The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-02-18
vessels. and surely 4 should have beer
more certain OF their carrying capacity.
Fault in Loadiu- Shiu.

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me me second, Seventh and Seventeenth reg
ular infantry were each divided up, and
poItiohS IN each case sent on three differ
/ ent vessels
The fleet of tranSports arrived S,fol,, n,
biafHrl, but the failure to provide a full
anu anu suincieht number of lighters for dis
| enumeration t OF troops, supplies and artiI
itiS caused delay, anxiety. ANNOYANCE and
| uanStr and had there been serious storms
/ or had the landing been opposed by a Wig
iiaht anu weli-trained force of the enemy
'he result might have been far different
.ohtraets covering millions of dollars
| were made by the quartermaster's depart
hlent during the period between April
and October l. and although indafnit,
cndIsFS nave from time TO time been made
or fraud and colusion. no evidence has
oecn produced before the commission 10
subStantiate these charges, although the
parties making them have been invited to
appear. -
The delay in some instances in securing
ihtuieti supplies at Santiago seems to hay
hcth partially due to careles>upss in load.
! ln:; them on the transports The steamers
seneca and COncho were used as hospital
shpS Tor IN" return of sick and wounded
from Snntias" in July. Their conditions
LOT TINS purpose were very unSuitahIc Ow
ing to the lack of necessary TRANSPORTS the
means of land transportation during The
Santiago campaign was painfully deficient.
As TO "En haImed" Beef.
In regard TO the subsistence depart
mcnt. Brig. .-Gen. Charles L. Eayan. com.
mlssary- general, L. 5. ~, i'll charge, the
report says:
80 far as we have been able to ascertain
thefe was nut one urcuSior that rf ii duy
III 'front.' ~ Santiago, when the trp,Ds wrr,
seriously short of ratioIiS; these had been
suPphtu but thrown aside when the men
went into action.
on the 2lst day Of December last Mai
ten- Nelson \. Miles, upon the written re
qnest OF the president of this commission,
,h 'ppenred before II. For the first time in
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ton was made that refrigerated beef ISSUED
I" the troops had been chemically treated
Although Or. DAILY swears that he in
formed Gen. Miles about the Ist of Auyust
tS?s- that he suspected that the refrir-
Grated beef was chemically treated II does
not appear that the general Informed Won
OF the war department that an officer Of
his stan had made this discovery nor docs
it appear that he ut the time ordered ,nv
Of the officers under his command to proh.
to the bottom an allegation which, il true
concerned the health of 2I5,ooo soldiers of
the Imted States 1t appears from the
report OF DIR. DAILY, which he handed 10
zen. Miles October p last. that he thcn
specihcaliy stated that the refrigerated beef
chemically treated. It does not appear
that when this charge was made. Oct lohsr
II, 1t having been already made to him in
August, 1A2s that Gen. Miles communi-
Gated 10 You or the secretary of war or to
the Comnlissarr general the belief or sus-
ricion entertained by him that refrigerated
Ii'"t "ouSeFohS 10 ntaItE was ISSUED every
day to the troops IN failure to do which
there was dcreirtion Of duty II Is rrna
that on Septcmbrt 20 he had directed that
an order should be issued asking for re-
ports relative To meatS issued but the or
der specifically mentions canned fresb
roast beef" and nothing else, and il was
tho reports received III answer to this that
were presented i'll abstract by the rapnrai
at the time OF his appearance before the
commission and since
Finds No Cher ,ir,IS
In his report DR. DAILY does NOT mako tho
ail-important statement that he had nj
ready chemically analyzcd any meat al
should be mace. He does state that in tho
several inspections made by him at Tnmua
jacksonville, ChickamauGa and Porto Rico
he found the fresh beef to be apparently
preserved with secret chemicals He said
that at Ponce the beef he examined ''w1s
also Of the same character, being apparent
ly preserved by injected chemicals
For months. as ii appears. DR.. DAILY con
cehled the commission of crime affecting
men under his charge, whom as an OFT
Ger and physician he bound to pro
tert.
The report then, after quoting from the
regulations of the agricultural depart
ment. prescribing the manner in which
inspections are made tand no packing
house in the country is allowed to do
business without governmental inspcc-
tom, after detailing the processes pur-
practical imposSbility Of putting impure
meat upon the market, goes on IN say:
The commission has not confined itself to
merely verbal or written proof. Samples
~ the meat ISSUED were obtained from
Cuba, Porto Kicp and the various home
camps. Analyses OF the~. showed that In
twenty nina cases neither Doris nor salicylic
acid or other deeterious chemicals had been
found.
In view of the facts above set forth the
commission is of the opinion that no re
frigerator beef furnished ny contractors and
issued to the troops during the war with
Spain was subjected to or treated with any
chemicals by the contractors or those IN
their employ.
There has been neither allegation nor
proof before Us that h0ric or salicylic or any
other acid had been used in the canned
mcats furnished to tn" troops.
The work of the signal corps Is highly
commended
Concerning the work of the pay de-
partmcnt Brighten. L. II. Stanton in
charge, the report says 50 far as can
he learned all the officers have p.rfUi med
their duties prompt! md efficiently. The
engineer department and corps of cngin-
GERS and the ordnance department are
praised for their efficiency.
Gen. Sternberg's Department..
The medical department, under Brig
Gen. George NJ. Sternberg the commits
sion finds to have been greatly handi-
methods of administration, that the in
spcction of camps and hospitals was not
what it should have hccn: that the nurs-
ing force during the month of May, June
and July was neither ample nor sufIi-
Cicnt: that the demands made upon the
resources of the department III the care
Of sick and wounded. being very much
greater than had been anticipated, were
impcrfeCtly met: that the department
was seriously crippled In its efforts 10
fulfill the regulation duty of furnishing
all medical and hospital supplies but
that notwithstanding all the manifest cr-
rurS of omission rather than of commits
sion. Il vast deal of good work was done
hy medical officers. high and low. rcgu-
lar and volunteer. and there were unusu-
ally few deaths among the wounded and
the sick. The report says:
In the future there Should be n reserve
corps of selected trained women nurses
ready To Sery" when necessity shall arise: It
years supply for an army OF at least four
times the actual strength of all such med-
CiurS hospital furniture and stores as are
not materially damaged by keeping. and
provision to furnish convaieScent soldiers
trrN,ling on fUrlouCh transportation sleep
Ing berthS or StateroomS and $3.50 per diem
for Subsistence I'm lieu OF rationS the soldier
not To be held accountable or Charseable
for this amount.
Review of the Camrs.
In its review OF the camps the COmmlS-
sion finds that ChickamauCi park, Camp
Thomas, was bad owing to its location.
Camp Alcer was undesirable, Camp
Cuba Libre. jacksonville, Fla. is COM
mended: Fernandina. Fla. was favor
a BILE: Miami. Fla. unsuitable: Tampa,
Fla. was acceptable; Camp Wikoff, Mon
tank Point. IAN ideal place but occupied
before it was ready: Admission. Ala;
Huntsville. Ala; Knoxville. Tenn: Lex
ington. Ky. and Camp Meade. all e1-
cellent.
The report closes thus:
In concluding its labors it is with much
pleasure that the commission reports that
not ulthstaudiuC the haste with which the
nation entered upon The war with Spain.
the resulting and almost inevitable cnrfu-
sion in bureau and camp. tHe many Difficult
tics Of arminC. assembling and transporting
large holies Of hitherto unframed men, the
carrying on OF active operations in two
states ShoUIi ever be prnut Of is soldiers.