| Show I TESTIMONY IS BEING TAKEN fccncral Miles Continues His Embalmed j Em-balmed Beef Charges JUE3TIONEI IIY THE ItOAllD trorl > 1i rafterl e the Meat c lie foiiipoed Injected Pol I rut ant Hie lIke TOihlnBlon IVb M At tho court of noulry regarding the boot Ituctlgii stuns tilt afternoon Jell attic con IIMMI his leitlmony When n kcd how long lien In Port Itlco before tit aihletl the department asalnt nadlng nny more refrigerator beet l 11 ten Jllle paid he hoI learned of the lame lupply nf native ratll r < Mn nf nr landing und ndvled the I war deportment de-portment the next day after gelling atLore oNKii 11111 rtfcrrlne the canned roost beef nil dl llngul > hcd from the refrigerator cut Cut Onvli teat A portion of lien 1 Klleii wnr rio tiissiott testimony condemning con-demning It In ficre term 111 Jlllin Mild the canned rontt tail a m spurt to volunteer ant regular Iris I I lIb im Ihn traniporti ant In Culm until the artlrnl of the refrlgcrn Iur I iRef It was fully teitcd Ioy l 1lh l Ih regular neil volunteer The nest complaint of It Urn Mile imll tie hot 1 heard At Tampa hum ruing uC the Much rider blt he paid little mien lion In II Dt IhRt tune limit tRIIIIIII fully that Infra hat been any thong from the ilandanl ration Ho again hfnl of It nlwanl the Yale when tin men declared they could not cut II and ho ordered HIP Inpertor In In Quito Into It Aicaln ho heard of It In the Irenche At Hanllago Imt ho was situ largely i reiiplr l tout the cam ffilgn and he thnuiht nothing more of Iho romplalnll than ho nuuld of hearing that some man wan kicking about hi coffee or of hli hardtack Vlmt nnnlly drew hli attention no rlouly to tho mailer wa Iho retorts I of omcer Ihal Iho whol Finn corpl nni tacit pout prolrnled Thl tuna In Augul when the iiuotlon if n parade I pa-rade 1 Ihrouih New York was bmached lien lutei At that time reported that nnly about one tlhtit of the men at Man lauk Iulnl were In condition l march through Now York lien Mile laid thIs vemcd In him lo lie I remarkable na there was no yellow fever nt the total I and I 1 ho thoiuht thn men certainly I ought not lo I have the malaria lie made an Inquiry Into the herb toUt whirl them hud been 10 much comPlaint com-Plaint MIMH ON IIIH DKINITY Did yuu retort I Mil mailer at lie thor lo stir cnmmliarygenerali officer asked Col Dal lien Mllel leaned forward drawing his brow a lo it furniw and replied lrrnhuilyil am not required nit to ml Clint lo the ronimlwurygeneral Well did you report itt to stir score Ury of or Ak1 l fid HRI lIn Mile In reply 0111 nl some Irnilh Inlo an explannllon uf the run tine of nrmy headquarter ihnwlng Thy lie prefirrv1 In I c < include tue Inquiry I In-quiry KI thai homliht hive wuncihlng Ijntlljle to prment to Iho iwcretary Cnl DJVII put A mimlier of queitloni an to why Iho iommnndlmr general hid delayed dellnlti action In Ihe lKef nattrr and lien Mile tvponde1 that he had delated becalm ho did not want to act until ho had ncurcd the very UI authority whlrh waa Information from Iho mint rellabln nwrcc finally I lie liued hli 1 imlr to oitlcrr lo rrM > rl nn thu iiuallty of met rurnlhcd llo dl1 not retort directly In the secretary 1 a n ir beenun under n rule of KM the erdrr hnuld l g u front Iho adjutantgen rral 1 lo Iho > ecretary luia attack uinn the eiini nnd ro tmiaratrit toni l Inforo I the vur comml > ln menu then taken up rs < ally Ccl liaxl 1 rend the taiimoummr ut III naotimug sueorrai tI luau ttfertemi In mUalmrd txrf alit Putt I II trid IMn I SPlit as 0 prelrnxi of o > Mrlincnt tim n llllon son Ak1 t ft ho Know I vhtn imp our l taitun that cannot nui t lent ions part