New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
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FAIRLY REPRESENT HIS OPINIONS
-, Feh N-The Miles Court Of
,o-dav made a good start III It's ""r'.
in9" u, VAS comfortably CHARTERED III the ON
the ION, Of the War investigating Con'nls-
mee'"s .ho Lemon Building. with aecomhou"-
sion d" ~.nrosentatves W the press asNoclh-
tons "a ,ba local newspapers. Calls Of cerf-
tio''s ooo,nied a large part Of the forenoon anu
n'"' ,,a,.lv afterward General Nelson a. Mics
Ni'''l5 as the first witness lie ana '''70
app Amy officers summoned rs witnesses
o''~ ar,ined before the Court closed It's SeS
s,oo al o'clock -a. ,,.,s ,ha
sio" =, Nfues's testimony Of course Was 'nc
0e'1 % Tho DAVIS proceedings Colonel FRANK
le.'or his chief Of staff. and man III c'~
a,,.bes who took seat 10y the hrepI"Ne
I'' ,..i,. watched the course or prooe
h"- with the General as silently as ne "'D
fe''-'' .ocompanied the General TO the co"''
come ACCOM-
rom ,.,..,a - the Questioning Of
o, r,o,.is recorder OF the Court, with equa-
.xcept for q nash Of mingled li'OHs ''"
~" "a irony when ne Informed the rec"'"V'
W.. - y-as not compelled to report 'o O'''
u'"' ,.s,,7. General of the Army. ms was III
w. o. question as 70 whether OF no' De H"D
w. - 70 the CommissaIy Department '"e
IVY .,o+ complaints had been MADE 10 MI" %
quality Of meat being issued 10 the uo'I'
-, - rater General Miles resumed ms oooi
a" or.s,lv considered replies 70 the inquiries
0. the Court
r.r SCOPE OF THE INQUIRY.
...s..e.a5 by letter from the AdJu'an'-
res5 by the recorder for the inforina-
.n. Court the scope Of the inquiry WAS
10" -. +,a ALLEGATIONS Of General Miles 'e-
An'''I W. Commission as 10 the quality OF
~. ,rr,v beet and the matter purpoftins 10
-. hson furnished TO the public press OE .i'g
,4.ctai" only two interviews were caIleD
'4',' .to court the first an intervie" with
York Journal" representative early IN '"e
.--,~,,..rsv in which General Miles was
- - ohareing that certain chemicals We're
wed in the preservation OF the amy 49,
- ~ The New-York Herald under oa'e
q, February l. covering about '"e s"''i. -
C...~si Niles was slow and careful! IN ms re-
49,. ~aoorder.s questions on this point
..r.5 attention 70 the fact that IN ooth IN
~ nos credited in the interviews with
80 n answer certain questions ana IN
sis,ed that these refusals should nav uu7
~.,on, ,r considering the questions TO when ne
did rerlv He said IN the case OF the lh'e'Ni."
- rat~,,arv that he had letter from the
man who wrote the story offering 10 swear 'N"'
- Niles had refused 10 be interviewed
and that the whole ST ry was maze w III '''
aocs ,ror, the writer's general knowledge OF
the facts
o-.,rrrrr,D DENIAL. OF INTERVIEWS
Notwithstanding this when his final answer
US asked as TO the authenticity Of the inter
view. General Miles did NOT specifically deny H.
hur merely said that il did not fairly represent
his own opinion n the case. The same guam
4.5 denial a. 10 The Journal interview Of
December % was made. leaving the witness on
record as not assuming any respons pili'y lor
the newspaper statements. but tacitly admit
ting that there was d good deal in them with
which he agreed.
The trend Of questions put To the other Wit
nesses Of the day indicated that so long as they
agreed with General Miles as TO the quality Of
the meat furnished 70 the troops in the field, the
only criticism OF their position the Court had to
make was 10 ask why they had not taken some
official steps - have the matter remedied at the
time IN every instance the reply was that the
circumstances IN which the Army was placed, In
q sickly foreign country, with large amount 81
fighting and q great scarcity OF transporta Ton
AZ hand precluded the possibility Of any such
action. In each case the question was pushed
no further on this line. II was said after the
court adjourned that Or. DAILY. whose original
"enbalmed beeF' report was the genesis Of the
meat controversy, probably would appear at to-
morrow 2 session.
THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL
IN. cou-- assembled at ,he Lemon Building short
Y after 0 O'clock this morning pre paratory 10 its