The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-02-18

| In tho history OF this investigation the al
| legation was made that refrigerated beet
} issued 10 the troops had been chemically
Gen. Miles Charge.
'Tn the statement revised by himself.
Gen. Miles said There was sent to Porto
Rico ST tons OF what Is known as so-called
refrlgerated beef. which you might call en-
munication from DR. w. ii. DAILY, major
and chief surgeon United States volun-
teers, on his STAFF. bearing date OF Sep
tember Il, 1888. wherein DIR. Daily stated
that: In the several inspections / made in
the various camps and troopshlps at Tam
pa, jacksonville. Chickamauga and Porto
Rico 1 found the fresh beef to be appar-
entity preserved with secret chemicals
which destroy It's natural flavor. and which
also believe to be detrimental to the
although DR.. DAILY swears that ne In
formed Gen. Miles about the LIST of August.
1898. that he suspected that the refriger-
ated beef was chemically treated, It does
not appear that the general informed the
war department that an officer of his staff
had made this discovery. nor does 1t appear
| that he at the time ordered any OF the
| officers under his command to probe to the
i bottom an allegation which, II true, con-
| ccrned the health OF 1000 soldiers OF the
| United states. IL appears from the report
OF DR.. DAILY, which he handed to Gen. Miles
| October Il last, that he then specifically
| stated that the refrigerated beef furnished
to the troops was apparently chemically
| treated 1t does not appear that when
this charge was made, October q, 1t hav-
| III.
| 1898. that Gen Miles communicated TO the
| secretary of war or to the commlssary gen.
eral the belief or suspicion entertained by
him that refrigerated meat, dangerous 10
health, was issued every day to the troops,
| In failure to do which there was dereliction
OF duty. 1t Is true that on September 20
ne had directed that an order should be
Issued asking for reports relative to@meats
| issued. but the order specifically mentions
canned fresh roast beef, and nothing else.
ana II was the reports received In answer
20 this that were presented In abstract by
the general at the time of his appearance
before the commission and since.
DR.. Daily Criticised.
I'm his report DR.. DAILY does not make the
s ai statement that he had al
ready chemically analysed any meat, al
though he suggests that such analysis
should be made. He does state that i'm the
several inspections made by him at Tam
jacksonville, Chickamauga and Porto Rico
he found the fresh beef to be apparently
preserved with secret chemicals He said
that NJ Ponce the beef ne examined was
also OF the same character, being apparent
~ preserved by injected chemicals For
months. az 1t appears. DR.. DAILY concealed
the commission of a crime affecting men
under his charge whom as an officer and
physician he was bound to protect"
The report then, after quoting from the
regulations OF the agricultural depart
ment prescribing the manner in which in
SpectionS are made (and no packing house
IN the country is allowed to do business
without governmental Inspection, after de-
failing the processes pursued by our Off
ci2ls and showing the practical iinpossi-
Dlnty OF putting impure meat upon the
market, goes on to say:
THE commission has not confined itself
to merely verbal or written proof. Inn
media;ely upon hearing the testimony of
DIR. DAILY on the Goth of January kilograms
were sent to all issuing ccmmissares in
Cuba, Porto Rico and at the various home
camps occupied by troops. asking that
samples of refrigerated beef be at once
taken, placed in glass Jars, securely sealed
ana forwarded to the commission. These /
m gFi4r n 1aa f yfsrI,t
from the outside and one pound weight
from the inside of quarter. In response
to this request many samples have been
received, and later sent to the chemists of
the agricultural ana interior departments
Tor careful chemical examination The re-
suit OF analysis has been reported to us in
90 cases, and, as will be seen by the reports
appended, in no specimen examined has
either boric or salcylic acid or other dele
tcrious chemicals been found
No "EmbaImed" beef.
"In view of the facts above set forth the
commission Is of the opinion that no re-
frigerated beef furnished by contractors
and issued to the troops during the war
WILD ,h SPAIN was Syub)ectfd 10 or treated
those in their employ.
Medical Department..
This important part of the report is dwelt
upon at great length by the commission
and must be read in its complete form 10
be properly understood a glance at the
commissions summing up, however Will
sufficiently indicate its nature:
THAT the nursing force during the
months of May. June and July was neither
ample nor efficient. reasons for which may
be found In the lack of proper volunteer
hospital corps, due to the failure of con-
gress to authorize its establishment and
to the nonrecognition In the beginning of
the value OF women nurses and the extent
to which their services could be secured
THAT the demand made upon the re-
sources Of the department in the care of
the sick and wounded was very much
grYsE IN ffg = lan hah hnn tot, tod a
consequently, in like proportion, these de-
mands were imperfecty met.
That, powerless as the department was
to have supplies transferred from point
to point, except through the ntermedia-
ton of the quartermaster's department, it
fill the regulation duty of furnishing all
medical and hospital supplies.
That the shortcomings in adminstra-
ton and operation may justly be attributed
In large measure to the hurry and confu-
sion incident to the assembling of an army
of unframed officers and men ten times
larger than before. for which no prep
| ara lions in advance had been or could be
made because OF existing rules and regula-
lions.
errors, of omission rather than of COM
mission, a vast deal of good work was done
by medical officers, high and low, regular
and volunteer, and there were unusually
few deaths among the wounded and the
sick.
Result of santiago Campaign.
In conclusion the report says: 1.-THE re-
suit of the Santiago campaign was the
complete realization OF the several objects
contemplated The capture OF the city
with its Qualifications and munitions of
war, together with immense supplies of
foodstuffs and ammunition (the former es-
timated by Gen. Wood at 200 900 rations);
the surrender of the entire province of San
tiago de Cuba, with all the troops garri-
soning the same amounting, as already
stated, to between $4,000 and "a ,000) the de-
struction by the navy OF Admiral Cerveras
fleet after Its departure from the harbor,
and the general Generalization of the
Spanish forces and the discontinue of the
SPANS government and people, leading al
most Immediately to overtures for peace
by Spain. All this was accomplished with
out the loss OF n prisoner, a gun or a color,
and with n list of casualties aggregating
in killed less than 250 and In wounded less
than 1,400-losses which, in comparison
with results, are less than have ever here
tofore occurred in modern warfare
1t should be added. also, that the total
deaths in battle, from wounds and disease
from the beginning to the end of the cpl
sode aggregated less than 3.000-only
fraction over one per cent.
The report closes thus: I'm concluding
its labors II is with much pleasure that the
commission reports that Notwithstanding
the haste with which the alton entered up
on the war with Spain, the resulting and al
most inevitable confusion in bureau and
camp, the many difficulties OF arminR, as
sembling and transporting large bodies of