| Show 4 OEN JUICES DEFENSE general miles ie is out in another interview for commander in chief of the american army he is a loquacious fellow the impression that bis his defense leaves is that be he is a borely disappoint ed man who had bad hoped to make much military capital out of the spanish american war and ie is fearful that he be has failed he ile attempts to detract from shatters work at santiago t 1 by placing much stress upon his arrival on the battlefield in time to participate in the surrender of gen torale winy apparently hoping to convey the impression that had be not taken up the negotiations at the time he did the spaniards would have been back in their trenches prepared to resist to the end such an eventuality ia its not borne out by the developments after the surrender while white it is true Shaft shatters erB army buffered more casualties than had been anticipated their losena did not approach tha the spanish fatalities and furthermore the morale of 0 torale army had bad been completely crashed crushed first by the able dash of the american troops and second by the departure and destruction of cerveris Cerr erae veras fleet had miles allies remained remi rein ined in washington the results attained would have been the same and bis his present claims to the honors of the santiago campaign are churlish and mean |
