The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-05

~ again hearQ Ut. Daly IN Ic-
" " gard to the character OF beef
furnished to the army during
the late war. He reiterated
his former statements, paid his respects
to the War Commission and declared that
the refrigerator beef smelt like cadaVer
after it had been emhalmed.
Or. Nicodemus of Philadelphia, who saw
service in Porto Rico, corroborated this
testimony, comparing the smell of the
beef to the odor about a dissecting-room
The day brought out a proposition from
General Miles to supply the court with the
names Of n large number of witnesses
and that he had in February offered the
official reports of 147 officers as testimony
but that the court had not indicated its
acceptance of them.
Dr. William 2. DAILY was the first wit
ness to-day. He was medical member Of
General Miles staff in Porto Rico, and
had previously testified before ne court
and was recalled to complete his teSt-
mony then begun. DR.. Days testimony
dealt especially with the beef supplied
10 the army. He had, he said, made suf-
fiCient observations to warrant him in
submitting an official report, and ate.
that time he had made an analysis which
had confirmed his suspicious as to the
meat His first observations had been
made on transport at Tampa before the
sailing of the expedition TO Santiago. DR..
DAILY again detailed ~ particulars of the
trip north on the transport Panama,
%hlch was IN MS charge laSl september.
DR.. DAILY took occasion to pay his re-
spects to the Alger War Commission, be-
fore which ne had appeared. He said the
commission had given out the impression
that the deterioration of the beef on the
Panama was due to want of ice. This
was contrary TO his testimony and the
truth could easily have been aScertained.
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TONS OI ice 10 one oL DteL', ne dlsO re-
ferred 10 me cTluclsm IN the war COM
mission of his use OF the expression in
was like the odor of boric acid. He said:
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adopted the language OF the soldiers. some of
whom said it "smelt like the devil" while
others compared il 10 the bouquet of cess
pool.
Mr. DaIv said he had since made ex-
r,erir,ants t1n0n beef subiacte6 10 traot
menf nv boric acid and found II cave
FORM about as f0uI a smell as couId he
imagined
Major Lee then read various reports
made by DR. DAILY concerning official in
spections of the beef at the camps at
Jacksonville Lexington and Chic1alnauga
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baaly. lie haa Iounu the tfesh peeI 10 De ap-
partuuy PeseLNe u 10y me ilJecIon OF some
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without the use of acid and apparently the
meat had been preserved by the Injection Of
chemicals 10 aid the work OF defective cold
storage"
In one case he had found the odor similar to
that of a dead human body and in another.
speaking of the odor. he said: 1T was unnat-
ural. mawkish. something like that Of a hui
man cadaver after an undertaken had injected
ms emma INNS ing I'e i Na Az
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! fy Preparea-'hat II had oeen embaImea' IN
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campajen and had found evidences of the horic
ard saIiCvlic acids
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