Show GEN GENI SMITH S lITH WILL TRY TO VINDICATE HIMSELF PO PORTSMOUTH TS 0 O Aug 13 Judge Judge James Bannon llannon law brother and md attorney at at- torney tarney rne of ot Gen Smith makes the following fol to- to lowing statement Gen Smith probably will remain In Portsmouth for about a month During that time he will wiil be engaged ed in formulating formulating formu formu- lating his report to be he transmitted trans trans- immediately to the War Wai department depart ment mente and necessarily will devote ote little time to his I personal Interests This Thia report however will contain a complete completo description of oC the conditions that confronted the tho American troops Inthe in inthe inthe the Philippines the hardships they Buffered the tho atrocities of or the natives s the circumstances circumstance le leading to the giving of the now now famous amous order in fact act every evry detail o of hl his campaign anti and will be Inthe in inthe inthe the C rm of or a A. complete vindication of Gen Smiths Smith's conduct Gen Smith will take no action until he consults man many of his friends s among the officers o of the regular arm army He vili be Jn In attendance at the reunion to he held at Washington September loth and will there map out his plan of ot action with them The sentence of or the tho court martini was that Gen Smith be admonished for his order President t Hoo Roosevelt evelt seems to have construed the wor word as meaning reprimanded I have said it once but before I am through I will repeat many times that tho President has no le legal al or moral right to increase the sentence of or the court I have advised the General nd will continue to a advise ise lse him to go into the contest with heart and und soul Und Under r such circumstances his army friends can do o no less for they arc are more vitally vitally vital vital- ly 1 Interested than he- he Many of or them are now In importuning him to begin action actton at nt once |