The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-07
ARMY STORES CONDEMNED
Thousands of Dollars Worth Of
Food Unfit For Use.

Annual Report Of Inspector General
HrccLiaridpsc. RcI.;Enrs to Matters
of Sub~f>tcucc-N List Of the Dead
ut Arlington To he Published.
some interesting figures iH regard 90
the expenses of the Government in the
matter of subsistence stores are shown
Iu the annual report 90 tho the Secretary
OF War of Brig Gen j. O. Breckenridge.
Inspector General. United States Army.
made public last night The report shows
that 25l6.-lg articles were inspected. of
I which G'l,aS,, OF ahuut Hz per cent, were
retained for use in the service.
The greatest losses. says the report.
were i'm the Philippine Islands. and the
deterioration Of these stores i'm such great
quantities i'm those islands is probably
Que 20 frequent trauS-shipmtn and long
VOYAGES. i'm many instances. The most
general cause of deterioration and loss.
%" doubt was the unfavorablc climatic
influences To- which these stores were sub
jrct,d- The tins i'm which much Of the
canned goods were put mp are said To
hive been Of inferior tin. as well as Of
/ inferior make OF workmanship. and il has
been recommended that special cans. COW
cred with paint OF lacquer. be- made Toy
the preservation Of canned goods that are
20 be shipped To the troops i'm the PriHp-
pines.
The loss I'm ouee-rar of IlS.g5N pounds
OF butter cost Sln.Ul6f6 One hundred and
thirteen Thousand and seventy-threo
pounds of thi- butter. costing SIS IA. ~.
was presented in one lot 10y the depot
commissary al Manila. and at thc time Of
Inspection. fourteen months lad elapsed
sine, its first issue. The accountable Of
hocr inv'ntorisd ir as rancid and unit for
use. The inspector pronounced it unfit
I for issue. and recommended ITS sale.
. with the remark In regard 20 this but
tel. the principal cause OF its loss was
That II WAS packed IN three-pound tins
with no ice, people buying il could not
keep it after the cans were opened. and
there was for that reason no sale for it
With the exception of this one large lot
the butter condemned during The fiscal
Year 1901 cost SI57I-64"
An interesting statement is made con
corning the effect of the tropical climate
upon horses imported from this country
for the use Of the army.
1t is somewhat remarkable" saws
/ General Breckenridge. that of the 2StS
: animals inspected, G9f. or about D per
cent were condemned for total blindness.
/ in Cuba the largest percentage Of horses
were condemned for This cause This
would seem 20 indicate that there is I'm
/ the Antilles some predisposing influence
10 produce blindness in horses and mules
especially an those that are not natives
! OF the islands. This disease. which was
at uTSt supposed 10 be- due 80 climatic
! luilu' noes. does not yield 20 treatment
. and the veterinarians are al a loss ro ,.,-
plain IL OF account for it, though thew
nave concluded that IL is not caused bv
the glare and heat OF the tropical sun. as
D was al fTSL SuUUDEt1 I'm RfrTIsrrHrn-..
where the climate is much the same as
IN Cuba and Porto Rico. no sdcn disease
appears 10 exist. SO far AS indie atai hv
the Hgures- ln these latter islands a
great majority Of tn pubic luIulais con-
demued during the year had tho gland
trS. but IL is reported THAI the disease
is now being gotten under control. so that
Its spread may b. largely prevented
ON the subject Of native labor and the
deterioration Of American labor ln the
thllpplues- Mayor Lowering, Acting H.
SpcCtOT General reports that the civilian
employees are reported as in most in
stances Efficient and capable. Owing to
sickness and other Cs.useS uccesSitating
changes, the standard of efficiency can
not always be maintCiIsl.
For 1901 the numhyr Of the reports Of
inspections pertaining 10 army funds
says the report was l,229. the amount
involved. including ira nsfers. being SeZg-
l-6,u.S65, az against SzSI. 40 512 - for 1900
d decrease OF S5l.914. 5IZ. So
The results for the fiscal year 1901 may
be summarized as follows. Balances tax
n UP, AlF-NIt-lti-I-. receipts from Treas
Ury, from sales, and from other sources
$50 .5rl a25.NN. transfers from officers S-4.-
aN- uSG-l5. total 20 be accounted for 500 %
12Gw 800 Disbursements. deposited 10 the
credit Of the United States Treasury. and
transfers t. other officers 500 III 500 W.
balance. S29m g.
In regard 20 the Washington depot Cen
Dral BreckiurIdEo says that in Wow Of the
great volume of business transacted AT
this depot. which las recently been aug
mCuted by the addition OF the ST AsIph
depot 10 the charge az the depot quarter
master. tho Inspector. Lieutenant Colonel
Heyl- suggests that ir would De- in IA, in
tersSt of good business aGmiUISrrat ton to
assign an assistant rn share part Of his
responsibilities.
The recommendation Of Lieut. Col. c.
IT, Heyl. Inspector General. iu his report
Of inspection uf the National Cemetery
Arlington. Va that list of the known
dead In this and the various national GEM
cteries be cataluECed I'm alphabetical order
and printed in pamphlet form as a War
Department document for circulation is
endorsed by General Rreckiuridg-.
II is also recommended that the place
NhsT. General Custer fell be marked with
q soft irou-maIIcab be. hence uou-break-
Splr-pDst with suitable Inscription. This
spot has never been marked. although il
was enormously reported 10 have been
formerly marked by "a marble stone. the
last veStlg- OF which Is errOncDusIy re-
ported 10 have been carried away six or
SeKt Ii Years ago IE relic hunters