The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-04
MI Es APPEARS BY COUNSEL.
s,,T Wal. JESSE LEE TO REPRE-
SENT HIS SIDE OF 1T.

80. wanted TO Get in Letters bear
80, IN the Beef Inquiry, But the
INIT Turned Them DOwn-MiIes
s...t.d He wanted to Aid in Bring
go. out the Full Truth-MOre Tes-
.nv Against the Canned and
refrigerated Beef
Wellington. March S.-The latest devel-
...,,e1t of the war department court of in
o,,.-, into Gen. Miles beef charges was the
1-,,s,rance to-day of Maj. Jesse Lee as
.,,rseI for the general commanding the
army. Maj. Lee was so introduced to the
.o,,r, bv the recorder, Col. Davis, at the
Timing of the afternoon session.
~, began 10 cross-examine witnesses at
once and with the first one antagonized
,hs court to the extent of demanding the
s-,ission of certain letters as evidence,
~, was refused. The proceedings were
moi marked, however. by any evidence of
urniaasant friction between the court and
the new counsel
The appearance of Mai. Lee in the case
&c the elimination of considerable CORE
enondence between Gen. Miles and the
oourt as to the accuracy of some state
,,ants made by witnesses on the stand,
and which Gen. Miles considered he had
official data 10 prove incorrect. 1t began
with the testimony of Col. Woodruff sew
arai davs ago to the effect that beef herds
were seldom. if ever, driven with troops
IN the Indian campaigns of the West.
1,iIes said He Wanted Truth.
Gen. Miles called the attention of the
c,urt 10 this case and was informed by
ietter that if he chose, il was in his right
% be present or to be represented by coun-
sci to keep track of the examination.
Gen. Miles replied that it was sometimes
the custom in courts of inquiry to have
present an officer to assist the recorder
in keeping the records in shape"
The court replied to this that it did not
need any assistance" for it's recorder, but
suggested again that Gen. Miles could be
present to aid in the examina ton of wit
nesses or could be represented by counsel
Il he wished
To this Gen. Miles replied to-day that
in accordance with custom in such cases,
he would be represented hereafter by Maj
Jesse Lee, for the purpose of participant
ing in the examination with a view to
elicitng the full truth pertaining to the
subject under discussion"
This does not place Gen. Miles In the
position of defendant before the court, but
gives his counsel the right of conducting
a direct or cross examination as fully as
he desires.
Bad in Quality and Quantity.
Col ]. A. Case of the Fourth Pennsyl-
vania, who served with Gen. Brooke in
the Porto Rican campaign, testified that
he had about six days experience with
canned roast beef At first the men tried
to keep the meat after the cans were
opened, but it spoiled between meals He
ordered the company cooks to make stews
of a whole can at a time, and it proved
n very satisfactory.
Capt A. M. Gray of the Sixth Massa-
chusetts which went to Porto Rico on the
n Yale, when she carried Gen. Miles south.
said the principal cause of complaint
q among his men was not as to the quality
OF the rations, but because they were
short in quantity
Did not the Yale carry provisions in
her cargo aside from the mems travel ra-
tiOns" asked Col Davis
Il understood that she did,
Did you report this state of things to
any higher authority?"
81 reported to my colonel"
Was there any higher officer on board?"
Yes, there was the general command
ing the army"
While on detached duty on shore witness
said his men got hold of one lot of very
poor canned beef two-thirds of which was
spoiled, and the remainder of worse quail
lty than he had seen elsewhere.
Said the Meat Was BIeached.
Alfred F. Foote of Holyoke, Mass, a
sergeant of the Second Massachusetts,
which served at Santiago, had new adj
JectVe for the much discussed canned
roast beef. He said it tasted ''bleached."
some Of it seemed to be simply boiled TO
ueath and the other was absolutely pu-
trd. Probably one-third was spoiled in
TINS way. His command got comparatively
niue reIrgerated beef, most of it spoil
'hs before 1t could be cooked, and failing
alIer 1t was cooked to keep from dinner
TO supper.
capt NJ. B. Scott. Eighth Ohio which
also served in Cuba, described the voy-
ase south on the St Paul as a feast of
Penty, corned and roast beef being piled
up ny the ton on the deck where the men
Coula get 1t for the taking. Witness said
mat from the landing on July 10. TO the
sui tender on the 18th, there was little OF
no complaint as to the ration. After the
surrender the regiment was camped at Sc
NHd' aoout six miles east of the CITY. Here
ulty got an issue of refrigerated beef, but
.le men refused to take it. He inspected
.le meat cut quarter in half and found
tld' II was apparently good on the in
sue though green and Shiny on the sur
!, ,pIe. ne cut some from the inside, cooked
ana was made very sick by eating IL
DO We're other men who tried it.
Letters Were Rejected.
-. IL, > van Schaik of the Rough Riders
eest'ned that the canned beef was had
ana rations generally unsatisfactory
"A 'his point Maj. Lee, counsel for Cen
w.; me. raised the first issue with the court
nue. wltness said he had certain letters
~II.len home from Cuba. describing the
Emu there from day to day. He Of
I5'eo TO read them. but Col. Davis declin-
a. MAJ, Lee stated that he thought he
.o5lS should be admitted as evidence
5 [g"a,ns TO bring out wildly the very con-
,r Mons which We're being INQUIRED mo
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