Show It t 4 I t t 6 I 6 I I H I 6 U I t f. f I. I GENERAL MILES ILES J t t t I M t I 4 I 4 t 4 6 t 4 The statement frequently repeated in recent Washington that the compulsory retirement retirement retire retire- ment of Lieutenant General Miles Jiles has been decided ulI upon tipon ni and ud that the Presidents President's intention in the mattec mat- mat tP tec is admitted in the White House circle is not a for tor surprise anywhere Considering all the tile antecedent ant circumstances it would be hard io to discover discover dis dis- cover coer any logical solution other than the retirement nt I The he fact fart when it shall become one will vill be be universally r regretted The American people willbe will willbe be s s sw pw w to forget how the officer er commanding their ai army armS i at the outbreak of the Spanish war and who enjOyed ea not only respect i and esteem which he had ear in in a long l ng career of distinguished military Ier in n his own country but was admired and lion honored fe-d' fe by the great preat lights of his profession passed over ocr snubbed almost perse- perse Jt nd ren rendered jred a t nullity during that struggle a hn his place in American meri a history by hy the side of Dewey and Schley as a i victim of departmental departmental depart depart- mental mental politics hut but will no not suffer in Ia the eyes of posterity on that account any more than will the oth others rs |