Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-13

lNt toutr Htconu lhukinfnt OF ne coul-
O.. minds ON both sides IN ellnlng by
that the friends OF Gen. 31san inI Tie
fi,tnds OF Gen. Miles, inslintI tn tho
opinion that no action will follow yns-
ttr'iay's eruption
II has already been intimaied at army
headquarters accepting theoretically
General Eagnns disclaimer OF the re-
sponsibility to the major general COM
handing the army ar binding. that this
places the responsibility Tor anything
he says or does In the department
The department.. however. ~ stopped
from action In this case. no matter what
the inclination OF the officials might be-
by the fact that the President has
given his solemn promise to protect tho
witnesses who might appear before the
war Investigation commission, from the
consequences Of any testimony they
might give there. lie was compelled 10
give this pledge nt the beginning " tho
Investigation by the open intimatlon In
certain quarters that army officers
would not dare to testify 10 all 81 the
things they knew that would reflect up
on the administration OF the war de-
partment. When Gen. Miles made his
first statement before the commission
In which he spoke u cmbaimcd beef ns
having been furnished 70 the soldiers.
Gen. lsagnn rcse.itcd thlr. but found
upon sounding the officials OF the dc
pnftmcnt that he couni not prefer
charges against ocn. ~ 20 OF SANDER
Ing him. as he desired o do. because
the Presidents promise protected the
commanding general q well as nil
Thls lead 10 General Eagan's at.
tempt by letter addressed TO den.
Miios TO learn n lac had said the
things published In the Newspapers as
part Of his testimony. The purpose
was to secure a repetition " possible
outside Of the commissions chamber
for the oftnsive statements, IN which
ease the foundation Gen. Engan
though might have been laid the for.
NAL charges.
This attempt. however failed. and
General Eagan being thrown back up.
on the testimony given by General
MiiCH before the commll1ion ana find
Ing him beyond reach according to
the rules OF military lnw, awaited him.
self OF the same means according to
his friends. or rcdrcsHirg his gficv.
nncc. According 60 tht view. there.
fore. the mnttcr has narrowed down
10 personal issue between the two
officers, for, from the reasons already
stated, the army officials advancing
this view state that neither the frcsi.
dent. the commnndor.ln-chicf OF the
army. the secretary OF war, nor any
army onicor or war department onicial
can take cognixancc OF ~. There was
only silence and dcscrtion at the army
hcadauartcrs and the inspector gem
erals ONCE. Neither Cen Miles nor
Den. iBrcckinridgc were NJ their desln
nt 1880 o'clock In spite Of the fact that
the commanding gcncrai hard
worker and usually II on hand prompt
~ after the department opens, None
Of their pubordinntcn were inclined to
discuss the events Of yesterday eN-
copt 10 ginrdcdly say that they
wished the war department could
wash It's linen indoors"
This homcly provcfb was inndc use
OF by three prominent officials who
declined TO say anything for publlca-
ton.
General EnEnn was at work In his OF.
ice promptly NJ usual. He refused
u say anything beyond what he had
given TO the war commission yesterday,
saying that his statement was then a
full declaration OF his feeling ana be-
lief. II was an official utternncc. he
said. made to tho body which had
right TO hear ". and no scciin,t 10 en-
ter into any OK post fnrtn newspaper
war. IL was stated at the war de-
nnftnent today that orders have been
Issued 20 Inspector General nrcckin.
90 to proceed 20 portoe Rico anc
cuhn for thorough Inspection OF the
army camps there. The idea IN riii-
culcd that this order has any conncc-
tion with the beef investigation SGT on
foot by Gen. Miles and now being
prosecuted BY the inspector generals
office.
In the inspector generals Office u
was not accepted ~ likely that this
nrdor was IN any way n continuation
Of the policy that had made General
Brcckinrldgc the iirrt. for a long time
tho only major general Of volunteers
To be mustered out Of the service ana
reduced TO his original rank In the
regular army.