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Show ; VI ' MILES SCORES BRUTAL OFFICERS New York, May 15. The Army and Navy Journal will print tomor- v row a letter from Gen. Nelson A. Miles, in which the writer says that he went to the Philippine islands not as a tourist, but in an official capacity, and that the instructions addressed to him as lieutenant general commanding com-manding the army came - from the l highest authority, viz., the president, in which he was directed to give especial espe-cial attention to "the instruction, discipline dis-cipline and supplies of the army." In referring to his official report on the Philippines, Gen. Miles says that "no one can have a more sacred re- : gard for the honor of the army than myself." Coming to the subject of cruelties in the Philippines. Gen. Miles' letter reads as follows: "It is idle to assume as-sume that campaigning in the Philip- ! pines has conditions that warrant resort re-sort to medieval cruelty, and that such departures as have existed should not be overlooked and condoned. "It is gratifying that the serious of- V fenses have not been committed by the soldiers unless they were under the direct orders of certain officers who were responsible. Soldiers have withheld fire when ordered to shoot prisoners, protested against acts of cruelty and written to relatives at home, urging them to take action to put a stop to those crimes. It will ever be one of the glories of the army that such deeds, committed by what- ' ever authority, are abhorrent to the - American soldier. The officers who are responsible, using chiefly cruel ' I Macabebes, do not by any means con- . stitute the American army, and there '- must be a very unmistakable ISne drawn between the great body of honorable hon-orable and faithful officers and brave soldiers whose records have been com- mendable, and those, of whatever sta- . turn whose acts have received and , M should receive the earnest condemna- 1 f , i |