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Show GEN. SMITH IS HOME Receives Official Notice of His Retirement. HE REFUSES TO TALK Officer Who Ordered tho Island of Simnr Transformed to n Howling Wlledrness Arrives nt Sin Fran-Cisco Fran-Cisco on the Trnnspoit Thomas Is Overcomo With Emotion on Reading Read-ing tho Olllclnl Document Contain. Ing Action of President Roosevelt Ordering His Retirement. San rr.inclsco Aug 1 standing on the brldRP of the transport Thorn ts eagerly uniting with the ship's captain cap-tain for n glimpse e.f hi. unlive Mime, Gen Jacob H Smith, tried by couit-tnnrtlil couit-tnnrtlil for lining ordered the Islmd of Sam it triiisfoiincil to u bowling ii llilcrne.s, was doomed this moruliw to Hist learn that the President hud ic-tlre.1 ic-tlre.1 hint fiom netlie duts I The pilot boat which met the Theiiins Just outside the bends ill 1 o'clock this morning, brought tn (len Smith the tlisl news of the President's nation In tho falling light ot at binnacle lamp ll o leternn re'iid the incssteg'' tint appilse.l him of bis fute An hour later the el inn came and with It the sight of lau I, but Gen Smith had retired to his cublii, where, with his wlfo nnd chief nl le. Lleul. O 11 Shields of the Twelfth lll-fatatrs, lll-fatatrs, he discussed the outcome of the long nrde.il thioiigh which he lias u.rsscd. OVERCOME WITH EMOTION Six hours later when the riuunis reached tlioiunrnntlne Million In the haibor. MiJ Duinl of the transport service boaieled the ship with his sec-retars, sec-retars, and met both Gen Smith and Lieut. Shields nt the doni of Ihc General's Gen-eral's cabin. A sealed document fiom the War derailment una handed tn Gen Smith It contnlned the olllclnl notification of President Roosevelt's action, ac-tion, nnd upon reading. It Gen Hanllli retired, overcome witia eaaioilon. He wns not nenln seen until Ihc Unite 1 States custom house tender, the Hart ley, was rends to take the Oencril ind his party ailinie He then denied hlni-Trcatment hlni-Trcatment of McCaslln. McCnsllu, who m inlpulatcd the iVrnlt-Pre iVrnlt-Pre levnlier tint mated the hiloc, was taken to IV police station soon after the shooting, where ho liy for a period of tweuts-ilie mini ilea l.rfnro rtr Riles, who was called, could, arrlie Ho was placed upon the rude table In the station with his liend thrown Imck, allowing a portion nf his brnln to ooze out upon the boards When the doctor nrrlied a messenger mes-senger was .11. pitched to a n-arby rem-tuurnnt rem-tuurnnt for a pail of hot water with which the man's head wns cleansed When the grime from the burnt powder wns V moved nil ugly wound ills displayed, showing where' the bullet enteicd thn head Iho gun had evidently lien pi iced against his right ear and ills, barged, nn the ear was burned almost frnm tho bei.l nnd the slie of his fnrc was also badly I burned The bullet passed from the rUht ear In a point In the fore head nbout n qidrter of un Inch to the left of the nose. Here a clot of blood und brains lhat hid been pulled lluough by the ball las1. McCaslln hnd on a straw hnt which was powder-burned and lorn by lf. bullet bul-let A wig wus also blown from his head Prom the time thc bullet entered bis head It was eildent that he felt no pnln The springs nf life kept going, snl.l doctor Haley, slmpls because of the man s nilig-nlllcent nilig-nlllcent plisslquc. McCaslln Is an ex-tremels ex-tremels large man welshing possibly J.'O j. mnds and Is eislly six feet In hela-ht wns vers labored until the clotted blood and loosened trPlh were remoied from Ills mouth, afler which he feemed to ! Im-self Im-self to all Intcrilewers, who weio met by Lieut. Shields Together with his wife und aides, Gen Smith proeeeded tn tho Occidental hotel repairing then at once to army hindquarters In tho Phelnn building, wheie bo remained during the morning. " DECLINES TO TALK. "Gen. Smith has absolutely nothing to say for publication." said Lieut. Shields, to n repre.entutlie of tho As. soclated Prets. "lie Is not at liberty to talk, and furthermore has nothing to eny. He has been hopeful that tho Pier blent would not take uctlon against him, and of course feels keenly the foiee of tho blow he has recoiled Tho General Gen-eral admitted to the court-tnnrtiul Irs-IiiB Irs-IiiB him that ho bad Issued orders which In effect expressed his desire that the enonis", if obdurate nnd uneonquet-nble, uneonquet-nble, be not spnred In fait, that Iho countrs be laid In waste and no prlso i ers be tnken. The literal constitution of these orders, nnd their exict Intel-pretntlon Intel-pretntlon made up the bulwark of oil-clenee oil-clenee against the Gcncrnl at thetourt-mnrtlal. thetourt-mnrtlal. Ihe re Is no doubt but Hint Gen. Smith did not mean nil bo sild He certainly ell 1 not expect the action which the President haH taken." GENERAL VERY NERVOUS. Gen. Smith, who Is nenrlnt oil lllm nttlre, nppeorn exceedingly normus nnd worn. Ills GJ stars uie plainly rend In his oiery action, nnd his Intlpnto friends fear he Is hrcaklng down i.ntlor the severe Btrnln to which he has been subjected In recent months. It In not known as set when Gen Smith will proceed East His sealed ordert ic-quire ic-quire him to report to the Adjutant-General Adjutant-General nt Washington, nnd It is likely that he will loso no tlma In atnrllns Hurt. WILL NOT DISCUSS CAMPAIGN. Repeated efforts made durln? tho diy to Induce Gen Smith to discuss his campaign in the Philippines and tho court-martial which followed as a he-quel he-quel to his work, failed entlicly. Ho even declined to tnko up the subie-1 with Intimate friends Hi' transport Thomns brings portions of the Twenty-liflh Twenty-liflh and Tn cuts -sixth infantiy lcgl-ments lcgl-ments und the Tenth tavnl-s. |