The New York herald., 1845-10-13
Naval Court OF Enquiry.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
WAsHINGToN, October 10, ls45.}
CHARLES ANDREWS was called and sworn.
By the JuDcE ADvocATE-l was attached to the Flori-
da squadron; went out as private OF marines; was
there about ten months when was made corporal and
in fve months after that made sergean arrived
there the 18th Aug 1889 and away on the 10th
July. ls42; twice sick in the hospital at Indian
Key was in the hospital five days at the first tins,
about twenty patients at this time perhaps mse;
thirty though; there were, during the time in the
hospital about dozen beds bedsteads they in
the room where was; in the other there were
hammocks laid the floor with mattresses under
them; the men had their own beds, or part of them
had; there about twelve beds on the floor
perhaps more as to my own bed, had linen sheets
or piIlow-cases it; had my bed clothes; Jont
know whether any one else had such sheets or pillow
cases cannot whether of the mattresses
made OF hair at the hospital named Sergeant
Dorris who allowed bottle Of porter; he was the
only man there, whom ever saw get anything like
such sweatmeats and wines; 1 would have observed
these things think if they had occurred as there were
sick men all around me.
dent of the Court objected to the putting of this last
question, on the ground that when similar question
put by him to another witness, the Judge Advocate
objected to it; but the Court overrued it
The largest of the canoes carried nine men, but there
not six of these in the majority
Of the carried five or six men; when first
the canoes that arrived at Indian Key it was about
month after they had been brought there; of them
on and to have repairs they could go on the
for two or three yards think they split open by
the sun; the most of them were split open upon their
of them were split then the condition of the last cargoss
saw, which about month after their arrival
was there; suppose there was about one hundred in
this ot Of the whole number of canoes at Indian Key
there suppose in general use, about thirty there
were about thirty canoes used upon expedition;
some Of the army canoes; they were rather better
By Lieut. McLAueHLIS-I was sick in the hospital on
Indian Key in September or October ls4 both times;
sai with Iieuenant Mciauahln ioined the schooner
Flt in about the last Of December ls4l somewhere
near Christmas; don't think all the mariners were on
the expedition at time they were not there were at
tme upwards of ninety mariners altogether the
Key, and out Of their lumber about seventy or eighty
were expeditions OF those that were left behind
en- this occasion there carpenters belonging
to the mariners working house. and others sick IN
the hospitals Of the expeditions there were only
twenty or thirty forty mariners there were not
many mariners there the last occasion as there were
on the rst some came out afterwards sick in the
hospital erected by Lieut. Mclaughlin there two
rooms occupied by the sick during the time that was
there this the hospital described the beds being in;
there was but one surgeon who attended both times
during my sickness it was think, either Dr. Hastings
were working on house at a corner OF the island was
occupied think afterwards, as clerks office; went
they had been working the hospital before went
the expedition to the everglades
A. o. DAYros was here recalled, aud asked several
questions, which we're Of no material importance.
By request OF Lieutenant McLAuoHLiN, WM. PErN
FaAwLsY was here called and sworn.
expedition and acted captains clerk the vessel that
was in was the schooner Wave, Lieut. Herndon, who
was the captaln WAS IN tne eSpeulton petWsen eio
and twelve months, from September lsai. to Aug.
ls42; have to believe that Lieut. Mclaughlin
ever attempted to defraud the government or use any
collusion whereby to effect that object; never Pao
away any Patriot or Mexican douboons; paid notnng
but Spanish all my Mess 10
and were accurate and true; was on Indian he ABOUT
one month messed in the quarters that were furnish
ed to the officers there and the provisions were FURNISH
ed by myself; never knew Oh hosPltai STORES navh&
been used by any others than the sick; II there had
,hink should have known 1t; never saw any wasted,
&c in the care of the public property on Indian Key
nv the JupcE ApvocATE-I never saw any Patriot or
Mexican dollars paid by any one connected with the
q sad he built himself, out of his means; have
40 further evidence other than his word for IT, that
he built il his expense, have frequently been
IN and about the spita-that Is the officers part OF it,
never dined with the surgeons have never examin.
canoes, than to measure the length and
breadth Of some Of them; saw one vessel arrive at
indian Key with Canoes the most of them were GOOD
order and some Of them were considerably spiiti oe
leve there some canoes piled up under . sn'o
which not used there may have been twsny vi
thirty so piled up oil them had to the oet !" my
belief been in service--not all ,-,,.. sx -. =.
nv rur Cou,r-Lieutenant Mclaughlin DID not, to
my knowledge, pay away any spanish ounces' ony,
paid them away; Lieut. Mclaughlin 9ot .hem ~
md maid for them Si7 each; received wnstever oenca
cies necessary when was unher s msuosa uoam. r
. M s % ,,hers 81 the sick get decacies; have seen
sa as,s given to the sick have also seen fruit
,.ven 20 ,bem and porter, wine. and other liquors
NJ Iiaut Mel AuGHLiS- oil the canoes weIc oe
ween % and 30 feet longs and one OF mem p. ,ach
- remember in BREADTH to be four ieet ana one men
I'd the, would all average, suppose, from Y .oo ,e
.;de | took pains (having some euriosny 70 sno"5 W
neasure some Of the largest OF these tnnx h'Vo'
Of them. u,.a.uo,o
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