The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-04
81 append hereto a list Of % officers of

81 append hereto list of % officers of
the insurrectionary government who now
hold positions of trust under our govern
ment Aguinaldo himself has taken the
position of earnestly urging his country.
men to accept our sovereignty, and most
OF them have already followed his advice.
1T is not perceived that any additional
benefit would be obtained by taking dele
cations of Cubans and Porto Ricans to the
Philippines or by bringing delegations
from the Philippines to the United
States, in advance of the choice of official
delegates provided for by the bill now
pending in congress-. n the other hand, it
would be very difficult to keep such a pro-
ceeding free from spectacular and sensa-
tional features, which would be injurious.
ut is not the fact that the warfare in
the Philippines has been conducted with
marked severity; on the contrary, the war
fare has been conducted with marked hui
mainly and magnanimity on the part of the
United States army.
"ELIHU ROOT,
Secretary of War"
President Subscribes His Approval.
Conclusions of the secretary of war are
hereby approved
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"White House, March 6, 1902"
Then follows the list of % officers of the
insurrectionary government who now hold
positions of trust under our government.
Subsequent Correspondence.
Following the letters of Lieut. Gen. Miles
and that of Secretary Root in transmitting
the same to the president is mass of mat
ter consisting of a reply from Lieut.. Gen.
Miles received by Secretary Root, and
lengthy review by the latter covering prac-
tically the same points of objection made
in the first communication sent by Secre-
tary Root to the president disappearing
Lieut.. Gen. Miles proposal. In addition
Secretary Root brings out the following
point:
THE reference in the memorandum to
the letter of Gov. Taft to the secretary of
war, dated February T. 1892 is to a letter
transmitting, for the purpose of an in
vestigation by the military authorities, a
report by the civil governor of the province
of Tayabas, containing in general terms
and without specifications or names, seri-
Gus charges against the military admins
tratlon in that province and against the
conduct of the army generally in it's rela-
tions to the civil government. This report
was on the 18th of February sent to Gen.
Chaffee with the following direction:
There is so much contained in this re-
port rejecting not only upon officers of the
army, but the general conduct of affairs
and the administration of the military
pranch of the government, that the secre-
tary OF war desires you to cause careful
inquiry to be made concerning these state
ments and if they be found true that the
necessary administrative and disciplinary
measures be applied to correct these evils
and also ito make a full report of the in
vestigation herein directed as soon as pos
Sible.'
Regrets Action of Miles.
There has not yet been time for the
report to be made, and the direction for the
investigation can only just now have
reached Manila 1t is to be regretted that
the officer of the highest rank in the army,
should assume the truth of charges reflect
ing upon the credit of the army in advar ce
of the investigation which has been or
dered, and without giving Gen. Chaffee,
upon whose particular command the
charges reflect, an opportunity to be heard.
Gov. TaftS letter shows that the civil
governor of the Philippines was unwilling
to accept the charges as true without an
investigation.
A Motive Shown.
"As the lieutenant generals memoran-
dunn of March "a was not made until after
the Introduction of resolution in the house
of representatives calling for all CORE
spondence and papers in the matter of his
application to go to the Philippines, the
putting into those papers of the specific
reference to the letter transmitting the
charges plainly evinces a design to procure
the publication of the charges, and of the
4' 'NAiSOi q . Sep'oilSC tiSie ol ds
true, in advance of the Investigation of
their truth, and of a report thereon by Gen.
Chaffee In the interest of good discipline
and effective service such course is much
to be regretted. Such charges ought not
to be published against our countrymen
whom we have sent to labor and fight un-
der our flag on the other side of the worG
before they can be heard in their own de.
Tense.
(Signed) ''ELIHU ROOT.
Secretary of War"
Presidents Strong Approval
White House, Washington, March q
1902
The memorandum of the secretary of
war is approved as whole and as to every
part. Had there been any doubt before as
to the wisdom of denying Gen. Miles re-
quest, these papers would remove such
doubt.
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