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CASE OF GENERAL MILES
nav nave Exposed Himself TO
o,,e,pllnary Treatmen'-Hep our
,o,on wants Information

hafOTe the lhlllt"iS 49,
em WAS made public today IN MS
,a,omept the secretary said that the
sui starf of the army, as It Is pro-
s' aod 10 organize it in this BILL would
=, simply an advisory board ana us
,,.,nal duty would be that of an adj
yIsory board
Du "a proposed" he said, ITO create
ao,on from the officers of the army
hody Of officers who shall be charged
IN ,be frst place. with the duty OF DO
inc fine military thinking Of DONG
chat the navy has board engaged IN
now end what we ought to have In the
army and have not today The pri-
mary idea Is not to give orders II IS
10 study and prepare plans for the men
who give the orders"
Asked as to the place the command
or.ln.chlef would occupy with refer
ence to this board, the secretary re-
nllsd that he would accept plans made
hy the hoard or not, as he might please.
The secretary continued as Follows
,,rba man of the bill Is to have the
cblcf Of staff selected by the president,
n. conmander-in-chicf, and to have II
a detail so that he would come in with
,be president and go out with the pres
dent" , ~.
there Is a limit TO their power nal
tbey will not Interfere with the lieut.
enanl generalF T.,
secy, Root-The proposition Is to
have the lieutenant general 10 decide.
AS 10 work Of this character during
the war with Spoin, Secy, Root said
;rhst work was done during the Span
ish war practically by the men In the
adiutant. generals Office. But how did
they have TO do it? Each man was
AT his desk having routine duties which
were pressing upon him, enough FOR
II ,Wo men to do, and 1t was only by
working day and night. with the hans
n throngQd and crowded with people VINO
were pressing with ten thousand things
having nothing to do with the really
important duties they were perform
Ing, that they were able 10 do these
things that ought to have been put IN
the hands Of men who had nothing else
to do. II we had not had an 2d1utant-
4 general with the strength of ten men,
n with a wonderful physique and extra
VI ordinary executive ability the whole
n system would have been broken down
i absolutely You cannot depend on
q having such men,
n lie also said that such a board would
be Of great assistance 20 the secretary
u q war Il want to say" he went on,
that believe that with the ofganiZa-
II ton as Il was at the outbreak OF the
n war with Spain and Is now. the out
break Of any war would iTetrievably
n ruin any man who was secretary Of
n war think the organization Is such
Il that II Is Impossible that successful re-
4 suits can BE- produced until they have
B been worked out by most painful and
II expensive experience. They will come
4 In time because the American people
4 will get up jury-rlgged extempore
organization which will be adapted to
The demand but you will not have had
forethought and provision and under
standing Of what was going to be done
unless you get a different organization
In time Of peace"
CASE OF GEN, MILES.
Washington, March gD.--The news of
Gen. Miles statements today before
the military committee of the senate
excited great interest at the war de-
prtment when II became known there
late In the day. There was very gem
eral inquiry as to whether by passing
the criticisms on various officials, as
reported In the press, Gen. Miles had
mol exposed himself to disciplinary
treatment The answer 20 this must
OF passed ON the exact amount Of prlVi-
lege winch attaches to testimony Civ
en- before a committee Of Congress.
This question arose last week In the
course Of Gen. Hughes testimony be-
lore the senate Philippine committee,
When tne general sought 10 escape an
sWering questions which would involve
criticism by him Of his superior officer,
zen Gus. 1t appeared that there was
u variance of opinion in the committee
llsell as TO how far Gen. Hughes was
AT liberty to violate army rules and
pIcprletles even in answering to com
miliet questions. and the question It,
sell was left unsettled.
WINE Gen. Miles did not expect when
ne gave his testimony that 1t would be
maae public in any form, he il now
Wins that It shall be published by the
committee making himself the broad
statement that the statements which
were given to the press as those made
Ny himself before the committee were
u.srepTesentations, totally unwarrant-
me omission by the president OF
ns usual ride this afternoon and the
ioc, mat he and Secy. Root were In
sonleTence for four hours led TO the
SuIposlllon that they Were discussing
peh' Niles testimony. This, however,
vas an erroneous conclusion, for they
were talking about army organization,
aug tht secretary was not aware OF the
testimony until he returned 10 the war
department late In the afternoon.
,.sstcy' Root exhibited little feeling
nneh nus attention was called to the
p'uoetdings before the committee. He
itvmtrkea that he was very sorry that
..'tu, -ien. Miles opposed the bill. He
p1,hled out that under section Z. Of
WVh LituL-Gen Niles complained,
ue Acknowledgement would have
6Iea'ly enlarged powers in army man
Ss'ineht instead OF being restricted in
H's Iuhciions, as ne supposed.
,,Aas 10 the question whether Gen.
ssles mad said anything which would
,elulIe action at the hands OF the de-
lazy uuneni or the President, the secre-
",y hrmly declined to express any
Slilhoi Tor the present at least. pre-
e.lhb 10 await an official copy OF the
ann o1,.Illiee hearing before reaching any
'O''-r'suN WANTS INFORMATION.
,n Washington. March gO.-Represento
~ hurleson OF Texas Introduced In
t" house today the following resolu-
. uon Of Inquiry:
h. Htsoved, That the president be. and
~ ~ hereby ~ respectfully requested. n
n NV suns Is not Incompatible with the
tc ou.lc Interests, to transmit to the
Las copies OF all correspondence re-
,s 20, and papers bearing upon the
G. OF the recent request Of Lieut.
Al Ntison A. Miles 10 be assigned to
"a :, ~ tne Philippines aud TO be allow
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