The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-20

IEAVENWORTH.K ans.. March 10
The army beef court Of inquiry con-
Guided the taking of testimony at Fort
Leavenworth at noon to-day and at
AIS o'clock departed for Chicago, where
the sessions will be resumed Monday
morning. The sole witness examined TO-
day was Sergeant Edward Mason
Troop a. First United States Cavalry,
located at Fort Robinson, Neb., who
served as reglmentaI commissary ser
geant at Lakeland, Fla, and during the
Cuban campaign.
Sergeant Mason's testimony was
probably the most direct that has been
adduced since the court left Chicago,
witness declaring that meat received at
Lakeland for use in his regiment was
undoubtedly chemically treated" An
agent of Armour & Co., he further testl-
fed. told me at the time that this meat
had been. treated with what was called
1reservaline." Witness had refused TO
accent the meat. Sergeant Mason was
tnterrogated individually by each mem
t4r of rhes court and could not be shaken
in his testimony.
. The court met at 10 o clock THIS tloEHIIis
in the court-martial room at the Aol :
Sergeant Mason. whose failure 10 IeaclI
the court Yesterday mc-de II necessary AOA
+ba collrr 10 take Sunday testimony, was
frst on the stand and questioned py re
corder Davis. He told of the meat 1ur-
nished on the voyage from tampa
Cuba No complaints were haue u 1I-o
canned roast beef, but, the meat " %
TgSTal-ss and unsatisfactory S5IleI,dtIS
and had TO De thrown overheard, II - nc ~
the men of his regiment %oulu ~ IL ~
The canned roast beef, ana as d a - -
. was thrown away. Inc reIrlseIdeeG 49, 80
issued after the surrender was 6OOu, ~ :
as a rule IL spoiled before II cOulu 49, DS "a - ~
The witness was then taken IN mana pg
Major Lee. He said he was detalIeu colIi i1
1nissarv sergeant at Lakeland ABOUT april
"a and served as such through 10 Inc C4o'0
of the Cuban campaign .o,,- ,,-
Ibid you as commissary serseaLl u
- ,o-ir1o com rnisSary sergeant TOT the reg
%reDr draw any refrigerated DeeL al dill
pa or Lakeland?" asked Major Lee
= did. sir ~
what occurred?' :. 1902
The meat we received was "a %-p ~
ance fine but It was unqouPOE 7Iag+ down
- he refrigerator car to draw meat anu
objected TO the appearance OF IL AZ a.
agenf of Armour & Co. was there az az
5t L-r0U- what his name was he told
me at the time that THIS n1e meal Ia. ~ 80 II
treated with what was cal6eD Pp ~ 60 atar
-I+b Something like paratf1ne wax IhtIe
Uss a light coating on the outS4GtS u 20 c1te
80 objected to the color OF the Iledt,
me- - -.f1,seG 10 accept ii. Our comInlssary
o ~ came down and he refused 10 &C
cept it: .-,,a+ time was that?'
.'1The 18th or 18th OF MAY: ,. 5o,,-r -
..%Tho was the officer that came a. uo"N'
.SL[f bnw much was there of this
meat at that time +ba+ was in the
fProbabIy 5000 POUNDS tila' -
car AMID YOU notice it generaIly?"- oe,,,,, -
II examined the meat Ee i be e1d meal
comm comm The meat was undoubtedly
spoiled o-+s made bv Armour's
ere 4bs time as to the harmfulness
49, nClr of harmfulness OF the preparation
was it dl aiieefio1 is that he stated the
oossration used did not hurt the meat;
IL PadVised US to cut off the OUTSIDE ana
tag a. the meat was all right IN the inte-
sSl41 -a1r+ 70 the bone"
rioT, 9e6 oe 70 state tie where this had been
NO, sir ,a from, before
Where had the meat coiiie -iONA Oe104
'cod 1I * not know. It came in carloads;
probably from Chicago or h s,, p,
Might 1t not nave coiiio -40--'
YOU know. as a matter Of fact; that
there was a refrigerator estaDIshIheLil
. there where meats were sent to the Varl-
Il know that 1 think our i meat came
from Chicago. 1t was not OlIleo III any
"aa ~ - vas not billed in any way to the
cornmissary; it came entirely to the COM
ni !!Tf Came to the agent entirely
.aTo whom would he report in regard 10
the meat2 Quiz nc iSPOAS ~ ~ ~
Pie would probably notify, the commits
sarv officer. We would go down IN Wag-
ons and get the meat every morning:
Nv General Wade-Were you at Lake
land when the car was 0penedE
az do not think that l opened the car,
but I was there when 1t was opened,
WAS it a regular refrigerator carr
1T had only 5000 pounds in it?" ;.
NO, sir; the car was full wnen II
came in"
was the meat you got out Of the car
before that treated?'
YES, Sir; suppose the same as the
twas that the only car treated?"
NO sir We would take about car
a week We had four regiments there
the Second Massachusetts, the seventy
second New York and the First ana the
Tenth Cavalry.
Was all the meat you got there treat
ed with preservaline?"
THAT / could not say. The only tnlng
I knew was what Armours agent tolo
me-"
BY General Gillespie-How did the
agent happen TO tell you about the ap-
pearance of the meat?
THE meat was supplied in the morn,
ing, and it smelled bad and had q oad
appearance. The agent just simply