New-York tribune., 1901-10-06


Heheral Alger thus speaks Of the relations Of
Heiierai Miles TO General Shafter:
Another report the situation at Tampa was
reaS from General Miles June 5. and thus
The secretasy amos os Via WEa W. Suns
iault OF any one connected with it, 1t contains
gence and efciency is not exceeded by any body Of
On earth 1t contains fourteen of the best
which Saas arrived this morning Yet these have
dS T in eee SO and dve9 20 s @ as
Whe on 1es sea fe gum this ample &
This This epsrpTIse p is imporant that desire So
position No. porto Rico). Now that the mill
continued with every energy. making the most ju-
dsGqs disposition of it to accomplish the desired
'Major-General Commanding Army
Niles hsS ben espcv S b as tb Pres
dent dent as well as by myself. before he went to
Of the santiago expedition to organize the force
foT ts a0d s s o Of f S
dispatch 10 accompany the Fifth Corps, General
Porto Rican expedition We're purposeiy Withheld
until gin shafter or Miles should sail General Miles
he did not was his own mistake or misfortune. He
land battle of the war
Speaking of the governments refusal to per-
Of Santiago by the spaniards. instead of their
surrender, he says:
Yale, July II, arrived General Skaters head
though he was fresh from the United states, and
had not been subjected to the trying experience of
onded the only Recommendations e made by General
Shafter which met with the disapproval Of the
government.
PRAISES GENERAL WOOD FOR THE
ROUGH RIDERS.
General Alger scarcely mentions Colonel
Roosevelt. He quotes from the colonels book.
The Rough Riders" to show that the regiment
was at Kettle and not San Juan Hill. saying
he does not intend to discredit them. but to
define their true position; but for their achieve
ments he gives General Wood the credit, as
follows:
Notwithstanding the very trying conditions un-
der which these volunteers received their baptism
ward. The thickness Of the jungle and the use of
snoaeiess powder made it Impossible to Q discover @
less than three weeks drill before being shipped
had am advantags over ohsT in f1t 1p
they were armed with Krag-J orgensen carbnes
best accoutrements furnished the regulars But
1t was Woods spirit and genius that made the
tiles served him in good stead that hot June "a
in the Cuban jungle He was at all times at the
apparent concern as If he We're on the streets OF
Washington. His GOODNESS inspired the admiration
of his men. who dubbed him The Ice Box
The comments on the round robin" the pub
Ication Of which has been popularity attributed
to Colonel Roosevelt, are extremely severe. Gen
eral Alger, however, gives no encouragement TO
the belief in Colonel Roosevelt's responsibility.
for he says that "every possible effort was
made to ascertain the name OF the person
responsible for its publication. that he might
be called TO a proper account for the act'
but in vain" He shows that before the round
robin" received the War Department had
ordered General Shafter to bring the troops
home The round robin" itself the ex-Secretary
does not object to- though he quotes Lawton's
opinion that Its mandatory language" was
'impolitic" and unnecessary" but he says that
the department was keeping the yellow fever
situation secret, lest it stimulate the Spaniards
to continued resistance. and Of its publication
declares
1t would be impossible to exaggerate the mis-,
chievous and wicked effects of the round robin"
and apprehension. There martyrs in all wars.
but the pteoTs OF & these @ are d the silent t ep
and pray and wait-the mother. the sister, wife
sum sufferins these pubheations added the pangs q
s hy b had
OF the camp, the campaign in the tropics the fever
Thsy might bs at RaBe Deed sed
forrnless yet overwhelming blow.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON CRITICISED.
General Alger gives great deal of attention
to the relations of Admiral Sampson to the army
at Santiago He says:
Unfortunately the relations between General
Shafter and Admiral Sampson during the Santiago
campaign not at all times OF the most cordial
nature. I approach with some reluctance dis
cussion of the causes which brought about this
condition What have TO say of Admiral Samp-
son, however, should not be understood as apply
ing TO the navy a whole. The record or our
navy during the with Spain is of such char