The times., 1899-02-25
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his opinion that both the canned roast beef
and the refrigerated meat were good. He
| never heard any complaint against either.
Major A. II. Bowman. of the Second Infan-
try, stated that he had heard the men
complain that they We're tired of the canned
roast beef. II was issued on the transport
on the voyage TO Cuba and no complaint
was made against it then. 1t appeared to
him to have been boiled and TO have had
much of the nutriment extracted. He
thought that there was something wrong
with the canned roast beef issued to his
command. His impression at the time was
that it was old stock or that some mistake
had been made in the canning He at
tributed the high percentage of sickness
among his men to the hardships of the
campaign and to the climate. He believed
that their health was affected to a certain
degree by the ratons.
Major James VI. Arrowsmith. of the Sub
sistence Department testified that the
canned roast beef and the refrigerated beef
issued by him during the war were good
and that he heard of no complaint from the
men.
Major Arrowsmith described to the Court
the method of issuing beef. Some of the
commissary officers were inexperienced.
in unclean wagons. This practice was soon
stopped. He had heard nothing about
chemically treated beef until late in Sep
tember. He considered these allegations
ridiculous. He had issued tons of meat
and had never lost single pound. He had
never given the embalmed beef theory
serious consideration. He had met Dir.
DAILY in the course of an inspection Of
Camp Thomas. DIR. DAILY did not discuss
the beef question then.
Experiments.
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Cavalry was next sworn. He told OF the
experiments with beef conducted by them
at Tampa at the instance of the Commits
sary General He received samples of both
frozen and refrigerated beef. The frozen
beef arrived in bad condition. having
thawed somewhat in transit. 1t was re-
iced but could not be thoroughly frozen
Il second time. The refrigerated beef
stood the test better than the frozen beef
Tests had been made of the canned roast
beef. 1t was prepared as stew and hash
and made a very palatable dish Eaten
cold from the can, ii was not altogether
unpalatablc but ii lacked salt and pepper
on the voyage to Cuba canned roast beef
was served as part of the meat ration. He
had heard no complaint on the steamer
against this meat. In Cuba ii was used
and gave satisfaction. although there were
no facilities for cooking it. The men tired
of il. The beef appeared 10 nave Deen
boiled and was without seasoning of any
kind. -.
Native Cattle.
The first issue OF fresh beef was from
native cattle, and this made several men
sick, and was not relished. Then came
the issue of refrigerated beef, and this was
eminently satisfactory. The health OF the
troop was bad. The health of the army
began to deteriorate about the time OF the
surrender. 1t increased as the time wore
on. The sickness was charged to the eli
mate and the amount Of work the men
had to do in the heat of the day. NJ
sickness was caused by insufficient food.
He never had any reason to suspect that
the refrigerated beef had been treated
with chemicals. He had not heard this
suggested until he read of II in the news
papers.
There was nothing in the food supply
which would have induced him to make a
report had ii not been called for. There
was some irregularity in the issue OF ra-
tions during the siege Of Santiago. one
day there would be no salt. and the next