Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-21
MILES ON THE STAND,
General Of the Army 1estifss
Before Beef Court
He IS COOL AND CAREFUL
BE Tatitly Admits General Correctness
Of Newspaper Interviews.
ONE FLASH or INDIGNATION.
~ Comes when The General IL 0nes-
TONED About "Reporbng 90 the
Commfssary - General - "PreteHce
of Experiment rhrnse Hcgrotted'
of Experiment" rhrase ncGre'te"'

.g .rte cogrt vas
b''N hi'Il '' ,., ..,,,
comfoHHbF H''' "
fng room NJ fH. WAT iHf'r' 'ik"tNN '-''"
.,,.,.. U. f6e Lemon Building. with ac-
Goa. ,,..,,..,tsOy.s Of the
t,..t ,..,.,,.
pro- an". anont ana Iht I'''' p'i''
GaI. ~ ceremony ou the PfD. .ofni ana
t.l General rommaudne fhc army ocru-
t.,,, ,.,f al f1n forenoon. and
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A. MICS Hpp'di'' '. '"'
lIo and ihrDe other army oiirrff tu"
.l .. ...t,,..l. were examined and
... ,.urf closed its
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ff. .lDu HI '.''N .
GpntiHI NI.ff o. 'ih'Ilt ODD
wac emo feature nf 'h' dit q p'''''''b-'
p..onDf Tiark luohler hiF chief oi fian'
4 Gentleman DO. DIfz.u.s clothes who
... o,.,.I... and eravelv
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watched 'h' ''''.' ''
frnr With thr General aa tl'ulF 'e "'
- .,.,...,,f..ul.d the General 10
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thf ''ui -'"'H
General Milo appeared in iaNRn' uhl-
forr which was rather striking iu is
...,t. Cha. .,4.,Iav of sr4rfs. bull
l
li0n. and hnll'hI '' IT'D. ''"
forms 0f the court Die .uIulIIu In IN'
,u,sflouiug of Colonel Davis recorder Of
....t ,.,....,.l,.It, ..r.nf for "a.
,..l ...,...,..,i., .,d irou,
flash oi mIhti'n Nh''-""'i 'i'" '
whom Doe Informed tn' recorder ihai ne
.. ,,,., ,,,,,,t.I.d ta report t0 tue CONE
,...,.....i ..r ARMY TbIs vls boo
..,.,.O.., .of mot
l'pI} TOD ''' ,..
ho hnd reported '' '''
rrim,ui tbn fact Chat Donp'tlnla h''
t,,,. .fo.dr ID. him a. to the quality OF ihe
,,.,. i..,.. t....I to hc troops An in-
,..t nf,r General Mile. resumed his
...,.rIf. considered reulrs 60
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TIl. NEWSPAPER INTERVIEWS ,.
Indicated boz, letter from gne adiu-
.......t ,...ft.,. tf. r,rorder for the
l,. s.,,. of
information '' ''' ''''"
che inquiry Wfa limited io lht "H't'"'"'
~ General Miles before the War ''om-
,,,..t., .s to tbe quality of the army
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hoei. .hnd ih' "'''.' p"'
been furnished lo lhr punHe l''.' "' ''''
same official" only two interviews were
..,u.d ,p h, tl. ,ourt.thc FIRST un inter
,s,,. vlfn . N., York journal rcpreseu-
tatf,, .trN u thp l.cf controversy, in
,.tt.h e,..flI Af.I,. y4a quoted as ch1rg-
D.+ tb,t. ,,rtnu chemicals were used in
r.. ,.,...r,..uou of Ur army meat. and
...fb.r at tnc Now Nork Hertld'a. under
..,., ,f I,,hruaf,. Iet. covering about the
.,,.. ,.rnund
,..,'.r.l Atu.. MA. very slow and care
,,l t,. tI. .r.nli,. DO tho recorders qucs-
.., .,, tt. nntnt Ur called attention
n,. f,rf .u,af ln both instances he was
,.It,.5 d.. tl. interviews with refusing
Uneven certain ouc.tIous. and insisted
u.t 49,. ,of,i..is ,hould b.. given duc
.I.n, t ,onstI.rlur hc questions to
,.i ,,. .gi5 ',.nl, lie .aid. iu The ease
W. ,,. Interview of February Ist. that he
49,. i.,,.,.' fr..,,, th. man who wrote tho
Kan, ,0.riur to swear that General
,,n.s had ID, fi.,d to be Interviewed. ana
thnt the whole stor, was made up 100 the
omco from the ylitrr's general knoWl-
,ds, of the facts. Notwthstaudinr when
his tnal ouinion ,ya. asked as 60 the au-
tb,nUcitv of tho interview. General Miles
alta NOT specifically d,uy DO hut merely