Show f pLSE l t REPORTS ARE Rt GIVEN OUT 1 in the Wood Noon Of the thc case CasC by 1 the Corn On Military ROOT SO O SAYS SECRETARY rills fells Senator Proctor Some One Is to False In Information formation to the Press Dec Der hoot has hall thu letter to Sena Senator tar tor n chairman at the tho on en military Sir I enclose a letter from Gen Tl ker U asking to the report ot of his hilt recent testimony before your our as 8 I n as certain to the tho cone con reg regarding ot of Gen Gon Wood It appears that the press reports of Pen Uen miss testimony are the tho contrary of he be In hush testified Ho fe washed that set Bet right for tor hit hl own reputation this I tal o tho liberty ot dae practicable ing a aletter fO as tar far at 11 uy his h letter to the press pre pret letter tt t the acme ame tine time I wl h to cull call the ot tho committe to tho tact that persons person to tto be persist emly by lg to the tho press false fulse e statements of at the tho taken talen by rou Ou tho Iho perversion or oC the Iho being el S In 10 every cU case O to the tho prejudice of Gen Oen It cannot be doubted that the publishing these ru re reports ports are aro sent to them hy by the tho of oC the tho press ht good faith the bellet undertaking It IB evIdent belt hat person person II to 10 tavey to the press representatives In information formation ot ROCS Oil In tho com Is Inge ot of the tar fart I that the tho evidence Is not published d to state It for COI the purpose of at Injuring Gen Wood In him public estl anon matlon so that while your committee alit act on the tho evidence bee be tore fore it II the judgment till as to In how luny you ought to net act will be hosed upon In an InI entirely different antI and erroneous lIeu idea ot of I hat the evIdence I is If the evidence Il given called cullo l for lea Jen Woods I I nce I should of at course bring him bark from Crom the Philippines but I do donot not feel teel justified In withdrawing him from the tho Important dulles douse ho is IH IHl l all on of false reports report I of t evidence which hat has never In ht tact I been given It hardlY seems fair that r an n who th Is not hero to protect j but Is serving his country faithfully under orders 01 of the tho other r BI ids e ot of the tho world should have hilt hili reputation stabbed In this way I earnestly request ate at to this SUbject Very respect respectfully full fully I ROOT HOOT ot of War Var VarGen J Gen miss Bliss In his hili letter lettel contradicts the report that lie ho strongly opposed t the admission without t of at duty ot of the Ih sliver service purchased In ht New NewYork f York by the tho Jul and that he re reI I l I c led ived manda mandatory tory instructions from Gen den Wood to said saver service free ot of duty Ile says ho he most mORt f under oath that neither dl lc nor indirectly verbally nor In personally from him nor through any Iny nor tram froth mommy person whatsoever load received oven even an intimation as to time the remission ot of dulls upon these articles that I 1 or ordered or dered the remission of at dulles I then and nIl I believe now that It nas III ht accordance with the tho law that It if any allY mistake was made mado I was moiety for tor It I further tea teB that during the two and n a hoe hn It If years cars that I served Mervell directly under tho orders ot of Oen Wood as aM mil military Ita gov emit ot of Cuba ui I 1 know of no action of hi him that was WIlS not nol consistent with the tho character of oC nn an honorable and anda a 1 man of integrity |