The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-23

mind and referred TO those assaults au,inst
which the admiral had nnnea,ed for protccti ,n
and justification, and certainly not to a co.
ordinate branch of thc aoye,nn,cpt
rco,cst that thi. n,ic bc LAID bcfnrc th,
president, and have no objection TO il being made
pub,ic Worry ycancc,tuliy
Nelson 4, Miles Lieutenant CencraL
An explanation demanded.
The corrospon,lpnce bptwecu Sccre-
tarv Root and r.,ner,l Miles which prr.
codo,l ,hn ,o,r,,,,,l T., nc s,,,ow.s.
w ''''i' 10 "'
WAR pepartnlch', Washington. Dec ~ '"'i'
s": Ivy direction OF thH pic'ideht 'o'n'n"n''
'a'c TO you MS conclusions upon your course w
ne interview 10 which your attention was c''ieo
by my letter OF tie loth INST:
hour eNP"''at'oh OF inc phnli' statement '''u. w
ny You IS not satisfactory. You are III error IL
you suppose that you nave the same risht as
any other cltNen TO express puoncN an oPh'
ION regarding oihciai questions nehuihg III the
course OF military discipline inc cs'aolisneu
ana inVaiiable rules oi otuc!ai Pfopr,e'!' heces'
siiy 10 inc chec'iNc usciphhe oi inc service
impose limitations upon 'hc pubic expressions
OF m'htaiN o'nccfs, VIII" Wh'ch your long w
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''rs Wheh '"'',a upon ny your o,he'ai 'e9".''
an" 'eeon"ehua''o"S' ana not o'hefWisr. me
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No''t anu "''o 'o'.' ""' 10 uesuof ,noSe I'Hi''ohs
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service 'e4"ne'
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,n,:. '"u @ "o va. va" n..' ''eeu u '"', %"on
Officers OF the navy and all the officers of the
m,ns MI,e" Is essential TO t'e successful 'ta
,,,on,r",in, ,rJ II, a,,;,U ,,,, ~ :.'.,,.,.
had been hold on tho matters in ,nntrny,r.y
and a report had been made in which one mem.
her Of the court had dissented in some particulars
from the majority, and the report pendils
'''''' WV ''''"''e "'''i"'''H' ~ t"iS i'VuI
you, 'he he"'eh,nt general OF the army saw
~ ,'ne a., PUN. .nP''s," VI !oul opl'lon
,ho co,nt ,a,,or,n,niod "''' n;,,,:''' ' s "
most severe charlc,cr vhi,b con,I nnt ,,1 ,n
be applied by the generality Of readers 1o the
naval officers against whose view your onininn
was expressed
Is OF no consequence OH whose side your
"p'''oh was or what 1t was You had no h,si'
-. NV '1''tio'',,I' "A" no rlsh'. holn'hs
your conurt w.s IN yio,,,i inn ~ t,n ,oo,,i,,i,,
above cited. and q, tho mics of ofdcia, ,,ro,,,;
ETY.. and you are Justly liable to ccnsurc, which
now express Very respectfully.
ELlllr ROOF Secretary of War;
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Niles, lleadIral.
r's VI ."' 'N''F'
.,,, "s;'.n ''.''. VI ,Ni'''"a''o''' n.'''u
does no, chance ,hn cosn Tho a,s;,, H'.''t, ,'r
rcpcatcl c>nlarntions hut iIu.tr,i,. tho ;,,n,r,.
uncc OF the rule which YOU have violated,
ELIIlu ROOT, Secretary OF War.
1-- -'o'AI Se' SAees'
Nheh the interview with General
Niles appeared 1t attracted consider
hpIe attcntion officially. but after the
iipse ol TWO days without amy sign OF
o''iclai a'tloh the conclusion became
se''eral lhat II would he ignored. There
wv '!'e Puo''cdiioh thlS AFTERNOON or
me tull correspondence created II SEN
si'tloh III army and naval circles. What
'nc result Will De cannot be foretold.
hlthousll 1t is assumed that General
Niles VIII submit without further com.
h'eht.
Inc nearest parallel to this case of
Iote years, excluding the incidents con-
''ecteu with the celebrated beef inquiry,
was that or Rea.' Admiral Richard w.
-helue' VINO, upon returning from n
cruise III Venezuelan water with the
Nhite squadron, gave an interview to
're New YORK Tribune attacking the
administration of President Cleveland
Venezuelan question. The outcome -,
that case was the early retirement OF
the rear admiral from active service.
That General Miles appreciates tho
situation is shown by the deep concern
he manifested yesterday and his fire.
quent visits to the office of Secretary
Root. 1t was necessary for him to write
two letters to meet the demands of the
department, and even then there was
no expression of satisfaction on the sec
retary's part at the second explanation.
However. Secretary Root himself ia.
CARDS the incident MS closed AT le,st
he does not nronoso ia tnl,e amy fnr,ba,