The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-01-05

Washington, Dire. ai.--Thc war in.
ycstisutl0n eommirsion has made pub
lie report, omitted In the statement
above, bearing on the beef controversy.
II Is from Mai. W. n. Daily, chief sur
gron of army headquarters at Tampa
prior 10 the sailing Of the Shafter ex-
pedItion, and is as follows;
''waahlngton Sent n. iS1&--To the An-
Fisinnt Adluihnt General. Headquarters
% the Army. Washington. hiT-l have the
hgn9s 70 lSsf' la ths IN 'yr.s ,rss,t N ians NY
niadc IA the various earspa and troop
ships az Tampa, Jacksonville, Chlekamau-
ga aud Porto Rico, that J found the
with secret chamicaiE which destroy is
natural uayor. ana which ! eizo believe
20 BE- detrimental 10 the health OF the
"Whn, on duty at the headquarters OF
the army ui TBmpa, At thr head q the
umhafkation df the Rhaftcr expedition,
Col Weston, the efficient chief commits.
gary showed fnc a quarter ot beef that
tho sun without being herceptiblg - q,
Cd, 80 FAR rs the sanao OF smell could
s=szss :; = ;Essi-1EsiS's = ssssP ii.ss.
beef - iunS unlaiuted IN the sun N taat
climate Without thc ure 90 deleterioua
nfcHcrFntivra, such as baric acia OF nj
tratu ~ potash Injected into u u quanh.
lt"r HhWtt " 80 kNftfnt . ffiE 1raifAA VI
,hc consumer AZ Ponce u3uch eG tnc
beef arriving on the transport from The
United States was also ot tht same char-
actsr, being apparently preaerved % ln.
lectcd chemicals 90 ad deficient cold
whore enlcisnt cold storage is lmpos-
aibls transpof iing reef alive " the meth
"a that should rHceiye the fullest cunsid-
GRAFTON by the government as being safest
for the health Of the consumer. " hTu
drtail9d go taae charge - tbs transport
Panama Tor tonFgTfnE eonyaiescente 70
thR tinted States i ubtnin~d Aces pounds
panCe "a locked we'll but had an ctQr
4iuiIihr 90 that 81 q dead h"seen hasly
after b5irg injected with .prescryatives.
co,nl.,-s.., s,es.e-: after stsaa.aS a day
for further Inspection Il became 80 bit
ter. nauseous and unpalatRhie ~ 70 DO
w faag. thrrefoge' obilged. owinE 20 the
condition. and the complaints of the sick
eh1ut the disEustingly slckeninE odor u
emitted when bcinA cooked. and the
saftty of the patients. z.s convaieseont
s1ldiCrs on board. 10 organize a board Of
survey. coudenn and throw l-sSe pounds,
aA We had, overheard consequently the
eouvalescsnta we're entirely without s'.'.--i,
NEEDED fresh beef. making the duty OF
Bringing the men 10 the United States
IN 40 Improved condition a very difficult
"in my inspection 81 the Fourth United
States volunteer Infantry a. Jacksonville,
recently, { observed thc same odor and
taste upon tho fresh beef bat not 40
marked and 81 The camp Of tka Sixth
United States volunteer Infantry atChlck-
es.,s.ga. I al-n. nt several Inspections,
observed u markedly 1 there Inspected
Z lot % beef iusi issued 20 that regiment.
aud while n looked Ncli. waa df q sicken-
lag odor. Ike n human body dead Of dis
ease and injected with prcHerynuvca. and
when cooked was quite aupaiatAhlet con-
kauuenglY likely 20 prove nn efficient
cause OF il-hehith. The men complained
Of its ingipid and mawkish navor that
h.gh seasoning could not egncenL
sNelteviDx that the cugrBsiasAfy dgpaTt-
- isaa taea iisnpnetd stsen - the mis-.
,Fseted rvsHfaerrial spirit Of pereens fur
r4hfHf fresh he@s. 4 tassseetsaIst rNrssfn-
ne nd that the matter be Investigated hy
EXPERTS. making a cumulative and uuaii-
tnttvr chemical analysis OF iuc several
prcHervativcs suspected 20 be used By
ErttinH samples of beef furnished for cx-
port % Cuba and Porto Ricn
20 the question arises that report
should have boon made by me earlier, l
beg to say that ! have endcavored with
aE my opportunities 10 lrz& inform ms
sglf By observation % the conditions
above noted siifhCicntiy 20 warrant my
drawing the attention Of the ahiutant
general at headquarters Of the army 20
the matter. Very respectfully.
Major ana chef Surgeon. u. &, ""