The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-01-26
NOT ~, SAD DAILY.
Denied Derby's Assertion That
He Was on Trial.
BEEF WAS CHEMICALLY TREATED.
The Plttsbnryer Agreed TO Demonstrate
II by Chemical Analysis, which Was
agreed to--Pi of the Reef Made
Him Stakeholder Testimony.

Him Sick -osher Testimony.
WAsHlNGToN, Jan. 2l.-Surgeon viii.
lam II. DAILY of Fittsburg, whose re-
port to the adjutant general on "em.
balmed beef" at Tampa and other
camps recently caused sensation, was
examined by the war Investigating
commission.
Referring TO the beef at Tampa, did
Colonel Weston inform you that it was
processed beef?" questioned General
Beaver
las near as l can remember be said,
here is guartp" of beef that we are
gong to see what can be done with it,
/ did not Kuow but thought it was an
experiment. Ny interest was aroused,
but not my suspicious. The quarter
was hanging on the deck of a vessel.
observed that the flies did not stay on
the meat; they kept away from it.
cut Oft a piece as sample for examina-
ton. The next day cooked this piece
of meat and eat 1t. 1t did not taste
natural, 1t did not smell natural. Later
l became Ill and vomIted. | had a
burning sensation in the stomach"
Further along he said: "On one
transport | observed the examination OF
some spoiled beef. A butcher was
thrusting lIs arm into the putrid meat
in an effort to find solid meat. This
had the same peculiar odor. tried to
describe tha5 ouor in my report in plain
English AS near as | could Judge it
was like the odor of dead human
BODY treated with preservaives.
lie had soup made of the refrigerated
beef on the Panama, some of which he
filtered.
IL put it in bottle and carried it
with me to Pittsburg," he said, "where
l analyZed IL and got the characteristic
flame OF borlc acid and the tint of sail.
Cylic acid"
A discussion arose over proposition
Of Dr. DAILY to demonstrate to the com
mission the presence OF boriC'and sali-
CyliC acid. -f
Colonel DENLY suggested that the
government chemist should meet DR..
DAILY before the commission; meanwhile
Dr, Daily should seal up tn @ extract and
not open It unil he again appeared.
This was agreed upon and Prof. Clark
OF the geological survey, was named as
the chemist who will assist in the eX-
animation.
If the government was supplied with
chemically prepared beef, he was asked,
did he not think that the government
had been fraudulently dealt with? DIR.
Daily replied that in his Judgment when
such beef had been supplied by contrac-
tors it had not been with fraudulent in.
tent. The persons supplying the beef
probably considered the preparations
used no more harmful than salt.
The beard" referred To in this inves-
tigation, he said, could only grow upon
meat containing putrescent germs.
Many persons preferred to eat game
slightly decomposed or "high," but
such persons almost invariably drank
wine or other spirits atterward, which
would kill any germs contained in the
meat. 1t was another question, how
ever, when 1t comes TO feeding soldiers
on meat in such ondtion.
DR.. DAILY explained the process of
treating beef chemically. The botaCic
acid or salIcylic acid, he said, was
sprinkled upon the meat in the shape OF
powder ana that which would not ad.
here was brushed off. The meat was
then hung IN room, where it was kent
cold by means of ammonia or salts.
This was one means of preserving meat,
but there were other methods. The
substance placed upon the surface of
the meat penetrated its inuer tissues
and there chemical changes took place.
DR.. DAILY also explained the methods
OF embalmlng human bodies. Many
persons had methods which they
claimed TO be superior to all others, but
the common method was to use baracic
acid, sallcyllc acid or glyceriae.
A..I,, f..
30. His suspicious i'll regard to the
beef. he said, were aroused about June
II, He reported this fact in August
Mr.. DENLY asked DIR. DAILY whether,
in his opinion, an officers had performed
his duty when, knowing that the beef
supplied the army was detrimental TO
health, he had concealed that fact and
had not reported for many weeks. DIR.
DAILY replied that he had reported upon
the facts III a regular way and after
mature deliDeration, He would not, he
said, "howl about 1t to any ana every
one he met" 10,
Mr.. DENLY still following up this line
of interrogatory asked whether he
would have treated patient as he had
treated the soldiers of the army. "You
are on trial now, DOCTOR" continued
Mr. Denby, ION trial before tina ooun.
try"
10 this the witness protested vigor.
ously that he was not upon trial and
the country would never put him OH
trial.
DR., Conner questioned the witness in
regard TO the decomposed boracic acid
frequently referred to. This brought
out the tact that DR.. Daily used the
,erm in its chemical sense, but he said
As a matter OF face the acid was really
compounded with some other element
in the meat and It's nature changed in
this way.
During his testimony DR.. DAILY stated
that 1t was mistake TO believe that
freshly killed meat was detrimental to
health. Meat from an animal Just
slaughtered was In no way injurious,
he SAID.