The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-27
CUTS OUT POLITICS
MILES VISIT TO PHILIPPINES Is
MILITARY MERELY.
WILL INSPECT THE ARMY
BUT NOT INTERFERE WITH CHAT.
FEE OR HIS SUCCESSOR.

Order of Department to Command
ing General Made PubIic-In In
spection Special Heed to Be Paid
to Instruction, Discipline and Sup
plies-POlitics He Will bet Severe
1y Alone, and Experience Will
Probably Teach Omission of Adj
vice as to How to End the War.
To Sail on Sept. 10.
Washington, Aug. 26.-The War
Department to-day gave out the order
issued to Lieut.. Gen. Miles to go to
the Philippines. 1t is signed by Will
liam Cary Sanger, Acting Secretary
of War. and is as follows:
War Department, Aug. &c, 1902. Sir.
1 have the honor to state that your
application for authority to inspect
that portion of the army serving in the
Philippines is approved by the Presi-
dent. You will sail about the 18th of
September and in inspecting the con-
dition of the army will give particu-
lar attention to it's instruction, disci-
pline and to supplies of all kinds.
To Leave Chafee Alone.
1t is the understanding that in the
capacity in which he goes, though of
superior rank, Gen. Miles will not in
terfere in any way with either Gen.
Chaffee or his successor. Gen. Davis,
in the direction of the army in the
Philippines. He will examine critically
the conditions as he finds them, devot-
ing his attention entirely to matters
of army administration and not to po-
litical affairs, and the results of his
work will be embodied in a set of re-
ports. Some such work as this was
undertaken a few months ago by In
spector General Breckenridge, who has
prepared voluminous set of reports,
which have not yet been published,
making suggestions for the better
ment of the military service at every
point, from transportation down to
discipline, accoutrements and sup
plies.
Miles Changed His Tune.
In the absence from Washington of
Gen. Miles no one at army headquar-
tiers is fully authorized to discuss the
details of his projected trip. But it is
believed here that he will be accom-
panied by at least two members of his
staff, namely, Lieut.. Col. Whitney and
Col. Reber.t the latter his son-in-law
Col Maus, who is the inspecting of
f1eer of the staff, may also accompany
Gen. Miles, If his health, which is
now somewhat impaired, permits.
Gen. Miles application to go to the
Philippines is of comparatively recent
date, and is in no way connected with
his application of several months ago
When the application was made il
was coupled with certain suggestions
as to terminating the war, and Secre-
tary Roots refusal to grant the first
request was based largely upon these
phases of the application. In view of
this; it is understood that Gen. Miles
restricted his second application so as
to make the trip one for military pur-
poses. Although the text of the APP
plication was not given out at the War
Department, it is said that one of its
features is a request that the return
from the Philippines be by way of the
eastern route. AS the application is
approved, Gen. Miles will return by
this route, which insures his visiting
Europe on his way back to America
Family to Go With Him.
1t is expected that Mrs Miles will
accompany the General TO the Philip-
pines, and 1t may be that his married
daughter, who is the wife of Col. Re
Der, one of the Generals aides, will
also accompany the party.
Leaving about Sept. Is, and allowing
month for a tour of inspection of
the principal islands of the archipela-
go, Gen. Miles should return to Wash
1ngton early in January next.
The transports Crook, Sheridan and
Thomas, are now lying at San Francis
co. The Sheridan will sail on Sept. /.
and the Thomas, according to present
arrangements, will start about Sept. IS.
In case the Thomas could not be ready
to sail on that date, the Crook could
go in her stead. All of these vessels
have fine accommodations, and are
well equipped to make the voyage of
Gen. Miles very comfortable one.