of tho armor ration Thl quntlnn liroUKht mil u IM t limit rtpluiui lion of hi uilnic the pniiiH n pfiimm rh r tii rlrniit llo silt lu I lid not Vnow that An1 i moist lrfof tans it KM if tho nrmy ralon lliiituh Inn im In-n ordr hud Ixiii iealrt l IIKIUHIIII n1 1 uli t f ttmitmimt UloulI1 l lira RIII1 l loot l now III qUI1 wn i meant When hi lion I Ihn was nnnlly nllriict il In the 11I1 ruait Iwec reiunlly IIIUM ho aiiiiinen bs uivlared that U nun to tilt luiue us in niKilnuiil lino 1 II wait not under Omit iy him that cunne1 lost ted t u putt of the regular ration fnnilnulng hl > expluiiit In un Ste tu u qiitilim of foi J lOuts I lei 1 tills aid ho Ihought hU uni of pf l > n > of experiment wna iinforluniiie semI h < dlMlulmod ury Inlcntlon to lin lul 1 fraud to I unr oiw Ai far as IndliutllK I fraud ho Mild I i h in Unto that no mirh Illr mullen an Intmlcil U tin Iilmpi mimi tim lotluimlo riprfiKlin ind hud my nt berlIn Iwu I rnllod to It I inleht luivo Sit ndrol It to royc ell on lli I Ihiorv < lao exMrllnvnt An it in Utrr of fill It I n an cipcilnunt nnd u amy toitly tpt IltOZKN ttiM With that dlicUnur romirkM Col Iliixli I I Uf ioilri no willI IIIM t lu I M hi r frlicnntej buf Tli n iiilylnx to n itmllon uiii SIlIca mild ho tint hoard ioinilainiJ Haleit tho lurch At IH I > noi limo tirot 41 lret aloinout Ihut It Im twit ti It 0 t MI mkully cato ho Iwllovo Hum IJ Ilalp 00 tim ureentuI U I 1111 In I Hp ml nnl Illur1 imiemtuiulilui tm I I Iho wn l1hoh 110 aid ho did r I ocoll t hlher tie lya report WK ruluntcoiv or nhrikmt he had teen rrdciol ttuuai t llm and report UII ito IIKJI It hOI oat hO-I talk lilh 1110 mIlieus 111 VlllICI Ocn Mllin 0ntlrmolJ Ihol Ih hlllaI1 bee rnut un I alili jtdiit In oniH chemli nl olrnl to fifpfor iovoiityiwo Itnura Ur Duly t u o coons tho tint oiilrlal icpnrt otUi Mile 1 trlu Ill Ii I mit auunmom 01 lin tI I ftrs rroelvHl I by him ll army iHinrtvn Klvlnit llw vtriotu lormi 11 J o hull I tho army mail win rhiraciir j tpd I They Inrliido Vnitiilmel ilo 1 eomii 1 inlHlinl piUonccl MM I ant liii Illio In luldlllon I I h iiiimtnnry of rriwrin I on ro Wj that l cvudaniiwl t and thrown 00 keEl l from onnoriK r i C Vi i Onn trum Iuo I nnllo i < i ri I Ii uiudrionmmiumn if ium timmmuota 11 utl uI tit IIln or limo 1 si nlneiltu I linnIliun I mUtt 4010 toOt 1 tumlliis 101100 haoommmts i umiulmel i 11 lIe loin nail I ht h Mould On Heplomhor Slit tIll J am l of Ur Dolya rciwl as nhout imp ratlleat I at u hlcli time iilieiillon I of rheml I Hylralol i Ih I mrnt had i IKOII hrnutht to bin tnllon nnllro sons la command till full at LU uillleeiIe I look a hand In time In II I MM r3 flfynhpnUen Ml In ilnlhod ilowrlh J n It Ills Munwilnir nllIIII of limo MnniNl Snub ffiiucrato beof I toil rr oral If cvr eat lorI ol Iii f beef I l l aillciplo nkil > Prtiume 1 dia about till lima wo I norm nl Ip III MII lIh Him Imitation Yri I nreum I did Then mntl fol ailletple It hAA nol such charactertic qualltle 05 would tnrtrtt > oii to delect U offhand off-hand Nn air tinuT cou VAXHOUNI iinxnn den Mile then left tho wltne chair And llout Col Vunhorne of tIn Thlr 1 leenlh Infntilry wai morn lie soil ho Was nt hue outbreak ot tie war major ma-jor of the Twentyiccond Infuntry tnt wai Uirtuxh Uio entire tTubnn campaign cam-paign Wlinc1 aid ho bad tint all kinIncanned rorncd 1 refrigerated ant runncd roust bref tIe null Ihs rilll clnil ot tho canned nmt teat liegnn early and were made often I tOlls ob Jeeted lo on tho promo of III lark uf nutriment nu-triment Ill bails I and Ui appearance I After bIn men got rooking iitenlli they tewed their canhrd beef lIken Unit they