Arizona republican., 1899-05-08
But the Roasted Canned Beef
 Was Fully EXOnerated.
ALSO THE "EMBBLMED BEEF"
The Report of inc Military Court CenSuring inc Commanding Gen. eraI in Several Places and Very Slightly, Experimenter Esgan inc ComniSSary General, Was Ap- proved by inc President.

Washington, May By the direc-
 tiCn of the president, who approves the findings, Acting Secretary Meikle-
 john today made public the report and
 findings of the military court ap-
 pointed to investigate the charges by
 Major-G General Miles that the beef sup
 plicd the army during the late war was unfit fcr use.
 The most important features of the report are: The finding that the gen.
 erals allegations that the refrigerated beef was treated with chemicals is not established; that the allegations con corning the canned fresh or the canned roast beef were sustained as Ito it's un- suitability fer feed as used on the transports and as a long continued field ration; the censure of General Miles for "errcr' in failing to prompt ly notify the secretary Of war when he first formed his opinion that the food was unfit; the csnsure of the com nlissary general (then General Eagan) for the too extensive purchase of canned beef as an untried ration; the censure of Col Maus or Miles staff; the finding that the packers were not at fault and that the meats supplied to the army were of the same quality as those supplied to the trade gen eIaIy, and the recommendation that no further acticn be taken in the premises.
 The conclusion of the court adverse to further proceedings based upon the charges is as follows: Tt has de- veloped in the course of the inquiry as recited that in some instances some in dividuals failed to. perform the full measure of thsir duty or to observe the proprieties which dignify a mili- tary command, but the court is of the opinion that mere statement in an official report of the facts developed meets 5ha ends of discipline, and the interests of the service will be best subseryed if fu:tLer proceedings b., not taken"
 There is more or less criticism Of General Miles in various parts Of the report. Probably ths most 5irea, in- stance is one in which it states that the court finds that against none Of the officers commenting the corps, di- visions, b-igades and regiments and their staff Officer1 should a charge of guilty be brought. The court also finds that the major-general command ing the army had no sufficient justifi- cation for alleging that the refrige- rated beef was t'embalmed" CT unfit for issue. The report also finds that he committed an erIcT in that, having a balief or knowledge as claimed, that the food was unfit; that it caused sick ness and distress; that some of it was supplied under a pretense of experi- meHt; that other beef was lem balmed,' ha did not immediately re- port such knowledge CT belief to the secretary of war to the end that plHlper remedy might be applied.
 The censure of Col Maus, inspector general on General Miles staff. is based upon his failure to call atten- toin to the charges concerning the beef at Chickamauga, contained in the re- port of the inspection made by Dr. tor MajOr) Daly on the -20th of October last in which he stated his belief that the beef had been chemically treated
 Summing up ths. results Of the in vestigation5 by the chemists em- plOyed by the court, the court says: ''The contents of 2ll the cases, which consisted of boiled rather than roasted beef, wera found to be perfectly sweet, with the odlor Of cooked meat The beef in nearly all the cans appeared to have been softened by exposure to heat but apparently without injurious effect Apart from this meat the con tents were found to be in a good state of preservation in every case. No trace cf preservative acids was found in any of the cans
 There is no testimony to the effect that any of the canned fresh beef SUD- pied to the subsistence department had been chemically treated or sub jected to the acti-n of preservatives of any kind, save small quantities of common salt"
 The report closes with the follow ing statement: ''The court, with a deep sense of the responsibilities de- upon it, has labored zealously to bring out the truth, and believes it has fully covered all matters referred to it for investigation.
 The document is signed by '. F.