The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-02-21
MILES UNDER FIRE.
Opening Session Of The Court of In
quiry lnto the "Enbnlmcd Beer
Charscs-Trcnd of the Invcstiga-

~ 'p" u the toafs OF IN
curry into the "Enbnlmcd Bcci7'
ChargcS-Trcnd of the Inycstiru.
tion,
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:" 1n>''i "a ~ u ~ y. " rep, Inc
Miles, court OF inquiry to-day made a
good start in Its work. The court was
com cor.ah,v o,ar,o,o5 H. .,o ,,s -.
T., - ,,'e o'N '''ees- 1s
i"S i"'ni III 'he war investigating COM
mission in the Lemon building With ac-
commodations FOR REPRESENTATIVES of
,ha ,,r,,.,.
''e f-ss' as.'A''''S a''u !i .!ie 'oea' pa
pers. Calis OF ceremony on the Pres!-
dent and the general commanding the
army occun,ad ,,rro mar. os.,,er -,ra-
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49, anu ii'sieuia'e's uieiehites neh-
eral Nelson a. Miles appeared as the
first witness. He and three other army
oa;c.rs s,,,, ,,oraa - ,,,;,r. ~.
-,
ai''ii'eu anu disposed OF oetore the court
closed its session At o'clock. General
Miles testimony. q: course, was the
coot,.o ;. 80 49,. ,,.oo,,;, ~,
80 w.
FRANK Aichier, ms chiet ot stan. anC
gentleman In citizens clothes. who took
a seat by the fire place and grdvely
watched the course of proceediags, re-
;!rinS with the general as silently as
he had come, accompanied the genera!
10 the court room.
General Miles appeared In fatigue
uniform. rather striking in its contrast
with the display OF scarfs, bullion and
buttons on the full dress uniforms Of
Ihc court; He submitted to the ques-
tioning OF Colonel Davis, recorder Of the
court, with equanimity except for 4
Aiash of mingled indignation and irony
when he informed tielreco.tfer that he
WAS not compelled to .'reportt 10 the
Commissary general OF the army. This
was IN replF 10 a question as TO wheth-
er or not he had reported 10 the com
missary department the fact that com
plalnts had been made to him as 10
the quality OF the mea: being issued TO
the troops. An instant: later General
Miles resumed his cool and carefully
considered replies 10 th2 inquiries of the
court.
As indicated by a letter OF the adi;l-
taat general, read By the recorder for
the Information % the court, the scope
OF the inquiry was limited 10 the ale :
cations of General Miles before the
war commission .as to the quality OF the
army beef. an! the matter, purportine
10 have been furnished 10 the Dublic
press by the. same official"
Only two interviews were called up
by the court. The first interview With a
New York Journal REPRESENTATIVE enrlv
In the beef controvers,. in which Gem
eral Miles was quoted as charuIn: thai
certain chemicals we're used In the pres-
eryatlon OF the army m.a. and anothe.
of the New York Herald under date of
February /, covering about the same
ground.
General Miles was very slow and
careful In his replies to the recorders
questions on this poIpt He called ,t-
tentIon TO the fact that In both in
stances he was credited In the inter
views with refusing 10 answer certain
questions and Insisted that these refus-
ais should he given due weight In con-
sIderinc the questions 10 which he dld
reply He said In The case OF the in
tarvicw Of February / that hr had n
letter from tho man who wr,,a rho
story Offering to swear ;ha, General
Miles had refused "a bn interyiewed and
that the whole story was made nm In
,he oGirn from tho WRITER'S general
knonIelra or tho facts Eotwiths.out
Inc ,hia when his tinaI answer was ASH. !.
I'd as ia the au,hen.Icity oP tho inter.
| yie,y Ccnnral Miles dId not sneriNco,ly
dan,. II hnt merely said that il ,IjI mn,
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