The age-herald., 1899-02-10
TO INVESTIGATE MILES CHARGES Court Of Inquiry Appointed by The
 President. "EMBAL MED BEEF" EPISODE Will be Thoroughly Sifted By the Board
 Of Investigators. Q COMMANDING GENERAL IS SILENT Has Nothing to Say Regarding the New Turn of Affairs, But is Gathering.
 Evidence to Sustain His
 Contentious.
''EMBALM MED BEEF" EPISODE
COMMANDING GENERAL IS SILENT

Washington. February 9.-The president has appointed court of inquiry to examine into the charges touching the meat fur nished the American army during the war with Spain and other matters involved in the charges made by General Miles.
 The court will consist of Major General Wade, Brgadier General Geo. B. Davis; Lieutenant Colonel George w. Davis, of the Eighth infantry, and Colonel Gillespie. of the corps of engineers now stationed in New York.
 The order for the court of inquiry is as follows:
 War Department, Adjutant Generals Of- flee, Washington, D. C., February g, 1899.
 ''The following order is published for the information and guidance of all concerned:
 The Official Order
 War Department, Washington, Febru- ary 9, 1S99.-In accordance with the instruc- tions of the president of February 3, 1899, court of inquiry, to consist of the fol- lowing named officers, is hereby appointed to meet in this city on February 1o, 1899. Detail for the court: Major General James F. Wade United States volunteers; Briga dier General George B. Davis, United States volunteers; Colonel George L. Gillespie, corps of engineers United States army; Lieutenant Colonel George B. Davis, dep uty judge advocate general United States army, recorder.
 ''The court is hereby directed to investi- gate certain allegations of the major gen. eral commanding the army in respect to the unftness for issue of certain articles of food furnished by the subsistence depart nent to the troops in the field during the recent operations in Cuba and Porto Rico. n addition to its findings of fact the court 4.lI submit an opinion upon the merits of he case, together with such recommenda- lions as to further proceedings as may seem 70 be warranted by the facts developed in the course of the inquiry.
 ''The officers named will repair to this city for the purpose herein indicated, and, upon the adjournment of the court, will return to their proper stations. The travel en- joined is necessary for the public service.
 ''R. A. ALGER,
 Secretary of War. ''By order of the secretary of war.
 HI. c. CORBIN,
 "Adjutant-General."
 Miles Had Nothing to Say
 General Miles, when seen. had nothing to say respecting the appointment of the court He has been accommodating large amount of evidence along the lines Of in- ouiry but he has not chosen any counsel, and large part of his evidence has already been transmitted to the war investigating commission.
 Soon after receiving the order from the president as to the convening of this court, Adiutant- General Corbin took immediate steps for it's execution, notifying each of the members of the court, and instructing them to be in Washington on or before the date fixed for the meeting Of the court, namely, the 18th inst.
 General Wade, who is president of the court. was a member of the courtmartial which tried Commissary-General Eagan, was president of the Cuban evacuation conn., mission and at present commander or the Department of Dakota.
 General Davis is lieutenant-colonel or the Ninth infantry, and Is now as brigadier- general of volunteers in command or the military department of Pinar del RIO, Cupa. General Gillespie is one of the most dis tnguished officers of the engineer corps, and for some time has been in charge of tbe harbor work in the vicinity of New York.
 Colonel G. B. Davis, recorder of the court. served as judge advocate of the Eagan courtmartial and is professor of law at West Point.
 The court of inquiry it is said by per sons versed in military jurisprudence will be unique in that it will be directed in it's investigations against state Of af' fairs and not against a person, for al though General Miles is named as the au- thor of certain allegations in the formal or. der, it Is these allegations and not Gen eral Miles that is the subject of inquiry. The administrat tion takes the position that the charges against the character o meat supplied shall be thoroughly siftet and if wrong has been done that It shal be corrected.