The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-07
COLONEL BRYAN ON
GENERAL MILES


,
The Chicago Tribune Republican
newspaper, Is authority for the statement
that the army reorganization bill is 50
constructed that the president may ap-
point successor to General Miles, anC
thus force that famous soldier TO a9cly
for retirement. According TO the Tribune
General Miles could not be retire.
against his viii until Aug 3. 1903. 3
that time both General Otis and Genera
Brooke VIII be retired under the law anU
thus their chances of becoming lieutenan,
generals Will disappear. 1t is believed
therefore, that movement has been Sc
on foot to compel General Miles to retire
II is said the scheme is to persuade Pres
tdent Mckinley to withhold the nOmina-
ton for lieutenant general from General
Miles unless ne viii agree TO retire This
he can do OF his own motion on Aug. S
Of this year, two years before his retire
ment under operation of the law"
The Tribune continues: General Miles
will be required to agree to apply for re
tlfemenL IN August of this year. otherwise
ne will not be appointed to the grade OF
lieutenant general As q matter of course
If the president consents to the scheme
General Miles will De helpless and will
have to retire. II he refuses both General
Brooke and General Otis will be made
lieutenant generals and both will be re-
tired.
Thereupon, suggests the Tribune. "Ad-
lutant General COrbiu. who is at present
q. major general under the law, and who
remains such under the reorganization
bill, viii be nominated for lieutenant gen
erat in command of the army. He does
not retire until lstb DE operation OF the
law, although he may retire of his motion
in September. 1904. This would give
President Mckinley the opportunity to
create no less than four lieutenant gen
erals
This dispatch appeared I'm the Tribune
OF Jan 2. FEASIBILITY is given to the eS-
pose by the fact that the Chicago Inter
Ocean. another Republican newspaper, in
its issue of Jan. p. has an editorial in
which it boldly demands that General
Miles be shelved. The Inter Ocean bases
its demand on the ground that during the
Spanish-American war General Miles
proved "a complete failure" and it
strongly insists that the lieutenant gen
eralcy should go TO General Otis, General
Brooke or General Shafter. 1t credits
Otis with bringing order out Of the Phil
ippine chaos II credits Brooks with hav-
ing distinguished himself in Cuba It
credits Snafter with Having won the
only hard campaign of the Spanish war"
In this light = IS not difficult to under
stand why the Inter Ocean should regard
General Niles record in the Spanish
american war was "a complete failure
Inc tact is, however, that but for Miles
the smarter campaign would have been an
lgnOmInlous one; but for Miles no pro-
test would nave been raised against the
poIlcy or feeding embaimed beef to The
soluIerS; but for Miles The Drivates in the
ranks would not have mad. high in au-
thorlty, friend Who was brave enough
TO protest against wrong, even when it
was EVIDENT that the wrong was being
perpeIraJed by administra Ton favorites
1t wiz not be surprising If the Milan as
outlin,~ by rhC Tribune is carried o1It
5uL General Miles is shelved. the
explaining Il O''''