The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-01
TESTING STEWS
Army Investigating BOARD Pre-
pares Meals for it's Witnesses.

Washington. Feb 2S-The feature of thc
court OF Inquiry into General Miles beef
charges today was an object lesson In
canned meast prepared by the court and
served to the non commissioned men who
testified at yesterdays hearing The court
had prepared enght plates OF beef fresh
beef. canned beef that mad been TO ca
and back and canned beef fraih m the
factory. -Four plates wecc prepared hes
in a stew and four cold as they came
from the can, the fresh beef bsing boiled
10 make it resemble the others The en.
listed men were ordered to samp's each
and say which was the sort they had m
cuba. II was a trying ordeal for the men
most of them declaring that nome ot the
Plates looked anything like what they
had eaten In cuba by repeated assura1c-
es that there was campingn be,f in two
OF the plates aud after being "a scl that
they should lt least choose TO ihe best COZ
their belief" the court succeeded boa get
ting an expression OF opinion from each
OF the men. An army surgeon. Dr Bowden
kept tally on the guesscs OF the men and
changed the position OF the plates after
each witness had left the room Tho io-
sun Va AlllT lfiNAu VIZ lANA AlisAh ~ liNHtA'f
however and will be reserved until Dr.
Rowden testihes. probably some time
this week
Lieut. Ramsay. 9th infantry, character
lied the canned roast beer as an Gun.
palatable and uninvitng grade Of nferio'
meat which he would not willingly feed
to any man sick or well
Sergeant white picked out the sloppy
l.
at the cold meat. Insisting tha. hc haa
never seen anything like .t iu the cam
paign
Sergeant Metz was like minded. bat
said carefully that he was not an expert
on spoiled beer and consequently dii n,.
know that his opinion was of much val
ue,
The enlisted men were then recalled ar,
Major Jesse Lee said that he woulD
take advantage of the permission accIrd
cd him by the court 10 question soma O
the men himself Tie asked each OF uer
II the beef shown them here was prepare
In the same way as that they had bad q
cuba aud whether the plates wera fai
: sample Of what hey had used during IA
campaign They unanimously agreed tha
3 II dld not look the same and ala not sect
e TO be a fair sample Of the campaign be'
. in any way
b Colonel A. l.. Smith, the Havana con
= missary OF canned meat recently ropor
ed from Havana In the press dispd'
lie said there had been two inspec ti"r
TO his knowledge, one unier COLON
lGuard and another under General Ernes
General Breckenridge had made an e'
animation with DR.. Reid and destroyed
e number Of cans but whether This was d
. authorized inspection witness could ~
r say.
. Colonel Smith said thar "a great deal
n the canned beef sent over from Por
Rico eel under suspicion because Of smel
. ed and broken cans in the cases. SO q
as he knew something over 1920 cai
had been condemned and destroyed.
u There had been considerable complain
Of the meat that had been sent TO the q
e. terror for relief distribution and for OF
! er purposes Witness thIugnt there wi
J. about 10000 ratipns of u.- canned he
/. sun on hand that had passed 4specti'