Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-14
WAS NOT ABRIDGED
FULL REPORT OF GEN. MILES WAS
GIVEN TO THE PRESS.
Reply Of Gen. Corbin to the Formers
Request for an Unexpurgat-
ed Publication.

The War Department today made public
the letter Of Adjutant General Corbin to
General Miles answering one sent to the
Secretary Of War yesterday regarding the
publication Of Gen. Miles report. The ad-
jutant general states to whom the report
was given and incloses copies OF the re-
port as furnished the press
In Gen. Niles report on the alleged cruel
ties was a criticism Of the rice transaction
In the reconcentrado camp in Batangas
province, and in discussing the matter he
refers to a report he had received from the
commanding general in the Philippines, to
which he refers by saying, copy herewith
inclosed." That copy was not furnished
to the press with the report Of Gen. Miles
and 1t has been charged that 1t was sup
pressed The War Department today made
public the copy referred to- 1t Is q report
Of Major Gen. Davis addressed to Gen.
Miles, and contains all the correspondence,
kilograms and other documents that refer
to the purchase. distribution and sale Of
rice to the people in the concentration
camps 1t Is very voluminous document,
but the main features were fairly covered
in summaries which have heretofore been
published.
Gen. Corbin's Letter.
The text of Gen. Corbin's letter to Gen.
Miles Is as follows:
War Department.
Ad1utant Generals Office,
Washington, May Ii. 1903.
Sir: am directed by the Secretary of War
to inform you that he is In receipt Of your
communication Of May Ii, 1903, which
reads as follows:
IT have the honor to request an exact
copy Of my reports as furnished by the
also desire to be informed as to who gave
them out and who received them"
Complying with your request have the
honor to inform you that copies Of your
reports as furnished by the War Depart
ment to the public press were complete and
exact copies of the entire reports, being
your general report upon affairs In the
Philippines. dated February 10. 1903. and
your special report on alleged cruelties in
the Philippines. bearing the same date
For your convenience duplicate copies Of
both documents. as given out. are trans
mitted herewith. have the honor further
to inform you:
l. That your report to the Secretary Of
War dated February 10. 1903 was given
to the press In full by the then acting adj
jutant general. Col. w. P. Hall. A. A. g..
to the authorized representatives of the
press associations: and
2. That your special report. of the same
date. was given out. with the approval OF
the Secretary of War. by the judge advo-
cate general of the army. the full text Of
which was furnished to the press repre-
sentatves.
Very respectfully,
H. C CORBIN,
Major General. Ad1utant General U. s. A.
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles.
None Published In Full.
Although 1t Is true that the full reports Of
General Miles were given to the press.
together with the answers thereto, made
by the various bureau chiefs Of the War
Department It is also true that owing to
their extreme length. that none Of the doc
uments was published in full. the newspa
pers combining their publications to alb
stracts to the extent of their capacity. The
Star published what was considered the
essential features of all the documents and
devoted nearly five columns Of space to
them in two days issues 1t is probably
true that IL the reports had been given out
in series on different days that each might
have had more complete publication. but
having been given to the press altogether
in q mass it was extremely difficult for the
newspaper men to handle them satisfacto-
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