Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-13


prison. If his statement is false as I
| assert it TO be, then he should be
drummed out OF the service and incar-
! cerated in prison with other libellers.
His statement is n scandalous libel re-
| ilectinS upon the honor of every officer
| in the Department who has contracted
I for or purchased this meat. and esre-
cially and particularly on the Commits
/ sary General-myself.
RUBBING INSULT IN.
I'm denouncing General Miles as n
/ liar when he makes this statement
wish to make it as emphatic and as
coarse as the statement Itself. / wish
to force the lie back into his throat
covered with the contents OF a camp
latrine. l wish 20 brand it as false
hood OF whole cloth without a particle
OF truth TO sustain Ii. and unless he
can prove his statement he should be
denounced by every honest man, barred
from the clubs. barred from the society
OF decent people, and 50 ostrIciSed that
the street b0otblack would not condo
scend 10 speak 10 him. for he has foul
ed his own nest. he has asporsrd the
| honor OF brother officer without Il
particle of evidence or fact TO sustain
in any degree his ScandalouS iibelol.S
malicious falSchood. VIZ: That this
beef or anything whatever was furnish
ed the army under 'protenSe Of expert
n.cnt. p"
WHAT MILES ASSUMES.
General Eagan referred to the pub
lishcd interviews OF General Miles. and
the correspondence between them as to
their authenticity, General Miles hay
ing made Il non committal reply. The
witness then said:
when man refuses to deny a libel
or falsehood or statement attributed
a. *. | l., rs
sumes the matter. When he avoids the
question, the superstition is that h.
cannot deny il. My question Is not an
swcred yet. lie has not denied the in
terview. published in the New York
journal. dated December %. l>9S. and
having refused to distinctly deny il.
he should be held to the strictvst ac-
Countability for ii.
NINETEENTH CENTURY CHAM
PION.
IF he made those statements as set
forth then. then he lied again. ANA IL
he made the statement that 'prctenso
is the precise term TO be used cas- lie
said then. referring 10 tho expert
ment) then he lied with as black a
heart as the man who blow up the
Maine possessed, and he deserves to be
characterized and known To America
and Europe where his sta tements have
gone. rs being the colossal. prodieious
liar of the 18th century | submit to
this committee and to the whole Coun-
try that this account of an interview
with him in the New York Journal go
ing uncontradictcd. undcnied and
when The opportunity was given him 4
refusal to deny ii in terms. places upon
him the onouS and responsibility for
the statement i'm that interview. which
statements ] here and now dcnouncc
rs unmitiSatcd faiSchOods Vile and
slanderous. so slanderous that it can
be only called filth.
y PROPOSITION SUBMITTED.
Il submit to this committee and to
the country ut large whether il is tho
characteristics of an honorable man
To permit such statements as are made
! in this alleged interview with General
Miles in the New York Journal, dated
December %. 1898. 10 go uncontradict-
ed. If untrue, ard whether or not It is
not the first duty of Il gentleman. an
honest man. an honorable man. To deny
such base falschOods rs are to be
found in the article | refer to. if they
were not made by him"
THE INTERVIEW.
This interview was headed as fol-
lows:
Miles makes grave charges against
the administration: poisons used in beef
made the soldiers i'll: tons of bad meat
sent To troops in Porto Rico"
Referring to another published state
had found ii necessary 10 send a ser
ious reprimand to the Quartevmaster
General. the Commissary General ana
the Chief of Ordnance for conditions
that he found in Tampa" General I.a-
gan said no such rcprimand was sent.
and Yet the story was allowed to 40
uncontradictcd.
This uncontradicted story of n rep
rimand TO the heads of three of the
most important departments of the ar
my" he continued. aided as much rs
anything in exciting the yellow iour
nal press. the knaves Of so-called
Journalism. TO harass and vilify and
libel the conscientious. able, and hard
working officers on duty in Washing
ton"
NEWSPAPERS ATTACKED.
General Eagan. referring to newspa
per attacks. asserted that the Score
tary of War had nothing Whatsoever
to do with the furnishing of rcfrigc-
rated meats or timed meats, nor had
he attempted 10 control the contracts.
awards or purchases. and in this con-
nection in heated language he attacked
three New York newspa pers and their
editors and proprietors. whom he said
shonld be indicted and tried for treason
TO the United States during this war.
as giving aid, comfort and Information,
to the public enemy for the sole pur-
poses Of gain.
Were | a man OF wealth or means
he protested, Il would take this sub
1ect up myself ! would put journal
iStic knaves, purloiners of the secrets
of the Government behind the bars
where they belong"
General Eagan made n vigorous at
tack on the Inspector Generals depart
mcnt in connection with this investi-
cation.
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