Show BRAVEST MEN IN THE WORLD GEN MILES PRAISES OFFICERS OP AMERICA ARMY They Do Not Needlessly Expose Themselves in Action Percentage of Colonels Killed is VerY Large New York July 23A special to the CoL Herald from Washington sayn LIscums death while leading the Ninth United States Infantry la the light of the allied forces at Ties Tsin has led many to ask if our officers ore not needlessly reckless while under fire Gen Miles answbring this question said American officers are as brave as any in the world They rank as high in valor as the officers of any EurOpean government Neither In Cuba nor In Porto Rico did they needlessly expose themselves Col Llacum met his death at the head of hIs regiment and hero that the records wWs hov 1 might say killed Colonels that the percentage of In proportion to in action is greater K00 their number than those filled of any othor The grade Colonels place Is with his regiment regi-ment and when It advances he generally gen-erally leads It Is his duty to discover wkecp of the enemy and to lie position advantageous potion in his men an a nmrK for the Olllccra arc always Colonel and the duties of a enemy more or less him naturally expose hisad Colonel Is at a Unmounted trio readilY view 3 WLSJKB S nor 130 so quickly the enemys Mounted he is mono cover ground of sharpshooters SSS a target for the the Tho opposing Colonel force is generallY to b0 of round the center the with the colors in LiUtCfl5flt010 corn regiment the senIor wing and the rutntling the right gukies The regiment Major the left advanced Urn 1C they ore on the colors If they are forward command moves ti11 kePt uligamenti moved back the by a backwrd moVemeZ the nO6ttht1 Colonel the Next le Is that of colorbearer gerous position battle otAIitIet and I saw at lie kLI1e an they twelve Zimea successivelY anti narrled on iiicktid tip inc by one the colors of tile lhThc01 General was officers reminded at Santiago criticism of out attache who watche by lie German wilO Aueca tue operations orrthe nd aW 51111 they were needlessly thiS tho Gen tO iSS tOilly recklesS attache was oral asks If the German BOSOid lie did nGt1igrO an iUtliorlty the p1fllOfl tlmac ldl of 111111 and WL mistaken greaf1 the German was to dISCUSS wiietii refused Gcn Miles ollicerS wore er or not the ngi15h in South 4rfnfC war reckleSs In their poitiOfl 0 OX not Ia a he was saying Olt that matter opInion presS an SPANISHWAR EXPENSES Claims Filed byUt1 Xf ° and Baited States Wyptatog Against J TRIBUNE BUREAU street r Fourteenth roi 1900 23 July D c washIngton uditOr for of the report rue anflU wIiipIi wD5 ha WDl depsrtmelit that the State of iubli today siiors SpSfli5lk war nab has filed claims for iC008 amid of to the 51Ut1t XOflS0S cthiolYcd 1caYthL 2S5I7 has been iiat of 616h1 claimed Oil balance 2O1330S a 1 fo tho Idahos itUownnco claim < woj i378LS 5j ieaviflf N balance of < 6J11VnllIg for 5W5 3 of eJailaS WvonhlIlR flied been Ci1l1lwse sso903 lion hich 17GSP balance of i13 eaing a Xl1 Cltv Orson P Soule 0fStiU bfOTI biG eon ttdrimhtt0nl tO practlC xitezior PJ |