Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-11-04
BRUTAL MAJOR HUBBARD.
Clicked Patient at Chiokamauga.
Abused Him Until He shrieked.
Sensational Testimony.

Abused Him Until lie shrieked.
Sensational Testimony.
CINclNSArl, Nov. 4.-General Dodge,
General sexton and DIR. Conner of the
war investigating commission visited
Fort Thomas, Ky, and General Dodge
put many questions to the patients IN
the hospitals concerning their treat
ment, but found none complaining.
He was especial, Interested IN those
transported the previous day from Lex
ington. They were al III good spirits
and apparently not unfayorably affected
by the .raiiroad journey. me lnspec-
ton of the camp was thorough.
The first witness examined was Major
e. L. Helburn of the Second Kentucky,
now mustered out. The death list OF
his regiment, he stated, was 26, most of
whom died at homo on furlough
The sickness III Ohickamauga in
creased very rapidly He served
on commission appointed to in
vestigate the division hospital. The
patients were then being removed TO
the hospital and the hospital was IN a
chaotic condition. The sinks were as
close as $50 feet from the wards and
were III an unclean condition. There
was dumping ground where other re-
fuse was thrown. There was gully
running right through the site. The
sick were in fairly good condition.
The committee concluded that 1T first
the hospital was IN bad condition, but
it got better and during Major Smith
control it was III good condition. The
committee found that the cause for its
bad condition arose from the fact that
it was not intended to be more than a
temporary hospital. but the sick in
creased SO rapidly that it was over
crowded. Another cause was the in
competency of men detailed from regl-
ments for nurses.
The committee found unnecessary
suffering because of lack of tents ana
OF cots, so that the patents were eX-
posed to the rain and compelled to lay
on the ground. This was the fault of
the quartermaster' department. Re-
QUESTIONS were not filled for from two
to ten days and in some instances were
not filled at all. When asked if there
were many deaths resulting from these
neglects, he said there was an order
from DR.. Hof to Major Smith to send
80 of the worst patients to Sternberg
hospital. OF these two died in a short
time after the removal. e..
The medical corps was not neglected.
but was disheartened because of ina
billty to get supplies, medicine and
proper nourlshment. The witness cited
an instance of q thermometer given to
an orderly to be used for taking the
temperature of patients, and when
asked for it the next day he said he did
not know what it was good for and had
given it away. AS instances of neglect,
4 L L.. -
much testimony that patients were al
lowed to remain filthy i'll their beds
and were actually fly blown. This ne
glect was chargeable to the nurses di-
rectly.
The witness read the statement of
Major Smith and of Colonel Hof, made
to his committee. The former was
scathing arraignment of the ineffi-
cheney Of the supply department.
Colonel Hof's statement before the
committee dealt with a defense of the
field hospital, which he said was origin
ally intended to accommodate 200 SICK
but the sickness increased so rapidly
and unexpectedly that the supply de-
partment was not able to meet the de-
mand
The witness being asked his own
1 opinion about the great amount of sick
ness at Ch1ckamauga, said he thought
that two-thirds of it was due to negh-
! gence of the men themselves The
witness cited the Eighth and Ninth
New York regiments. which had can.
/ teens, and he said almost the entire
regiment Were stricken by disease.
This witness also read the statement
of Captain Charles Price of the Second
Kentucky who told of hearing shrieks
from the Ninth New York ward and
found Major Hubbard treating patient
brutaily.
The reading was interrupted by the
appearances of Captain Price, and he
was rAamlned. He testified that ON one
occasion, when he went to the hospital
to sec one of his men, who was i'll with
measles, re was informed that the pa.
t'ent hsd bu4n detailed to carry water.