The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-23
EAGAN TO GO ON THE STAND.
EX-COMMIssARY5 GENERAL WILL
TESTIFY ABOUT BEEF.

ings OF the court OF inquiry investigating
the beef controversy Developed little that
was new.
The testimony. with the exception of
that of DR.. DAILY, surgeon on the staff
OF Cen Miles during the war, and of
Col. woodruff, assistant commissary gen
eral was generally In line with that of
yesterday.
The canned roast beef was generally
condemned as unsatisfactory. while the re-
frigerated beef was commended, the cher
complaint being that it often decomposed
en- route to camp.
The testimony of representatives of the
subsistence department was begun, THAI
of Col woodruff, assistant commissary
general, being the most notable. He pur-
chased more than 10000 pounds of can
ned roast beef and told 81 the method of
purchase and the reasons that prompted
it. He took issue with Gen. Miles con-
tention that beef on the hoof was the
usual source of fresh meat supply to the
army.
ERgan VIII BE Called.
Another feature of the day was the in
PRODUCTION of DR.. DAILY, who charged be-
fore the war commission that refrigerated
beef at Chckamauga, Jacksonville Tam
pa and in Porto Rico had been treated
chemically. He was not examined, how
ever, in regard to the charge, Col Davis
announcing that the contractors who were
attacked were entitled to be notified of the
examination upon this point, that they
might have ample time in which to appear,
should they desire TO do so. The law re-
quired this. he said. Accordingly, Dr.
DAILY was excused after a partial examina-
ton, and viii be recalled later.
The investigation will proceed to-mor-
row when Gen. Eagan, commissary gen
eral is expected to appear and tell the
story of the beef supply as viewed by his
department.
Dr. Daily testified that he remained in
Porto Rico five or six days after Gen.
Miles departure being ordered to super
wise the careful preparation of the trans
port Panama for bringing convalescents
north in a manner above reproach. This
was because there had previously been
considerable complaint as to the Quitting
Of returning troops. He received these or
ders about Aug. %, and after picking up a
load of sick at various points in Porto
Rico, sailed on Sept. s. and arrived at
Fort Monroe Sept. TO- landing his patients
in a greatly improved condition. He re-
ported to Washington, where he was quite
ILL., and was given sick leave. The sur
geon general was pleased with his work
on the Panama, and wished him to remain
with her.
DAILY Made Inspections.
While stin sick in Pittsburg, he received
orders from Gen. Miles to go on in
specton tour of the new regiments in the
South who were being fitted out for trop-
ical service. This was the trip on which
the witness became acquainted with the
alleged embalmed beef. There were several
officers engaged in this inspection.
Reports were rendered after the inspec-
ton of each camp visited. These reports
in the course of regular routine passed
through the hands of the general COM
handing the army. During this trip he be-
came so i'll that he was obliged to return
home to Pittsburg, where after remaining
for some time on sick leave, he rendered
his resignation.
His EmbaImed Beef Report.
In all of this very detailed recital, the
question of beef was not once preached by
the court, but when Dr. DAILY had been
chronologically carried through his term
Of service and out of the army, the recor-
der handed him the famous "embalmed
beef report and asked him if he recogniz-
ed it. DR.. Daily said that he did and it
- AASAA'' N%ASSPl pChndpS NiS udtNg
which in the copy was Sept. 81. He said to
Che best of his recollection the exact date
was Oct. H. The date, however, he said,
was not essential the report being gen.
une and in the opinion of Dr. DAILY, per-
1ectly accurate
Prior TO leaving the stand, DR.. DAILY was
examined in regard to the Powell expert
ment with beef preservatives at Tampa.
CoL Davis pointed out that it was merely
no ~,
Volved.
Beef Nauseared Him.
Dr. Daily said Col. ]. F. Weston called
MS attention to a quarter of beef which
was hanging on a transport and which
W. weston said had been sixty hours
al the open, and he was waiting to see
what would eventuate. Dr. DAILY did not
recall anything of Col Weston's state
nleht indicating the beef was other than
part OF the general supply or that it
udu peen treated with a chemical as an
experiment.. He noticed that flies would
uo' remain on the beef and that no larvae
were deposited. Witness finally cut a
piece from the beef and later cooked and
aVe It, After riding horseback he be-
Sailie hauseated. He did not suspect pre-
eerVauves on the beef, although his taste
suggested an experience he had with pre-
o ei,,es on antelope some years before
49, OiieiiiS' nevertheless, DR.. DAILY
SaIo, ne remarked to no one about the
Ia,ter' Witness wanted it made plain
tn, mat Col Weston had said nothing about
me quarter of beef being experimental,
euu lie mad no reason to suspect the gov
n o" me was conducting an experiment as
alive ~eiii0al pieseiN v
was Experimenting with II.
heP!ying 60 Col. Davis, witness said he
rp'osed the beef was a part of a con-
10 e i,lt from the contractors, supposed
I'D seVenty-two hours in the sun, and
'Aaps Col. Weston was mercy curious
eee Il 1t would stand the test.
touring to the test of the beef as sug-
t eloIs an experience with preserved an
WIS We meat, witness said some years ago
W en- route to hunting grounds in the
or cS', ne secured in Chicago what was rec
d der =. as personalities white pow
me-. IL was used in camp preserved the
ga, 60 out the latter when eaten, naus-
ence -. t'i m An analysis divulged the pres
II VI poric and salycilic acids
tn fla