Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-01

produce sickness, or probably II used
steadily, the system would not accept
IT, II would II used. daily, and without
condiments or vegetables. pail on the
appetite, which at last would revolt
against II.
He had found that in the hot climate
Of Porto Rico meat did not keep long
when opened He had not taken the
food uueAtion into account In cUnuec-
ton with the health VI the troops. at
tributing the sickness roiciy 10 the
climate.
WAS WRONGLY LABELED.
Col. u. y. Pope. chief surgeon Of the
Firth army cotps In tho Santiago cam
paign. testified concerning the food
supply Of the campaign The hard
bread he found FOOD. aud the canned
vegetables generally 80. The canned
beef wrongly labeled roast beef" he
did not speak OF IN such high terms
we accepted II us part OF the ration.
and ate II AS we'll ns We couid. but II
was unsatisfactory In appearance and
entirely lacking In SAVIOR. II was also
strlngy and tough. and In some cases
II WIS decompused. CAUSING the cans
containing It TO smell. also noticed
that II deterioratcd rapidly after be-
Ing exposed to the air.
The great trouble seemed to be the
lack OF facilities for cook g the beef.
II was not 30 bad In the form ~ stews
or hash. na when eaten az 1t was ncccs-
sary u should be used by the soldiers
IN the field without cooking or prepara-
tion In any way. Taken In that way
II was very unsatisfactory diet. II
looked like beef from which beef tea
has been made. II has struck me since
that the nutritlvc qualities ~ the beef
were extracted In boiling. aud my per-
sonal opinion Is that ns food II was a
low order OF nutritlvc value.
VERY TRYING FOOD.
It was very trying food un.
'"rhe roast feature Of IT," he nd
ded. WIS In the iabcl-not In tho
can. " lie had been unable 10
truce any special disease 10 the food
used IN Cuba. but he thought the use
u the canned beef would tend to
weaken men and cause disease. Upon
the whole. he would not advise the
use Of beef for food In the tropica. and
he thought the bacon ration would
have been better.
The refrigerator beef DR.. Pope pro-
nounc.d good. The troops had been
compelled TO trim OF spoiled parts. but
after this was done and the meat nicely
cooked. u was very palatablc and nu.
tritlous. Most Of the canned beef used
son Packing company.
MAJ. l.agnrde In command Of the
reserve hospital NJ Siboney. stated that
the canned beef had been furnished at
his table at the hospital and 20 the
patients. u was not especially fond
of H." he said, but aH substitute Il
took the place Of fresh beef. when
we could cook u with vegetables II wna
far more pniatabic than otherwise. The
patients In the hospital used the
canned meat regularly, and there was
no especial complaint about II. There
was considerable diarrhoen. however.
and I presume much OF this was due
to the use Of this and other meats. The
ration contained more meat than II
should have contained for food In the
climate"
MEAT MADE THEM ILL.
Capt Ashton u. Heyi, chief surgeon
of the rough riders brigade IN the san
tinRo campaign. the first Witness nt the
afternoon session. testified to being
made sick on three different occasions
by eating canned roast beef ana on one
occasion several others who pnrtook ~
the meat with him also became very ~.
Soon after this experience he had found
"a piece of bacon lying by the roadside.
This he had taken up, cleaned and
cooked and had found u very pnlntnble
This meat had not caused any incon.
veniencc. The beef had occaHioned
vomiting. The surgeon of the Tenth
cavalry had reported similar cxpe.
ricnccn among the men OF that regiment