The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-13

tined for Gen. Skaters army at Santiago
The vessel was ordered to Santiago July 81.
Owing to the lack of necessary trans
ports, the means of land transportation
during the Santiago campaign was pain
fully deficient Gen. Shafter testifies that
/ he could carry no more on his Transports
from Tampa Gen. Humphrey testifies
that no more land transportation was
taken, simply because the vessels were
| fully loaded
There were eight pack trains. consist
ing in all of $50 mules, and the value of
their services in carrying provisions and
ammunition to the front was simply ines
Unable.
! Gen. Chaffee testiies that on July l,
I at the battle of Ell Caney, ten days after
| the arrival of the fleet, there were no am
! balances or wagons available, and that
| the roads were so horrible that they could
not reach the front. FIe adds that only
[ differs could have been used for the wound
ed, but even these were not on hand, as
owing to oversight none had been landed.
Subsistence Department.
Brig. Gen. Charles r. Eagan, in charge
1.-THE commission has carefully inves-
tigated the subject of the condition, quail
ity and quantity Of the food supplied to
the army. Almost without exception IL
has been shown by the testimony taken
that wherever the troops We're ordered,
whether at the various camps in the
United States, or ip Porto Rico, Cuba,
| and Manila, the ratioRs- prescribed by law
were on the Transports and at the camps
| with the soldiers.
/ 80 far as we have been able 90 as
| certain there was but one occasion, that
of a day, IN front of Santiago, when the
troops were seriously short of rations;
these had been supplied but thrown aside
when the men went into action; the con-
| dition of roads and Jack Of transportation
| prevented prompt reissue. At times the
vegetable ration was not OF good quality
the potatoes and onions being spoiled.
/ Condemned by a board of survey, such
| vegeta bles were destroyed and an equiva-
| lent part of the ration. issued. Some trout
| BILE occurred because such vegeta bles and
] other damaged food were disposed of by
| the company without the warrant Of
board of survey. This was done through
! ignorance, their officers not knowing what
was necessary to be done.
Miles on EmbaImed Beef.
From Sept. "a to Dec, q, the testimony
with sole exceptions, showed that the re-
| frigerated beef issued was pure, sound
! and wholesome.
ION Dec. q Mai. Gen. Miles, upon the
/
commission, appeared before it. He re-
fused to be sworn as all other witnesses
| had been, except one, who affirmed stat
| ing that he would make his statements
without being sworn, and was responsible
for what he said. He proceeded. and for
the first time in the history of this in
vestgation the allegation was made that
refrigerated beef issued to the troops had
been chemically treated
Miles Waited Too Long.
although Dr. DAILY swears that he in
| formed Gen. Miles a bout the first of Au-
| gust, 1898, that he suspected that the re-
frigerated beef was chemically treated, IL
does. not appear that the general Informed
you or the war department that an off,
Ger of his staff had made this discovery,
nor does it appear that he at any time
| ordered any of the officers under his COM
| mand to probe to the bottom an allega-
| ton which, if true, concerned the health
of 275,00O soldiers of the United States. II
| appears from the report of Dr. DAILY,
which he handed to Gen. Miles Oct q
| last that he then specifically stated the
| refrigerated beef furnished to the troops
was apparently chemically treated 1t
does not appear that when this charge
| was made, Oct. q, il having been already
made to him in August, 1898, that Gen.
| Miles communicated to you, or the ,Secre-
| tary of War. Or TO the commissary gem
eral. the belief or suspicion entertained by
him that refrigerated meat. dangerous TO
/ health, was issued every day to the
troops, In failure TO do which there was
dereliction of duty. u lt4
For months, as 1t appears. DR. Daily
concealed the knowledge of the commits
sion of crime affecting men under his
charge, whom, as an officer and as a ply
cisian, he was bound to proteet"sr
No Chemicals Found.
The report then, after quoting from the
regulations of the agricultural department.,
prescribing the manner in which inspec-
| lions are made, after detailing the Dro-
| cesses pursued by our officials. and show
ing the practical imposslblity of putting
impure meat upon the market, goes on 10
say:
THE commission has not confined itself
60 merely verbal or written proof Imme-
diately upon hearing the testimony of DIR.
DAILY, on the Goth of January, kilograms
| were sent to all Issuing commissaries in
| Cuba, Porto Rico, and at the various
home camps occupied by troops, asking
that samples of refrigerated beef be al
once taken. The result Of analysis has
been reported TO us in twenty-nine cases.
and as will be seen by the reports ap-
pended, IN no specimen examined has
, either boric or salcylic acid or other
I deleterious chemicals been found.
I'm view Of the facts above set forth.
4 the fo IF h. Int he's