The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-22

return he had inquired of the men as 10
| its effects, and complaints We're made.
Refrigerated beef was furnished aftsr
| the surrender and was satisfactory
| Everybody. he said. liked it, and he never
| suspected any use of chemicals. Since he
| bad reflected, he was surprised that he
| could keep the meat twenty four hours.
| Many of the men would eat the canned
roast beef and turn ah-Lt quickly and
! vonit Captain Ennis said, land finally
| they refused to eat 1t at all Captain
! Ennis believed that half the Illness was
| due to this beef. No other food caused
| vomiting after eating, he said, but the
| sickness was only transient.
| Major stephen Baker lretired). attached
| to the Fourth Infantry during the Santiago
| campaign, said canned beef was issued at
| ter landing and until the surrender. Com
! plants of no very specific character were
made generally by the men and captains
| No definite attempt to remedy the defects
In the rations was made, he said, because
all realized that tho best possible was be-
ing done under the circumstances and
they were glad TO get anything.
After refrigerated beef was furnished no
complaints were Aled. except occasionally
when 1t was tainted or spoiled, when
boards of survey were appointed and the
beef condemned Witness said he was sur
! prised that the beef kept as long MS IT did.
| but he never saw anything unusual in its
! appearance and never suspected the use of
chemicals, II was generally satisfactory.
| Prior to September II he had accepted the
situation as being as good as possible He
| did not think he sickness in the regiment
due in any way 10 the food, but rather TO
the climate.
Refrigerated beef was furnished after the
surrender, but some of 1t was spoiled
General Sumner said when he left Tampa
his adjutant Captain Howsee. reported
that some one had placed on board two
quarters of beef, which he claimed as the
result of the treatment. would keep In the
tropics two or three days. The second day
It became so offensive that II was thrown
overheard. He did not know who put the
beef on board or by what authority, Cap
tain flowsee had been directed to write
particulars.
General sumner said he attributed
none of the sickness to defective food
Major Jesse NJ. Lee. Ninth infantry. who
joined his regiment at Santiago July 90,
said refrigerated beef was furnished
seemingly all right although some of 1t
was spoiled. There appeared little ground.
however, for complaint. He though that
the beef on the hoot would have beeen
more satisfactory in Cuba than retrlserat-
ed beef
Captain James F. jacobson, Seventh In.
fanlry. who was in the battle and .iicge
OF Santiago, said canned roast beef Mas
issued off and on while they remained IN
Cuba, few complaints We're made but
he Investigated and found IL was generally
acceptable. He ate It,, he said. and found
II rather tasteless, but nourishlng. Re-
frigeiated beef wass issued after the sun
render but about half OF 1t was spoiled
when delivered. An omen wagon was used
in transporting the meat aud It was de-
livered in the open tIo made report
recently unon tina hros under orders from
his colonel hut otherwise his sense OF
duty to his men aud command would not
have prompted him to have made re-
port,