Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-04-06
THE BEEF INQUIRY.
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eth Illinois Regiment Many men had
been made violently sick. 1t was also
said that an unusual proportion of the
men thus affected afterwards went
down with typhoid fever. It was after
wards developad that the cook knew
| the meat was tainted before he cooked
| it.
Col Maus was on duty at Havana
meat supply thea had been entirely
| satisfactory.
DR.. Samuel A. Currie, who was lieu
tenant colonel of the I'd New Jersey,
was stationed at Jacksonville during
| the Spanish war. He was in charge
of a detail Of l09 men to construct "A
| rifle range in June and July. Often
the men We're compelled to throw away
| the meat sent them for dinner. On one
occasion there was especial trouble and
| he had found that the beef looked very
much like salmon. The next day, after
eating this meat. only "A men We're able
| to report for duty. He had taken
piece of the meat and tested il for
salicylic acid. getting decided reac-
ton. On another occasion he secured
| boracic acid reaction. "One pecu-
larily of the meat" he said. was that
it kept so well and smelt so badly
when men would throw it ~, often
many hours after eating it was still
found undecomposed. He had con-
sidered the canned meat unfit for his
men to eat and had advised them not
| to eat ii. The meat appeared stringy
and was in no wise tempting. 1t smelt
badly and was unnutritious.
On crosse Examination. DR.. Currie ex-
pressed the opinion that the refrigera ted
| beef had been soaked in some preserva-
| tive fluid. containing sdlcylic acid but
he afterwards said his first idea had been
| that the acld mad been injected. The
| view that acids had been used was
strengthened by the fact that the meat
appeared 70 grow dark upon coming into
| contact with the iron of the butcher i
| knife He had made no report Of the in
| VeStigation because he had simply acted
por the protection Of his men. thinking
I'M medical department would make it,
own inquiry He had on previous occa-
| si0nS made suggestions which were i'll
| received. Hence he gave no official III
formation at the time concerning his
at the time that he thought the meat had
| been tampered with.
DR.. Currie said he had discovered some
| ~ or II wears ago by actual tests that
Swift < Go. used salicylic acid to pre-
serve their meats. Two months ago he
mad made similar test of beef furnished
| by Armour & 60. at his own home in
! Englewood n j. ana had found thar 4
contained saicylic acid The beef thus
examined looked paler on the surface
than other beef. He thought beef could
! bp treated ny hoth injection or irnnareinn
in the acid
What use did YOU make Of the infor-
nation secured TWO months ago concern
ing the Armour bcef?" asked Col. Gil
lespie.
None at all" the witness replied
rs there no law in New Jersey against
. l,..s n ~, +iy.,, .,f $40.
mot that | know of You can do al
most ANYTHING Won wish to in New Jer-
sey They Kill ana cat horses there"
Major Lee asked that some Of the men
pu the rifle range detail ba summoned no
fore the court. but the court did not re-
spond to the request
| DR. Currie was recalled at the opening
of the afternoon session and questioned
in regard to information he had given in
regard to his Investigations to an officer
in the army who had recently visited him
! an his home in EngleNood He had first
ne said. received an inquiry from an Off
Ger of Gen. Miles STAFF AZ to his expert
mentS and had afterwards received a call
from an army officer. He could not recall
the name of this officer but said he had
given him i statement detailing briefly
| rhe facts narrated TODAY
| Henry RanhaeI manager for Armour a.
Cn in New York who had been called at
tho instance Of Gen. Miles testified that
lay; Man he had in stock 140 900 pouuds I
NJ c.,nneI roast beef Later in the sea-
son III received more. some coming from
Chicago ana some coming from cities in
T1npla1d The haef from abroad had been
there from one TO two wears This he had
| tltrrad o,.ar IA troi vynndruff IN rhe dock
Asl.eJ Il .n,t II I'LL rneaf sem ,hrnad had
| hcn,, raiactad bn eaid. ~ l<nnv. nnsitively
| tLa+ non. ~ II u,as raiactad / know thts
er,r, Xiii. fr,, III Chicapo ana from thn
nnnIi+inn III M baaf III The meat hgd
| honn rntnrnad n til conrracts with tha
| r.I,.ar,,,,a,,t go,p. anfrg IN thn army and
| s7,,,a * +ha na,.I, AtSgatb ber ahout t,n :
| ,.nn ,l,,,,,it. haI haa,, snId III tha army
| NJ panbScI .aid tha Government :
| -, 80. ,,raro ,Iuta,.e ,,ade on samnlas
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