| Show FEO FED ON oil TAINTED BEEF meat furnished army in south I 1 was ms rotten HAD A SICKENING ENI NG ODOS ODOR Embil ch med stuff no doubt tile the cause of 0 health alth among the soldiers chief surgeon at army clr I 1 tera in tampa reports to beneral es as to the fresh meat fur far nishia the army this report just made brado public shows commissary department was aoa imposed upon washington pec dec 30 Z 0 the war in ves ti gating commission held a bi bilet let executive session today and at noon a ad a jouines unal tuesday january ury ard jan rd there was iras no imports important t action on at I 1 meeting and the matter of recalling commissary general nagan maj I 1 gen con shatter or maj gen miles ailles as A result of the agitation afi over the bee beef f issued to the army in the wor war remains undetermined A decision probably will ill bo be reached next tuesday hen it la Is likely there vali ft ill be a full attendance of tho the committee absence over the holidays of a of tho the members re rc suiting in making tho the past weeks proceedings ce of an unimportant character the commission today made pt public I 1 bile a report ornit omitted ted in the statement given out yesterday be arloff on the beef controversy it la Is from maj W 11 daly chief fit at army headquarters at prior to the sailing of oc the shatter expedition and Is id as to follows washington sept 21 1391 to the assistant adjutant ci general headquarters or of the army washington Wa illington sir I 1 have the honor to in the interests of the service that in the several inspections I 1 made lit in the vallous camps and troop ships at tampa jacksonville file chickamauga and porto rico that I 1 found the fresh beef to be apparently parent ly preserved nith secret chemicals 1 alch aich destroys its natural flavor and uh ell I 1 also believe to be detrimental rn nt a I 1 to the he health alth or of the troops I 1 while k bile on duty at the headquarters of tile the army at at it the time of the embarkation cabai ration of the shatter expedition col hesion the efficient elli clent chief comm Iss lary showed me a quarter of beef thai hat had all already eady us as A test teat been sixty hours in the sun run without being perceptibly tainted so t fu was aa tile the sense of smell could detect jt it Is 3 impossible I 1 to keep help fresh beet beef so eo long unla aled in the sun in that climate A without tile the I 1 uso use of det demerious erious preserves such as aa boric add acid or jil of of potash injected into it in quantities likely to be hurtful hurt Lul to tile hie health of the consumer I 1 at it ponce much of thu the beef arriving on the transports from the united states was wag also of the same character being partly preserved by lujic injected tj I 1 to aid klent cold storage stora cc where efficient cn effi clent cold storage Is 1 impossible beef alive li 14 the method that should receive the consideration of the government as aa being beine safest for tile the health of the consumer 87 1 ar when erk df do tabled to take charge of the transport trans poi t panama for conveying con vale Vula scents to the ili a united states 1 I obtained 01 pounds of fresh beef from alio egr arnit ii at ponce it looked well but had nit an odor to that ihna 0 of f ft dead boad h human rn being after hems injected jo a w elili preservatives n reat C an and biln tate tasted r U b hen on first cooked like bod bodies leei which after standing a day for further infection it became so PO bitter and 1111 unpalatable palatable to lo be quite for use 1 I was waa therefore obliged owing lothe to the candi condition tion aria and tho the complaints of the ack sick k about abo u t it and ami the disgustingly e ring odor it entitled emitted lien being cooked and mal flat taste taalo ulten han served mw id and the safety of the patients 1 I on oil board to 0 o organize a ockard board of survey condemn and if throw pounds till nil ive ike had overboard consequently tile the convalescents were entirely lily without much needed fresh beef making llort no duty of bringing tile the men to tho the united states slater in tin nn improved condition cond lilon a very difficult matter r in n my of the fourth I iriti t ed sta I 1 as reco volunteer infantry at jacksonville recently antly I 1 observed th tha some prime odor and taste upon pon the fresh beef but not so HO mitt lied and at cam camp P of sixth united states volunteer er infant fancy y at chickamauga buffa I 1 also at sov pro fernl Inspect inspections inns observed it markedly I 1 there inspected a lot of sued suc ci to that regiment and white while 1 it looked WE well I 1 was of sickening odor like a human ody body dead of disease and injected alth lah preservatives and when coo ad was quite unpalatable consequently likely to prove an effle fent cause of lit IN health the mn men of f its ita insipid and flavol that high seasoning could not conceal Del believing leving that eliat the commissary tie de pat ament has haa boon been imposed upon by I 1 the misdirected commercial spirit of persons persona furnishing fresh beef I 1 re recommend that the datterl mailer be investigated by ex experts pelts making makin a quantitative and qualitative cherril chemical ml analysis of the several preservatives suspected to be used by setting getting sam plea pies of beef furnished for export to cuba and porto klco it if the th question ardres that a repot t should have been made m aiji by nie me earlier I 1 beg to say bay ahat hat I 1 hale haio en leanored with all my opportunities to first inform myself by observations of the conditions condl llona as aa above noted to warrant drawing the attention of th iho a adjutant beneral at headquarters 0 of f tile the ermy to the matter very cry respect fully W V fl paly DALY major and chief Sul surgeon geon U S V AN INQUIRY ORDERED board of army officers to investigate subject of beet beef supplies washington dec 30 As a result of tho the issue between can miles and gen egan eean concerning the quality or of tho the beef supplied the army and on the written request ot of gen can 1 g ean a n th the a war department tonight issued a special older for the assembling of a board of officers in washington on next thursday ot at 10 a ill to inquire into the ellera crai subject of the quality 0 of the beet beef alic plic and particularly as to the responsibility for the loia logs of pounds ot of refrigerated K beef sent to porto alen fen liben the expedition under gen miles was t there here tho the special order is as follows folio 8 by direction of the secretary ot of war a board ot of survey Is here hereby by ordered to convene at the war or department rook I 1 I 1 Wasilli washington rg ton D C at 10 a to january 3 ISM to examine into and leport upon the te responsibility for the loss ot of about ol pounds ot of refal rated beef the property of swift I 1 co or of chicago to 1 ce join and report t I 1 it if due slid and proper effort was made to feed this bret bet b et to the troops in porto hico and to fix the responsibility if iti duo due und cloper was not made to ascertain and report this the character I 1 and 0 n 11 quality of the refrigerated beet it car I 1 herein refe ried to to ascertain a and it I 1 report it it ticks good and rit fit meat for issue and if it had been subjected to any chemical processes whatever and to import Tri whether lethel or not the united states is responsible for or the loss of tile the beef J or icka tho is a any one 0 Is if responsible for lt it s los and d I 1 whether ltv au in its opinion sift co should or should not bo be for the beef detail for tho board col charlcy Charl cg it II ablen assis assists tt surgeon general col joules jamea M moore assistant tc imael r col fran al L gunther fourth I 1 united states stales artillery capt 4 I 1 C scherer assistant ad autant general recorder the pounds ol of beef referred t to 0 uns from nea t to 0 porto nico too about the tim time a that tha t wor word d came from gen an mile hien 1 hat lie hall had supplied himself lilina elf walli fresh beef liken on the lland island the gefri crated beet beef made the trip to porto rico and back but by the time it re reached me had montauk SIon point it Is understood to have spoiled owing to the data delay find and consequent lack of material |
