Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
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Not All Of the Enlisted MN Could ldsaiily
Their Old cuban Friend.

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| Washington March 1.-The court Of
inquiry In the beef charges held long
session, today. examining officers and
enlisted men and representatives of
Western meat firms. The meat pack
ers' representatives gave practically
the saEae testimony they had previous
ly presented to the war investigation
committee, but it is understood that
this is only to get their general state
ment on the court record and that
their examination. today. will be- fol-
lowed by a much more detailed exami-
alton into specific incidents connected
with meat furnished in Cuba and Porto
Rico during the war.
Major Jesse Lee, who has attended
the court for Some days, it being gen.
orally understood that he was present
in behalf Of Gen. Miles. appeared
again. today. taking notes and formu-
latlng. He was allowed to question
the men of his own regiment, but his
questions to other Witnesses were TAX
Ell under advisement by the court.
Lieut.. Col. A. l.. Smith was recalled and
questioned as to the history Of the beef
steamer .ianitoba. which was sent 70
Porto Rico during Col. Smiths service
would furnish them fresh beef. so long
as she remained In Ponce. She did not
discharge all her beef, but she had a large
needed and Col. Smith succeeded in TAX
ing them all of. He supposed her return
to the States WAS under orders from Cen
sra W 90 not o en he w aa n Knew kn1w
she was carrying back 100000 pounds of
beef to the States.
Col Gallagher of the subsistence de-
.t.,s,.. At
Gen Skaters headquarters outside at
Santiago testified that the depots re-
ceived meat, coffee. hard bread and suga :
as fast as they could be broken out of
essentials were rushed to the front. he
said the landing facilities from the trans
ports were painfully inadequate.
There were large supplies of canned
roast beef, Col. Gallagher said, but it was
fed to the Cuban troops and Santiago ref
ugees who preferred 1t 10 bacon. AS
there were more Cubans and refugees TO
be fed than there were soldiers. the
canned roast beef did not go amiss.
Col. Gallagher said he found practically
no spoiled canned beef while he was n
Santiago. He had examined the refriger-
ator beef that arrived on the ..iassachu-
sets and the Port Victoria, and IL seemed
good beef The beef issued al Santiago
as good as he had ever before seen.
He had no reason to believe that any of
the refrigerator beef he had seen had
been chemically treated.
ASKED Dy 1Dl. 'rIllSple as 10 ms per-
sonal opinion OF canned roast beef. VIII
ness said he did not think ii thing OH
which soldiers could be forced to live for
any great length of time. But as an occa-
sional substitute for fresh beef, h.
thought il was the best thing that could
be found either in this country or else
where.
Major John Guthrie. 18th Infantry who
was wounded during the assault on San
tiaGo. and spent some time in the hos
pitai at SibOney, testified that he had a
can of roast beef with him the night be-
fore the fight and ate il with relish. II
was not so palatable some beef he had
eaten. but ii was wholesome.
DR.. w. &. Borden then reported on the
men. yesterday. DR. Borden said that in
preparing the various sorts of meat. one
plate of stew was of canned roast meat
that had gone 10 Porto Rico and back
one was OF canned beef bought in open
market, third was of fresh beef bought
in the market here and thoroughly boiled.
while the fourth was of fresh beef par
half an hour. The latter was the way in
which the packing houses said their
canned roast beef was prepared Four
other plates of the same varieties of meat
were served cold.
As result of the testimony of the
out the Porto Rico canned beef what
they had eaten in Cuba: two selected the
canned meat bought in open market: two
picked out the fresh beef which had been
simply boiled. OF the cold meat. two men
picked the Porto Rican canned beef. four
the canned meat bought in open market
and two the boiled fresh beef None of
roasted according 10 the packing house
recipe,