Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-01-13

Miles Answers Eagans Attack With Facts That
- Are Convincing.
, wo0D a STAR WITNESS For THE BEEF TRUST

cnroAoo, Jsnn. lSS >secial to the
Tribdne,fron Washington says: When
General Miles was seen in regard to
General Eagan's Statement before the
war Investigating Commission be said ]:
Il shall pay no attention to q man
who seems to foFset he wears the uni
form u the United States army and
that thjs dignity should carry with it.
'the.l Instincts Of gentleman II the
secretary Of war chtoses to take cognl-
zance Of Eaean's language, well and
good. certainly shall not do SO. am
receiving letters every day from every
section Of the country approving my
course. Today received three letters,
one from Governor Roosevelt, one from
the,commander of crack battery in
Philadelphia and a third from the
commander of q Brooklyn troop.
1soUoH RIDERS WITH MILES
ContinuihQ, Gen. Miles said Coy
efncr Roosevelt writes me that the
steamers which carried his men to Cuba
carried embalmed beef which filed the
ship with q stencil that nauseated the
men. The Thilsdeiphia officer has a
can Of The stuff which he will produce,
If the members Of the commission de
fsire to examine it. 1t is remarkable,
( that dnrine this investigation every one
Aaa t4fn called except the private sci
<.d{ffs who, ! am sure would tell the
truth aud nothing bat The truth. The
tfuthswill hurt no one except those whit o
msre guilty Of perpetrating fraud upon
3 soldiers, upon the government,
BON The Ameiican people, ~
rHE ARMY siIooKED.
Army circles This morning had
scarcely recovered from the shock
caused yesterday by the statement Of
Commissary General Eagan. There
was notable disinclination on the pariGs'
of officials to express for publication
any opinion on the meritseof the case.
This was true from Secretary Alger to
the lowest commissioned officers, but
privately & was evident that nearlg all
deplored the incident as calculated to
injure the whole army. Itwas pointed
out that the immediate effect would ac-
centuate more sharply the division of
the army into two camps, thus. iniure
the chances of Che enactment Of legis-
Iatioir favorable to larger military
establishment. The sober. second
judgment. friends OF Eagan and the
friends of Miles are inclined to the
opinion that no official action will fol-
follow yestelday's eruption
EAcAN oENsURED e
Tho war investig liing commission
today passed a res MUTTON censuring
General Eagan for the language he
used yesterday. when ans wering charges
made against thecommissarg branch Of
the army by General Mi ahd returned
to him tie carefully prepared type writ
ten st ltenent he had left with the COM
mission after reading it TO that body.
With il was sent q letter explaining the
reasons for this action and copy Of
the resolution This following il the
text Of the letter:
tsWe respectfully inform You that
after your testimony was read yes
yesterday following resolu-
tion was unanimously passed:
"Moyed lhsh the c5mm ssion receive
General ETgan's testimony without
comments = ba not printed at once
but h,l IL ration of the COM
mission Isying now con.
sidtred z<s'i6ns involved, we have
deter tAat iE many instances the
vitnz Ei2e language used by you was
c' astught to have been address
ed IS :7ilI}ess to this board. We think
the personal attacks and irrelevant
sfafenents contained ia the papers sub
mifEsd zIIo(la be eliminated. and befors
reeaI fling II aa testimony we request
You 0I'I revise ila language. and. T you
ehoasq. re.submit i for our considers
lion. fEe herewith return gour papers
s1ozEp . Ksry respectfully
'cnxHI.Es DEsBx,
vice Presidsnt. = :
uIlnER US 4 pr41 -
- HaI departments stopped from
any ael - mazEer what the Inclina
tioa Of IL 5|zeIa|s might be, by the fac
that Presk, N1I I<Inlz5shas given hi
s solemn pr1|s|z1 : IIsIzct all witnesses
who might appear hzIa1e the war IN
vestigating commlssioa from the con
sequences Of any testiInons.1hey nigh
give. de was compelled to give thi
pledge at the beginning Of the investi
gation by the open intimation tha'
army officers would not dare testify t,
all things they knew that would refec
upon the administration aadntbe VA
department.
STAR INDEED
BriRadIer General Lsanard Woo
waa q star witness before the var ID
Ysz..rafing commission ioday. H
ozzaed with general statement tia
never n the history Of ang country hal
there haen 50 successful q campalsl