The times., 1899-02-21


Colonel Davis then handed to General
miles a conv of his report dpen at that
,Iaca where General Miles discusses the
a,,nerioritv n, heef ON The boof over re-
fri..r,t.5 haef for the 1850 nj troons in
,be feld Tbap Colonel Dayis said.
..yy-bat ,-as ,,our oniniop about fresh
,,,,., for iss,,a as rations to ;roops eu-
,-,.es -, ca,,,ra;cn in rbe tropics?''
,,
"eehr"'"S
General Miles, had no idea .ha' 'ie'e
would be any plan pursued in the matter
of furnishing fresh beef to soldiers in the
fsIa ether than the plan pursu-
+ha American Army for
400 reare was absorbed with
o+be, and weirhtier matters. such for
i,,s,anca as the Organization mobilization
and equipment of The troops and the gen
oral strengthening oil the army, so that
,sb forces which II would have to meet
had no idea that there was contemplated.
or that there was to be any change in the
l'ian OF supplying the army with fresh
@ beel ,t IN tne eI.I, MsI anu uulius .me va
I - .n. -, Is, ~ ~ -io"tiei - q
heIu Oi Iat Ss''le 80, was tLie peSl means oi
pIo'luihs soiuieIs WIN iresh peel' as
-'uiil.d -'uiil.d thdt tle .foOps ehsdseu IN actlNe
ol'eIa'lSns asaihss ,ne spanish Mouid pe
.uppiIeu WIN Win i.esn hea. corning
70 he pian tna' had so long
beeh loilo"eu- nad learned mat
.ue Ioaus al eiS'ein Nuna "eIe mp
ior Wheeiea ',s Eenieies pul lhat I Ga'',e ana
horses couiu set aiohs very wen. 1t Is
good grass country ana the spanish army
had been supplled Win native catte' Ia
Porto Rlco expected that the same con-
Giuons preVaiiea ana the opinion was
strengthened by the report of Captain
~ \
guise-made tour of the island. He
learned a great deal about the country
and from him | inquired as to the avail
ability of cate. AS / had previously IN
dersiood ! learned that cattle aboupded
in Porto Rico In addition to supp ying
one million natives with fresh meat. cat
lie in Porto Rico constitute an article OF
export lust as coffee and sugar do"
heef on the h""f.
Colonel Dayis-You assumed then. that
basf for the army, mould ha s,,nnIied on
-. -,
Nooi
General Miies-les'
Colonel Dayis-What knowledge had you
al the character of the cattle which would
be supplied TO the army in this way?
General Miies-l expected that cattle
would be shipped 10 Cuba from the United
states. Cattle had been plentiful in that
leland before the war, but the herds had
heen depleted:
ooionei l'aFls-f1ad you gwen eonsidera-
ron OF the question as TO how beef served
10 the army IN TINS manner would work in
a tropical country
General Miles-iroops IN Iexas Arizona,
ana New Mexico nave been long supplied
IA @ ME way ana IN those regions the neat
Porto Rico
colonel paVlsL"hat sort OF grasses
Porto Picoo 'i''7 VI NuD" anu
General Mfies-I never saw better grass
anywhere than grows there
Colonel Davis-Is the grass of the same
Kind that cattle in other countries are led
on say bunch grass, bufialo grass, alfalfa,
and so forth?
General Miles-l cannot say.
colonel Davls-"as II form oi grass
that Was familiar 10 you?
General Miles-No.
Colonel DavlS-fou say IN your report
that down there. there is the best cattle in
the world2
General Miles-I did not say the best
hut l did say it was as good any other
cattle country in the world.
colonel Davis-Passing to the question
of the character of the cattle. you say they
are the finest in existence. are they
large:
1eheral Mlles-No' they are not very
large. out they appear TO be very well bred
soionei DaFIs-Are they exported
7Heheral Mlles-l understood So
Coiohel DaVls-Io what countries are
Icy eAported-
General Miles, do not know.
C-ohei Dd'ls-lo New YORK
''iiliA 'o'
refrigerated Beef still Used
Colonel Davis-Is the refrigerated beef
siil used by the troops down there?
General Miles-I presume 50.
Colonel Dayis-It has been used for som.
,,.onrbs7
General Atf,asI ,,,,,,--.,,,a
',-'Jr-...ss u!ue' s'dhu So 1ou
,,;I -. 80 .-- 10 tiie t ~ ~ooIiiiliohs "hlch
prevailed +b.ra ~, ~ .,-,' I-sionS "hIch
is,lad s;FSa- 14.e me- icah '-oops
,,r -,f-t,,ara,1, -. ~, nel mere we're
ice 70 s1,,,-i,, ~ h.I aiII Ho' even enough
y,oIoreI na,.;s Wo,,iS i,p's
ma -, 70 ouIu hoI iresh beef
- -. - ~ ,-.l az. uue nav 10 De consum-
- NJ tTOpS 'oo sooH AFTER the death
caa.@aI nsiI.- -.
=. it ~ ~ '-4e usual custom
-, .t-s- So nc 'a'tic al dDout sunset.
- o gP anu iSSue 'he peel thc
-. - --ioi liHs' anu II Is consumed by the
- VI ,iie Saiie udy,
'oioneI DaNls-M ould the native cattle
NAeh turned lnto beef spoil quicker than
S.-l-I5 ~ ,,a,tt ieteu Deel peer
,,f-i--ets ne, noI as quichiy as the
-. - Gu peel, uliiess III 'hat feirlgerat-
- Tsei pi esei 1s i'atlEes had Deeh used. 1t
oLil last longer than the native fresh
i@e4'
canned Ronst Beef
TlaNiE-hIhar,