The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-14
WOOD LIKED THE BEEF
Says 1t Was Plenty Good
Enough for Anybody.
HE USED SUCH AT HOME
Nobody That Amounted to
Anything Kicked on 1t.
HE USED SUCH AT HOME

I
sion today. His testimony bore on general
conditions in the islands and he opened
with the general statement that never IN
the history of any country had there been
so successful a campaign with so small
loss of life. He praised the quality OF the
much-talked-of beef furnished the army
and said that except for some cans that
were tainted and consequently promptly
thrown away. the beef was of a good quail
| ity and he himself had used the meat both
in the war and his own family.
General Wood thought every man in his
command, if necessary to the government,
/ would volunteer his services again. No
| amount OF preparation in addition to that
which had been made he said, would have
brought about any difference in. the
amount of sickness among the army Of in
| vasiAH.
The difficulties, he said, in getting food
| to the army We're almost insurmountable
and the occasion Of shortage was very
readily accounted for The roads were
almost impossible. None of the men
SHOULD now have any disagreeable or
dreadful recoIIections of the war,save such
/ as would result from any hard service
| which always goes with a war; The sue
cess of the Cuban campaign, said Cen
eral Wood, was simply phenomenal The
campaign was very rapid and perhaps the
extraordinary success was due in large
measure to this fact. The spaniards, he
explained, were whipped so quickly every
time that they were almost paraiyzed and
| dazed The loss of Santiago where the
United States forces captured over 5000
men in all, was so complete and rapidly
effected that it brought about the sur
render of the entire island.
AS to the war generally, he had seen far
greater hardships in Indian campaigns in
the west.
AS to the beef, he had never noticed any
thing bad and said the great trouble was
the ignorance and superst ition of the men.
The average soldier, he asserted, does not
regard matured meat with any favor. As
to the refrigerated beef used during the
campaign, he explained that it was got in
4 tremendous hot weather, the beef was I'M
loaded in good condition, was taken out
Of the refrigerators aboard at night, owing
to the cold air then, and was got ashore
by daybreak. Meantime there would be a
shower, followed by the sun coming out in
intense force, and by the time it reached
the camp it would be about o'clock in
the afternoon. The United States forces
at Santiago had unlimited rations. When
the Spaniardsz left the city was full of
food. The popular idea that Santiago was
; devoid of food and the Spaniards surren-
dered because they were starving, he said,
Was mot true<'o- 81 -.=- ~ ISL
l.. As-lr rod &c 10 Ia c%ad rf
affairs al Tampa, prior 10 the embarka-
ton of the Shafter expedition, he said
there was no cause for complaint. The
expedition had acted on urgent orders to
embark hastily, had loaded on long,
narrow wharf and there was Of course
considerable congestion and complaining
and swearing, but the same conditions
would have been encountered anywhere
The campaign he thought should be judg-
ed only by what the United States forces
did
General Wood said there was no COM
plant made of conditions during the cam
paign from anybody who amounted to any
thing; certainly none from the old SOL
diers He said originally that the army
was supplied with enough medical officers
but people lost sight of the fact that the
medical officers are also susceptible to
malaria and for while the number was
deficient, but there was no cause for COM
plaint.
THE army of Cuba is now" he said,
"plentifully supplied with doctors"
Perhaps" suggested Captain Howell,
at was well that the men did not take
any too much medicine"
Il have always made it a practice" re-
piled General Wood. who was formerly an
army surgeon, mot to take any myself
General Wood said that in all his serv-
, ice he had been absolutely supported by
. his superior officers.
. George Ruthers commissary Of subsist-
. ence. testified as to the condition of the
. beef furnished the army. He said the
quality of the beef was as good as coult
be expected.
Frederick Scott Of South Omaha, en-
d, ployed by the Cudahy Packing company,
testified as 70 the good condition OF the
beef furnished.
Major James W. Arrowsmith, a depot
, commissary at Chickamauga testified that
: there was nothing bad in the beef sup
; plies, and that he had heard OF no intima-
ton OF chemical treatment until Colonel
Maus, of General Miles stan. had asked
1 him i he had ever noticed any indication
b Of II.
The commission held no afternoon ses-
!, sion. Il is now expected that the taking
of testimony. excepting that OF Surgeon
, DAILY. the author Of the most vigorous re-
ports on chemical beef treatment" sllb-
$ mitted by General Miles TO the commission
VIII DE concluded by the middle OF next
week. Hr. Dial yLs III aud MS testimony
: viii be taken later.
No suggestion has YET been made that
General Miles be recalled as a sequence
] 70 the bitter attack made on him yester-
r day. though assurance was given today
? that the commission viii hear him should
: ne ask 70 De- heard.
It was stated today Is very likely tha'
the commission viii have framed and com
. pletei its report and concluded Is i-ves.
i, tiEation IN about a fortnight from next
/ Monday.
Germany and Asia Minor.
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: eventually pass from me possession O
: Mohamme6auisln. and whether German
: acconQlishes the task cr not the sulta,
: must WELD % Christian nation Il 8
: gust as inevitable thai diseases OF the 81
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