The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-07
BEEF EMBALMED.
Armour & Co. Had Exclusive RIGHT Of
Powell Process.
"A TEST WAS MADE AT TAMPA.
Colonel Weston Of The Commissary De-.
partment Was Cognizant,
BEEF WAS KEPT FOR A HUNDRED HOURS.
Mr.. DeCandry Proves to be an Important
Miles Witness.
WORRIED OVER FAULTY SPECIFICATIONS.
The Twcnty-four and scvepty-two
Hour Clauses Were Conflicting
Meat Mndc Men Sick.
'ftF WAS KEPT FOR A HUNDRED HOURS.
Mr.. DeCandry Proves to be an Importan
Miles Witness.
WORRIED OVER FAULTY SPECIFICATIONS
The Twcnty-four and scycpty-two
Hour Clauses Were Conflicting
Meat MBdc Men Sick.

Washington. April Sin The beef in
quiry the letter OF Messrs. Armour & Co.,
proposing 10 use the Powell process for
the preservation of beef, was submitted as
evidence by Major Lee, acting for General
Miles. j was addressed to the commls
sary general dated at the firms Wash.
ington office May 10. 1898, and read as
follows:
AS supplementary and explanatory Of
orr bid to supply dressed beef In Cuba We
wish to say that VIC have the exclusive
control of the Powell process for presery :
ing fresh meats. and that this process has
been tested at Tamna, tic test having hcen
complete with most satisfactory results.
"Tbis test was made under the
supervision of Colonel John
Weston of your department who
has advised you of the results.
VIC are advised. however, that he
received four cnrcasses OF beef
which we sent from ChicnEo
duly refrigerated and treated,
according 10 the Powell pro-
cess.
Part of these carcasses were
cuvcloped In canvas and part
were not. These carcasses were
distributed TO the Third cavalry,
the sixth cavalry batteries or arr
t1Icry aud the medical depart
mont nmd were hung In the air
on the upper decks of the trans
port trocpships, lying at the
wharf in the hot sun without any
benefit of the fresh air or move
ment of the ships. The pieces
that were not wrapped fermertcJ
in less than seventy-two hours,
while the pieces which were COW
cred or wrapped kept 100 hours
these practical tests made
under the supervision of your
own officer show that by means
of this process wrapped pieces or
carcasses can be kept longer
than the sevcnty-twn hours re-
quircd by your specifications.
1--WE believe we may safely
state that such results have never
history of the fresh meat bust
ness. In view of the test which
we have made In the past and
of the results of the supervision
of your own officer, we believe
that we are absolutely safe i'm
the assertion that this is the
only proper method which W
secure tho results required by
YOUR specifications, Very truly
yours, Armour eo'
aper n. Common. superintendent"
The testimony began today with Dr.
Clifford Cox, assistant surgeon in tn
volunteers OF Colorado. He was AT lamp
end In Cuba and testified that the co.i
nand was attacked with diarrhoea to III
extent Of an epidemic after eating tn
beef at both places. After the second 4;
tack OF this character the regimental str
COON ordered that the order Of beef h
stopned. When this was done the dlar
rhoea ceased.
Mr.. william a. DecaIndry. who ha
heen chief clerk in the Office of the com
missary general OF the war department 10
twenty years related his connection wit
the work Of letting the beef contracts A
the instance of General Eagan he had a
hrst sent out forty or nifty letters TO bee
dealers asking them to supply refrigerat
ed beef or for beef on the block, Genera
Eagan having supplied the form Mr.. De
Caindry had been Instructed by Genera
Eagan to prepare the original draft o
The contract for the beef supply and atte
scme rearranglng submitted draft. feel
ING confldent that Il was complete, IL wa
then that men whom he understood to b
representatives. OF Swift G. Co. brough
I'm the question as TO the length OF Tim
the beef should keep after issue. Memo
randum for changes containing ths tween
ty-four hours clause were brought 70 hi'