Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-12

| instead of waiting until last September.
| when he wrote report made UP largely OF
| surmiSes. His comments on the course
| which kept such a report secret until 1t
| was laid before the war commission We're
particularly sharp. and he deprecated the
| policy which tended to discredit one OF the
| large industries of the country.
He called attention to the portion OF cen
eral Miles testimony which lntimated that
| the use of timed meats was "a pretense OF
| an experiment and branded the statement
| in a variety of language as
winful, malicious lie. He went on
| to say that these statements or Cen
eral Miles, so unfounded. tended to bring
| the witness into disrepute, and in some
newspapers there was demand that the
witness be court-martiaied and dismissed
from the army. The witness also read a
reference placed by General Miles on the
papers of request forwarded by the
witness through the Secretary of War, ask
| ing as to the truth of these statements
General Miles merely stated that he re-
| fused to be interviewed on the testimony
| before the commission.
"Lie" and ..Black Iie-
In further comments on this response of
General Miles the witness made use of the
words lie" and black lie'' with notice
able frequency.
In reference to the newspaper articles on
this subject which he quoted from the
| New York Journal and New York World,
he apologized to the commission for men
| tioning newspapers of that character, and
| then went on to say that both of these
papers ought to be indicted for treason
| during the late war with Spain.
| He also criticised the action of Gen. Miles
as we'll Gen Breckenridge. the inspector
general. in making an investigation of mat
ters which properly came within the prov
ince of the Secretary of War. and also
because of the eX-parte character of such
Investigations. He read letter ad-
dressed to Gen. Breckenridge asking by
what authority he was making the investi-
cation. and added that he had not yet
received a reply.
In conclusion. the witness stated that
having shown Gen. Miles to be liar he
asked the commission to contrast the state
ment made by Gen. Miles that the sickness
of troops was caused by the quality of
food with those made by numerous army
officers to the contrary.
He Miles Should BE Cashiered.
He further said that while he had used
strong language, yet the subject was one
involving malicious methods. He said that
either he or Gen. Miles ought to be put out
of the army, as either Gen Miles or he was
right
When the witness had concluded the read
ing of his statement the commission went
into executive session.
Error in the Contract.
When the doors were opened Gen. Eagan
was again placed on the stand. His atten-
tion was called to the contract with Swift
& Co, and especially the provision that the
meat is to be supplied so that it would be
in good condition seventy-two hours after
being delivered from the ship refrigerator
or twenty-four hours from the shore refrig-
orator.
The witness said that was an error that
crept into the contract. as il was his
intention to have the clauSp nSp6 thar 10
beef should be good seventy-two hours
after delivery, whether from the ship or
the shore. He believed that if meat was
properly handled-that is, kept in the shade
and free from fiies-it would be good seven
ty-two hours after being taken from the
refrigerator He said he had just made a
contract for the delivery of fresh vege-
tables for the troops in Manila, and that
contract contained the stipulation that the
vegetables must be good for ten days after
delivery.
The witness said he thought he had made
contract with the seventy-two-h hour
clause in it, but he was not positive.
The testimony of the witness was then
concluded and the commission adjourned
Previous Witnesses.
The first witness of the morning was
Jeanette Jennings who served during the
war with Spain nurse, and who was
before the war investigation commission
yesterday. She continued her testimony of
yesterday in regard to the conditions pre-
vailing on the transport Seneca, which
conveyed sick and wounded from Santiago.
Upon the arrival of the vessel at New York
she visited the hospital at Fort Hamilton
and found that there was no ice for the
patients. Upon inquiring she was told by
the man in charge that they had ice for
keeping the food, but not for the patients
She stated that there We're other things es-
sential for a hospital which We're not there
ana which We're finally furnished bV
Red Cross.
Representative of Armour 4 Co,
The representative of Armour &, Co. of
Kansas City, Mo, w. D. Miles, was the
next witness. He said he furnishes large
quantities of timed meat to foreign gov
ernments. He denied that any chemical
matter was used in putting up the meat.
Miss Jennings Describes the Seneca.
Miss Jeanette Jennings, a newspaper
woman and volunteer worker of the Red
Cross, who was at Santiago on the supply
snip Texas, and whose heroic devotion to
the disabled soldiers on board the Seneca
won universal praise, appeared at the after
noon session and varied the monotony of
the chemical beef inquiry by telling her
experience as nurse aboard the Seneca
She was sent aboard the Seneca to care for
the sick who were returning from Cuba.
Se'Au tildl except q single of
beef extract the Vessel had not aboard ii
a single article for the use of the sick
Inc captain was attentive and supplied
many meals to the sick soldiers from the
passengers table, but he protested before
starting that the vessel had not been clean
ed and was in no condition to receive sick
or convalescents, and that she had no sup
Piies nor even eating utensils for the sick
on board. Witness, seeing this condition
had hastily collected as many supplies as
possible from the Texas but the time did
not permit getting much.
She spoke of the lack of surgical instru-
ments aboard. One soldier. who had near
ly sufocated. being shot through the lungs.
had ia ounces of liquid pumped out of his
thorax as soon as they could get him into
Bellevue Hospital. Others she said were
almost as badly in need of surgical atten-
ton.
Miss Jennings said further that in spite
or the fact that the Seneca and other trans
ports untitled for the care of the sick and
wounded were loaded to their utmost for
the home voyage, the Relief, which was fit
ted TO carry 500 sick, came home immedi-
ately afterward with only l25 patients
aboard her.
DIR. Atwater Praises Canned Beef.