The evening times., 1899-02-28

noon. and the meat issued to them had
been exposed to the sun for several hours
He understood that Western packing
houses put something over the exposed
parts of the meat to preserve il. The out
side parts OF the meat were always trim
med away. 1t was his understanding that
this was done even in butcher shops.
bacon Not TO he Had
In answer to questions by General Da-
Wis the witness said that sometimes le-
quests that came from the front for bacon
had TO be denied because at times none was
at hand Trains took the supplies from the
base TO the sub-depots near the front
He had eaten the canned roast beef but
once 1t was his opinion that it was a cry
unsatisfactory and unpalatable article Of
food
Most of the wagons that hauled the re-
frigerated beef from the dock 10 the
camps were without covers, though as
rule canvas cover was thrown over the
| meat. In some cases even this precaution
could not be taken.
When he loaded the ships at Tampa his
orders were TO put in seven days OF canned
| beef 10 three DAYS OF bacon. On-y Few
| of the ships left Tampa with APPROXIMATE
| ly complete rations, and when it came u
| discharging these ships ii was practically
| impossible to get complete rauons- In
unloading a transport II would melIheS
| be necessary TO go through Soe,0O0 pounds
| of hard bread to get at $4,000 pounds OF
| beans.
He thought that the food had some ef-
| feet on retarding recovery after the men
| were taken sick. He thought that canned
| roast beef probably was the direct cause
for much of the sickness in his regiment
He said he had seen canned roast beef
before. He had issued canned roast beel
before the war. This was very good Al
the post store he had sold large guam tiles
of this canned meat and it had given sat
isfaction. The canned beef at Santiago
| was not of the same kind. He thought
that the juices of the beef had been ex-
tracted. The meat was stringy and he
| thought it had come from the chuck and
neck of the cattle.
Not Suitable Ration.
He did not know. he said, that it caused
sickness, but he did not consider it suit
able ration either for sick or well men
He thought it a highly improper food fol
invalids.
At this time Colonel Davis, the Recorder
of the Court directed an orderly TO opeT
a can of roast beef. This was done al
the meat was turned oui on a newspaper
| 1t was presented 10 the witness The Wit
ness said that the beef on exhibition wa
a trifie better than that he had seen open.
ed in Cuba. The Recorder announced tina
this sample of beef came from Cuba. Tn,
witness said that il was very much bet
ter beef than dat Taich he saw in Cuba
Colonel Davis stated that this beef wa
packed in filling a Government UTder an
had been shipped TO Cuba and had beel
brought up for examination by the Court
Colonel Gillespie asked the witness i
he considered the beef on exhibition as
good article of food used as a substitute
for fresh beef He said that to subjec
this can TO a high temperature woul'
! change its appearance. 1t woul
not change its nutritive properties.
Five Carloads Rejected.
Major Jesse Lee, of the Ninth Infantry
counsel for General Miles suggested tha
the Recorder ask the witness when he frs
heard of objection to the canned beef
Captain Hubert, of the Eighth Cavalry
told him that at Tampa he had rejecte'
FIVE carloads of canned roast beef. AS on
car was opened the stencil was terrific
This was due to blown cans. Armour 1
Co.'S representative agreed to replace tn
blown" cans with sound ones.
| He thought that later this eonsigEnle 4
] Of beef was accepted and used To the bei