The Sunday globe., 1901-05-12
MILES AND COUDIN.
Sensational Revelations on the Fight
Between these officers.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR DRIDE
Offered The Globe 10 Publish the Following
Facts with COIOrlng in Favor Of The
AdJutant- -General-The Cold
Truth Given Gratis BY
The Editor Of
The Globe.

In the celebrated embrogio of the War
Department, which forced Secretary of
War Alger out of the Cabinet, compelled
Meiklejohn to resign, and resulted In
numerous changes, ordinations ana re-
criminations among the lesser officials,
the most intense, bitter, and deadly fight
of all-that between the General of the
ARMY. Nelson A. Miles, and Adjutant-
General Corbin-has had the least public
notice. by reason of the scientific manner
of its progress and the able management
of the principals and their followings in
keeping it from the press and public.
The sunday Globe got its bill in, how
ever, recently in the game, and has
chapter or two of revelations TO make
which will not only astonish the general
public but raise a cyclone i'm the respec-
tive departments of the General in Chief
and his-or rather Mr.. McKinleys--
adjutant-general There is history to
be related of our connection with this
duel to the death or dishonor of one or
the other of the two principal gladiators
which antedates the projection Of The
Sunday Globe on a startled community.
In fact the public would have been de-
MED the pleasure of reading the follow
ing revelations-as we had passed them
up or had forgotten them-but for the
friendly visit paid us by War Depart
ment official of our acquaintance and his
offer of one hundred dollars to write the
thing up as it occurred, of course it being
understood that the "color" would be
laid on thick and brilliantly for his side
and the shading and perspective for the
'other fellow"
Now, one hundred dollars to be paid
when Colonel Heistand comes home from
China (ifever he comes home) was hardly
up to our price when we had such
"selling sensation" on tap. We are
satisfied that the Anti -Heistand side
would pay us five times that amount il
they thought we were for sale or contem-
plated publishing the article. But j.
Pierpont Morgan and Mr. lRocketeller
being our obedient bankers, upon whom
we are at liberty at any time to draw a
check for any amount, money cuts no ice
with us and The Sunday Globe is only for
sale--at the news stands and by the
newsboys.
To begin the story we will introduce
Major r, l., Hawkes., the ex-army officer,
promoter of the Manila Hemp Company,
in the list of whose projectors, as turned
in by Colonel Heistand, appears the
name OF General Corbin, eX-Assistant
Secretary Melklejohn and others Of more
or less prominence. Major Hawkes. has
grievance against his former co-part-
ners and, as he has utilized everything
he could lay hands on to further his ef-
forts to secure justice, from his point of
view, and revenge on the men who have,
to use the expressive language of the
street, made monkey of him. Major
Hawkes. sent us letter, requesting an
interview some months ago, and we re-
sponded with alacrity. At the time we
were contributing feature articles for the
Sunday issue of the Post, and we sur
missed that there might be write up
and, incidentally, six dollars a column
awaiting us, We found, however, that
the netura of ,the MAJORS revelations
precluded their use in an article Of less
dimensions than the several reading
pages of the Sunday Post, inclusive.
These revelations, epitomized, were to
the effect that the Majors services were
secured to promote the Manila Hemp
Company by Colonel Heistand and
others havinga "pull" with the admins
tration. 1t was to be a monopoly, un-
der the patronage of high government
officials and the heads-or some OF the
heads-0f the government were TO use the
Army and Navy TO further It's interests.
In fact, II was TO be government mo-
nopoly, the usefruct of which was to go
into the pockets of the gentlemen form
ing the syndicate. Major Hawkes. exhi-
bited a copy of a letter from General
Otis to Colonel Hiestand, answering the
latter's inquiry as to suitable sites on
the island Of Luzon for the contemplated
erection OF big plant and necessary
buildings. The Major wanted our assis-
tance to pulvarize Heistand and drive
him out of the Army. He was informed
that we had some valuable informant ON
of the Colonel's career as President Me-
Kinley's clerk and factotum while his
Excellency was governor of Ohio.
While discussing this subject with
Major Hawkes., a neat, well built, mill
tary figure appeared in the doorway and
called the Major out in the hallway. For
ten minutes the two gentlemen discussed
in undertones some subject the drift of
which we only caught, and it was to the
effect that the major was talking too
much, was imprudent, etc. The majors |
room was so cold we kept stamping our
feet, and being in no way interested in |
the conversation going on we only heard |
the few fragments stated, and of them |
we are not positive.
When the visitor departed Major Haw- |
kes re-entered the room and stated that |
the gentleman with whom he was in |
conversation was an aid-de-camp on the |
staff of General Miles,and he mentioned |
his name, which we either did not men,
orize or forget at the time.
At this period the bill was before Con-
gress to confer the rank of Lieutenant
General on Major-Gsner Miles, and
Major Hawkes. was very anxious the bill
should 20 through, as the General, he
said, was a good friend of his. as evil
denced by the fact that his aid-de-camp
visited him.
Chapter two, of this so far unexciting
narritive took place a week or two after.
We met an old acquaintance employed
in the War Department, and the CONVEX
sation turning on the charges preferred