The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16
the general at the time OF his appearance
before the commission and SINCE g.
DIR. DAILY Critfcisel1


DR.. DAILY Criticised.
TN his report DR.. DAILY does not make the
ali-important statement that he had al
ready chemically analysed any meat. all
SHOULD IN s sddggesfs d that such analysis
several inspections made by him at Tampa.
jacksonville, Chickamauga and Porto Rico
ne found the fresh beef to be appa rently
that at Ponce the beef he examined was
also OF the same character, being apparent
~ preserved by injected chemicals For
months. as it appears, DR.. DAILY concealed
the commission of a crime affecting men
under his charge whom as an office and
q physician he was bound to protect"
The report then, after quoting from. the
regulations Of the Agricultural depart
ment prescribing the manner in which in
spectlons are made land no packing house
IN the country is allowed to do business
failing the processes pursued by our off,
Gals and showing the practical impossi-
Dllty OF putting impure meat upon the
1.-The commission has not confined itself
to merely verbal or written proof. Inn
mea1asely. upon hearing the testimony of
we're sent to all issuing ccmmissaries s in
Cuba. Porto Rico and at the various home
camps occupied by troops. asking that
s ga up st., OF Teirigerated beef be at once
and forwarded to the commission. These
samples were to be Of one pound weight
1IOAA Inc OulSIUc anu one pOunO weight
from the inside OF quarter. In response
to this request many samples have been
received, and later sent to the chemists of
the ard interior
suit of analysis has been reported to. US in
20 cases, and. as will be seen by the reports
expended atRen In no specimen examined has
ferrous chemicals been found.
No "Embalmed" Beef. -
I'm view of the facts above set forth the
commission is of the opinion that no re-
migrated beef furnished by contractors
with Spain was subjected to or treated
with any chemicals by the contractors or
those In their employ.
Medical Department.
This important part of tine report is dwelt
upon at great length by the commission
be properly understood. A glance at the
commissions summing up, however, will
sufficiently indicate its nature: 49,,
months of May. June and July was neither
ample nor efficient, reasons for which may
be found in the lack of proper volunteer
gress to authorize it's establishment and
to the nonrecognttion in the beginning of
the value Of women nurses and the extent
to w. which their services could be secured:
sources of the department in the care of
the sick and wounded was very much
greater than had been anticipated, and
maids We're imperfectfy I met: .''' '"eSe 's
That, powerless as the department was
to have supplies transferred from point
po of the
was seriously crippled in its efforts to full
fill the regulation duty of furnishing all
medical and hospital supplies
THAT the shortcomings in administra-
tion and operation may justly be attributed
in large measure to the hurry and confu-
sion incident to the assembling of an army
Of unframed officers and men ten times
larger than before, for which no prep
arations in advance had been or could be
made because of existing rules and regula-
tions.
THAT Notwithstanding all the manifest
errors, of omission rather than of COM
mission, vast deal of good work was done
by medical officers, high and low, regular
and volunteer, and there were unusually
few deaths among the wounded and the
sick.
Result of Santiago Campaign.
In conclusion the report says: 1.-THE re-
suit of the Santiago campaign was the
complete realization of the several objects
contemplated: The capture of the city
with it's Notifications and munitions OF
war, together with immense supplies of
focdstuffs and ammunition (the former es-
timated by Gen. Wood at 200, 900 rations);
the surrender of the entire province of San
tiago de Cuba, with all the troops garri-
stated, to between $4,000 and $4,000: the de-
struction by the navy of Admiral Cervera' s
feet after its departure from the harbor,
and the general Disqualification of the
Spanish forces and the discontinue of the
Spanish government and people, leading al
most Immediately to overtures for peace
by Spain. All this was accomplished with
out the loss of a prisoner, a gun or a color,
and with list of casualties aggregating
in killed less than 25O and in wounded less
than 1,4OO-losses which, in comparison
with results, are less than have ever here
tofore occurred in modern warfare
It should be added, also, that the total
deaths in battle, from wounds and disease
from the beginning to the end Of the cpl
sode aggregated less than 3,OOO-only a
fraction over one per cent.
The report closes thus: I'm concluding
it's labors it is with much pleasure that the
commission reports that Notwithstanding
the haste with which the nation entered up
on the war with Spain, the resulting and al
most inevitable confusion in bureau and
camp, the many difficulties of arming, as
semblng and transporting large bodies of
hitherto unframed men, the carrying on of
active operations in two hemispheres, the
people of the United States should ever be
proud Of its soldiers, who, cooperating with
it's sailors, in less than three months put
an end to Spanish colonial power, enfran-
chised oppressed people and taught the
world at large the strength and the nobility
of a great republic