in 10 II from the can rllher way nf lervlnu II onus bid 1 enough nnd though none of It that wllnei lomein toremt l wna actually polled II Ones mi palalnblo nnd the ground of conitant O wunei did nol recollect lhat I lie largo ilck lint of lilt regiment In Cuba hnd liven laid at tIme lime to time canned meal Tho men were very dbllllnled but ho could not lay whether limo meat nt niuht to IM blamed r or nol When the refrigerator beef arrive n tells I pail of U wai ipolle1 and the men continue contin-ue to lire the canned meal I lIe mtilmt refrigerator beef Smut laid nut on tho kIlt for lime blllianll Henmi liue wrre lot In Ihli wny Wllne1 had eaten lomo nf the rcfrltfrrntor lieef which arrived 1 In camn imtatnte1 and found lhat good Tho men ale It with slut toni list ammil he lund lmmnmenuI tb VillivoliNvaiVnydlffcrenI i II I I i from Ills Iwf ho had gullet at army poita In th Hlalci HlalciCOU COU MINOHH TKRTIJJONV Mcut Col ChI Minor of the hey enth Infantry was Iho next wllne1 Ills regiment wn Ih nrl to leave Cnmn Thomai and 1 lo camp at Tampa They reached Cuba nnd illembntke1 I no Jon tinuI Cionemt rooSt Inef as tosusmit is A travel 0011When they left Yawl and until tho end of the siege II wa replaced wllh refrigerated beef after the lurrenrer Meantime he paid ntmnlntely no other feral meat could hone bed furnlhed I turIng the I ilece Complaint igulnl lh canned l hunt becalm general I loll matked alionl July nd his paid ho wai mine II and oi urnsmh it tens appirtnlly freh but irlngy and nbmlulelv without hour lhmenl and 1 when cut It fell in pleee Time men could not ant did not Ml It I Iwlteved Ihti and tumllte I now ho I laid that lhat beef had been unit for making lieef extract and the nutriment taken out It appeared lo hAn been boiled to plecei Col Minor MM ha knew nothing nf him method uf canned mont preparation lilt regiment wai In good ronUIPin until un-til About July enl after which It do lorloraled uddenly and generally When they becamo lick und weak Iho men did not want meat imheih It III11I1i the atese I h1 made nn effort lo get other meat ho nil 1 ho had not lhat there toss not n Pier of patier In Ihe command and they merely walled for what teas brought up from behind a illunrn of alioiit eliven mllei They hid no ill i rvilnn or choice In tho mailer of ra lion Examined in lo refrigerated lieof ho declared II 1 hop excellent nnd allraclory and no complaint about II wen heard Only one quarter was IHilled llo wai unable ho aid to ib I teel any difference Ixtwren tho refrlg cmld lieef 1 lolled In Culm and that which had been liued ul the IKIII In Ihli country nt which lte had been sin 1 110111 1 MIN coMiiiNiU Major llrnry Jackmn Thlnl cavalry who wai with lull regiment Ihmuiihoul the Hantlago mniiahm wa rilled liii eiperlrnco to llh the canned rout beef ho nun alum lit I the I Iraiiixirt en route for l Olin I und I conllnueil I unlll hi I return re-turn to I Montauk fomplalnta com mence1 on the way down and continued contin-ued nllhoni lntermllon The men comiiUlned of iho meat being ilrlngy lnlele1 roil utiiialatnble The uftlceta had mel smkrmt the some thing In him nnl he ngrred with them fully Col Davll nked If wltllell had made nil orrl lu gut 1IlhnK cisc 1 tir hIa nun Vlu molt there wa iiolhlng In di 1 but take chat wm vltvii thiu There tOme no requisition ur nthet fnrnmhiy All the rrllina that could he bOlt to limp front wllh Iho Uidtrd IrnniMriutlin facllllli went rent The men limply loot 1 nhat wai lent them nnd uillcer nnd men fare1 alike When the freak ur refrigerated meat lieoan lo arrho after the rnpturo of Hanllnno It wai tnmurml In hI 10011 |
