The Portland daily press., 1899-01-17

came 10 the piers ut Tampa No one
knows exactly what arrived"
He said he had seen only one order dt-
recting q single division hospital 10 join
the expedition. Gen. Humphreys explained
that almost everything during the FIRST
fortnight after the landing was done on
verbal orders or telephone. There was
little paper at hand. Asked about the
failure to unload some OF the transports
which arrived at Santiago after the sur
render, Ger. Humphreys said that the
vessels were not unloaded because there
was plenty OF supplies on shore for the
army and his orders from Secretary Alger
were to allow nothing to interfere with
tho movement OF troops north. Asked
about his experiences with refrigerated
bsef, he said the first he saw was ct
The trouble was, there was too much
Of It," said be, "but what / saw was
pretty good. heard some Of IL spoiled.
1.-THE timed roast beef did not give sat.
isfaction, possibly owing to the Intense
.:"Did you hear an intimstion that IL
m aht have been chemically treatedy'
II did not. In Joking way heard
that Armour had extracted this juice from
the rosst beef for his beef extract.
Capt Homer II. Aspinwall, quarter.
the refrigerated beef thas was dumped
overheard on the return voyage from
Popce. testified that tbs beef was tested
when 1t was placed aboard ship. His en-
gineer. he said, was familiar with the
shipment Of beef In the transatlantic
trade, and was q little nervous about the
temperature of the refrigerator. IL Was
new business to him tAspinwalL) The
engineer said 10 was impossible TO get
tho temperature of the boxes" below 80
Fahrenheit. The average temperature
on the trip was "a. He arrived nc Ponce
August 10 and ran aground. While
aground one Of the pipes choked up
for four hours. At Maysguez he opened
the boxes for the first time. There were
1900 troops there. The beef was good.
At Pones Col. smith, chief quartermas-
ter agreed to take 5000 pounds q day.
by mistake the lighter came for the
first irstallment of meat at O'Clock in
the evening instead Of O'Clock la the
morning. 1t was kept ashore over night
and issued. There WAS one complaint that
a portion OF the meat had spoiled. 1t
was burned by order Of the surgeon, but
the rest was good Major Birmingham
Of the hospital at Ponce. said IL was the
best beef issued to the hospital. No
further beef was Issued ut Ponce. With
the quantity used aboard ship, about bO0,-
600 OF the sou. 900 pounds OF beef were is-
sued. Two days before he reached New
York. the steward reported that he was
Obliged TO cut away third OF each
quarter III tbt DoAcs Wuioit u"o rpoiicd
and throw it overheard. He said the
officers aboard ship continued to use the
meat. lie heard no complaints, although
he would not have been surprised had
there been complaints. AT New YORK
he reported the beef spoiled. A board
of survey was appointed and condemned
the beef September If He received or
ders not to dispose of the beef until he
got Instructions from swift a. Co. He
thought there was more beet aboard than
could have been consumed by troops In
Porto Rico before some of IL spoiled.
He heard no intimation that the beef had
been chemically treated. Gen. Gilmore
had told him when he arrived at Ponce
that they did not want the beef. that they
could get plenty Of beef In Porto Rico
He heard many complaints among the
soldiers about the character OF the fresh
beef issued to them. 1t was slaughtered
In the morning and often issued while
the flesh still quivered. He felt annoyed
because the bee. from his country was
being refused and the bulls OF Porto Rico
acce utei.