnt for much an important dut!
shortly after. aud about June 7, Gener'
Mi1As aent worry ordinary commonpInc
talegrAm TO the adiutsnt general at Wash
3 tnGton iuquiring what subsistence store
:,