Evening star., 1898-11-16

Col Jacobs said he thought it was a mis-
take to have kept all the transportation
Ender one management. instead of having
divided wagons among the different regi-
ments. He said, however, that no especial
complaint regarding the wagon transporta-
dOn reached him. though there might have
been complaint that he did not hear about
He said that even If all the wagons had
been landed promptly he did not think they
would have been sufficient to do the work
necessary.
wagons were landed before June 3O?''
Col. Jacobs-'I would say 80 per cent and
the pack trains were In use.
Knocked Ont by Skaters Orders.
Gen. Dodge-Do you know of any reason
why the cooking utensils for the regiments
should rot have been sent to the front?
Col Jacobs-No reason. except Gen. Shat
ter's order.
Gen. DOdge-Did he ever forbid that?
Col Jacobs-Most positively.
The witness said that no ambulances and
very few OF the medical supplies were sent
to the front from Baiquiri
DIR. Conner-How many ambulances were
sent to the front?
Col Jacobs-None 1 would have known
IT If they had been sent from Baiquiri.
was ordered to load transportation. origl
nally had orders to load fifty ambulances,
but they were knocked off by Gen. Shafter
before they had been put on transports.
DR.. COnner-Do you know whether orders
left of hospital equipments?
Col. JacOOs-"My impression is they were
knocked out by Skaters orders. The am
balances were. and think some medical
equipment and the three division hospitals
were left behind at Tampa by his orders
In reply to question the witness said
that these orders were given verbally to
him.
DIR. Conner-"Did you expect an engage
ment at Santiago?'
Col. Jacobs-'1 think we went there to
fight
DR.. Conner-'How did you expect to get
along without hospital transportation? The
fact is nothing was taken down there for
the transportation of the sick. and the quar-
termaster's department is held responsible,
Col. Jacobs ccuntenance showed that he
resented this implication that his depart
ment was responsible for not having these
things, ard he replied:
We were ordered to leave them. 1 will
swear that Shafter told me not to take the
ambulances. / was not told in distinct
words to leave the field apparatus for the
hospital. but | was told to leave the ambu-
lances. / was told also what to take.
DIT Conner The quartermaster's de-
partment did not transport three hospitals
10 Cuba, and the medical department was
sent into the field with practically nothing
at alp ..
Quartermaster's Department Not Re-
sponsibIe.
Col Jacobs-"The responsibility does not
rest with the quartermaster's department"
take medical suppIies?''
Col. Jdcobs-'No. L did not Gen. Hum
Phrey had control of water transportation
and L was placed In control of wagon
transportation"
DR.. Conner-'I want to find out from
somebody about leaving those things at
Tampa"
Col. Jacobs said that orders were given
against sending cooking utensils to the
front.
Col Denby-'Was that a verbal order?''
Col. Jacobs-''I had written orders what
to send and was told by Gen. Shafter not
to allow anything else TO go. Everything
was excluded from wagons except the sup
plies
Col. Denby-"You could have sent these
things You had transportation enough for
the cooking utcnsiis2"
Col. Jacobs-"Ne could have tied a lot
of camp utensils to the wagons, but very
lew of them were unIoaded. Gen Shafter
did not allow camp equipment to be un-
loaded from the transports. Some volun-
teer regiments did unload their camp equip
ment. but they were left right there at
Baiquiri and afterward shipped somewhere
else
In reply to a question, Col. Jacobs said he
did not think the troops should have in
the field all the camp equipment they
ried from Tampa, but he thought they
should have had some facilities for cook
ing.
Gen. Dodge-''Do you consider 800 mules
and ia wagons sufficient to furnish trans
portation that army needed
Col. Jacobs-"For the distance they had
to GO 1 think not. There should have been
more
Cause of Col ge-tion at Tampa.
The witness was questioned to a consider
able extent regarding the causes of what
ne had termed the congestion the rail-
road leading into Tampa DIR. Conner
wanted to know whether the fact that the
yal nj, rr1iIe of b; ruiI-
road leading out of Tampa and that the
competing roads had to send their cars
over this section of road WAS not account
able for great deal Of the trouble. lie
wanted To know whether the Pla.t system
had not discrimirated against traffic com
ing from the north on opposition roads.
The witness replied that he could rot
answer as 10 that but that the roads
seemed TO be doing ali that they could do
to get the business through.
The witness, in reply To another question
explained further that he had said tnat no
ambulanceS were taken 10 Cuba with
Skaters expedition He meant the Shafter
expedition prcLer. Later en- lie did unload
ten ambulances, but they did rot come with
the expedition
Conditions at NontaUk FONT.
Capt. Jonathan NJ. Patton. who served
four years during the civil war as a soldier
and was mustered into the sArviee on the
18th of last May as captain and assistant
~ EELcf MASTER. Dc4HS lpCdt-u dl lamp
Wikof Montauk Point. from August 3.
testified concerning conditions at that p ace.
He said that the contract oy which the land
at MOntauk Point was secured for the gov
ernment was made by Col. ellis. He under
stood that the land company and the rail-
road company We're controlled by The same
people. In reply TO question Icy Gen.
Dodge he said that he lid not know posi-
lively that that fac.
Gen Dcdge-"Have you seen statements
of great suffering at the station at Mon
tauk. published i'll New York paper9?'
Capt. Patton-"TEere was a great deal of
injustice in this criticism. All the suffering
that was experienced there what
would be naturally incident TO removing
sick men. These men when unable TO walk
were brought to the station In ambu,ances
and put In cars. and their transpor alton
was delivered TO them on the GERS So far
as l know. there was always somebody to
take care of men who were not able to
take care of themselves
He had never seen any instances of ne
Elect maladministration on the part of
eny officer.
DIR. Ireland's Testimony.
DR.. NJ. w. Ireland. who associat ed
with DR.. La Garde In the hospitals at Si-
honey. was placed on the stand at o'clock.