| Show U II 1 ri 11 I U It J III New York Wn hl j jOn On unit Milts lilies worked up 1111 by byh h Ir merit rota a 11 clerkship In itt nOlI tun tOlt to 10 In lh of or the kin m my lie lifo life nt III die Ih hi of tho civil Iii hll tia n a nit it uti or of volunteers fought tOIl t Ills liln way Tray frim out to until be ho the Ihl of a ci brigade wounds wound litres th times limes In its time jiru ih de dt d from the tho rank ur of f f volunteers to In that of lr it I of ot und up oft u through tl ike regular service un until Iii til H it i wi woe 1111 t I 51 I him ilium tile c of It a S Mou No Nu mo tim ever n tell lo to the hurried of ot if he tile front I and nM lil III tile t of tiC Ill lUi wat on one of at atthe ih the 1 lIt Ht Mm of or the tIme I II St RI Paul Globe toh In time the exulted position to 10 Oen Allies at th the close of his ca na reer lie hi hits hns hR with dignity reflected rt II ti much on the this regular r military ty i and that In iti of ot Ule fact tint hI he has hili leen hll during the past nast lit few fe ow years year to much Interference on the of PolItIcians politician anti bureaucrats There Thero IB Iii no io possible room mourn for doubt that thaI efforts have hare been licen made to die credit ito Mile with the Ih public nubile and oM with tho the army these theao efforts eort have havo been nin Is II I In the thenet net that he goes Into Ino In 0 retirement the iet loved general In itt the army of ot the Bt t s and amid retaining the time esteem of ot tIn the public as 08 a n whole Chicago General Grant arant had Miles with him during the campaign and after tIme the th action nt at wrote Miles Mile has hall outdo made n a big timIng thing of ot 11 it and ond and deserves the lie highest praise for forthe forthe forthe the pertinacity with which he be stuck to time the enemy nem until ha won front from him hlll vie vic victory Ie tory tor When then the war closed the tie cap cal tain lain lint had a 1 of ot volunteers and had won an reputation rl us lie u imru lighter tighter anti and an nfl ac ui active D tive Ihu vigilant Ills IlIa Ill career In the th Indian wars amply con firmed the good leOO opinion that t html hall been formed formell of ot lila hla persistence nce pluck nor con can anything deprive him nf of tho the credit that Is III his hie due duo for so many years of arduous work In the field neld Kansas City Star Hut In view of ot the lImb relations that ox ex isted between General Miles nad the administration It would riot I tJI have hayo been consistent tent to 10 have havo followed the an nil announcement of or his lila retirement with n a tribute which Would have been main Insincere core cere It If on onn rassing titan than th silence ili ire If qualified ii t ed Nor does It U seem that thaI General Miles expect expected ed Ill more consideration than he Ito received lila HID farewell address which Is III a n strong wholesome appreciation of ahil tation to 0 the tha army makes no mention of ot his lila relations to In tho h civic govern overn government meat ment and ond those who represent ent It or to the President or the ima he Secretary Secretor of ot War Wr I personally Portland Oregonian The Record letord of Mlle Miles since Mince the tho tho Civil war Will tino hilI fully full sustained the aplon did promise O nf ot his youth He lie was the Ibe most moat mOl splendid Indian tIghter lighter In the army lug Hit III succors in ending the Wars warn against n the time lI and ro 0 wa wan described lIe by 11 General ah In itt his lii report at as th most brilliant that hUll has ever been at al since time the of the government Subsequently he be subjugated gated a tell time the Sioux Indians Then urns ume time the Ncr Perces Perce campaign was ended end 1 by hr I the time capture nf ot the tilba In itt ft a Then the tho eluding of ot the Ih Bannock Indian war var after which Miles Will was erred to Ia tie Department De of or the Colum lila hilL as OR Then Th n came his transfer to In the till where General Mites landS innie m rl that tint country untenable for tor the tho and forced titers them to into for pence peace anti ami ob tIll the of ot and his hili hl cruel followers follower 80 Re brilliant a ft iut diet naturally felt resentful at nt not be beIng ing In for tor time the on but It U would be ungracious mini anil un ungrateful ungrateful grateful to allow any nf ot net or word vort or Orf port part of Miles to 10 Interfere In the tho hour of ot hl retire retirement ment with full Cull recognition of or his lila great eminence as a II and amI time the th permit perma permanent neat nent value niue of ot Ids hIs hi services |
