Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-12
EACAN IS AT
WHITE HEAT.
Calls Gen. Miles a Prevaricator on
General Principles.
INTERVIEWS WERE FILTH.
Indignantly Denies Experimental He
WHISPERED Iimbaincd Bcef Tcs-
simony OF Commander Ia thicL

Washington. Jan. is.-Most vigorous
and sensational tcstimony was given
before the war investigating commits
sion today by commiasaiy General
Eagcn who. appearing unexpectedly TO
meet tho allegations against the beef
Issued Ia the war. vigorously arraigncd
Major General Miles. commanding the
army.
lie read his testimony ICON "a large
written statement dc denied numcr-
GUS atatomcnN II Gen. Miicu chargcd
that the iatler'A testimony constituted
severe reflections on the comma ding
gcnerala VI the expeditions, ana rc.
forrcd to him na This same corr
mandlng general. Nelson Miles" ana
said whoever called the beef fufinahod
vnbaiineu beer was a HAT" ". u.
Milta. In charge OF Armour a Co.'S
pant Appeared for the packing house.
lie tcatlnvd to the quality OF the
canned meats anu methods Of inapcC-
tiun which were practically the same
aa that OF the other men.
Ia the course of Gen. EnEan'n tea-
uinuuy before the war Investigation
committee this afternoon he called
Major General Miles, commanding the
lied IN his heart. lied In every part Of
HIS body" who pcfpctratcd gross
scandal aud VINO should bc drummod
out OF the service and impfiFonod, and
should be avoided by every honest
man ana barrcd from every club. He
characterized his interviews as NTH"
Den. Engan'a testimony on this point
WAS
Gen. Miles was asked by your COM
mission how timed fresh beef became
..tft " tne army fntiuns. His an
rwcr In You had better ask the Hecre-
tary of war or III. commlssary gcucf.
al. think they can tell you. !
know u was sent TO tho army ga food
and the protonse N that It was sent
a. an experiment
General Miles. In saying that this
food wac sent To the army as "A pre-
tense for an experiment says that
which implies. corruption. which % out
OF every 100 people win understand to
mean corruption. because lt was "a pre-
tense of experiment. he says, not even
giving credit Go me for furnishing u
ar an experiment, but that Furnished
II under the 'prctcnHc ~ an expert
mcnt.' This II SERIOUS charge. u
'.ss-sid noe As-ssads by any -inan.iisill-
~ nor without ample evidence TO iiip-
port Il. TnIing the statement Ia the
sense it'wnr probably. intended. the
sense that Will be accepted by ire
country nj large. the sense that all
ready the press almost wholly OF the
United States has accepted it-indcci.
some 81 the prcfH because OF n called
for my Dismissal from the army ana
my court mnrtini-i answer that ID
was not furnished under the prctchac
OF experiment nor even as am expert
ment. and when General Miles charges
that II was furnished ~ a pretonsc ~
experiment. he lies In his throat. h.
Hes Ia his heart he lies In eNery hair
o. his head and every pore ~ his body.
Intentionally and mnllciously.
III he said that this was furnished
under prctcnfe uf an experiment then
he should be- drummcd out OF the army
and lnoarceratcd In prison with other
| libolcrr. His statement IN u Rcnndnloua
libel. rejecting upon the honor OF every
oiilcor la the department who has COM
tractcd for or purchased this meat, and
especially and particularly ON the COM
missnry Tcncrnl-myHclf. In donounc-
luz Gen. Miles aa a liar, when he makes
this statement. wish 20 MAKE IL ns
emphatic and nH coarse M the state
| mcnt itself. | wish Ia force the lie bach,
Into his throat covered with the con
tents of a camp latrinc I wish 90 brand
II an falHchood ~ whole cloth without
particle OF truth 10 sustain II. and
unless he can prove his statement he
should be- driven out ~ the clubs,
barred from the society ~ decent pco-
pie. and 10 ostraclaed that the street
bootblack would not condeHcend u
speak 10 him. for he has foulcd his own
nest. he has aAperrcd the honor Of a
brother officer without particle of evi.
donco or fact 10 sustain In any degree
his scnndnlouH. libclouH. malicious
/ falsohoodr. via. That this beef or any
thing whatever was furnished the
army under 'pretenHc Of experiment 81