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Show ALGER NOT TO BLAME WAR INVESTIGATION COMMISSION COMMIS-SION MAKES ITS TEPORT. Ueneral Mile I- Condemned, While Sec re. tary Alger U Praised -Found Mo F.mual tiled lleet. Washington, Feb 10. -Tho war investigation in-vestigation committee hits finished Its labors, and thu result of their deliberations deliber-ations Is In tho hands of tho president. Tho report of tho commission Is a voluminous publication of 130 printed pages, Each member has bcon su pplled with a printed copy to retain and or rangement havo been mado so that tho president will have as many printed copies as he wishes when ho makes tho document public. Tho report makes an Important fca ture of the beef Issuo and dismisses as a general proposition tho charges that havo been mado against tho beef furnished fur-nished tho army. It finds that most of tho beef was such as could bo properly furnished as an emergency ration, pointing out that tho ovldcnco showed It never was Intended to bo anything but an emergency ration. It says thero wero only two witnesses who really testified against tho beef, General Gen-eral Miles and Major Daly, tho chlof surgcdn,whu mado tho report regarded as tho most sensational forwarded to tho commission by General Miles. Tho Btrlcturcsof General Miles made public on tho beef and his public expressions ex-pressions In other ways, are subject to a severo criticism. Tho methods and manner of loading tho transports lu General Shatter's Cuban expedition are also discussed and responsibility placed for tho ro-suits. ro-suits. Tho report finds that tho statements of chemical treatment mado by General Gener-al Miles on tho authority'ot Major Daly aro not borno out by tho chemical experts ex-perts who wero placed on tho stand. As to tho administration and conduct of the war, tho conclusions aro that ovcrythlng possible was done by the department in tho limited time It had at its command in making Its preparations prepara-tions for tho war and tho report says that the conduct of the war not only worked out successfully, but In such a way as to bo worthy of great commendation. commen-dation. The roportsays that tho ovldcnco beforo tho coinmlssloirsluWsUhurSec-rctary coinmlssloirsluWsUhurSec-rctary Alger exercised proper diligence and supervision and that his subordinates subordi-nates also wero etllclcnt, experienced and faithful. The commission Is a unit on Its report and there Is no min orlty report. |
