The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-13
MILES IN
TROUBLE
Is Charged With the
Betrayal Of Army
Secrets.

KANSAS CITY. June 5.-The Journal
tomorrow will say: Lieutenant-Gene-
raj Nelson A. Miles. commanding the
Army. passed through Kansas City last
night on his way from Fort Riley TO
Washington. called there by President
Roosevelt and threatened with an i'm
mediate court-martiaI on a charge of
having betrayed official secrets. Gen
eral Miles went through here the day
before attended by several other MEM
bers of a board convened to observe
gun tests at Fort Riley. to be so en-
gagged for several days. and he came
back yesterday afternoon entirely
alone and in such haste that he had
not even reserved a sleeping-car
berth.
A Journal reporter read to General
Miles a special dispatch. saying that
1 he was suspected in the White House
| OF having furnished details of the
/ scandal involving Lieutenant Arnold
| to Senator Culberson-i General Miles
comment was: Senator Culberson
as one could make and as explicit as
Senator Beveridge or any one could
demand"
But for yourself. General?"
Il repeat that Senator Culberson
seems to have made the reply for which
you are asking"
There Is a second dispatch. General"
was then remarked, ito the effect that
you are peremptorily ordered back to
Washington to face charges"
General Miles would make no reply
10 this. He left for Washington at $50
last night. a short time after his ar
rival from Fort Riley. While here he
did not leave the Union station.
NEW YORK, June ga special to
the Journal from Washington says:
The channel through which Senator
Cuiberson obtained the papers in the
court-martial case OF Lieutenant Ar
mold of the Fourth Cavalry has not yet
been traced to General Miles Office,
though the investigation ordered by
President Roosevelt Is being pushed
vigorously by Secretary Root. In the
papers are the charges preferred by
Private Andrew K. Weir against Lieu ]
tenant Arnold. The charges say liter
ally:
"A rough stick about eight inches
long and half an inch in diameter was
put between the mans jaws. A soldier
held the mans head down by pressing
on the ends Of the stick Another sat
on the mans head and still another
sat on the mans legs. Edwards (the
sergeanO had a bucket OF water at
hand. and the water was poured down
the mans throat. While down he was
whipped and beaten numerically. He
was then stood up and asked TO con-
fess. He did not. He was then beaten
and dubbed again. 1 do not think that
a square inch OF the mans body was
left untouched. He was kicked. a rope
was thrown across a beam, the man
was strung up by the thumbs. another
rope was tied to his ankles and his feet |
jerked from under him. While up he
was beaten"
Private Weir alleges further that the |
method OF torture adopted by Lieuten- |
ant Arnold was to cut strip OF flesh |
just above the ankle OF n prisoner. The |
strip was then attached to a stick and !
the stick was coiled with the strip OF !
flesh.
In another case a prisoner was tied 1
behind a saddle horse with several feet !
OF slack rope. a soldier then mounted |
the horse and galloped down the road /
and back III the prisoner" said Weir. /
could run as fast as the horse II was i
all well. but IL he could not he had To
drag"