Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-08

NO FURTHER PROCEEDINGS.
Mere Statement OF oaiciai racts Meets
Ends ot Discipiine-packer
Not al Psuit.

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findings Of the military court appointed
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TO investigate ,he ohafscH made py
Major General Miles. commanding inc
army. that the beef supplied TO the
army during tho war with spain was
unfit for the use OF the troops. The
most important features OF the rcport
IN" hhuihs 'hat uc heh'rAH eiu'ls
that the refrigerated beef was treated
with ehemlrais were moi established.
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canned roast bcct wcrc sustained as 10
Tia unrulablilty for food aa used on the
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Ccnaurc OF General Miles for error
I'm failing 10 pronp,iy notify the .ocrc-
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opinion that the food was unnt.
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NoNcbuhioN OF THE COUNT.
The conolnsIon Of tho court adyerre
a. furshcr preceding. based upon the
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"It haa been acvrlon.d I'm tho course
Of the InauIry ns relied I'm this rcport.
faiiei 10 n.rfarm ihc fuii ,nea",,r. IN
nn,y =, 70 - p o,,.ora ,hs ns u Witch
dignin.d mIiitarv ia,vs gommand but
Inc cotr, IA ~ fhc onInlon thnt ,ho
tnerc rta,cu,rnt "a, onicini facts dcv,l
oped tncc,a thc cnd ~ disriniinc and
thnt III, intc,,..t ~ The .c,-,,irs ,viii H.,
hest rubscryca n fu,iher nrocrcdiner
10 NOT taken.
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General y,is~ IN ya,,a,,. na,,. ", ,he
rcpor,. Probably tbr most dirrct In.
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yoni m. criticism ~ ofiierrr found else.
where IL The rrport;
The court finda that against non. 81
s,or. h,,raac- ana rsrI,nen,s AMI ,hcir
s,aY of,,ecr. shouiI n eharrc N s,iiity
h., brought.
s-rhe ro,,rt n,.o md. that IN. ,naior
general eommanding The army hal mo
suf'irient ,,,s,ifrntion 10, niicgfng ihat
The rcfriscrnts-i bccf WINS c,nhaiuc-l or
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nss. shn, h. rormt,,cJ IN errnr An
that hnving heller ar hnowieir, ns
Claimed that the food was unfit- thai
n caused s,e,tncvs ana dlr,rcsa. that
some IN n was sunnlied under the pre.
tense ~ cxporimsnt TINT other iaef
was .,nbainei H.. did mo-, tnucdiateiy
send such tnowi..dr~ or heller 10 The
recre,ary ~ war 10 the end that a
proper remedy might be promptly an.
Piled"
The eensure Of coione, Mau.. tnsnec.
Tor general on General Miles, star. Il
hase.i unon his faiiu,,, 10 call attention
4 10 eharrcs r,nrrrnIpr IN. beef NJ
Chirha,nauFa contained IN a repor, NJ
/ insps.ctIon mnde nv mr. Tor uaiorD Daiv
on the ssth on October last. In which
4 Ne stated his belief that the beef was
ehesnIcaiiy treated.
The silence OF Colonel Maus." SAYS
the court, "nn 10 important matter ~
ihe ehemicaiisrd beef rrnorte,i by Ma
ior paiy and perronaiiy known 10 him.
feif. h most remarkably"
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"ii.t.HS tNENi'isNiNhp fNiis'"i.'
The remark IN niro mndc that General
4 Mll~s's fatiur, 10 draw gpsrial attention
10 this report ~ ''unexpiaincd."
| Commenting upon General MllcH'n tca-
iimnny ahat he Ind first formed tho
opinion last August that the rcfrigcr-
nied beef had been proccaacd, the ru-
port remarks;
whatever the date he formed a bc-
ief. Or reasonable suspicion, that the
health OF the troops was being Inn
paired by the use Of such food. II was
court, Instantly 10 take the most cf-
feetive measures within his control To
Rscertain the Rctunl facts and to cor
re, the wrong, N any should he found
II would have been practicable 10 OBJ
tain samples Of the beef then being sup
piled 10 the army by contractors aud
10 have submitted these samples 10
chemical examination, which would
have resulted in the detection OF tho
presence or nhsenee Of bornelo or salt
cyllc acids. or any other chemical agent
that may have been used ~ IA prcHerv.
alive agent Yet no such procaution nH
that suggested was taken by the major
1 general commanding al that time. or NJ
hlg nun,equsnt time =" TAR M mas pe'h
The court fnds That tho allegations
~ the major general commanding. TO
The effect that the refrigerated beef
supplied to tho troops was treated
with chemical personalities have not
been established. The court also
finds that "a much OF the allegations
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