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sued as a travel ration in anticipation OF yoy.
age. hut the regiment failed to DEPART and the
canned beef WIS held as q componSnt OF the
men tried to eat the beef Il made them, sIsk
and caused vomiting; Out OF about l:aVo
EE snTSsd Il Re + sn sH ssen snD%seqofC nn SS ope GSsI
and the meat looked like 1t had beer. over
cooked %lH and the 9ptripSnt cooked cooked t 9mt c oi NJ hx,
witness said; i never opened a.can OF meata as
Iisat.-CoI sewell OF the First Volunteer En-
glneers testified to the food supply Of, his regi-
meDto on the voyage to Porto. Rico and while on
t Fnowt 'l SBSat eli SI;are Glls'IGlc o,t @aai TSo E scstfn SdG
sGi si mo 5nt3i Inc Col Sas scT TSas sSid b Po did R RHs near
said. and wanted his discharge. He said he
had employmept offered him, as a newspaper
,nS,m % D6Ihdn6 he q. any tine SomSSlaiHp r. to yoT 16 about
about the EMBELLISHMENTS OF canned roast
oeSt I T. A S,iSSis ri; , ,oruor rr,voto IN the
seventy FRS. New York. said he fresh beef
supplied In Florida was good, On the voyage
be beef SS Ssrs s9 issned roast to tb se tToo and i Sa nBeSt eS enTSl
Tie canned eorned beef. but tho canned roast
times. It made, him very III. causing him to
Speaking OF the refrigerated beef, he said It
nad a peculiar taste, too difficult tof him bnot 70 S se.
bCTlDe. SOME OF Jnp reIflKbTnUpu Deel was
tainted, but occasionally some was not. Both
kinds had the same peculiar taste.
Former Sergeant viskiski Of the First xolun-
e eedI cs mn cc was he Sae Sat cenn nnI 1e1Ssh1 beef
and fresh native beef while, in Porto Rice ...,
Il ate the roast beef but once" he said. and
Il made me deathly sick. On the voyage
home the meat issued, was very nice. The
canned roast beef and corned beef"
rI HSfSe Ohio Z; Miiier; 9 flor form mSi,Ip RI GSba X he S ate
r1nnad rOnSthnnf in Gfava and gnnnl. III WIS
%stringy, and smelled bad; What was unused by
accented it, but later the Cubans refused the
canned roast beef altogether. The REFRIGERATED
beef was not all good. A great deal of 1t had to
DR.. g.. Maxwell Christine of Philadelphia was
the last witness OF the day. DR.. Christine tes-
titled to attending o convention, last. summer
packing establishment OF Swift & Co. Col.
Davis asked the witness when he saw beef sub
jected to n process of injection. DIR. Christine
replied that while passing through the cstao-
lishment he saw an employee standing ct a
he Injected . fluid into them. The fluid would
drip from the instrument used and fall into
what he thought was q. drip pan, At the time
he thought it strange that a fluid was injected
into meat.
Q.-Whatkind of meat'was it2 Al cannot
say.
Questioned further. DIR. Christine said he had
been informed that the injection was done to
meat was not fresh beef. and he was positive
the pieces were not hams. He was asked about
the alleged statements from him.. published in
certain newspapers. that he had seen beef em-
halmed with a fluid and about his letterto Gen.
Miles on the subject. DIR. Christine declaredin
reply that the, papers had misquoted him and
had published an incorrect statement as to the
contents OF his letter to, Gen. Miles. The pa.
pers said he had written Gen. Miles that he had
seen beet treated with chemicals; DR.: Chris;
the word beef. but had said meat.