Arizona republican., 1898-09-07

sent off with the Porto Rico exped
 tion'
 That is sample of the things which are known and deplored at the war de- 2aTtment. Here is another The aux illary cruiser Yale, which was used as . transport to convey troops to Santi- ago and Porto Rico, has refrigerator capacity of 1000 tons, having been Used with ether liners to carry pressed Eeef across fhe Atlantic in times of peace. Two days before she made her first trip from Newport News to San- tiago, one of her officers came to Wash ington and suggested that the ship should not be allowed to sail for San- tlago with 50 great refrigerator ca pacity unused. when the men at the front were likely to suffer for the ab- sence of the very supplies which the
 } ale might take. A friend of that Of fcer, who happened to be the director of a railroad, went to the department to propose that the refrigerator of the Yale should be put to use. He assured the secretary that his road would un- dertake to place any amount of goods on board the Yale before her scheduled
 hour of departure so that the 1000 tons of provisions could be bought in
 New York ana Philadelphia, shipped from New York as late as D. m in
 thirty cars, and with the aid of the railroad transports placed aboard the Yale in time for her departure the fol- lowing day. That was Friday Sec T etary A:s~G jumped at the proposition.
 By all means" he said, eff we have facilities ttus at hand we ought to use them. Go and see General Egan, com
 missary general, and he will tell you whether he can handle it." The prOpo- sition accordingly was laid before Gen. Ieral Egan The commissary general listened grudgingly. Then he exclaimed gruff1y "It'.; no use. We don't want any dressed msats or any other refrigera
 tor stuff. We have all the canned meats we can possibly use sent a sample of is up to Secretary Algers house yesterday. He had it for dinner and thought it was delicious. It will last for months. But even if I didn't have this canned stuff I wouldn't, use
 the Yale to carry provisions for the army The army can take care of it. self without asking any favors of the navy. I don't care that for the navy!s he exclaimed. snapping his thumb and finger cont emptuously, land I am not
 going to accept any favors from them With that he turned to his desk.
 The Yale sailed with her refrigera- ting space empty. The vessel made flour trips sfterward with empty re- frigerators' The canned meats which General Egan referred to were found
 to be spoiled in many instances when
 unpacked at santiago, sands as has-been tpaeked.. e .ss s Es.s :. :. !. That is liiiiot all. The Ya1eg refrige.s ratpor can turn oft thirty tons of ice aS' day. Other auxiliary. cruisers placed at the disposal of the army by the navy have equal refrigerating capacity. Through that means thousands of tons of ice could have been sent to Santiago at a cost little greater than if sent to- any large city in the United States. Ice was S3O q ton at Siboney and could net be bough- at any price. Our men in the trenches went blind in some cases for la K Of ice, and many deaths are attribt. ed by the surgeons to the same cause Yet the only ice received was a small quantity sent from Maine by private enterprise.