Evening star., 1899-03-01
CHINA: Il wonder what these doctors going to do to me-"

ed in battle. and spent some time in the
hospital at Siboney He said he had a can
of roast beef with him the night before the
fight, and late it with relish" 1t was not
so Palatabe as some beef he had eaten, but
1t was wholesome. In the hospital he
1t used in stews, soups and other ways, but
ne was too sick to eat any. He saw other
officers eat it with relish" Returning to
the United States on the City of Washing
ton, he and other wounded officers made
up purse and purchased canned roast
beef and other supplies from the commits
sary. He said the others enjoyed this
canned meat.
Dr. W. c. Borden of the army medical de-
Fartment was sworn next, and testified as
TO beef he had prepared in stew and soup
form and also cold which was tested yes
terday afternoon by non-cOmmissioned Of
hcers of the 9th Infantry to determine its
resemblance hot and cold to the canned
roast beef they ate in Cuba.
The Tests of Beef.
He said that in serving it to the men one
plate of stew had been made from canned
roast beef that had gone to Porto Rico
and back. Another was OF the same meat
bought in open market. The third was of
fresh beef bought in the market and boiled
thoroughly. The fourth was of fresh beef
parboiled eight minutes and subsequently
roasted half an hour. This latter way M
the one, he said the packing houses claim
they make the canned roast beef On four
other piates was the same variety of meat
served cold.
Coming down to the test Of the men he
SAID that four of them picked out the Porto
Rican beef as like the kind they had in
cuba. Two men chose the one bought in
open market. Two others selected the fresh
beef bought and boiled.
OF the cold meat two selected the Porto
Rlcan canned roast nearest like the Gu
pan article, four took the meat bought in
open pen market and two the boiled fresh beef.
W
n Sands OF the Engineer Corps fresh from
f1nar del Rio, Cuba. He said that canned
roast roast peel In the main, proved a good ra-
tton. He admitted having only a linited
experience with it. The refrigerated heef
at his camp had to be trimmed before using
nut lost little weight in this way. 1t was
ltisGdIy SATISFACTORY. He attributed the
sickness of the soldiers to exposure to heat
and rain.
A Beef Packers Representatives
For the first time in the present ino,,irv
the meat packers representatives were
heard today as witness. Arthur Meeker
OF Chicago, general manager for Armour &,
Co., led the van on the stand He is tall
heavily built, partly bald, f1orid young man.
unlike the typical Chicagoan but looking
and speaking somewhat as an Englishman
He described in a general way the process
OF purchasing, slaughtering and packing
meat as followed by his firm. His testi-
mony developed nothing new on this point
Recess interrupted the witness and after
1t he testified that in late years more re-
.frigerated beef than live cattle has been
shipped from Chicago. During the past
seven or eight years his firm has supplied
the refrigerated article to various army
posts and furnished the government 4,000,-
go pounds during the Spanish war.
What agent do you depend upon for the
preservation of dressed beef?" asked Colo
mel Davis.
Cold air. Absolutely nothing else"
promptly answered Mr. Meeker.
He said ne had heard of the Powell
process experiment at Tampa but knew
nothing of the details, and said none of 1t
was sold to the government.