New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-01
THE BEEF INVhN'l'Al ioN'
,~rn MEAT IN VARIOUS FORMS SET
BEFORE WITNESSES.
,,p not AND COLD BY THE COURT
Tur MEN SAID TT Dl0 NOT LOOK LIKE
vsAr TREY ATE ~ CURA

. r.h sS-Thc feature Of tho court
N's', ,,,o c,nerai Niles bcef charges to-day
O. w on,.,,. lesson IN canned meats prepared oy
va -. ord served 20 the non-corn''- = oi'eo mon
Wv ,.s.ia~d a. yrsterdaNs hc"1nr inc court
" ~.,.r~d eight plates o. meat. ':esh o''i
re- becs tha' hsd been 30 cuba ana oacA' ano
an - fresh from the factory. -Four plates
"a n''- - 40, II, A stew and four cold as they
No'' 49,. tho can the fresh hc~' being boiled
CAP" 9. resemble the Others. The enlisted men
=. orsor,d 10 sample each and say which wac
- 49,. ,hcv lad had 81 Cube ia was trying
- fo inc men. most or them declaring mat
-, che o,a,,s looked anything like what they
n's .atsr I'm cuba. nv repes;ed assurances that
-, wes campaign beet n TWO Of The plates and
-, ne,-r ur-cd that they should a. eart choose
- ~. hes O. their hNlier" the Court succeeded
~,,3ns Al expression o. opinion rom each OF Ne
A. Army surgeon Dr Bowden kept tally
= ~. s,,esses o. tho NOR and changed tho position
'. =, plates scter each witness h1o LETT the room
r.s,lt o. his record wa not made public how
- and vii he reserved until Dr. Bowen testl-
A.. n-o,ally some time iris wsel,
IT,, most Interesting wttnesl 81 the dav
,l,u,.nan- Ramsay of the eth Infantry. who hGd
I'D S. = commisssrN or3c-r 81 BaiQui~ ard
Sn-ago snd who charactsrizOd the ca nned roas 81;
~ a. "ar unp6atshle and aninvting grade %
,,er.or r.eRs wEt3h he would @ot willingly fec
;, anv man sick or vel
TIE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
The -,.-- met today with only officers present
:, had been reported that Governor Roosevelt
,-6 r7- oo called 20 testify. This officially
s.,.sd today oy members OF the court. Ii was
..S tnar letter Rad been sent 10 he Governor.
,soyesre him 20 name q day when II would De
,oryer emf tor him 20 appear bat he mad not yet
,spied This also disposed Of the report that the
.,1r, would ignore the volunteer branch Of the
service IN the Inquiry.
N. hrs, witness to-day was Lieutenant Ramsey.
~ Infantry who acted as company commissary
9, Tampa and depot commssary at various times.
gs was also one Of Colonel Weston's assistants
After tho capture OF Santiago He told IN some
ds-sN NJ ne unloading OF supplies a. Baiquir and
sbOney and their transportation TO The front. He
ss6 that ne order in which supplies went TO the
front had been largely determined by the way In
which N. SHIPS were loaded AT Tampa Ration re
turns sno IKE formAIities dispensed with and
food was sell, 10 the front as rapidly "a possible.
HAT HEARD OF CHEMICAL TREATMENT
Returning 20 the question Of chemically treated
meat the witness Was asked he hsd had any
reason 90 believe that any Of the issued in
clha had been 80 treated
only as a matter Of general knowledge" ne
Isd.
what do Won mean by thar said the re-
Srier
We'll have been informed by butchers ana
others and have generally understood that It is
the practice o. the large packing houses TO treat
he exterior ~ DE meat chemically with prepara-
ion whics Will coaFulate the albumen and thus
protect the interior. 7 is the custom trim Of the
outer surface % tho beef always before # IS used
This was merely his understanding. and ne had no
persona In Wedge.
Asked by General Davis 10 his personal expe-
nence with canned roast beet the witness said that
he had used e only once az Baiquri. 10 consid-
cred It unpaatable ana inferior quality OF badly
boiled beef
Colonel Gillespie questioned the witness with
aspsriy Vaen he ventured the opinion that tho
meat was unfit for sick men 20 use. bur he replied
tfny thai he considered q unfit 10 feed 20 men
ether SICK or we'll lie considered it responsible II
considerable part 10Y ,he sickness and stomach
trouble among the men.
Lsutenant- Colonel \. l. Smith. chief commissary
a. Havana, testified IN detail to the pur
CHASING agents Of the Comm ssary Department