New-York tribune., 1899-01-17
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LACK OF MEDICINES AT SANTIAGO.

LACK OF MEDICINES AT SAN law
f;encral Humphreys continued his testimony at
the afternoon session. Speaking Of the santiago
exped,t,on he said II was easy enough now 10
look back on things which might have peeh oonr
but there were thousand and one Things WIZ"
happened that could not have been anticipated
He was closely questioned by Or. Conner as 10 '"e
supply OF medical stores and the transpor,a''o"
furnished TO convey them to the 'front.' witness
said that the transportation trains useu peioie
the wagon trains were unloaded were unue' '"e
direction OF the commanding general. with orders
to get ammunition and stores to the front. prefer
ably ammunition but there was. In his opinion no
reason why the medical stores should not nave
reached the front THE medical corps were ne
said denied nothing when IT was possinie 10 give
II TO them" Medicine chests belonging TO many
surgeons were not landed with the troops as @ tneX
property were landed in some cases ou. M nn, ~
surgeons medicine chests why ne couu NV
Asked II all the supplies were landed by July
10 General Humphreys said ne ,h GTuT The " exped.
ton he said and don't think any yhen 9ms eveTy
thing went by the board In the first instahSe &c - /
directed all the hospital stores to 60 on me nev
did not come we loaded what TO the piers ~ e.
Tampa No one knows exacy rGs- whqs direcns single
division hospital to join the expedition. oyerv
General Humphreys eTPanea ha bo amoft m%dnS was
done done on oral orders or by telephone. There was wa
little paper on hand Asked about the failure 20 u,
santiago after the surrender General Humphreys t,y
said that the vessels were not unoadee Sor the
Army. and his orders from secretary Alger were
to allow nothing TO interfere with the "o'V''''"'
Asked sbou, lis experience with refrigerated beef
ToSs S sSa ae Es hsre ne was saT oS much Of
hut what was pretty good. .nrn,re .n,nH 10 bnf
FL sd whsn anSa nSSa at its dGSi
the troops. heard some OF II spoillIeo'
That know did noi give satisfaction possibly
Did you hear en- intimation tha' T" "i's"' no
II did not. In joking way heard that Armour m our
had extracted the juice from the roast peer io III
beef extract"
BEEF THAT WAS THROWN OVERHEARD.
Captain Homer F. Aspinwan. quartermaster OF
the Manitoba which carried the refrigerated beer
that was dumped overheard on the return voyage
from Ponce testified that the beef was tested
when 1t was placed aboard ship. His engineer nc
said was familiar with the shipment of beef In the
Transatlantic trade and was little nervous about
the temperature W the refrigerator II Was new
business to him (AspinwalD. The engineer saio -, II
boxes" below ~ degrees Fahrenheit. The average
temperature on the trip was ~ aeerecs' oeround
While aground Of Ppes b tx l. see
opened the boxes for the first time s There a Sood
fifteen hundred troops there ns oee, ouarteraster
agreed 10 take fve thousand pounds day; ny
mistake the lighter came for the first lnstaimehl
OF meat al O'Clock In the evening instead OF .
O'Clock In the morning. 1t was Kept ashore oNe.
night and issued. There was one company uhai Iad
a portion Of the had spoiled 1t was burled
by order of the surgeon: But the rest was sood;
Ma Tor birmingham Of the hospital at Ponce sald
it was the best beef issued TO tne hospitaL 81, 10 q
more beef was issued Ponce. With the quanu'E
used aboard ship. about nfiy thousand pounds r ot
the three hundred thousand pounds or bee1 were
issued TWO DAYS before ne reached New ork
the steward reported that he WAS Obliged to cut
away third Of Zach quarter in the boxes. Which
was spolled. and throw IL overheard. "
CANAAN AspinWall said the officers aboard ship
continued 70 the meat. He heard no com,
aints although he would not have been surprised
at them. AT New-York he reported the o nee oeet
spoiled A board Of survey was appointed ana con,
demned the beef on september H. Ne received &C.. ini
orders not 10 dispose of the beef until he go' IN
structions from Swift e. Co He thought there was
more beef aboard than could have been consumed
bv the troops In Porto Rico before some or u
spoiled He heard no intlmation that the beef had
been chemically treated. General Gilmore had toid
him when he arrived at Ponce. that they did NOT
want the beef that they could get plenty IN Porto
Rico. He heard many complaints among ne SOL
djers about the character OF the fresh beer issued
to them It slaughtered In the morning ana Vas Vas
often issued while the flesh still quivered. lie ielt
annoyed because the beef from his own country
was being refused and the bulls Of Porto Rico were
accepted