The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-11
NAVY USES CANNED BEEF.
ADMIRAL WALKER SAID THE VIC
ARAGuA PAKTY HAD IT.
The Men DID Not Like H. ""s !"
HAD Vet Bers Fossd un~h"s~-
som~-Furth~r T~stfmony ~ so
.n.r.. af Chemicals In the Beef

WARRINGTON. April ie.-Ths army
roa,rt az beef inquiry resumed !<s sessions
a, 10 o'eIock today with Rear Admiral
John G. walker. president Of TIE @acsf
ey,.s canal eorsra isasnEs. ga the stand tie
sa,s that canned roast beef had heen used
Is the enrnsnisei3n's Surveying parties on
the isthmus.
The men did rot IKE thls beef, prefer
ring taeos, and the fresh native beef. pn
/. had ne, been found unvhosesornss TX
eusstsing a large expedition 10 toe tropics.
Re would include some 81 TIRE canned Dee1
a. ratioa, bu, not very much.
Or. Char.e~ H. cas.le. an assistant sur
seon ~ the First Ohio cavalry. for time
brigade surgeon, and one OF the n1en whose
nsfnss were given by Lieut. CAMPER 50
being ureserst at Lakeland. FTa-. when Mr..
Norehosae ager. for Armour II Co., said
that .fse!r beef had been chemically treat
Cd. saisi that on two occasions he had
found the meat spoiled after II had passed
inspection.
on the 18th OF Angus. he had met the
Armour agent. whose name ne did not
know. In the presence OF CAPT. aFhafehse
ard Lieut. Carngfer, at the cornmissary
der1ot. Dr. Castle called the attention q.
Tho agen. 10 some dlscoiora;ion OF a green
IL character on the meat The agent re-
piled: Tie discGlorition is due 20 some
chemical with which the beef wa treated
upon being put in the refrigerator
81 asked him wha, the formula ~as.'R
continued Dr. Castle boz re replle1 tnat
:la dId not know - ~
Dr Cast. Identified a letter he had adj
AresEed Il, tho chief comulsssaTy n Tampa
on the 81 Of Auguxa ia<i. asking that
ne be allowed 20 purchase beef al Lake
land, and not lie compelled 20 receive the
beef shipped in. because Of the freannt
combinations Of the refrigerator beef from
Tampa.
Failing 10 receive a prompt reply. he
had wired and had received authority for
q time to make the purchases of local
butchers.
Describing the cdor emitted hy the meat,
Or Caste said il was not OF a d.sznst-
lng character hut that II was an aromatic.
acrid sogr smell. He had reached the con-
cIusion since be had returned 20 his labor
atory work In Cincinnati! uiat the beef Ind
been treated either VITA the gas formal
aehyde or the kindred solution. formalne,
lie had made no report 20 any superior
officer concerning the agents statements,
because he had sgpposea that the war De
rartnent knew Of the process II any vas
used
Afr. Sidney Reid. a reporter In the New
York office 81 The Associated Press. gave
the particulars Of an Interview he had
with Gen. Miles al the Waldorf Astoria on
IRE alst OF January last In this infer
view Gen. Miles was reported telling
OF the inquiries he had set afoot concern
ing the beef supplies to the army, as say
Ing that the canned roast beef WAS moth
sag more than the refuse OF beef from
which hsef extracts hal beer made ana
90 stating that he had overwhelming EVIL
henee thar she esphaimed beef was treated
with chemicals
Mr.. Reid presented the court with a cor
rect copy OF the interview ga prepared by
him. Referring 10 an interview with Gen.
Miles printed In the New York Herald Mr.
Reid said Il was not Il correct repfoduc-
zion Of the Miles interview. II saw por-
fions Of my interview In the Herald" he
said. confined with other matter which
] iid not write"
In reply IN questions from Mai Lee Mr.
Reid said he did not have Gen Miles tes-
tlmony before the war investigating COM
mission IN mind when he talked with him.
OF when he wrote HIS article. His CONVEX.
saton with Gen. Miles had occurred In.
che office Of the hote> and the latter had
n first declined TO be- Interview ed exrus-
I'm s~.s.sis several times. Upon a later
atsemp' on hia part, Gen. Niles had con-
eented 10 read what purporsei 20 be tn
servt'H', With him in the New York even
ing pspe +, Of that date, and had Their tx.
pressed himself a. represented in the AS
socatea Press dispatches
la
Represented the Associated Press ans TIA.
he was .aktog notes. On the way 20 his
office he had compared a.s memorandum,
with that made by the reporter % the
New York Times who was present NJ me
time ard had found they agree. suhxtan-
italy.
~ don't claim that the verhlase - ahso-
lufe3y correct" ne said. '-'sut DO claim,
that Il IL correct in substance and tha,
81 toes not raisrcpresent wat Gen Mica
said"
Moreover, he had volunteered ta submit,
The Interview e. Gen. Miles when written
ea' hut the general has said that ~ was
too busy 10 give attention 20 It. or rad
made Satne other excuse: consequently tho
rensrsl had not seer the article after :;
was PREPARED
The court then adjourned Ter tae day.
t'ea- SAetter MS ia the en4srs room, for
TINE curing the DAY. lie Will testify 90
morrow.