The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-29
ALGER ATTACKS GEN. MILES
Continued from Third Page.)

< of rendering such assistance to the
 commanding general of the Santiago
 expedition as his military experience
 and high rank could give. If General
 Miles did not look into the question of
 food for the Santiago expedition he
 was as culpabe as though he had fail-
 ed to inspect all other important mat
 ters.
 "General Miles charges with respect
 to refrigerated beef were much more
 serious than in his imputations regard
 ing canned beef. His allegations in
 substance, were that the beef furnish
 ed the army had been artificially pre-
 served by injecting into it chemicals
 which were injurious to health; that he had overwhelming proof that this 'em-
 balmed beef had been treated with
 chemicals.
 Tt is significant to observe that the war investigation commission says: Of
 the witnesses examined by this com mission, General Miles and Dr. Daly are the only ones who make this charge
 ''Astounding as this statement may seem, General Miles did not base his allegation upon personal experience or submit any proof in support of them. His startling and scandalous accusa- =tions appear to have been based entire- ly upon the verbal statements of Dr. w. H. Daly, volunteer major and sur h oic cta 61Ir tba with Spain and upon single letter subsequently, to him by this volunteer.
 "The processed beef at Tampa exhib- ited by MT. Powell, referred to in pr. Daly's letter, was brought to Tampa by the inventor of the method by hich it was treated, on his own responsibility and at his own expense. The inventor requested and received permission to put two quarters of his own beef on one of the transports. It spoiled when at sea a few days lated and was thrown overheard. None of it was ever issued to the troops. MT. Powell has stated under oath that his secret process was neither used then nor since by the con- tractors who furnished refrigerated beef to the army. As a matter of fact, the inventor of the Powell process of treat ing meat swore that the beef exhibited by him at Tampa and eaten by Dr. Daly was treated by Immigration, and that neither boric nor salicylic acid was used at all in the operation"
 In conclusion ex-Secretary Alger says: '"The army had won it's battles in Cuba and the Philippines; Porto Rico had peacefully come into our hands af- ter few skirmishes; the protocol had been in operation for over four months, and even the treaty of peace had been signed at Paris. Then came the major l general commanding the army of the | United States with his charges. While | the allegations of General Miles were not based upon fact and were conclu- | sively disproven by two separate tribu- nals. unimpeachable in their compost ton and methods of investigation, the damage had been done. A brave, honest and faithful officer, suf- fering under the lash of such cruel, un- warranted and unjustlfed imputat1ons, while exonerated from the heavy odium of those charges, was as result Of them, sacrificed on the altar of his own passion, righteous in its existence, but in it's expression. Besides this. a false impression had been creat- cd throughout the country as to the food furnished the army, which may never be removed. The charges of Gen. eral Miles, twice proven false in spirit and substance, are therefore the more heinous in their effect. Yet the present condition promoted General Miles to be lieutenant general and thus far failed to give to General Shafter the rank of major general to retire upon in his old ! age, and this after his magnificent cam paign at Santiago as well as his former services"