The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23
Members Leave for New York TO Take Tes-
timony In That State.
Evidence Brought Out Yesterday
Largely Cumulative in Charac-
ter, Consisting Mainly of Crit
cisms Of Canned and Refriger-
ated Beef From Soldiers Who
Ate 1t and Watched the Effects
in Cuba and Porto Rico.

CHICAGO, March 22-The members
OF the Government court of inquiry fin
1shed their labors in Chicago to-day,
and left for New York this evening.
The testimony of Governor Roosevelt
will there be received after which the
court will proceed to Governors ISL
and.
The evidence brought forth to-day
was largely cumulative in it's character,
consisting mainly of criticisms of the
canned and refrigerated beef from SOL
diers who ate it and watched it's effects
in Cuba and Porto Rico
! TESTIMONY AT YESTERDAY
HEARING.
CHICAGO, March 22.@The court of
inquiry investigating army beef exam
ined to-day Lieutenant J. D. L. Hart
man of the First Cavalry, who was act
Ing regimental quartermaster while the
regiment was stationed at Lakeland,
Fla He testified that refrigerator beef
was received from Armour & Co. 1t
was brought to Lakeland in cars. At
first it was very good, and there was
no objection to it, but in three or four
days it began to get poorer in quality.
In two instances board of survey re-
ness rejected a whole carload The
stencil was observable before the car
was opened. The beef was not received
because decomposition had set in. The
rejected beef was not accounted for in
the vouchers.
He had no recollection of any con-
versation between Sergeant Mason, his
clerk and the representative of Ar
p
delivery of the meat to the troops. The
witness had no recollection of saying
anything to him with reference to meat
preservatives. If he had said any
thing, witness thought he would recol-
lect it. He had no recollection of any
conversation with Armour's represent
ative on that subject. He had no rea-
son to believe or suspect that the beef
had been prepared with preservatives
or chemicals The spelling was due,
he thought, to the fact that the meat
had been chilled and would not hold up
after exposure to the excessive heat at
Lakeland
After the rejection of a carload the
\ agent of Armour said it would not do.
referring to ths way in which the meat
MAD been furnished. The agent tried
to get the meat shipped in ice. In some
\ cases ice was put in with the beef. but
ms gave the meat Shiny, repulsive
appearance. and it was rejected. Wit
ness then got authority to buy beef
In the open market
David A. Fleisehman testified that he
was employed as bell boy at the Hotel
Morrison. Chicago, during the month of
June, 1879 One day in June" he
SAID, "a gentleman in room 131 asked
me IT l would be at leisure to go to the
stockyards with him. l went out there
with him, and had to carry two boxes.
lie went out to see some man about
the meat, he told me. We took the
boxes and went to q car where there
Were three or four rows of meat In
each of the boxes there were four
smaller packages, containing, as 1 re-
call It, black or rather light gray
coiored substance. He put this into
perforated trays made for that purpose
set ire to it, and placed it under the
meat asked him what that was done
Tor, and he said it was done as an ex-
pertinent to preserve the meat.
Next day l was to go back and get
the cans. asked him whether it was
10 XIII germs or anything like that. but
he said no, simply to preserve the meat
l put my finger on the meat and tasted
1t, and it burned the end of my tongue.
l called attention to the fact that the
meat looked rather larger than when
we We're there before. He said that
was simply an enlargement of the meat
from the ice. There was a sulphurous
smell in the car, and another odor
which l cannot describe. 1 took the
cans back to the hotel
a Il noticed in one end of the car there
was card marked Tampa, Fla This
was at Armour's packing house There
was only one car; there We're only
about three rows of beef I think it
was halves. I asked him who he was.
and if / am not mistaken he told me
he was a Quartermaster or a Quarter
master General, or something like that.
He was about five feet ten inches tall.
wore eye glasses. and / should Judge
was about 40 years of age. He wore no
uniform, but dressed in plain clothes.
/ understand from what he said that
he had some connection with the mill
tary service
Dr. E. E. Murdoch, who was for two
years President of the auxiliary medi-
cal staff in the Chicago Health Depart