The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-13
Thinks They Did Not Know How 10
Make Out a Ration Return.
COL. MALE IS INTERVIEWED,
He Thinks the Memory Of the Corps
Commander Little at Fault.
There Never Was Any Com
plaint From the Men oa Ac-
count OF Not Receiving
Fresh Beef.


Major-General william ". Graham.
who commanded the Second Army Corps
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~ Imp -4'7'-'
ine VAR lhFeall5a1lHS 'oiiiil'''''o" ~-
Washington, ID. c., yesterday had some
,tf-o to s,y sbout the Third Virginia
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i'-aiHi-"-. A"1 N"'''i''7 '''' ''''
hin as follows:
"Thrre rfrhr have been instances I'm
.,.., ...-. s--.,., and ,-,r, r,,,,-1
20 Doe n bad condlIon put lAele "ou'u
have Been no trouble in having them SUR
,.,,ss anal cor1.r,r,oa and to have re-
...,.-. 90 .,,.,
e-'f-L " A-" supply '' '''.' F''N0
resimentai officers had understood '"-'
duties and attended 10 their business. ln
,,... f,-.,.-.. t.. l-roc, chat fort,-alqht
,....,.,
A5l-a Aau e4al7-u DDloi1 any '''''
was given the subsistence officers tial
there was any trouble Win the 7u2pies'
General Graham continued.
THE THIRD CRITICISED.
orr ,..-,. f,s,o,cas reeimontal COM
,,is.,rf.s fbror.,b IGNORANCE or lack of
irferesf failed to paw chat attention TO
rel.,..,i ,.,o,rs,, frou, Tine Secretary
- 80 - +1l ,rbirI Vlr-lnia Reei-
r,,.,.+ ,,.... Il,.i,., o, ealf meat and had
,.o,s .. so,,. eloht davs They had re-
.-.-i,.,i ,., t....t l,.sf AZ once rode over
~ tbe r,r-, ~ he Tbird virginia and
s,,,, +b. cI..r.f of that REGIMENT lie
ssi1 d.. rna, nreferred salt meat. as 30
,,.s ,,.,, b., fhe1 told him the orders
80 3D., t-,r D.rartrnrrf raouircd ytm 10
4-.o. frosh noeaf seven olvs in every
tor d.,. rra medical officers desired
rbef sh,,ifd ne dome. found that reci-
,,,arf,s ofioa~s did net know how to- make
out a ration return. sat down there
.,-G sto,t.d fber, how to do IL. The coll
orrl said he would send for fresh meat.
I la.rr.1 liter tbat the wagons Of that
rooi.,en+ did NOT go for the meat. That
vss evidence 10 my mind that those
Gentlemen did not attach that Importance
10 the matter Of fresh meat they should
have done. The colonel evidently thought
tine bacon WAS good enough for him and
that il was good enough for the men.
COLONEL MALES COMMENT
The above extract was shown TO Col
o,ei Nara in his room al MurDhys Hoe
tel lac, riobf BE had nothing harsh 10
s,,. sno,,- General Graham.
..r tbtrl his memory is. perhaps. a IT.
tio IN fauIt." remarked the Colonel
..ur,,o., ,.o ,ot to Camn Algcr On June
-,h -~or,,ft,. reDorted to the corps
.o-,,,,,,,,le, 1va carried with US ten
5.,.s, fa.d ratfous recall that Il few
49,. ...... ..., had arrived General Gra-
kan, ,.,.i,a5 me 10 inauire about my COM
r,.rd BE- q. ner1aps. mistaken in say
. .-f5 hi,, trs me-, preferred salt
- 0enrof remember having said
re.t eo,oafbi-., was said about order
i,,, fresb boef ana I thlnk the General
80 5o,.r fr INV font and wrote me am
o-Ic. on ra,tain Little. the depot com
rrlf.sa~v for "a supply for the Third
rhat meat If am not very much m So
fatsen WAS sent up by Captain Little
tro+ ersri,p No complaint having
bs.n made m me by any Of the men the
Incident made hut little impression ON
uv mind az the time. but ! think / have
reo,IIe5 inst what happened. There
was never anv trouble about making
Out the ration returns. IL was quite Ill
simple thing
Men DID NOT COMPLAIN.
Captains Faulkner Hutchings and
Masuier. who were present an cor
r0b0ratcd Colonel Naile. They all said
the men never complained because they
did not have fresh beef The only COM
plants that amounted 10 anything were
those that followed the occasional de-
laws I'm the arrival of trains tha brough.
fresh meat. which, in some cases, was
lns0und when lt was received The
regiment was certainly one OF the
healthlest On the army and the men d.d
but little complaining.
The telegram General Graham refers 10
AS bavlu. received from the War De
,artment was probably sent by con
lr-ess-oaT after his visit 10 the camp. lie
went there soon after the men arrived
and took dinner with one of the COM
,aries Fried bacon was served and
fbe congressman commented upon the