The times., 1899-01-13

inasmuch ds he has made positive asscr-
lions and denunciatioas, il is rlgh ZINE. /
think. and proper tnat this committee
should examine into the truth or fllschood
of the statement. and examine into his
conduct in this war, as mine has been ex-
sminod into, and / am profoundly glad OF
the examination, profoundly glad tfat the
truth can be tcld. profoundly glad that |
have been given the opportunity that no
honest man, no honorable man. no truth
fcl man can object TO; never olieots TO.
profoundly glad that each ana very act of
mine can be prcbed, examined and deter
mined.
The Ignorant Pubic.
General Miles says. II was furnished
for any expedition in this country or any
other country with such stun meaniug
this refrigerated beef. l would prohibit
the men from taking it,. He would no.
prohibit the men from taking it, in that he
has no authority to do so. The law never
intended he should have The innocent.
easily deceived public. in its ignorance
may believe such a statement, bit l te /
you and that public that it is not true,
and herein lies the fundamental trouble.
The laws Of this land never gave aud
never will give, thank God the purse in
addition 10 the sword 10 any general, and
whenever Congress permits any general, be
he whomsOcyer he may, TO control the
purse Is well as WELD the sword, that day
the mistake OF this country will be ma lie,
and that day designing men with military
command and the purse Of the United
States at their disposal may st them
selves up and do those things that this
country is and always has been afraid
of. Referring 10 DR.. Dalys report. ] co
not believe that DIR. DAILY ever made an
expert examination Of the beef o.. ii he
did, then he willfully and deliberately
falsified the facts. He does not site
that he received it from the Manitoba.
which had refrigerated beef on board, and
which was lying in the haTbOr at the
time. but from Ponce. IT, therefore. it
was refrigerated beef that he received
from Ponce we have the ignorance and
stupidity of somebody sending refrigerdt-
ed beef to Pence. lying there Goi knows
how long out of the refrigerator, and aft
erward sent from Ponce on board the
Panama in such condition that tie board
is of the opinion that il was not in prime
condition when received.
Major DAILY Challenged.
Major Daily says at Ponce. Porto Rico,
much OF the beef ! examined arriving on
the transports from the United States was
also OF the same character, being pre-
served by injected chemicals 10 aid de-
fective cold storage This is a falsehood:
cloth The beef he speaks OF was not in
jected with chemicals or treated in any
way whatsoever with chemicals, nor did
il need any aid because OF deficient cold
storage while they were at Ponce and for
some considerable time afterward. Neither
did DR.. DAILY inspect or see the beef on the
Massachusetts at all. DR.. DAILY is careful
10 say that it was apparently He does
not assert that it was so: he does not dare
make the assertion, but he wishes To I'M
pose on-you and the country by the state
ment that il was apparently So He no
where tells US that he made chemical
analysis of the beef or that he took any
measures whatsoever TO determine that
this beef had been treated with chemicals.
l am informed by Major Arrasmith that
Lieutenant Colonel Maus. an aide on Gen
eral Miless staff, and at Chickamauga with
Major DAILY. asked Major Arrasmith if he
had ever heard of chemicals being used in
the refrigerated beef supplied to the army.
Major Arrasmith at that time was issuing
every pound Of meat TO the army at Chick
amauga. and told Lieutenant Colonel Maus
that he had never heard OF such thing
as chemicals being used in the treatment
of beef and could not see the need or neces-
sity of such a thing.
THE point. however, in drawing yoIr
attention TO this statement of Major Ar
rasmith is 10 draw your attention 10 the
was so Informed by enc of the most COM
petent men in the army who had personal
knowledge, who was handling the beef,
and such knowledge should have reached
and probably did reach General Nj es.
And this was in the latter part OF 5 p
tember, while the report of MAJOR Da' y
was made on the 21st of September. If
Major Daily made these alleged discoveries
al Tampa, Jacksonville, Chickamauga. and
Porto Rico, why did he not report them
at the time. for the action of those whose
duty 1t was to see that improper food was
not fed 10 The troops? II is not only a
falsehood but it is a gross libel, san
derous libel, an imputation, and. in ef-
feet, a statement that each and every
honorable firm who has contracted with
the Government OF the United States has
violated its contract, defrauding the sub
sistence department of the Government,
and under cover of chemicals, furnish d,
rot the beef called for in their contract.
Of kind nor quality, but beef that is en-
balmed.'
In all the languages at once desire
TO pronounce this statement Of General
Miles an unmitigated falsehood o. the
whole cloth, and. being so, he should b.
held to the strictest accountability.
Rare- About Timed Beef.
General Miles was asked by your com
mlttee how unned iTesh beef became q
part Of the army ration. His answer is
YOU had better ask the Secretary of Wal
or the commissary general. ! think they
can tell you. ] know 1t was sent TO the
army as food and the pretense is that il
was sent as an experiment General Miles
in saying that this food was sent to Tho
army as a 'pretence for experiment say.
that which implies corruption, which
ninety-nine of every one hundred peopl,
viii understand TO mean corruption, be-
cause it was a 'pretence Of experiment.
he says. not even giving credit 10 me fol
furnishing IL as an experiment but
that / furnished it under the pretence oi
an experiment. This is serious charge
and should not be made by any man lightly
nor without ample evidence 20 support it,
Taking the statement in the sense that II
was probably intended, the sense that viii
be accepted by the country at large. III,
wholly. Of the United Stales has acCept ed
u, indeed some Of that press because oi
il call for my dismissal from the army
and my court martial, ] answer that IL
was not furnished under the pretcnse o.
an experiment, nor even Us an experiment
and II General Miles charges the
it was furnished as 4 pretence of expert
ment he lies in his throat; he lies in hi
heart; he lies in every hair Of his head. il
every pore Of his body: he lies wllfnlly
deliberately, Intentionally, and maiicIously
II his statement is true that this Wat
furnished under 'pretenoe Of an expert
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