The record-union., 1899-04-11
INVESTIGATING MEAT RATIONS.
COURT OF INQUIRY RESUMES
IT'S SESSIONS.
Assistant Surgeon Castle Testifles
That Beef Furnished His Bril-
gade Was Chemically Treated.

WASHINGTON, April 1O.-The army
court of beef inquiry resumed it's ses-
sions at 10 O'Clock to-day with .icar
Admiral John G. Walker, President of
the Nicaraguan Canal Commission, on
the stand. He said that canned roast
beef had been used by the commission s
surveying parties on the Isthmus. The
men did not like this beef, preferred
bacon and the fresh native beef, but it
had not been found unwho.esome.
DIR. Charles H. Castle, an assistant
surgeon of the First Ohio Cavalry. for
time brigade surgeon, said that their
beef had been chemically treated. and
that on two occasions he had found the
meat spoiled after it had passed in
! spection.
! Sidney Reid, reporter in the New
York office of the Associated Press,
gave the particulars. of an Interview
he had with General Miles at the Wal
dorfAstoria on the 3lst of January
last. In this interview General Miles
was represented as telling of the in
quiries he had set afoot concerning the
beef supplied to the army, as saying
| that the canned roast beef was nothing
more than the refuse OF beef from
which beef extract had been made, and
as stating that he had overwhelming
evidence that the embaIrled beef was
treated with chemicals p
| Mr. Reid presented the court With a
correct copy of the interview as pre-
pared by him.. Referring to an inter-
view with General Miles printed in the
New York Herald" Mr.. Reid said it
was not a correct reproduction of the
Miles Interview. Il saw portions of
my interview in the 'Herald.'' he said,
combined with other matter which I
did not write.
+ In reply to questions from Major Lee,
Mr.. Reid said he did not have General
Miles testimony before the war inves-
tgating commission in mind when he
talked with him, or when he wrote his
article. His conversation with General
Miles had occurred in the Office of the
hotel, and the latter had at first de-
| clined to- be interviewed. excusing him
self several times. Upon later al
tempt on his part, General Miles had
consented to read what purported 10 be
interviews with him in the New York
evening papers of that date. and had
then expressed himself as represented in
the Associated Press dispatches.
Mr.. Reid said that General Miles
knew he represented the Associated
Press, and that he was taking notes.
On the way to his Office he had com
pared his memorandum with that rnade
by the reporter of the New York
| Times who was present at the time,
and had found they agreed substan-
TALLY.
Il don't claim that the verbiage is
absolutely correct he said, but I do
claim that it is correct in substance,
and that it does not rnisrepresent what
General Miles said.''
Moreover. he had volunteered to sub
nit the interview to General Miles
When written out, but the General had
said that he was too busy to give at
tention to it, or had made some other
excuse; consequently the General had
not seen the article after it was pre-
pared.
The court then adjourned for the day.
General Shafter was in the courtroom
lor a time during the day. He will
testify tomorrow.