Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War With Spain Sm: The undersigned, members of the commission appointed by you to investigate the conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain, have the honor to submit the following report: On the 8th day of September, 1898, Gen. R. A. Alger, Secretary of War, submitted to you a letter (a copy whereof is annexed hereto, marked wherein he requested you to appoint a board, consisting of from five to seven members, with full power to investigate every bureau of the War Department and everything connected with the Army during the recent War with Spain. In pursuance of this request you appointed the undersigned a com mission for the purpose indicated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.