Show CHICAGO PACKERS WIN government MUST PAY FOR MEAT DURING THE WAR washington dec 21 mr tracei well comptroller 0 the treasury has passed on the claim ot swift co ot chicago for the price 0 pounds of fresh iff which according to contract was shipped from newport news va on august 5 1898 tor use ot the army of rico tho record shows that the manitoba tho transport on which the beet was shipped arrived off ponce aug 10 when eho ran on a and remained on the reet until august 14 the captain ot the transport made an effort to have beet issued direct from the ship but the officers in charge refused to receive it on august the transport was ordered to where it remained antti the ot august while there a small amount ot the beet was to the troops direct as there was no refrigerating plant on shore on the same day she returned to ponce where she remained until september and was then ordered to montauk point new york when the beet was found to be unfit for issue and was thrown overboard tho board of survey found that the losa by tho spoiling of the beet waa not due to negligence or fault on the part ot tho contractors alie comptroller pt roller finds that at the time ot the condemnation the beet was the property 0 the united states and directs that the claim bo settled accordingly |