Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-17
81 rEsrrFrEs AN OFFICER OF TIE
TRANSPORT PANAMA.
T MAS THROWN OVERHEARD
Before the war
ugatins Commission fe
c..r., Humphreys Blamed the
u.a,c.I Department-Lack OF 'ee'

r,,,o, was the main witness
before the war Investigating com"iS''V"
to-day. ,ro,
prior 70 his appearance Frank e. Vogei'
r.nresenting the Nelson Morris facAins
cononany. testified that his concern hau
sold 70 the government about si'O'VOo
worth Of canned roast beef which was
used at chickamauga. He said II wa.
all OF good quality. No complaints nHu
ever been made TO him nor had any Oeei
.oa,,ots NJ his concern been chemically
treated.
THE BEEF sMELT BADLY.
c,a,.a,p p. ]. c. Irvine, Eleventh Unlteu
c,..es Infantry. commissary on the ran
emo M the time that transport was Ia
cbaroa of Surgeon DAILY, who wrote r.
nort an rhe beef condemning IL III uie
most sensational language. tesuneu tna'
tne vessel sailed from Ponce on SepSSn.
hor 1st or %. and on the seventh tne.S
was a well marked odor as OF soihethIhs
60 bad heen "closed up" He was no.
.'ronored IA say the odor was ike tha1
emanating from dead human oouS
infected with chemical preserVa'NsS' ."
Surgeon DAILY reported. -, the
AS soon as complaint was fnauS "a 49,
beef II was examined and founu 10 ,pe
49, aaorona II was thrown overheard:
,rhe men were then put on the rest Oh
the rations. living without fresh oeel.
rho Witness said the lack of 1t was not
feI, bv the men, All the beef carried was
refrigerated beef. The ice taken aDoaru
had not been sufficient TO preserve INC
go "even" las the commission asked)'
sgs q had been received in good condi-
tion" II was received in fairly GOOD con-
dition. however, witness said
After the beef was thrown overheard
he had thought It must have undergone
some change before 1t was brought
aboard for while on the ship the Deer
was put on ice.
CONGESTION ON THE TRANSPORTS
General Humphreys said the congestion
on the transports at Tampa was due 10
! inability of the roads to handle the cars.
"Did you assign the troops in advance
If their arrival at Tampa to the difIereh'
yessels?" asked General Wilson.
mo, sir"
"When the troops came to you were
they then assigned for the first timer
Eyes sir, because that was necessary.
He said that under the circumstance
the TRANSPORTS at Tampa were as well mt
! fed out as I0fN NOulu nave RNN'''
vessel carried its full complement of ord
nance. quartermaster, and commissarS
stores-in fact, all that could be taken
There were ia mule wagons and sever
ambuances taken.
"Why were no more wagons and ampu
lances taken?" queried General wilson
because the vessels were full, wa
the answer.
would your reply. then, be lack o
transportation"
81 would not like to say that. All tn
wagons" said the witness, were lande
at Santiago, but all were not set up.
ERRORS OF MEDICAL DEPARTMEN'
When asked as TO serious complaint
that had been made OF improper condl
lions of the Seneca, Concho, Breakwatel
and City OF Washington, witness insiste
the responsibility rested with the Medi
cal Department. When the Seneca, III
uuois. and City of Washington left 70
Cuba. he said they had no ice. The frs
[, ice schooner, he said, reached Santag
, July 30th.
, oIf the Concho," asked ex-Governo
Woodbury. twas overcrowded, was 1t b'
a cause the government had not provide
| sufficient transportation or through a
n error Of judgment Of the Medical Depar
r ment?"
"Why. the Medical Department ce
4 tainly," replied General Humphrey, en-
/. phatically, because there were two mol
!. ships each as good as the Concho, avail
II able"
r, THE SURGEONS DENIED NOTHING
Il Speaking Of the Santiago expediuo
General Humphreys said there was,
his opinion. no reason why the medic
stores should not have reached the fror
1.-THE medical corps WERE" said he, I'd
MED nothing when IL was possible to u
lie il to them"
T. General Humphrey said medicine ches
* belonging to surgeons were not land
lie when the troops were landed, as tn
ID should have been. Askd II all the su
E. plies were landed by July 10th, Genei
n Humphrey replied that he could not SO
al Il don't know what was taken "
t the expedition" said he. land / do
ID think any one knows. This was the
e. suit of the confusion when everythi
n went by the board" He said he had 81
ly only one order directing a single divis
to hospital 70 join the expedition.
ne WAS THE JUICE EXTRACTED?
he Asked about his experience about
It, frigerated beef he said the first he S
a was at Santiago. THE trouble was, {
fl there was too much Of IT," he said, a"
lst what 1 saw was pretty good. l thinl
IS: was all good when landed at daylight e.
he morning but l know nothing about
9 condition when It reached the troops
80; heard some OF II spoiled"
t ] How about the timed roast beefY'
THAT, I know, did not give satist
ton, possibly owing to the intense he
aid did you hear an intimation thai
ard might have been chemically treated
are ~ did not. In joliying way, he
re- that Armour had extracted the juice f
hey the roast beef for his beef extract"
mi Two other witnesses were examined,
out nothing new was developed.