The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-02
DEPEND ON COLD AIR ONLY
SO DECLARES MANAGER FOR
ARMOUR AND co.
ONLY BY PRODUCT OF THE CANNED BEEF
The Water in Which il was Boiled Which furn.
ished " an InhnitesimaI Amount Of
Beef Extract" Meat Men Will
be Further Questioned.

Washington, March 1.-The Court of
Inquiry into the beef charges held a long
session to-day examining officers and en-
listed men and representatives of Yves
tern meat firms. The meat packers
representatives gave practically the same
testimony they had previously presented
to the War Investigation Commission,
but it is understood that this is only
to get their general statement on the
court record and that their examination
to-day will be followed by a much more
detailed examination into specific mel
dents connected with meat furnished
in Cuba and Porto Rico during the
war.
Major LESSEE Lee, who had attended
the court for some days, it being geaer-
ally understood that he was present i'll
behalf of General Miles, appeared 20
day taking notes and formulating ques-
tions. He was allowed to question the
men of his own regiment, but his ques-
tions to other witnesses were taken I'M
der advisement by the court and it was
understood decision will be reached to-
morrow as to Major Lees standing be-
fore the court.
Colonel Gallagher, of the Subsistence
Department, who was at Santiago, tes-
titled that when complaints began to
come in from the front against the
canned roast beef, bacon was substi-
tuted as far as possible.
There were large supplies of canned
roast, Colonel Gallagher said, but at
was fed to the Cuban troops and San
tiago refugees who preferred 1T to ba-
con. As there were more Cubans and
refugees to be fed than there were
soldiers, the canned roast did not go
amiss.
AS soon as the army moved into
Santiago Colonel Gallagher began to
issue refrigerator beef under Colonel
Weston's direction. There were some
complaints here as to the refrigerator
beef, and about 1000 pounds We're con-
denned to the knowledge of the wit
ness.
His only previous experience with re-
frigeratOr beef. had been at Camp
Thomas, Chickamauga, where there was
no complaint. The beef issued at San
tiago was as good as he had ever seen
before. He had no reason to believe
that any of the refrigerator beef he had
seen had been chemically treated in any
way.
Major John Guthrie. Fifteenth infan-
try, who was with his regiment in the
Santiago campaign was next called. He
was wounded during the assault on the
Spanish lines and spent some time in
the hospital ut Siboney. He said he
had can Of roast beef with him the
might before the fight and ate it with
relish. 1t was not so palatable as some
beef he had eaten, but it was whole
some. While he was in the hospital at
Siboney he saw the meat used in stews,
soups and other ways. He was toe
feyered to eat it himself, but he saw
other officers eat it with relish.
Dr. w. C. Borden then reported on
the beef experiment tried ON the en-
listed men yesterday. DIR. Borden said
in preparing the various sorts of meat
yesterday, one plate of stew was from
canned meat that had gone TO Porto
Rico and back. One was of canned
beef bought insopen market. third
was of fresh beef bought in the market
here and boiled thoroughly, while the
fourth was of fresh beer par-boied