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Show DURIED EAOAN'S DEEP, ! lleeornro(IMsl litaellA h OoiHlerssI Washington, Jan J The bosrd of ttirvey appointed by Kccretary Alger to pass upon the question of the proper condemnation of rt large quantity of beef destined for the troops In Puerto IIIco haa received from Captain liar clsy II Har burton of the IVnniyl vanta volunteer battalion of artillery, a sworn stattment of the condition of refrigerated beef on board the trsnt port Manitoba, which transport was st l'once from August 10 to 23 n the course of this statement Capulu War burton says ' I atoof the licef which the transport Manitoba brought to l'uerto Itlco It was served to the officers' mrston the United Mates transport Mississippi, which brought ray command back to New York, leaving I'onco Kept S sod arriving In New ork HepL 10, nt When I say I ate the mi at, I iuil qualify my statement by saying that I tried to tat the mint. It was so bad that It was Impossible to swallow IL In my opinion, the meat was not good, nor was It fit for Issue |