The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

opd said IF ,yas tbe rep,1ar ration
an" sai" II was Vie iesu'ai la'loi'
tasted a mouthful or two myself, but
| could not eat it."
cover,or Roosav.,+ sno1xa of tho is
- Sp ~
sue Vi ra'iohs III eopa' anu saio .hat
although he did not like the beef, and
his men would not eat it, he never
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o'~ was an "'''''
ration.
What did the meat look like?" asked
Colonial Davis
when 'ne cans were opened there
was covering Of slime. 1t was unat-
tractive The meat was stringy and
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II vi" iio' asiee Win 'i'e i''eh VIZ
ate 1t.
Governor Roosevelt told at length
of his attep,nts to GOT sunnlies in
|upa'
When did you begin receiving the
refrigerated beefo" asked Colonel Da-
VS.
about July ~
What was the proportion that was
PAD :.
can't exactly say, out doupt II
there were more than two or three Is
sues when the large proportion was
pad.
HAD you reason 10 pelleFe that the
refrigerated beef was treated with
chemicals before you received 1t?
never lhought ABOUT IL ullll
returned nome. Inc meat seemed soou
10 US. we ate II ana enjoyed II: II
did undoubtedly give the men diar-
rhea
Dig you near any Complaints!
|
GERS aha men sala there was soHethlhe
wrong win me 1heat, nut nave Known
niedt' II KEPT ior d lew uaS .oii huht-
lis up ~ nave ing ei.e,'' why
~ US We're III yer! soou nealth anu IL
TOOK less TO upset US IMAM II Wouiu nave
a. a'S uther tlile.
Dlu you attrlpute thelr III heaith 10
IT.. '.,,,,asa
~ |st 'aan eM yer, su do sss
w a zen ieLt ,una ess man ~ per cE.it;
wv We w., ~ .i to' go 80,
,,,a .i" az So .h' -, o., ,"Sn VII 'ieii
.sSsx la 80 " haaf
On - ,,tt,,,t 80, - ,,or.,,,,r
81. m,.' -. go :. i.esf,
oan+ah,a, :, anu Az "N"N
.tyWss a,v % T. o..er9-
"sorno ~ ~ ,,as M i. oo,,,a ,,,,t ho
eaten bv the half sick and tha Ell
,,,ar 5ia ot ,i,,a - ;. ''N' '''N wa
Ma ior Ice was about IA asL c,.os-
tion u,hor tha ,o,aar,, ~ t aan a - -
saw he u.ishad p snaok - w. t,t1- -
Abe "enohalrned baef - ..yben we left
Tamna +" ha said two ~ tbrea onars
+ars If hoaf u,orn nv oho,ra 49,, III,
I was told to nut If in the shade T
understood IT was snecially treated fo,,
the tropics. 1t did not taste right. and
a. board of Investigation decided to
throw it overheard.
Can YOU remember the brands or
labels on the canned roast beef com
planned of. either that issued in Cuba
or at Montauk?" asked Lee.
II do not think 1 can. Some we've
Swift's and some Armour's, I believe"
Roosevelt said he had submitted re-
ports regarding rations through regular
army channels and again Sept. TO-
These reports were omitted from the
published records of the war depa1t-
ment. but were to be printed, SO he said,
in the next report
Eugene McAlexander of the quarter
masters department. who was IN Cen
eral Kent's staff in Cuba. was thu first
witness at the Governors island sess on.
He said the cans of roast beef when
opened presented a gelatinous writish
mass. with some Notwithstanding meat
beneath which looked as IL II had been
boiled.
WAS the meat good to cato" asked
Colonel Davis.
THE majority of the contents of the
cans I saw could not be eaten. The
men refused to eat it, replied The Wit
ness.
McAlexander said the greater part OF
the refrigerated meat appearad very
fair. The men complained they could
eat only a very small portion If each
can of roast beef, if any at all, c3ntin-
ued the witness.
Under the conditions that surround
ed us it was no use to COMPLAIN. II
could not be bettered PERTAINS six ny
eight ounces of the contents of e.cb