Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-01-18
General Miles Called a Liar.

war with Spain was reached Thursday
at the session of the board inyestigat-
ing the question, when Gen. Eagan
repeatedly declared that General
Miles had ''lied" and had made state
ments for which he should be drum
med out of the army. General Ea-
gan did not make these accusations
in the excitement of the moment, but
read them from a carefully prepared
paper which he submitted to the
board for its information.
From the statement made by Gen.
Eagan we take the following fierce
denial:
IF and when General Miles charges
that ii was furnished AS 'pretense
of experiment., he lies in his throat,
he lies in his heart, he lies in every
hair of his head and every pore in his
body-he lies wilfully, deliberately,
Intentionally and maliciously. If his
statement is true that this was fur
nished under 'pretese of experiment,
then | should be drummed out of the
army and iucarcerated in states pri
son. If this statement is false, as
assert it to he, then he should be
drummed out of service and incarce-
rated in prison with other libelers.
His statement is "a scandalous Ii
bel rejecting upon the honor of ev-
cry officer in the department who has
contracted for or purchased this
meat, and especially and particularly
on the commiSsary myself.
In denouncing General Miles rs n
liar when he makes this statement, |
wish 10 make it as emphatic and as
coarse as the statement itself. wish
to force the lie back in his throat
covered with the contents of a camp
latrine.
Il wish to brand it as falsehood
of the whole cloth. without parti-
Gle of truth TO sustain 1t, and unless
he can prove his statement he should
be denounced by every honest man.
barred from the club. barred from
the society of decent people, and so
oStraciSed that the street bootblack
would not cOndesceud to speak TO
him, for be has fouled his own nest.
h has aspersed the honor of broth
err officer without particle of evi-
deuce or fact 10 sustain in any de-
gree this scandalous. libelous. malic
ious falsehoOd, viz: that beef or any
thing whatever was furnished the
army under 'pretense of experiment. -
The events which led up To the
sensational proceedings began ten
DAYS ago, when it was announced "A
board would be appointed to investi-
gate reports received by General Miles
while in Porto Rico respecting the
character of the beef served the
troops. General Miles has recently
stated ;hat be aid not prefer charges
against General Eagan. but simply
presented reports made 10 him, which,
he believed, called for investigation
and official notice. At one of the
earlier hearings numerous reports
were read from officers, showing the
beef was frequently unfit for use, and
when not nauseating was unpaiata-
BILE. General Miles today said he
had received numerous other commu
nicatiOns of the same sort, among
them one from Governor Roosevelt,
who saws he forbade his men to eat
the beef furnished them by the COM
missary general.
From prominent and wealthy
man in New York. whose son, il is
claimed, was made i'll by eating the
beef, General Miles received a letter
reciting the circumstances and offer
ing financial aid, if necessary, and
Ibis services in any trial that might
take place" General Miles showed
numerous similar letters. He made
no comment on any of them.
The Post has the following inter
view with General Breckenridge:
"What we need in toe War De-
partment is a set of gentlemen. In
every war this country has had we
have found that the War Department
was not unit with the army, but a
sort of segregated factor working out
its independent power.
Iedutu. Ny AuS lDeClC VI w al ,
Cabinet officer, the War Depart
ment has become filled, at least part
" so, with a coterie Of men who cling
to each other, held together by the
bond of mutual interest and thus
forced into position of open hostili-
ty to the rank and file of the army.
That is the trouble now.
Take these men at the War De
partment-such men as Eagan. If
he were the gentleman he ought to be
such a dlsgraceful situation as the
one with which we are now confront
ed could never have arisen. | be-
lieve this Eagan affair is one of pro
found seriousness. 1t Injuries the ar
my in the eyes of the American PEG
pie, and it Injuries the American peo-
pie in the eyes of the world.
Everybody Says SO.
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