Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-08-03
NILES TO Be CHIEF.
The General Commanding Will BE
Accorded Proper Recognition.
The STATEMENT OF ADMIRAL DEWEY
Washington Authorities Believe That
There Must BE Some Mistake About the
Admiral Predicting That Our Next
War VIII be With Germany.

Washington, July Silt is accepted
Is practically conclusive in administra-
ton circles that upon the assumption
Of office by Secretary Root Gen. Miles
will become the leading factor In the
management Of military affairs. 1t is
said Gen. Miles will be called into fire.
quent consultation by the president
and Secretary Root and his suggestions
will receive careful consideration.
Gen. Miles will become more nearly
than at any previous time the com
manding general OF the army.
In predicting the restoration of Gen.
Miles to favor, a cabinet officer recalled
that during the early stages OF the
Spanish American war Gen. Miles was
almost daily visitor to the executive
mansion and made recommendations
freely to the president 1t is true,
however. these recommendations were
ignored by the president at the instance
Of Gen. Alger, who has been unfrlend-
ly to the commanding general since the
civil war Gen. Corbin also opposed
the recommendations of the command
ing general and 1t is due to these inhu-
ences that many mistakes Of the San
tiago campaign were made.
To what extent the management OF
the campaign in the Philippines will
be given to Gen. Miles has not yet been
determined, but the president and Sec
rotary Root will shortly decide the
limitations Of his authority. The du-
ties Of the adjutant general are defined
clearly by the army regulations and,
beginning next week, IT is said Gen.
Corbin will not be permitted to usurp
the functions of the commanding gen
eral. The duties of the adiutant gen
eral can be discharged without inter-
ference with the commanding general.
In the event that Gen, Miles resumes
active participation in the conduct Of
military affairs in conjunction with the
president and secretary Of war, it is
the intention of the administration
that the commanding general shall be
expected to do nothing to destroy the
harmony which must hereafter be main
tanned in all branches of the army.
THE STATEMENT or ADMIRAL DEWEY.
Washington, July 81. Consideration
was created in official circles here by
the interview credited to Admiral
Dewey at Trieste, in which he made
serious reflections upon Germany and
predicted that our next war will be
with that country Although there Is
enough in the official reports made by
Admiral Dewey while in the Philip
pines TO bear out the observations re-
ported In the interview, both Secretary
Hay and Secretary Long insist that
there must be some mistake. They
do no believe that Admiral Dewey, who
has been so discreet in all Of his pub
lie utterances up to this time,
would comment SO boldly about inter-
nation j affairs, especially while he is y
passing through European port,
There Is no doubt that Admiral Dewey
was suspicious of German interference
for some time after he took hold Of af-
fairs In the Philippines, his official dis
patches, published at the time and
since, clearly indicated this. But the
authorities insist that decidedly bet
ter feeling now exists between this
country and Germany, and that Admi-
raj Dewey, knowing the desire of the
administration to encourage this spirit,
would not Intentionally say anything
TO promote discord.