The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-02-21
Kong WORDS
Admits the Use Of "pre'
!, Of Experiment" Was
Unfortunate
R;xlsim> Intention to Infer
He Should
Have Said.
Interview characterized as
,,.iuiuy Inaccuracies Of
speech.
L. On, Was Wholly Ficti'
y, A. He Was Prepared
to Prove.

~ Feb. 2i.-General Miles
..magy before the board Of in-
.,a,a.u! is the president, said
k..,s. lhra>e "pre,cnse OF es.
N soaking oi army beef was
E,a,e. IL di~claimed intending
l.,acr q. fraud and said he
4. ,,al the refrigerated beef
!. "oa ihe theory of an expert.
! u. IA very costly one.
t,.,.~l, Nelson \. Miles was
= a, Il, nr,, witness before the
Attn -tas.ns his rank and Of
W. .,sel about his siai"mrn;
.tew.r mmissiun. He said he
,.a.. III ii Colonel Davis sub
!. ;r.,',i report of that state
|1ea,.a M.ts examined and ap-
J.:
! l. w kcd about aa alleged
Is Haiea appeared in the New
/ - Dec. -, whether il
..o 'ailr'rl, or in part what
1ara. Miles read il. and
Always sight inaccuracies.
I'll anvihing III that in
r "a, hal not been given in my
Is transmitted in my reports.
F.! oa,,r1r !. contains n number
|4tel,.augH, to name officers or
f. MI, and rcfusals TO answer.
+. therefore. bc incorrect in its
|.s,a,,un.
'A'a commented upon the general
!-acg,.asy II newspaper inter
".A1 10 the dependency Of
E :. 7. tEeir memories. Hardly a
l,A month, had passed that an in.
'tsF .a4 hot applied and because
AL.''.'>e Y the press to tho army
+ l"I.y he enlisted men. he had
07'e! 10 Ilvc them such inforu,a.
4s thought wise and safe. but
! y san. with "A view TO prejudic.
= 0Ae AGAINST any person or de.
lFN Finally General Miles said
! H'! NJ think that The journal
y" y, represented correctly whn,
'.4' ortan>" rs contents should be
y 'oi4lec'lon with all that was
j. '''ic" upon some points and
upon others.
-" Interview was FIcsisioua.
:. = "i's asked about the interview
! ~ N'w York Herald Of Feb. /
'' " letter from the gentleman
). "''t''ahd, wrote this. in which
".'iihs To swear that l de
!, j." ." interviewed. and that
i so'''"thing had been given out
W. ,''v"eaed to write what h,
;. we're the facts
4
va pointed out that the inter
,.s. F,I'o'leou,. in that where i
y.r,,', ,' n'm to have said that h,
,a,.a ,''illihg evidence that tho re
H. oecf was treated with chem
Va. LACY S was that his only evi
!, a.s - what was contained in tn
,l,,,, !, o'ncers and statements OF me,
s,n,, ''eu that the beef had the odo
an;n aD1imed "a body, that they ha'
.,;ana u injected into beef, and othe
t4a ID. ;, o' chemical treatment. H
a,a,;. we Interview an erroneou
said i'd" '' what he could poasibl
Of e cav navls. recurring to the stat.
,m;s";n ;sneral Miles before the We
h. n,on' h". asked him what his ide
w,r re1 % supply for the army W.
WAR WAR broke out. amy "
tte".;'u s' General Miles said. Will
liter '"n ma.. was occupied with Il,
men, matters Ia Of mobilization au
tho ns o. troops, he felt conilder
be usage sS,s Of . hundred yea,
be- be- .,SH'lowed, and cattle hsrt
3 and shipped al,!p to the army in II
dur;nur r,u XII killed ed there. just .. > the .s
ma, Te,a"e rue Civil war in the soutl
% hot e'as u.s. and Mexico. where
the r,,cl" nat a soldier could not q
Porto eks. R;a. He understood G Cus
tries, cst,' uo were excellent grs
'e could b. shippsd q