| Show tw CONCERNING THE BEEF Major Black Testifies That There Were Many Complaints Washington Jan 7Major John Black commissary of subsistence in the office of the commanding general testified before the war investigating commission today that the general character of the commissary supplies were good He was examined particularly particu-larly a to the quality of the beef issued is-sued in Puerto Rico and stated that it was generally good though some of the refrigerated beef was covered fith dark muddy spots He had been told that this did not affect the quality of i the beef qualy I Of the tinned beef 84000 pounds were issued Witness tasted it only once He was hungry and I tasted fairly I well I did not look wed and there were numerous complaints of bad canned beef and in these cases the bad cans were replaced Later he said he I had received no complaints personally but whatever reports were made were made to the depot mae commissary Cap tan Pomeroy All he knew of the reports re-ports he had gleaned from conversa r comers tion with Captain Pomeroy He did not know that any regular reports were made even to Captain Pomeroy but understood that there was a general verbal complaint as to the tinned beef bee Witness then read a report he had made to General Miles after their re turn to New York I vas based on the conversations just referred to and I said in part that some of the hospital surgeons had refused to accept the re accept frigerator beef on the ground of it J appearance and one surgeon witness did not remember the name had or I dered some of it buried |
