The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-05

he made his report of the quality of the
beef, he said:
| Il am stronger in my convictions
than | ever was. from the unsolicited
evidence that has come to me since the
report was made"
More Testimony offered.
| After DR.. Daily had completed his tes-
timony, Major Lee submitted written
request from General Miles for the od-
| mission of the official reports of LAT
men, representing 26 regiments, as tes-
tlmony. 1t was stated that these rep
| resentatives all bore upon the character
of the beef supplied to the army and
were pertinent to the inquiry. 1t was
also stated by Major Lee that General
Miles mad at yesterdays session of the
! court submitted the names of 1913 off,
| GERS and enlisted men whom he desired
to have the court summon as witnesses.
| Following is the text of General Miles
proposition for supplying new Witness
eS:
II have the honor to inclose list of
witnesses, all of whom will give mate
| rial and pertinent testimony in the mat
| ter now being inquired into; and to
! the end that the whole truth may be
arrived at, l respectfully, but urgently
| request that these witnesses be called
and examined in order in which their
! names appear, or. if it is found impos-
slole to secure their presence. that their
testimony be obtained by other usual
methods.
"As far as 1T can now be determined,
in view of the facts that have already
been presented and will soon be pre-
sented, 1t is not that any additional
testimony will be required: l reserve.
however, the privilege of adding to the
above mentioned list such other Witness
efs as may be necessary hereafter in
case of new developments
General Miles proposition did not in
clude the acceptancp of the reports of
the officers as testimony. but the sug-
gestion was made by Major Lee in his
behalf
DR.. Edwin I. Nicodemus of Philadel-
phia, surgeon in the Porto R!can
campaign, testified that both the canned
roast beef and the refrigerator beef
was very unsatisfactory.
Dissecting Room Odor.
The latter beef on the transport Mis-
slssippi was suggestive of the dissect-
ing room, the odor being characteristic
of an embalmed body Some of the
men, AFTER eating had manifested
symptoms Of ptomane poisoning. He
inferred that the beef had undergone
chemical treatment because the taste
NAL taste and smell of meat.
Lieutenant Dixon. 10th cavalry COM
missary at Lakeland. Fla, last summer.
testified that the refrigerator beef was
always good, but the canned beef was
very unsatisfactory
Dr. W. 8. Deyoe of Chicago, an in
spector of the agricultural department,
who in 1894 made an inspection of the
packing houses of Chicago on COM
nin it,fS
ing his report which could not be
found. He proved very unwilling wit
ness, saying that he saw no reason why
statements concerning facts of four or
five years ago should be brought out
here to the detriment of the business of
a firm which had SINCE so far as he
knew, obeyed the law. The court in
sisted, however, and he said that the
firm of Nelson Morris & Co. was the
one which had been especially investi-
gated. The testimony had been given
mostly by discharged and disgruntled
employees, and was ITO the effect that
the carcasses of cattle had been taken
from the tanks and placed on the local
market.
Findings Conclusive.
The findings had not been conclusive.
There had been no evidence that the
firm had cOnnived at this disposition of
the carcasses of animals, and there was
denial of the complaint by the firm.
He said he had at the time been rea-
sonably well satisfied that the law had
not been complied with, and that he had
reported to the department that there
was foundation for the complaint.
During the afternoon the board sent
a reply to General Miles, saying it
would take the matter of his proposition
to supply more witnesses under cons.d
Grafton, but intimating that the board
did not require further testimony relat-
ing to the canned roast beef
General Miles sent another letter in
answer to this. in which he called at
tention to the letter he wrote early IN
the proceedings of the board, saying
that the inquiry was not only Of great
Importance, involving the health and
condition of the army, but that the
honor Of the service was at stake. He
added that $4,000 men, and no doubt
many more, could give evidence sub
Stimulating the assertion that the meat
was unfit to eat, and he expressed the
hope that out Of this number 131 men,
whose names he had submitted, would
be allowed to testify.
General Miles suggested that men
who had evidence to give might answer
a set of heterogeneous prepared by the
board if it was found impracticable to
hear them orally.