The Lamar register., 1899-05-10
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
AND DEPARTMENT NEWS.

Congress for settlement, Including. ns
they do, everything growing out Of our
pcsSe=sious acquired rs n result OF the
war with Spain and the general lcgis.
lasioa. including that reistinS 20 cur
rnnry reform. the Nicaragua canal
merchant margHr, ate,. arr OF such
great Importance that the President IL
inellned TO regard IL as advisable that
Congress should act earlier th>- the
regular session In December In order
20 get tiIp work under way. The re-
tirasnent % Speaker Reed win nstural-
IS entail considerable sielay IN the APP
uolnfraeut Of e,lmmiiis-.s ia the Huu<e
rs II Is customary TO allow . new
st-sAkrr fnnr or ave weeks 10 make up
his ronmittecs. and this furnishes an
additional reason why CouSnes. should
he ceuvenesi hefurss D~cemi-sr. OF the
several senators and useutevs uf Con
grsss who are going Ahrcad this Sutu-
uer. ths, President has particularly
inquired the length ~ their stay, and
has hIuiess that Il WAS advisable that
they should be lsark in the early fall.
as the necsssity for an extra session
might arise. With others. 10 IL said.
h. has di-enssrsl the subject. ani more
over u was upau the Presidents a.
rr-t suggestion that the canruS c1sa-
mittee appointed by the House RsIFuhh.
cans 60 formulate a currency reform
measure nsri Wien u DID
The s,ssIon % the Association of
American Physicians ~ the AFiingtpz
was marked By an imp-1Ftan, paper on
typhoid iu Iilr volunteer camps hy nT.
n &. Vaughn. ou- of thr board % sur
ss-ons appointed by surEsCu scacral
stYTufqrs last SUMMER % irssk into the
matter when the rpitirulic % typtpid
was prrvaleat 10 the vzrbons army
cAmpe. The board made thorough
study u fhs subject. and ~ rrs-ort AAy
bern looked forward 10 - "a autbnTi-
iaiive Wosk. The report = Uas yet
ronpiesrd. bot Dr NsuEhs'- paper
ua- In The nature of an advance state
meat. With the Nanrfion 81 t.earFal
sternbrrE. who was pr~zeat Al the
meeting DT. vanEhn's paper was
severe ARA cnment - ibs volunteer suy-
.rans and Incidentally cf yhe 0ssrlals
w. hs ~sr,- responsible fuF The rSnisring
Of the great camp. Al Jack-onEiiis
ChirkamauEa. Camp AieaT and Men.
innk Poiut Tie beard Ntslfrsi sn
,hese Paints and found itsi pot cuty
was ti.F~ a xrrzt deal t,a-~ syphpld
than uas af nr.t supT-o-s,i- ilst that
the surErau~, mostly % the volunteer
class. arre. frusn lzfloTsurr or nftrr
AAtaNNNhf~ ANNAAAAAA 80 = 49, Ha-sA = hsAtHA
under ths namrs 1f '-Isrrsiss<ui ms
laria@ indigestion gastric fever
and --typhD-raalarts" Ggs~=al Stern
l,srl- rsferrr,i 20 the apF-tintmrnt ef
volunteer ule,ii-si srtny efficers - the
s.prerunrs 81 states. ibe former thrrs.
IL t-r.somIns responsible for ;lse hsanh
~ our camps Most ~ the voiUnserv
usedleal ofaesJs went % camp with ihr
expectation % aEhslnE Do end Of ma
lartA. Ia one rrsinarni zach man was
provided with so grains 81 suinin~
aId a fhrsS-Hunse t-sstie % par~ruris
The goat bulk of suppgse,i nsaiaTsal
ras..s ser~ no; masarial aTcrtldus st
aii. hut manF of the doctors. rs7garsi-
les af this. dosesi their patiest. WITH
thirty TO forty grains 81 guiuiue each
day.
By dirrr;lon 81 the prrsIsirrt. Who
approves the fBdinSs Acfius Ss~-frfary
% Mar Msfkieiahu has made fsaidie
the rvfoEt and fiHdihgs af thr military
ruuFf appointed TO Investigate The
charges iBa,i. iy Major GsnrFEI Miles
commanding the army. that the t--es
supplied 70 the army duriug the waI
with spain Was unii' for the use of tho
troops. The iDeSi important fs-afurs
nf the rrtssrt are. The uufiuE that
NAfF AAAsAF ~ AtAsAA hANF4
atei beef yShs treated with chemicals
wrrw not established: that BIS ailern
tioHs concerning the canned fresh OF
eaDn-i rpasi hssf were sustained as
TO lis unSuitahiiity for food as uzrd
on the transports aud as = lpns eontin-
ueSi field ration cHngure 81 General
Miles for -crrpr- Ia fatiinE ta prompt
ly notify the secretary Uf war when
be nrsI fornf-i The opinion that ;hr
food was unfit. cepsurr nf the commits
sary general then Sicneral EEani for
the too expensive purchases o. the
canned t--ef ~ an unfris,i ration: een-
sure Of Colonel Maus Of General Miles,
stan. The finding that the packers were
not NJ fault and that the meats sup
piled TO the army were Of the same
quality aS those supplied 70 the trnde
generally aud the recommendation that
no further proceedings will be taken
10 th- premises. The report places the
quantity OF canned roast beef pnr-
chased for the war by the commisSary
department at Ga5T.iT4 pounds, inclua-
ine 10000 pounds which was brought
from Liverpool and other English
points This amount is characterized
as excessive and the commiSsary gen
eral General EEan Is severely criti-
clscd In several parts Of riIe docn-
ments on this score. One OF the sever
est rebukes is as follows! considering