Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-31
Court Of Inquiry Still Stirs Up
Unsavory Items.
WAS SOUR, ACRID, BITTER
Some OF the Canned uccf was sent
over from liverpool, where
u was stored.

two original witnesses before The army
'ecf inquiry court today. and two for
mer witnesses were recalled Lieut..
6ampfer who was commlrsary OF sub.
nistencc ut Lakeland. Fla. and Mai.
Creighton Webb. who was on Gen.
Lawton's stan In cuba. testified for the
fret time. Col. Woodruff OF the COM
missnry department. and Mr.. More.
house. the Tampa agent FOR Armour
& Co. who supcrlntcndcd the supply
OF fresh beef 10 the troops at Lakeland.
were recalled.
Nal Wcbb'a testimony dealt almost
entirely with the canned roast beef.
which he pronounced as useless ns an
article or food
Lieut.. Gnmpfcr said n representative
OF Armour's. whom he took to be- Mr..
Morchousc. had told him that chem
ienls were used TO preserve the beef.
denied.
Tomorrow some OF the medical ON.
GERS who served In the Cuban cam
paign will DO examined.
BEEF smELr STRONG.
Lieut.. oampfcr described the man.
ncr OF receiving the fresh beef NJ the
depot at lakeland. said II came In an
ordinary express cur wrapped In bur
lap bnRsing. iwo or three total as
Hlgnmcnta OF meat wcrc rejected. lie
stated that much ~ the boef had been
sour, hcfld and bitter ana emitted a
dlragrcenblc odor whom the buriapn
were removed. There were spots OF a
light grcen hue on the beef when the
a - a..
tainted.
AIR CAMPER said that on one occa-
zion while the agent for Armour a CO.
was present. his attention was called
60 the spots. and he replied that the
beef was all right. saying. said Mr..
CAMPER; THE spots are due Co the
chemicals we put on the meat 10 prc-
~ We u and prevent it, spelling within
sixty hours called Tor by the contract. .
his agent said that II was lmpossl.
Bile 10 keep the beef IN good condition
Tor that length Of time. lie stated.
however. that thereafter he would
have meat put In tin boxes. but the
meat continued TO come with the spots
on II.
MEAT REJECTED.
Mr. CAMPER then presented a MON.
otahdum kept by capt. Carmichael.
his predecessor as brlknde commirFnry,
showing what meat had been rejected
from the lat 10 the 18th 81 August. This
showed that the total consignment wns
rejected on the 9th. 9Th and ith VI Au.
shs.: hn, ~ pounds were refused on
"a, -" 49, " VI. nn"h,h' hiu thnt NO cn-
ON ZONE occnslonH chunks were cut
out OF the meat md condemned
Mr. onmpfcr thought Mr.. MorchouHr
was the agent who Ind spoken " the
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nsn uah.n plhe, m the nrenence ~
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ma.'',., .u'.lu,'' Mnu br 'nHtle. Mr.
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a' "o hlln OF nlull composition
ma pern used Tor Elorsing the meat
much attention. as he snpposed nm n
n nv,,,,s" hnu peeh used they were
CANNED ,',-,-' RAD
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,enn,, ,'.n,..ot s'',iai, gave tonu-
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wv Sm'uhs1 campaign referring ca-
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