Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-12

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New York 4 ostg,7 4a General r. 4a3,. ..
e pG9k Oh the sRaH1isP- American wa
which his publishers stated has ~
delayed and changed ibecausa ~ :,
death Of President Mckinley GER '1o
ISSUED Thursdayroq1 ldarq1. ioa- Oe
Ia"General 8lger opens his bo6Slg b.,
q survey OF the Cuban situation Z Z G ,as
and comments upon our OF u UNI aptoss
ness for war at that time ana d' -. eu'
splendid spectacle Of the conn., com ny, tne
spouse to the governmental nltiw Sa ie'
upon Spain. He then leads the 7 raas
through the hurried preparations ser
war, the disappointment of hupdra ~.
OF volunteers, the. demands of oas
coast cities and towns for immad;o.
protection and the savage critioism N &c
the military administrations nlan -
campaign and the, battle with anna
emily endless shortcomings and griev
aances. Then follows the embarkation
at Tampa, which was severely crit,
cized at the time, but which Genaro,
Alger is now convinced that, all tbings
considered, was not mistake. .as.
81 The account of the march on San.
tiago is graphically pictured. =
The book takes up the ''round robinY
signed by the general officers of Shat
tiers army while the negotiations for
surrender were pending, in which n
was stated that this army must move
at once or it will perish" from the
levers that threaten the camp.
5 General Alger has no criticisms to
offer of the road robin itself, but saws
that it's publication was one of, tba
most unfortunate and regrettable in.
cidents of the war. .y a4 et
q General Alger reviews at length the
differences between General Shafter
and Admiral Sampson and concludes
this chapter in these words;
o@lt Is 1 difficult to account for cAd.
miral SIMPSONS attitude towards the
army. during the 'bperatf0ns Before
Santiago" as Well asofd" excuse him
for his contradictory Statements subse.
qqulennttly made in his official report.
After the third Of July, the ,admirars
conduct may be, due to the keen dis.
appointment resulting from his non
PARTICIPATION in the engagement with
.Cervera's squadron. Possibly he felt
Skaters request for, a conference on
the morning Of July 81 although it was
responsible for Ibis, being, out of, the
honor Of actively participating as, com.
ma1nder in chief in oga of the NEST re-
marksb2llees victories d in, fthe annals of
naval warfaEeIiuoasb 9re snoituj
ID General. s:Alger greHiewsf e the 7 Miles
iEaaan con tEgyersyofeg the alleged
furnishing of iembalmsdi beef rtei THE
army and tAllshof tbehappnintment by
the president at lhiso. pequest cot 1.-THE
commission to investigate the eonduct
of the warl dapaftmenti in the war with
Spain. II Theteommissionl met Septem-
Der "a, 1885, ohe, says and up to- De.
cember Observation-Disclosures ifhad taken
testiIn ony)dn " towns and citiesJ and
dn many different cam ps, granting to
edsizenSJ soldiers land ex-soldierst an
'oPportun1ty1it appear fora complaint
or testifnonyof any kind regarding the
nohduct of the war MANY thousands
of soldiers swefe invited to give their
evidence without regard : to rank or
service. GIG Y9dt doidW ri 29tGjs
pi"On dtheo 2fstne Of Deeem Der tde6ntin.
tes General iAlger,p"the MAJOR general
commanding the army Of the United
States appeared Before the ic6f1mis-
Sion then sittfDg III Washington and
matte his stapAme ts Rithf reference to
the canned, flesh Xhd4eff1gefatedi beef
furnished to the army during the war.
.sDAltbaugh,tAs canmiisSaian. had been
sitting nearly three month fheeharg-
eS with CrespeQtdtpo ther canned and re-
beet Weneo now made for
the afRst) timeg andI stranger and more
fneSdusableaan and morefnnsoidierlyl still,
duringsall those months. with this pre-
tended knowledge of facts wiriGh, II
thew excited, bsht ulddhaYe beefir made
known to- the s'ehretarN ofswar foh the
prnt'rtion nf1fhe 60 arnpp,o Gene raj Miles
had never mentioned the subtect9i
t1TfGencrat Miles seemedGto befpleased
with the 'hotopietybwaich Ihts STARTLING
statemeAt n5efereethe eomrdssiowant
"is subsequent newspaper interviews
gave hfhd% for iagaih, ion the S1st OF
March, 1885, I'm New YofR city, he pub
lished33 through REPRESENTATIVES. the
Associated Press and of a metfopoli
tan paper additional charges. This