The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-17
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After leaving Cudahys. the party took
the ambulances and drove TO the Swift
plant where the department in which the
hams was cured was inspected. Or Chris
tine had testified that while here be had
been shown through the Swift plant and
saw some sort OF liquid being injected
into the meat
Thomas Adams. foreman Of the depart
ment was called and testified tnat the
operation was one having called aoinin
operation was one having reference to
the curing Of hams and was not used in
beef at any time. Tho liquid injected
was salt peter and water ana fits only pur-
pose was to sure the ham more quickly
The man who shows the visitors throubn
the house was next called and stated
that he had shown DR.. Christine through
ON his visit here and that tho operation
as witnessed by the board was the same
as that witnesses by the doctor
| After hearing this testimony. the board
| adjourned and came 20 Omaha. After
/ lunch # reconvened at the army head
quarters and heard the testimony OF sol
diers who had been through the campaign
at Santiago Capts. Duunlng of the 10th
/ infantry said that after their arrival
at Sanuagothe men complained that they
could not eat the meat and aid not like
&c. They said the meat spoiled as soon
as opened. Tie was not prepared 20 say
| whether any sickness occurred by reason
of use o fthe canned beef.
Complaints on refrigerator beef We're
| that 10 was spoiled ana the quartermast-
! ers were loath to take 70. His command
was iusurnciently rational from July o
until 70 left Cuba.
| lne rauous consisted OF peer, nara
bread and coffee and sugar, and when
! the beef was not used It left them short.
iusuincient transportation caused part
Of this shortage. on the voyage back
| from Cuba canned beef was not eaten at
an by the troops The cans OF beef he
saw IN cuba had no labels on. They
came from the box in that cnodluon.
WAS A NEW RATION.
cant. W. H. Beck, acting inspector gem
eral OF the department OF the Missouri
said the canned beef used on the voyage
To- Cuba was a new ration TO him. The
men said the beef nauseated them. They
used other things with # IN an attempt
| 90 improve H. Some Of the meat was
soft and presented an unsightly appear
ance Tho men wanted to exchange Il
for bacon. but could not do so because
they were I'm advance OF their supplies
Tho first supply Of refrigerator beef waH
remarked upon favorably. Personally h'
thought IL fine. Later a quantity of u
was found 10 be spoiled, which was at
tributed TO the exposure Because som'
OF the meat was in a bad condition com
panies did not get their fun rations. IL
said that he would not attribute the %
health OF the troops directly % the us
of The beef He had no reason 20 believ
that any OF the beef had been reate'
chemically.
TAent Isaac Irwin Of the 10th infantr
said that on the latter part Of tho voyag
10 Santiago some OF his men c0mplaine
that they could not eat the canned bee
because they were tired OF g. After tn
landing IN Cuba whenever they could d
80 the men traded their canned bee
] for bacon A part Of the time the mea
: appeared good when taken from the cal
Later II AHA not present as good an al
I pear0ncci Dut ne lhphEut lhe tiooPa ua'
Il all. lie thought that the refrigerat'
beef was most delicious az first, but a
terward &c was received IN bad condihC
and had to De buried. His company on
i received two cor three days good rauo
e OF beef while on The island and was
a sufficiently suhsisted
l. Sergeant Albert Hase Of the l6ih
q. fantry. testified that the men abandon
= the canned meat as q ration on the yoya
10 cuba Many of the men attribut
e their sickness 60 the use Of 1his be
!, From the time OF landing until the
e frigerator beef was issued the complain
,r continued and the beef was not used
m | there was anything else to take its pla
: The refrigerator beef was good wh
~ issued carly enough, but several tin
y when drawing rations he had refused
p' accept the beef because Il was coyei
r, With green mold.
Of One third of the beef was soiied.
ar turning from Cuba the men refused 10
N, the canned beef at alL lie was Of
opinion that canned beef was unsulta
, as "a ration al any time.