Evening star., 1899-04-08
Had Thrown 1t Overheard.

Lieut. Col. Carroll of the 9th Cavalry said
that most of the meat issued to his troops
on the transport had been thrown over
board, as it made some Of the men sick
Capt F. West of the 9th Cavalry-"The
men did not eat much of the canned beef
complaining of nausea afterward." He
himself had preferred going without meat
to eating it,
Lieut.. r. B. Paddock-"Men would 60
hungry rather than eat it,
Capt. G. S. Grimes, I'd Artillery-'"The
msat was soft. watery and incipid and nm
satisfactory to the men,
Capt. Ellis of the 4th Artillery-"It was
stringy and tough, and L and others had
found it unpalatable''
Capt Walter L. Finley Of the 9th Caval-
ry-'The beef was tough and devoid of
flavor
Capt NJ. G. Hughes. 9th Cavalry-'The
meat became distasteful after few DAYS"
Capt. Philip b. Powell. 9th Cavalry-"Al-
most wholly devoid of the flavor of beef"
Capt. Hutchison, 9th Cavalry-"It should
be alternated with other meat Had heard
OF no bad results from its use"
Lieut.: NJ w. McNamee, 9th Cavalry. had
found 1t tasteless and the men would not
eat 1t.
Capt. McLaine had found the meat taste
less and incipid, and much of it spoiled.
Lieuts. Hardwick, Barber, Stadtler, Nc
Cornlck, White, Cavanaugh Lyman and
Everett also made reports very similar 10
those preceding. Lieut.. Barber thought If
good as change. Lieut.. Hamilton pro-
nounced 1t good food.
Capt. Best of the lst ArtiIlery-''Tbe mon
soon tired of the canned beef"
Caused Much Sickness.
Captain Albert Cummins of the I'd Artil
iery thought that some of the meat con-
tained ptomaines and caused great deal
of sickness. AS ration it was a failure.
captain F. A. Adams of the 5th Artillery
a fialJ ~
hot climate
Captain H. J. Riley of the 9Th Artillery
was palatable with vegetables, but not
otherwise desirable.
colonel Sinclair of the 9TH Artillery-The
meat used was of poor grade If a better
proper good.
Lieutenant E. s. Benton of the 9TH Artil-
fresh beef.
Lieutenant Browne of the I'd Infantry
II was unfit for use. Many of the men
said 1t had been ''doped," meaning that
chemicalS had been used in its prepara-
ton.
Captain ]. Waring of the ID Infantry-H
was not fit to be issued
Major Baker of the 4th Infantry-The
anything but palatable.
Lieutenant Colonel Mine of the 9th In
1antry-The canned beef was utterly unfit
as an article of diet. Hungry men left it
q -"oSH VI IL appeared IKE
meat from which extract of beef had been
prepared before ii was put up.
Major Corliss of the 7th Infantry-Many
became sick after eating the meat.
Lieutenant Quentin of the 7th Infantry
Inc slght OF 1t was enough to turn the
stomach at times
Captain B. l.. Howe of the 7th Infantry
Ihe canned beef was not fit for consump-
fion; the same was true of much of the
fresh beef.
Lieutenant Colonel B. H. Ellis of the Sth
1n1antry-lt was openly condemned by the
men and generally thrown away.
captain w. l.. Pitcher of the Sth Infan-
1ry-Ihe canned beef was just as bad as
possible short of being rotten
Colonel William H. Powell, 9th Infan-
try-The use of the canned beef was not
attended with any good results. II pro-
duced disordered stomachs
Captain r. H. Anderson of the 9th In
fantry-The canned beef was fairly salts
factory