Arizona republican., 1903-05-15
GEN. MILES REPORT
 ON THE PHILIPPINES
Demanded of Department by
 an Anxious PhiIadeIphian
He Desires That the Public Be h. formed Regarding the Cruelties Practised Upon the Filipinoes-C Cor respondence Between Miles and the Department.

Washington. D. C.. May '14.-Secre- tary Root and number of other off, cials in the war department today re- ceived a circular letter from Herbert Welsh of Philadelphia, which has also been mailed to q number of priva .e individuals, in reference to the report of Lieutenant General Miles The let ter desires that letters be addressed to the president. secretary adjutapt general, judge advocate general and as sistant adjutant general, asking therI to publish for the information ana guidance of the country the full report of General Miles report regarding af- fairs in the Philippines.
 He suggests that they especially re- quest that the report of Major Hunter into the facts of the whippings of Filipino prisoners of war for the pur- pose of extracting information from them" be included in the publications. He says he has not seen General Miles report, having in vain tried to secure a copy of it from the war department, '' but he believes that it contains in formation that enlightened citizens should have.
 MT. Welsh says, that 6O0.O00 souls have perished in those islands from war, famine and pestilence under our flag. In the letter he refers to the military record of General Miles in the civil war and in several Indian campaigns, and says that with a few thousand letters sent the men he names the object will be secured. He suggests that persons interest their senators and representa- tives in the matter.
 Secretary Root referred the circular letter he received to Judge Advocate General Davis. The war department today made public the letter of Adju- tant General Corbin to General Miles answering one sent to the secretary Of war yesterday regarding the publica tion of General Miles report. Miles requested an exact copy as furnished by the war department sent to the publi3 press and d1Gfso- information as to who gave them out and who received them.
 Corbin replied to the effect that copies of his reports as furnished by the war department to the public press were complete and exact copies of the entire reports being his general report upon affairs in the Philippines dated February 19, 1903. and the special re- port on alleged cruelties in the Philip pines bearing the same date.
 In General Miles report on the all legged cruelties was also a criticism Of the rice transaction in the reconcen- trade camp in Batangas province. Gen eral Miles, in discussing the matter, refers to report he had received from the commanding general in the Philip pines. his report saying "cOpy herewith enclosed This copy was not heard from and not furnished with the report of General Miles, and it has been charged that it was suppressed.
 The war department today made public the copy referred to. It is a re- poft of Major General Davis addressed to General Miles. and contains all the telegrams and all docu- ments that refer to the purchase, dis tribution and sale of rice to the people in the reconcentrado camps. It is a very voluminous document, but the main features were covered in the sum mary and which have been published heretofore