The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-07
BAD MEAT SENT TO HAVANA.
GAINES WOULD NOT DISTRIBUTE
1T TO THE DESTITUTE.

Gen. Ludlow Ordered an Inspection
But Chief Coml1issary smith Is
said 20 Have Received Instruc-
tons to Throw 1t Away without
Boards of Survey-A Chicago Firm
Now Supplying Meat That Has TO
be Heavily Trimmed.
Havana. April 6.-Capt. Neil Gaines, in
charge of the relief of the destitute of
Havana and provost of this city. has de-
clined TO give a receipt and thus make
himself accountable for 5000 cans of beef,
10000 cans of tomatoes and quantities of
dried apples and other stores, knowing
that part of these provisions are spoiled.
The supplies are in warehouse No. 9, at
Regla.
Acting Chief Cofnmissary Bartlett. in the
absence of Chief Commissary A. L. Smith,
wrote to Capt. Gaines five days ago, di-
recting him, by order of the division com
mander, to receive from Maj. j. C. Null
ken, of the subsistence department. these
stores Capt. Gaines, however, saw lot
OF spoiled meat, and asked Gen. Ludlow
to cause an inspection 20 be made
Maj. Mulhken was unwilling to wait for
the inspection, as he was being mustered
out, and the department inspector, by Gen.
Ludlow order, Investigated the ma tier on
Sunday and found enough rotten meat to
warrant asking for the appointment of a
board of survey.
without Boards of Survey.
Chief Commissary Smith is reported tc
have received a letter from the acting COM
missary general at Washington, directing
him 10 destroy spoiled meat without ac-
ton on the part of the board of survey
though such action is the usual procedure
according TO the regulations Following
Smiths Instructions Maj. Mulliken's
clerk, Benson, says 1000 cans of spoiled
meat have been thrown into the bay.
Smith, it further appears, instructed
Gaines, about Feb. 20, that there was nC
need to ask for the appointment of board.
of survey in the case OF tainted meat, bu
to destroy 1t, as goods so disposed of woult
be replaced, whereupon Gaines destroyed
400 cans. The packers are said to be gla(
TO replace the damaged meat with gooC
meat
Smith has returned from Washington
and has gone to Matanzas.
Meat That Is Unfit for Food.
1t is claimed that the refrigerator meat
supplied by contract with a Chicago firm
| to the United States troops at Havana
and Mariana is in part unfit for food
| For instance, il is pointed out, at o'clocl
| this morning a quantity of meat wa!
| brought from the refrigerator meat ware
! house near Marianao to the Concha Rail
| road station. There about 1886 pounds o
the meat was served to the comnissarie,
| of the Third Battalion of the Second En-
| gineers, covered with canvas, and wa!
taken in less than thirty minutes, to LII
| Punta, TO be distributed But, il is IS
| serted, from ten to twenty per cent of tn
meat was spoiled and had TO be trimmet
| off. The remainder was issued to the &c
| men in the battalion.
| The same thing, ii is added, occurs ever
| morning at all the camps supplied witt
| this meat. The contention of the inspec
| tors is that the outside meat is spoile,
| before 1t leaves the refrigerator mea
| warehouse and that IL is not spoiled I,
transit. The inslle meat is good but af
ter the bad r1cat is trimmed off there 4
not enough LETT for 'hc yesulati5 IN ratio,
of twenty ounces to each man.