Show bf GENI j JI H WILSON ILSUN WIL UN AND W WOOD OD CASES Says Sars Prest Made Dead Deadly ly I Mistake in lu Appointing Him Brigadier General WAS yAS SUBVERSIVE OF DISCIPLINE He lie Was as Not Present at the Bate Bat Battle lIattI tie tle tI of San Juan JUlin and Told I IGO COY GO So SoU U n J Jan n 9 of the h hearings beC ro re the th M frd in concern e on o military in the nomination of ot Leon Ing ard ar to be mado major general bas Iia brn furnished to Willi nit tho the senators TV The testimony shows that n James II 11 Wilson was particularly va IS his criticism of oC Gen Wow Wood leer m In fl also aIo an hu on the tho ho stand for tor him u 8 general This criticism was vai Bought bro out by Ii the tIu th following question n from ou think President that resident nade a mistake when wien no lo e made Olin len Jenu u brigadier general Wood An wH 1 l thinK he lit 0 a deadly dell Illy he e made that appoint Sent nent I 1 thin think lic ke gave alc the the sense ot of discipline III and fairness Jf w t I f the army that It U hai hs h ever evor 1 len nen further stated that Clen Oen Wood was w not lit at the tho battle of ot San Son SanJuan Juan and told the committee thai thal he heMd Md toad informed the tl president then the gov go gonor O OHnor nor of ot New Nev York of ot this fact tact Thin rt nci n 1 hy by y Secy Un ther he h Yent on the stand a 1 few tel days hilt later who stated that unit den Oen Wood not flat Han ian Juan JUlin hut hUI of ot only was Ia at the tho th battle buttle that his division commander hUll hud ro to him for tor conspicuous fon and andlor lor for handling his troops troop BO s 9 well that he desired to recommend him for tor pro lira motion The Th secretary further that thata ton ien a Wood was 1119 sut at the bloody ford tord In irk Inthe th the and heaviest liro ro that our men nien had to 10 man loon were fall fail fallIne Ine Ing all around him hIi I Continuing he said I think t I ought outfit to say 83 ay too toe that u I part of ot the facts foote upon pon which President deter determined mined ao eo far tar as ac was H within hla hI power to tG keep ke p J len n Wood In the name order orde of or relative rank ronk President Mc Me McKinley Kinley had put him was vae Ills hie personal knowledge of ot Gen den Woods presence In that fight aol and an of ot the extraordinary gal sal gallantry gallantry lantry and efficiency he ho displayed as os known to the president by b his personal observation In lit the tle battle Jen en Wilson In tile his hl testimony also alco tc re counted a conversation that he had toad with Ith Gov 0 Roosevelt regarding the e of or Gen Jeni Wood at itt 1 t San Juan In Inthis Inthis this thle conversation Ion Oen Wilson VIlon said aall he ho Informed the governor that Hint In the tho Spanish war Wood wal wac never In but butone ore one re battle btttle and that thal nt ot Las Lae where there but for tor his rescue and ond support by the colored color troop he lo would have havet t L teen n badly handled Can ha Wilson lf Mr ROosevelt ns nR that ha M Wood nt at Inn JaM Get Gen Wilson Ileon contradicted this statement You know knoll that Hint ho was In nth tho rear Nor looking for tor ammunition According to the tho witness Mr Ir noose Hoose nit replied Yes but do 10 not tell anybody St C Hoot H t In lIb lili testimony referred to this thit allied lI conversation as follows I think I 1 ought to to the re remarks reo marks mark of Gen James H 11 Wilson here hereBI BI II a to 10 the conversation with tho prel dent Of Ot course the tho president cannot U be a 0 witness The Tho president Informs Inform me ate that Gen Jen Wilson Ilson Is mistaken and that no Much nuch conversation regarding H liOn tn n Woods WOOdA presence nt ut the tho Sun Juan Junn tight that day da ever ler took place between him and anti len Jen Wilson I |