The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-23
PRESIDENT HAS THE REPORT.
War Inquiry Board Completes It's
Labors and AdJourns.

mission n In the hands Of the presI-
dept and the commission is dissolved.
All the members Of the commission
including the secretary, Mr.. weight
man. and the recorder Colonel Davis
met by appointment at the Whlte
house and were at once shown into the
cabinet room. where they were re-
,eived by the president.
General Dodge, the chairman Oh the
commission, presented the report ana
In receiving it the president congratu-
ated the commissioners on the COM
pletion of their task.
Seated around the cabinet taDle' Ihe
members went over their work IN
general way, and at the request OF the
president read portions Of their report
which covered certain points in which
he had expressed an interest.
The conference lasted about an hour
and a half and as the commissioners
were about to leave the president
stated that he was satisfied that each
member had done his whole duty. He
himself had rendered them every as
sistance possible, and said that they
would bear witness that he had not
sought to Influence them in any man
ner or in e slightest degree.
HURRY OFF HOME.
General Dodge, chairman OF the
| commission, leaves here tonight for
New York; Colonel Charles DENLY
leaves tonight or tomorrow for his
home in Evansville Ind, and will sail
| from San Francisco on the 21st inst,
| for the Philippines. to join his asso-
ciate members Of the Philippine COM
mission; General McCook goes to
Frotress Monroe to join his family
now there; Ex-Governor Beaver leaves
! tonight for his home in Pennsylvania;
ex- Governor Woodbury. goes. with Mrs.
| Woodbury., on a pleasure trip through
the south for a few weeks, then re-
turns to his home in Vermont about
April l. Captain Howell will shortly
return to Georgia, and DR.. Conner re-
turns at once to his home; General
Wilson will resume his duties as chief
Of engineers.
In speaking of the report today to a
Star reporter a prominent member of
the commission said:
The report does not whitewash. II
criticises, but not persons or things
not warranted by the evidence before
us. We started out with the assump-
ton that the conduct of the war was
all right and then we went ahead tC
hear and call witnesses who said it wa:
not. The report represents the hones
opinion of every member of the com
mission. We were unanimous in adopt
ing it, I say this and 1 am of the op
posite political faith and don't expec
and don't want anything from the ad
ministration.
"M'KINLEY LET US ALONE"
, II know that every line of the repor
represents my individual view. and Il
; any member tried harder than l did t
, get at and out all the facts 1 have ye
to see him. There was no suppression
or concealment and no point brought
out in the evidence was evaded or gloss
ed over. We never met before hearing
= a witness and agreed not to examine
him or to touch upon certain matters
that might turn out unfavorably. EV
erything that a man knew or though
he knew was the subject of inquiry
b and | am satisfied when the countr!
! gets our report in full that there will
be no complaint either as to our meth
DDS or results.
THE president never saw a line o
our report before he received it official
ly; not a single word. Nor, indeed, ha
he ever talked with any of the com
= mission about it, He has never in an!
!, way, by owrd or action or messenge
:, evinced a wish to have us use any
q thing but the truth.
a I'VE have questioned more than 30
v witnesses and the majority of them ha(
e some complaint that they wanted t
( relate. In no instance can it be proved
that we have omitted to call any wit
= ness who has been brought to our at
g tention as having important facts tC
disclose But had we desired tc
'whltewash' the administration We
could have had 5000 witnesses who
d could truthfully testify that the con-
). duct of the war was all right.
/, SOME EVILS. OF COURSE.
"Of course, there were some evils
y but they were to be expected. The sol
ders in the civil war never had hos
: pitfalls or medical attendance as good a!
= was given them in the war with Spain
And their army ration then was not al
, eatable as it is now.
9 Men who complained the most of tn
food we found were very generally tn
, militiamen from the interiors of state
- and who had been allowed 50 per hea
= for subsistence stores while they wer
in state camps. When they went int
G the active fighting they expected tn
t same sort of thing.
n an questioning these men nearly
: confessed to us that they had alwaS
received the army ration. They had +
6 right to expect any more. I could te
II some very funny stories to illustra'
9, this.
y There were many complaints to !
that on their face were foolish ar
false, but we went into every troub
and expense to inquire into the gen
n Inc charges"
y Sacramento, Cal.-(Special,)- To-day
le committee of assemblymen, with
. physician, waited upon Milton Gree
Ae Grants nolitical manager. who has e