Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-04-22 | Page 2 | Gen. Miles Again Snubbed by Root

GEIC MILES AGAIN?: ' SNUBBED BY ROOT Secretary of -Wat 'Pigon-Holea the erarScoreUag E - .':'';" i,v:-;; . ! " WASHINGTON,' April 22.Becretary Root has , decided that Lieu t-Qen. Milea report of hla Inspection of the troops in tho Philippines should not be made public now and perhaps never. Root said that all reports of thla mature ma-ture were confidential. - . . - From what little lak known of Miles report It ia evidently a scorching' criticism criti-cism of army conditions In the archipel-Ago. archipel-Ago. In two cases where sharp criticisms criti-cisms by Gen. Miles are - thought to have been fully answered by the department de-partment heads, to whom they were referred, re-ferred, information concerning them with special empbasia on the alleged reason why they were "visionary or impracticable. waa allowed to "leak" from Secretary Root's office. ;. This haa aroused the resentment of Miles' friends. ' They Insist that- the' report should be either kept secret or given out in full. Instead of being allowed to "leak out piecemeal. Gen. Miles sharply arraigned the practice of using the soldier tn the Philippine to build roads. He also took a hard rap at the "embaled beer which is fed to the troopa in t.j Philippines. Philip-pines. . A ,f. . ,.