The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-01
TESTIFIES
 AGAINST WOOD General Brooke Alleges
 InsubOrdinatiOn. HE OFFERS HIS PROOF Doings Of the Presidents Friend at Santiago. Ignored His Superior ouncsr ana Dealt Direct With the War De-
 partmsnt--Bscams Un-
 duly Excited.
HE OFFERS HIS PROOF

nor General of Cuba, today gave te9<l@ mony before the Senate Commfttaa on Military Affairs winch charged inaub0rdi>
 nation against General Leonard Wood.
 General Brooke was before the Commits tee more than two hours and occupied fhe entire time In telling of General Woods conduct at Santiago. The witnesses Qf- fered in support of his statements many documents taken from records at the War Department and several papers from hf4 personal collection. At the close of hia testimony. a member of the Commitfee said that 1t is probable that General Wool will have to return from the PhLiippins4 and testify.
 Violated Orders.
 | One of the charges made by GenerAn Brooke is that General Wood violated fle order winch required him in making tpn~ provements in Santiago to submit esti- mates to the Governor General. An evf- dence of this violation. General Brooke called attention to the pulling of bar racks at Santiago near tie Morro, with~ out General Wood first having given no< tive to the Department at Havana. Gen. eral Brooke sad also that General Wood continually sent communications so the War Department over the head of hia commanding officer. tft
 The witness assured the Committed that he cared nothing for the Ignoring of his | been detrimental to military discipline. General Brooke called to the attention l of the Committee In support of an aIie- gation that General Wood had neg ectaa to work in harmony with the mi ita1y movement the matter of General Wood . attitude toward the newspapers at santi. ago. which repeatedly made attacks on General Bro5kes administration. General Brooks read q number of theze attacks and aiso h.s recommendation to- the War Department that the papers be sappress- cd unless they desisted:
 Extract from Newspapex
 One of the extracts from The Ihdepen- I dencia. published at Santiago which was read. was a bitter denunciation of Gen eral Brooke under the caption of God
 Save Cuba" The article was based on General Brooke's order for the ceptraiiza- tion of affairs of the island by w.ich | receipts from all custom houses were or-l dered sent to Havana. The article among other things said that if carried into eff feet the order soon would prohibit the | people of Santiago from breathing Wttll~ out permission from General Brooke: 60 that 1t was a matter of life and dealh i to the province of Santiago to get tha | order resctnded. A large number of telegrams of indig- nation sent to President Mckinley were appended to the article. General Brooke | | Adjutant-Genefal of the War Depart ment. asking that General Wood be ln- 1 structed to prohibit the publication of such articles during the period of miii- | tary government. He also read General Woods reply to the Adjutant-Ganera which. the witness said. had been sent over the head of his superior officer, say- ing that freedom of speech. untrammele6 criticism of the military government and absolute independence in ali matters was a necessary part of the education of the Cubans to At them to conduct liberal government.
 The Visit to Washington. General Brooke told the committee that Jan. 1. 1se9 General Wood. without con sulting his superior officer. obtained per- mission to visit Washington. even though he left in abeyance matters need ! ing attention. Correspondence relating t0 the trip was laid before the coEnmittee In the course of General Broolxe.s tss- timony he said that Wood became sup- duly excited when the Cubans held in dignation meetings at Santiago for the purpose of protesting against the central l Ization order. The witness laid before the | committee a copy of a telegram he re. ceived from General Wood. saying that the Cubans looked upon the order as ap- preaching a calamity and that discontept | and profound business depression exigt- ed. Finally. General Wood prayed that | the custom receipts be left under local control. The witness declared that the attitude of General Wood was responsi- ble to a great extent in adding to the disqulet of the Cubans.
 Members of the committee took a great interest in General Brooke's testimony | and steps were taken to have copied a
 number of the papers he offered in evis dence. | Rathbone Testifes. , Major Rathbone was before the commit. tee for half an hour this afternoon. The 4 committee asked If he desired to have additional witnesses summoned and as result of a conference a number of sub poenas were issued. Dr. Pablo De Yer nonie, who was Secretary of Finance un- der General Brooke's administration, will be called to tell what he knows concern l ing orders issued to the courts by Gen eral Wood, which are alleged to have brought about the conviction of MaJor Rathbone It was decided also to recall ] Gen. Tasker H. Bliss of the general staff , of the army. The committee will make
 reduisitlon on the War Department for all correspondence and documents between | the War Department and General Wood | regarding the Castoneada Electric Light
 ing and power concession for Havana.
 The committee adjourned until Thurs | day.