The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-04-08
EVERY CHARGE MADE
BY MILES IS PROVED
Court Of Inquiry investigation Es.
tablishes the Truth Of His
Allegations.
MORE EVIDENCE IN RESERVE
Several Important Witnesses Yet t.
Appear Before the Court---
Summing Up OF the
Evidence.

Summing up the facts brought out
by the investigation of the beef court
OF inquiry. nov nearing n close, the
friends of General Miles believe that
he nus established the justice of his
allegations. They assert that he has
proved:
l. That the canned and refrigerated
beet issued To the troops was unfit for
issue.
:. Iha they We're issued as Il pre-
tense of experiment. because canned
roast beef as q part of the army ration
had long been obsolete, was revived
during the Spanish war, but is no
longer issued to troops. All the facts
so to show that i'll the great civil war
and i'll Indian campaigns beef was fur
nished to the army on the hoof. The
army in Cuba is now supplied with
beef on the block.
3. That chemical processes for pre-
serving beef We're fully discussed with
Commissary General Eagnn to show
that refrigerated beef could be kept in
the tropics only by means of a pre-
servativc; and, according TO the state
lnents of Messrs. Syper, Giddings and
III llISOi az iofCOnN Will SSll"
eral Eagan, his only eNcuse for not Civ
ing contracts for live cattle 10 Texas
firms was that the beef firms had n
preservative For keeping beef seventy
two hours, which would be given n
trial, and. if unsuccessful, he would
then award contracts to the Texans
for cattle on the hoof.
4. That Commissary General Eagan
and Secretary Alger were responsible
for supplying the "embalmed beef"
and canned roast beef to the army, the
general being Alger's agent; since,
according to Mr.. Giddings, General
Eagan said to him that Secretary AL
ger had asked him to give contracts to
the Chicago firms, and he considered
the request equivalent to an order.
But while General Miles is confident
that he has established the truth of
his charges, he proposes, during the
few remaining sessions of the court,
to produce evidence which will fur
Their substantiate them. The star wit
lless6s of the present week are expect
cd to be DIR. William II. DAILY and Mr..
Powell, inventor of the Powell pre-
serving process. 1t may be that Mr..
DAILY will decline to appear before the
court. When giving evidence during
the early days of the investigation he
was suddenly stopped by Judge Advo-
cate Davis. who announced that dur-
ing Mr.. Daly's examination on the
chemical analysis of the beef he
wished representatives of the beef
firms to appear. DR.. Daily became very
indignant at this action, but it is hoped
that in the interests of justice he will
again testify.
It is understood that Mr.. Powell will
describe his process at length and will
give evidence showing the extent to
which his ~preservative was used. Gem
eral Miles counsel will also submit Of
ficial reports showing that beef, treat
ed with the Powell process, kept
eighty hours at Tampa and proved in
a measure a success.
Another witness of importance will
be Surgeon Castle, of Cincinnati. Sur
geon Castle is expected to substantiate
the testimony OF Second lieutenant
CAMPER, of the First Ohio cavalry.
who swore that Agent M~orehouse, the
representative of Armour & Co., Mt
Tampa, told the late Captain Car
michael in his presence that beef ship
ped to the cavalry camp at Lakeland,
Fla, wa treated by a ~preservative pro-
cess.
DR.. Castle, who was the brigade sur
geon OF the regiment, will it is under
stood, say that he asked Morehouse
for the formula of the preventative
lsed, and was told that the process
was a secret.
Some surprise is expressed by the
friends of General Miles at the fail
ure of the court to call DR.. Nicodemus,
of Pennsylvania, who was certified to
the court by Major Lee as having valn-
able information. DR.. Nicodemus is
said to know n goodsdeal about the use
of preservatives.
Your correspondent was told that
the court of inquiry is now convinced
of the unfitness of the canned beef for
issue. The court hopes to close its in
vestigation within ten days, and will
then deliberate on the evidence, prob
ably reporting early in May at the
latest.
Colonel Roosevelt's long suppressed
report of the operations of the Rough
Riders in the assault on San Juan hill,
and his subsequent letter to Secretary
Alger, which have now been made
public by the court of inquiry, add
nothing new to the testimony pre-
viously in the possession of the court.
They do, however, strengthen the tcs-
timony of Colonel Roosevelt and of
scores of other officers and men.