Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-24

Department, appeared before the COM
mission at Its afternoon session.
DIR. Conner led In questioning the wit
ness.
INSPECTIONS OF MEATS.
DR.. Solomon explained the system or
meat inspection conducted by the De-
partment The cattle are inspected be,
fore being slaughtered. and also after
wards. Only a small percentage of cat
tie are found to be unfit for use The
Agricultural Department has recon-
mended that none but inspected meat
should be purchased for the army our
ing the war with Spain. Witness un>
derstood that orders had been issued
that such course should be followed
except i'll emergencies. Inspectors OF
the department. he said, wers station
Ell at the packing houses. These in
spectors, he said, have access 10 all
parts OF the packing houses. No re-
ports ever had been made that meat at
these places was treated chemically If
inspectors were aware OF such treat
ment taking place reports would have
heen made The packing houses how
ever were very large buildings. and
IL was possible that things might be
uone there which would not come 10
the knowledge OF the inspectors.
CAPTAIN WARBURTON'S TEST
MONY.
Washington. Jan. 23.-The Board or
survey appointed by Secretary AlCer
10 pass upon the question uf the pro-
per concentration OF Il large quantity
OF beef destined for the truups in Por,o
flco has received from Captain Bar
ciay II. WarDurton,of the PENNSYLVANIA
volunteers, battalion of artillery n
sworn statement of the condition of re-
IrlgeEated beef on board the transnort
Mahitoba, which transport was al
iohce from august 10th to 25th. In the
course OF this statement Captain War
burton says:
IMPOSSIBLE TO SWALLOW MEAT
aye OF the beef which the trans
port Manitoba brought TO Porto lRiro
IL was served to the officers mess IN
tne UNITED States transport MissIssin-
pi. which brought my command bnck
TO New York. When l say / ate thc
meat. l must qualify my statement by
saying that ! tried to eat the ,neni
1t was so bad that IL was imnossih,n
10 swallow It. In my opinion the meal
was not good-nor was IL III for issu,.
had no idea that this. meat had
oeen subjected TO any chemical process
put DelieVed the beef 10 have decom-
refrigerating facilities. caused by the
clogging OF the machinery used for thai
purpose on the Manitoba l was Inform
ed by Captain Gates who was then In
command of the Manitoba, that said
machinery had been clogCed with sand
as result of our having run asnnrn
which necessitated the reversing of Inc
screw, which threw sand into the water
pumps.
HAD TO BE BURIED.
In reply to your request to give the
BOARD any other evidence or informa-
lion In my possession or KNOWLEDGE.
my answer in general is that all beef
ISSUED TO my battalion was bad and had
10 De buried Immediately upon delivery
at our camp. which was about two
miles beyond Ponce at place called
SANS de Quintana, which necessitated
lis transportation. / should say, dis
lance of six miles from the commits
sary depot, Mt the Playa.
a TERRIBLE DOOR.
One day in question Private Hack.
of Light Battery G. Pennsylvania Vol
unteer Artillery, was sent for an issue
OF beef, which his captain had been
notified would be issued on the morn
ing of the day on which ne was sent.
On his return ] met the wagon, and
while 1t was yet some hundred and
nity yards from me 1 noticed the most
terrible odor, which seemed to me to
smell something like carbon 7 was
mounted, and when I got alongside the
wagon looked into it and saw the
meat which had been issued To him for
Light Battery c. Pennsylvania Volun-
teer Artillery. I instructed him to pre-
sent my compliments to his command
ing officer, Lieutenant Bean. with in
structons to have the same buried inn
mediately upon its arrival at the
camp"
Captain Warburton gives the names
OF witnesses whose testimony may be
Of value.