Evening star., 1899-03-16
Saw Maggots in the Cans.

William Fl. Replogle testified that he
served in the hospital corps at Porto Rico
ana that canned roast beef was frequently
served to the corps. He had seen three or
four cans opened with maggots running
out of them Witness stated that at Quay
amo he saw piece of cooked fresh beef
which had maggots in it.
Capt. D. II. Boug'hton, Sd Cavalry, testi-
ned that in his command the officers drew
the same rations as the men while in Cuba.
Ihe complaint about the canned beef"
ne SAID, was that the men could not eat
the meat and would not eat it unless abso-
Iu,eiy compelled to to appeaSe hunger.
When the cans We're opened the first thing
that struck the observer was the repusive
GflnvIung appearance of the contents.
Da1Thoea broke out in my camp some time
ABOUT the surrender, and in general con-
versation among the officers we attributed
il in part to the meat" 4f-s
What complaints We're there as to the
refrigerated beef?"
We'll, that was bad. Sometimes one-half
OF the quarter of refrigerated beef furnish
ed would be unfit for use. Subsequent to
Inc surrender our command did not receive
a sufticlent allowance of food
In reply to Major Lee the witness said
trat canned roast beef was absolutely un-
fit for a ration.
DO you consider canned roast beef
wholesome for the American seldier?'
1T 1S exceedingly unwlholesome. 1t tastes
Ike chips. There is no substance, and the
iat and sreese are extremely repulsive."
Condemned by Col. Turner.
Colonel Henry L. Turner, who went to
CUBA in command of the 1st Illinois Infan-
try and became brigader general Of the
"a Brigade of the Sd Division of the 9TH
Army Corps. was the next witness. He
sald on the way to Cuba there was good
ueal OF unohclal complaint about the
canned aie roast beef, and as the. result of an
oHiclal complaint the surgeon condemned
lot of it and it was thrown overheard.
very bad.
II In Cuba there was shortage of rations.
Inere the principal meat4was canned roast
peer. "A good deal of the refrigerated beef
spoiled, possibly from the intense heat.
me greater part of it came done up in
but some of it was dark.
In reply to Major Lee, the witness stated
that he had tried to eat some of the
and he could not do lit. 1t certainly was
unit for ration in the warm climate. He
regarded II as a very unwholesome ration
Tor hlmself, and from the effect on the
men very unWholesome for them also. He
regarded 1t as contributing cause of the
sickness OF the men. He had also tried to
eat the refrigerated beef but could not as
1t gave him the diarrhoea.
Lieut.. Davis Damaging Testimony.
First Lieutenant NJ. F. Davis of the 1st
Cavalry was called upon request Of Major
Lee He said that in Cuba the men opened
all the cans of roast beef issued to them,
but only consumed one-haif Of the contents
on an average; the rest was thrown away
because 1t was unfit to eat. The contents
OF the can, he said, would be about three
quarters suet, not whatyyou 5would call
meat Perhaps one-quarter or one-fifth of
tne can would be good fiber meat; the rest
appeared sn1es to be tailinsss orsclppings. Some
lines can would be entilely spaied. Wit
gots in ii. -
Major Lee-"How did 4he maggots get
in there2'
They were canned in there"
coroner Davis-"Are yon aware that in
the process of canning this meat undergoes