The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-05-01

ton camps were, says General Miles,
.considered prisoners Of war, but We're
compelled to buy food from those who
neld them at a large profit"
General Miles characterizes this as un-
3precedented. He speaks Of the magni-
iude OF the transactions, which involved
gl,ovo'o9 pounds Of , rice 4 and other sup.
an extraordinary feature Of this trans
action is the action which was disap-
proved by a division commander who as
Ter over to the civil authorities n that
II has been carried on under an act of
the Philippine commission" +
= reply to the foregoing portion Of the
Teport mas been prepared by Judge Advo-
cate General Davis in q letter to the sec
retary of war, in which he says:
The Incidents which are set forth in
made the subject of special investigation.
Where administrative action has been
called. for, as a result of such investiga-
military commander. AS to some phase
of these inquiries the Investigations are
not vet complete and a reference of the
papers to the Philippine islands or Off
GERS who are now serving IN the United
states mas been necessary. Whether the
necessity for any further administrative
action, In addition to that already taken,
will be disclosed as a result of such in
~vesttgation can only be determined when
inspection reports are received at the de
partment."
Had to Investigate Charges.
General Davis explains that the inqui-
ries are especially difficult because the in
cidents complained of We're not made
k!nown at the time and officers and sol
diers of the olunteer army nave been
named to be discharged.
he discusses at some length the dis
tribution of rice in the provinces OF Ba-
tangas and Cavite, which is a matter that
has been considered In the department.
1T is explained h in order to restore
civil order and IN ,arovjSibn tha na0r]a In
the concentration camps it was deter
mined by General Bell with the approval
OF the commanding general that pur-
chases of rice should be made by the sub
sistence department, the latter to be re-
INFUSED by the military government. Up
on this point General Davis says:
The measures resorted to were dictated
by military necessity, they were under
taken with the approval of the local mil
ltary commander and were calculated to
meet an emergency of impending famine
tress without pauperizing the native pop
ulation and without casting the burden
or their support upon the insular treas
ury when public order had been restored
and the provinces r%elegated to civil con-
troll As the distress increased after the
military occupation had terminated and
the demand of relief continued without
substantial abatement the balance OF
profits accruing from the sales of rice by
the military government was transferred
TO the 1nSular treasury and applied by the
civil government 10 the Tellel Oh the WlQe-
spread distress occasioned by the prev
olence of cholera and famine in the prov
inces of southern and southeastern Lu-
Zon."
General Miles strongly recommended
that beef on the hoof be supplied to the
troops in the Philippines. This portion
of the report referred to General Yves
ton, conmissary general, who, in max
ing reply, states:
In my judgment it is not a feasible
or economical plan, and there should
be no departure from the present sys-
tenn of supplying frozen beef"