The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-21
BEEF WAS 'EMBALMED'
MAI. DAILY, CHIEF SURGEON WITH
GEN. MILES IN PORTO RICO,
so TESTIFIES
SECRETS OF THE EMBAL MER
ihey are Laid Hare Before the War
Inquiry Board Most sens,
ffSnaI Testimony Yet Given
With Reference to the Bad Rec,
About Which There Has Rec,
Such Heated Controversy.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 20.-Mai w TT
DAILY, chief surgeon with Gen Miles
and whose field service stretched from
Tampa to Porto Rico and whose re-
port condemning the beef furnished the
eXpeditionary forces created a sensa-
tlon some weeks ago, made his long
q" ai'eo appearance US a witness
Neioie the war investigating COM
mission today Surgeon Days report
was the strongest In language of.those
submitted by Gen. Miles in substantial
.loh OF MS attack on the beef supplies.
LII LAZY SAID he should say the at
tempt to preserve beef by chemicals
was not success. That had been his
opinion on the Transport Panama. On
the peef carried by that ship, he was
pretty sure chemicals had been used ."
lie thought the government reauire
nents OF the contractors were unraa-
scnable. Everybody knows he said
that beef exposed to moisture and
warmth for twenty-four hours will he
very much tried" Recurring To tba
transport Panama, he said most of the
peel carried was refrigerated They
nad secured ton of beef and for this
| they at first had one and one-haIf tons
ol ice, later increased to eleven and
| one-half tons Of ice The beef how
ever, had decidedly peculiar Odor
AT Ponce he went on to say. II OH
served the refrigerated beef taken from
Tue transports. 1t had peculiar odor.
! ! observed the eXamina ton of snoi1ad
| peer on one transport. 1t was done nv
putcner, down In the hold He thrust
ms arm in every direction into the mt
rio meat, trying to find a solid niece
ms meat had the same peculiar odor."
he AIDED that the Panama's beef WAS
| SO prepared that it's odor was like 2
dead human body that had been inject
ed with a preservative. He also pictur
| cd the strong odop from the meat on the
| transport Chester. On the Panama
coming over from Ponce, he had made
some tea or soup from the refrigerated
oSeI, the same that had been condemn
ed, mad enclosed and sealed it hermet
lcally, in can, and at his home i'm
Plttsburg had analysed it. From
this he had got light, greenish resid-
uum. He said this disclosed borax and
| salicylic acid
Dr. DAILY asked that he be permitted
to demonstrate the test
TO BE TESTED.
DR.. Conner objected, insisting that
he leave the powder the witness
brought as the residuum of this beef
with the commission to be examined NV
a government chemist.
Witness pleaded not to have the pow
der leave his hands. but q coupro-
mise was effected by directing that DR..
DAILY be present at the examination Of
the chemist, and it was decided TO
nave Dr. Clark, director of the geoIog-
zeal survey here, examine the powder
AT the afternoon session DR.. DaIy
underwent a rather severe cross-exan-
ihatlon, especially on the subject of the
GATE on which he had reported as to
his suspicious in regard to the beef
ana why he had not reported sooner.
Dr. DAILY was questioned closely liz,
regard to the examination of an ex-
tract of beef which he said he had
made and which he said resulted in a
disclosure of the characteristics of
oorax and salicylic acid. He stated
| that the kettle from which the extract
was taken was perfectly clean and the
Hu1d was transferred to perfectly
clean bottle. The beef used in making
the extract was of the refrigerated"
variety.
Dr.. DAILY explained the process Of
treating beef chemically. The boracic
acid or salicylic acid, he said. was
sprinkled upon the meat in the shape
or powder, and that which would NOT
! adhere was brushed off The meat
was then hung in a room where it was
kept colo by means of ammonia or
salts. This was one means of preserv-
Ing meats, but there were other meth
DDS. The substance placed upon the
surface OF the meat penetrated its in
ner tissues. and there chemical changes
took place
Or. DAILY also explained the meth
DDS of embalming human bodies. MANY
persons had methods which they claim
ed to be superior to all others, but
the common method was to use boracic
ac1a' sahcyl1c acid or glycerine.
tomorrow morning Dr. DAILY will
meet DR.. Conner. OF the commission.
and Dr. Clarke. of the geological sur
vey, when an examination will be made
OF the powder which DIR. Daily believes
to exhibit characteristics of borax and
sa1icylic acid.