New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-19
wATCuINGTHE BEEF COURT
r,ocprss Of THE INQUIRY EXCITES
GREAT INTEREST IN WASH
INGTON.
PROMINENT ARMY OFFICER THlNho
GENERAL M1LES'S CHARGES HAVE
BEEN AMPLY PROVED.
fpv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUvE.l

inv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUVEl
x,,o.hi,cton March 1S-The progress or the
.,.,.oa,,eat,on In the West Is eagerly watched
bv the Army officers on duty In TINS Guy
49,, ,rou, What the Court OF Inquiry thinks oi
~ o,tdence co far admitted prominent
,,,. oe,cer ia quoted as saying to-day pu'
think the people Of the country are sa''s"eu 80
A., 18th ~ overv one OF General Miles's ailega-
it,, hoo been more than proved. The testimony
ought TO be sufficient to demonstrate ''ia' WV
o,r;gerated beef was an experiment 'na' W."
oxnonsIve to the Treasury, as wen az ~ w
health of the Army. 1t has been SHOWN '""
there is no such thing as canned roast wv ,.'e.
,n.t the stuff called by that name was no'n'"s
'"' - - .ha, canned boiled and bleached
beef mixed ... heef
-, tho boof IS being used with the army ~
v" Wv -. o-.orsiveIv am not prepared to say
NJ, ,oa,. ore that in May and June last num-
-, -, oortractors proposed to the Coni'io"
,,o,,r.,,ont 70 furnish beef on the moor !" O'"-
r,o pico the same every other T'','
. -o,,.ad one of these men hau a."
:, C,,ho and the other island. ana na' '
oordi,ions that prevailed lie 1ou'u INC.
, % Cuba and the Spanish uooPs o.
80, boon supplied by the cattle ra''
49,. 90, nv the cattle shipped there i'o''' ~
Orleans. ,r CATTLE
,.,-,,,,,r SUPPLY OF LIVE CAL LIZ
MI. {, was learned by him thar
IN fo'' ho,f ~ the natives were FED os
n'Ho'i "" 49, leland or imported from Cuoa
'"' ,-,,oa States In addition to an 'i''''
" = =. ,,.ou known that cattle are anu nc"
- .nor,ed from Porto Rico along WIN wv
.,|. .,roducts NJ the island. And OF 'uo" ~ "
.,,' ,r,,o that cattle are imported HUM Wv
,,..a e,o,es and South America resu'"' y
,'.. E., can no proved by the RECORDS Vi Wv
-. that during the period OF the "a' WIN
c,,., ,hors were exported from the A''a"''o
a,,a c,lf ports of this country the e"''
,,,,,,bor If $4,000 head of cattle. ana ever
-. .,,, could have been sent to the uoop' "o'
ing for the flag. ,ao on the
'r Lrov the statement has been maze o" NV
other side Of this controversy that 'he an ,.,
cattle like the soldiers. would haNe
from, the unfamiliar climate ana naNe
aud other sickness as a result. II mas
laced that few of such exported catte "o"'u
~ for slaughter. and that even THESE "o'1'
lu,elv ~ endanger the lives OF inc "'en
that ALL these statements are haue e''.'
carse Of ignorance or untruth; VIII go iu' INC
and say either through ignorance OF H"u' ~
oorr,ntion. The proof is the NUMBER VI 'a''
exnorted to the West Indies In the regular oou'
Of trade year in and year out .,..,.
"Nov what happened when the Co'll''ii''
General yeas Informed of all these fac's pS '"e
contractor who sought to sell the "oVerhi'e"'
haef IN the hoof and who was prepared " u
u,.or Z, IN the Army both in Cuba ana III to, l.,
ptcoo The Commissary- General nirhseli ~.
formed the man that he had 10 give the coi' -
IN Swift a Co Mark this mat ne "a" W 90
tho contract to the Western firm
WARNED AGAINST REFRIGERATED BEEF
ON turn. the contractor told the Com'nisSa''
careraI that refrigerated beef could not DE- u'eu
| =, c,,ho urless II WAS artifcially-I wont say
,,icoilv- rreserved He was informed tnat ii
nav. had haen found by the Chicago contractors
to preserve it so that it would keep for seveI.y ,
two hours. Now II appears the ohi' aso ~ :
cav they never meant their beer "oulu neeP -,
| length of time although Eagan on the S,"iIu
| ewore that such was the UNDERSTANDING. ..,no
cen he no Juggling in this matter AT any iutuI .
,ir,o necauee in January last there was pr
| everywhere the letters that passed between .ne
! inventor Of a beef process and the Conlillssa.S
Generals ofca The last letter was uars su N 1
| % and i'm IL occurs this statement; lhls 70
| nartment Is not engaging any one Win me
| 10 cure meats If il purchases meat IL VIII NC
! from some one who will furnish meat ana sual
| antee its good condition on arrival ana Tor seV
| entv-two hours thereafter, OF VINO WIZ s'a ue ~
! and deliver as requireu' ""''o''' Wv
may be- =, A., to,.
$50 it will be seen that away back In May iast
the Commissary Department was RIlDly taihlns
of the seventy -two-hOur clause, ana belleNe tnc
| cortrocts we're then executed. The statement In
that letter as to the slaughter and denVery was
a trick or blind. pure and simple. Ihey never
! intended 10 send beef on the hoof, as that I'M
! nIes although they could not help knowing
| from what had been told them by the con
| tractors that 1t was the only way possible Wy !,
which meat fit to eat could be fed to the troops