The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-01
WOOD IGNORED
HIS SUPERIOR
Major General Brooke Before the
Military Committee.
aANY OTHER CHARGES MADE
WORD OF THE PRESIDENTS IA
VORITE NO GOOD.

IY1AsHINGTON. Nov. 3O.-Major
w General John z. Brooke. retired,
former governor general of Cuba.
today gave testimony before the senate
committee on military affairs. which
changed characterization against GEN
eral Leonard Wood General Brooke
was before the committee more than
two hours, and occupied the entire time
in telling of General Woods conduct at
Santiago. The witness offered i'm sup
port of his statements many. documents
taken from records at the war depart
ment and several papers from his per
sonal collection At the close OF ms
testimony a member of the committee
said SO was probable General Wood viii
have to return from the Philippines
and testify.
one of the charges made by General
Brooke is that General Wood violated
the order which required him In making
improvements I'm Santiago to submit
estimates to the governor general. AS
evidence of this violation, General
Brooke called attention to the buildinE
Of barracks at Santiago near MORO
Castle without General Wood first
having given notice To the department
at Havana. General Brooke said also
that General Wood continuously SEM
communicate Ons to the war department
over the head of his commanding ot1-
Ger The witness assured the commit
tee that he cared nothing FOR the iE-
nOrinE of his authority, but said InaI
the proceeding had been detrimental
to military discipline
Wood q Mischief Maker.
General Brooke called to the attention
of the committee. in support Of an
allegation that General Wood mas neg
lected to work i'm harmony with the
military government, the matter or
General Woods attitude toward the
newspapers at Santiago which repeat
edlv made attacks on General Brooke $
administration General Brooke read
a number of these attacks, and also his
recommendation to the war depart
ment that the papers be suppressed un-
less they desisted.
One Of the extracts from the indie
pendencia. published at Santiago, which
was read. was bitteF cen uhllsd ~ -
Of General Brooke, under the caption
of God Save Cuba" The. The article
was based on General Brooke's order
for the Capitalization of affairs OF the
island. by which receipts from all Gus
tom houses were ordered sent 10 ha-
vana. The article. among other Things.
said that If carried into effect the or
der soon would prohibit the people OH
Santiago from breathing without per
mission from General Brooke that lt
was a matter of life and death 10 the
province Of Santiago to get the order
rescinded. A large number Of tele-
grams Of Indignation sent 20 president
Mckinley were appended to the ar
ticle.
Ignored His Superior.
General. Brooke read a letter which
he had sent to the adjutant general ot
the war department asking that Gen
eraI Wood be instructed to prohibit the
publication of such articles during the
period of military government he also
read General Woods reply to abe adj
iutant general which, the witness sala'
had been sent over the head Of ms
superior officer. saving that freedom
Of speech. untrammeled criticism Of the
military government and absolute IN
dependence in all matters was neces-
sarv part of the education of the Gu
bans to fit them to conduct liberal
government
General Brooke tol5 the committee
that on Jan g. 1899. General Wood
without consulting his superior otncer'
obtained permission To visit Washing
ton. even though ne left in allegiance
matters needing attention CorreSpO1-
dence relating to the trip was laid be-
fore the committee
Tn the course OF General Brooke
testimony he said that General Wood
became Unduly excited when the Cu-
bans held Indignation meetings at san
tiago for the purpose Of protesting
against the Capitalization order. The
witness laid before the committee q
copy of a telegram he received from
General Wood saying that the CUbans
looked upon the order as approaching
a calamity, and that discomfort and