Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-29
ONE OF THE SOLDIERS WHO II
EAT 1T TESTIFIES.
C%0NTRADICTS MILES, s
TROUBLE WAS. HE THINkSF
MEN OVERFED THEMSELN
Supcrabundance of Everytht
Camp WikOff - Swift PeOpl
Have Hearing on Beef Gu
tiOn-MiIes Likely to
BE Recalled.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S.-Wil|.
Hill. assistant secretary of the l.
vestigating committee, and who sn
Company l.. District of Columbil-
teers. as first sergeant and actin
termaster sergeant. was the onlySs
before the commission to-day. ell
DENLY, who presided. questioned it,
ness regarding the mooted questide
canned beef furnished the vOlunttr.
Hill diScountenanced the complailde
by the men. He said they caSm
those who would complain agai,y-
thing. He said the health of his ny
was excellent ar Tampa. and heed
it largely to the free use of lde.
The canned beet first furnished en-.
he said. was lean, dry and harding
nutrition, though later it was err
ably improved. He believed tined
beef, which. he explained, was caust
after being boiled. was perfect to
eat" though once in awhile luld
receive a can that was spoiled anlled
badly. He knew a large lot uleG
canned beef had been found at The
fore his company sailed for CThe
men seemed 10 like the canned he
said. but later became surfeited il.
The refrigerator fresh beef. he had
no evidence of chemical treatmenhad
a natural appearance. The trouvith
the refrigerator beef, he thoughtthat
the men overfed themselves and half
cooked.
AT Siboney. Mr.. Hill said. the'any
had to abandon more than half pro-
x-i=;arr When fha1- rnoaha1 the line
on July II there was only a little eft
in their haversacks. and they -orac-
tically without provisions from lorn-
ing of July II to supper of Jul, The
deficiency of food supplies. he AIDED
solely due to lack of traration
Siboney up the ten mil The
front.
Questioned as TO Camp WikohMon-
tauk. the witness said he never seen
such a superabundance of everyt eveh
down to skull caps. dressing e pins
and needles. Tobacco was lefte, he
said. to lie 'strewn all over thturd,'
and there was a great waste of.
Did you see enough of thariSer-
ated beef" asked DR.. Conner. have
any opinion on the length of sue
would keep in Cuba by s. pro-
it with 4 tarpaulin from direct
of the SUM-"
No. SIR was the reply. cid not
tell you. We had no way of pting it
n such a manner All we hado was
10 get I into the pots as soon ossible
keep it from spelling before I hot
rs it your opinion" witness asked,
beef so protected Wouldp sew
hours?'
In its raw state?"
YES, 1 mean just as it g from
ship"
No. sir" was the reply. Il dbelieve
t possible"
This referred to a portion General
Niles testimony denouncing thief.
Summing up. witness said he nc COM
of any sort to make, are worst
of the food was the mess of
he crackers. 1t is probable illnesses
will appear tomorrow.
The war commission has led the
wifi Beef Company, of Chi. which
lad large contracts for furnisI beef 10
army during the war. thu will be
lad to give a hearing to any r~eentative
he company may send, Oh JAM 4 next.
his grows out of the testim,of Gen.
raj Miles regarding the refrtted and
AIMED beef furnished his expions and
he Geographic protest his statnts call
d u from the company. 1cnmmis-
ion regards the hearing to tiven the
oncern as important in view he issue
nat has been raised by Gel Miles
estimony, n one special poif inquiry
Ill be regarding a complaimade of
chemical treatment of the plct. II is
probable that the comsion will
9TH recall Commissary Genersagan and
enerai Shafter and possibly GTal Miles.