Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-03-04
ARMY BEEF CHARGES
Representatives ofMsst Pack
ers Before Miles Inquiry.
"COLD AIR" TIE ONLY PRESERvl1iyE
Dressed B-ef ssppiied Ar~y Posts
Yer ssvea Years - Mtiafens "s
Posnd. Of Canaed Rosst se~f
Farntshea For Brttish Army.


Farntsh~a Yer British Ar~y.
WASHINGTON. March 7.--The court
os inquiry into the beef charges heid
iouE session yesterday exaininihe
49, ana enlisted men and representa-
eve. 81 western meat arms The meat
packers representatives gave practicA-
lv the same testimony they had preNi-
ousiy presented - the war inNesugNune
commission. but it hs understood tnAs
this is only % get their general state.
r,ent on the court record and that tneh
examination yesterday ~tn BE toiloN
"a BY a much more detailed examinN
tion into specific incidents conneSteo
with meat Furnished In Cuba ana Fe1
90 Rico during the var
Or W e. Borden reported on tne oest
experiment tried on the enlisted nee
tuesday Dr Borden said In prepaFtns
the various sorts % meat one plate ot
stew vas from canned meat that hAo
sone o. Porto Rico and back. one NeA
/ canned beef bought In open market.
l thirf was % fresh beef bought IN ths
market here and boiled thoroughS'
while the fourth was % fresh beef par
| bottled eight minutes and subsequently
! roasted half an hour. The latter "aH
| the way in which the packing houses
| sald their canned roast cesf a. pr
parea Four other plates of the SANE
N variety of meat were served cola. -.
a result % the test four % the eniintse
men picked out the Porto Rice cehnee
/ beef a. what they had eaten sn CupAS
d ,,,o elected the canned meat oouEha
81 In omen market and two clicked oot tn~
q fresh beef which had been simply oe1-
IN "a Of the rold meat two men picNso
- the Porto Rican canned ceeh to~f - -
- canned meat bought In open marNse
'l and two the boiled fresh beef Sehe =.
them picked out the fresh hear oouso
y and roasted according 20 the p~o~'"~
si house recipe
vi Major George II sands of the eaxi'
IN neer eorps testified that his experienca
u win me canned roast beef had bees
ln rather more limited than that OF soni'
be ~ tha officers Who had teatine0, DC
ed .afa that an the whole a. proved = salts
Re factory ration. The rsfrtgeratos oest re
a. c~lved az his camp usually had % ?
-ir tr,nued before using. bet lest htti
weight In this Nay and was gvnerAt
nf- .,tisfacto~v. The sickness of his col
neil rnana In cuba ne ascribed a. nfAier'
as end exposure rather than % insufnciei
bul or unwhoiesome food,
So Arthur Neeker. General manager =
snt Armour a. Co. described in a kenef
way and az ienEth the prucess of pa
chasing a.tuEhterinE and packh
meats prepared by his nrm. The r~ci'
-"
rnons FL zen bv All the pacAinE h0o
repressntltlves a. the war lnvestiEatt
anu comnttee Mr Mecksr said his boa
had besl Furnishing dressed beef
mas United states army posts for seven
light years past During the Spanl
In var they had furnished the governnfs
heir about 1000 900 pounds.
Colonel Davis then turned 90
Ma rical phase OF the inquiry and a,
a 80
for the prese~vation of dressed bssfT
dent cold air" replied the vitRess. -
y oil -olut,iy nothing else"
Mr. Mesker said he knew that
ffa Powell haf made some experiments
ard ramrn "a chemically preserved ~
bat 30 anew nothing Of the details
-. tr ftls experiment. and none Of the 4
- .as soid 90 the government.
Regarding canned roast beef. witr
-ala there was no distinction betw
nu1 , the packing cattle and these for ref
''-" erarlnK except that the Gamers
packers were ieaner. 80 as not "a Sc
much fat In the can. The ieanest
% the carcass was selected for pack
"i.eo ~ said his company tuSned
he' 900 oo0 pounds OF canned M
last year. The only hyprcduct of
-. canned beef was the water in which
- " meat was boiled. which furnished
/
~. s Pressed 20 say how much beef ext
: : ~ would be made IN packing 100 pount
.s,s beef. witness pleaded Ignorance OK
act ngurcs adding that sclentinc
!, -, thoritses agreed that II was inpos
. !. -. TO extract more than Iva OF per eel
= nusriment BY boiling neat- He So
this connection that the beef exl
business done By his company wa.
considerable. Witness said bis Arm
sold a great many million pound
- canned goast beef 60 the British
80 ernment. BY whom IL was used IN I
= - Egypt and South Africa no cosnps
had been received. France had use
- beef ss regular army rstson Tor
80 80 under a three year guarantee. ia,
: -, mour company had been undero
n -, - recent years BY a FreRch Madax
company. whose products came
o' France free OF duty Japan and
many also used the canned meat
good results