Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-21
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steward. was questioned concerning the
management Of the case Of Charles Be-
raud Jr.. of the Louisiana troops, for /
which the hospital management has been !
severely criticised. He said he had had |
the case OF this case; that everything |
possible had been done for the man. and |
that the father OF the man had thanked |
him for his care OF his son.
BRYAN'S SUBSTITUTE.
Eoutenant-Colonel Vifquain. a veteran |
of the civil war, and graduate OF the |
Military School OF Brussels. OF the Third |
Nebraska. said the regiment was excel
lently equipped. except that the tentage
was poor He also said the quality Of the
clothing was bad. The pork had also
been wormy az times, and the beef faint
ed. but these had been exchanged He
thought the clothing better than in the
civil war. but the rations were not so
good as then. He also thought the camp
entirely too much crowded
MORE VIRGINIA DEPONENTS.
Other witnesses examined at the after
noon session were Lieutenant Jones. com
| missary OF the Fourth Virginia; Private
| Allen o. White. OF the same regiment:
Private S. G. Thompson, of the Third
| Nebraska: Lieutenant Freeman. commits
| sary of the 16lst Indiana; COmmissary-
| Sergeant Morse, OF the 16ist Indiana.
| James r. Pourie, company commissary-
| sergeant Of the Sixth Missouri, and Pri-
| vate James r. James. Of the Sixth Mis-
| souri,. All sthese witnesses expressed
| themselves as satisfied with their treat
| ment
The commissary officers said the ra-
tiOns were abundant. but that occasion
| ally the fresh meats were tainted, owing
| 10 the heat. The privates found no fault
| all saying they had enough 10 eat, and
that the food was generally good. Pri-
vate Thompson. Of Nebraska said he
had gained 10 pounds since his arrival
in Florida.
| REPORT OK FERNANDINA CAMP.
! General J. Wilson and Captain Howell.
| constituting the subcommittee appointed
to visit and report upon the condition OF
| the camp at Fernandina, made their re-
port 10 the full committee to-day. The
! following is the import of the document;
your committee has the honor TO re-
| port that in its opinion the camp was
well selected: that probably the site was
equal I'm all respects TO any other that
| could have been found on the f1or1h
coast: that from what information II op-
tanned and what IL saw, 1t was Tar from
being a tropical jungle, and the certln-
cate Of the County Court indicates that
81 no government official was interested IN
, the land: that the amount Of work done
in clearing the underbrush was no greater
than might have been expected at almost
any locality in the South selected Ior
P canning purposes; and that the site was
e well drained the water for drinking ana
5 cooking purposes was good, and the bath
, ing facilities at the sea-beach were eX-
cellent."
sTT-sCrg A -
G The committee heard several of the pro-
-, fessional female nurses at the forenoon
session to-day. including Miss Copeland
G chief nurse at the Third Division nos
n pitaI; Miss Robins, head nurse at the
d First Division hospital Miss Hubbard
n head nurse at the Second Division hos
II, pital. and Misses Walker and Waters
. | ward nurses
Miss Copeland spoke in commentator
II Of the conduct OF the hospitals, and sale
that the nurses were well treated anC
apparently much respected. She said tina
: the nurses had their own tent quarters
, where there was the privacy demanded
bY their sex.
e Miss Copeland said that when the nurse
re first came to the camp there was onl!
he one nurse 20 each forty or sixty patients
i hut this condition had been steadily i'm
5 proved There was also in the begnninj
some scarcity of appliances for the SICK
such as hot-water bottles, which, Will
l. not a necessity, were often comfort
81 | She spoke of some nurses who had mao
complaints but they were Of the kind o
l. persons who are never satisfied with an
Ia situation. One nurse had made sever
3- criticisms. but she was of the KIND Wh
10 would leave a patient TO whom she ha
i, Just given bath to attend to some othe
y errand before drying him.
PLENTY OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
~ Major L. Pitcher, of the regular army
(" 6cpof surgeon for the Seventh Arm
80 Corps. said that since the early day
u Of the camp there had been no difficult
,e I'm securing an abundance Of medic;
p | supplies and that they were much MOI
.. | plentiful and of greater variety than wa
- usual I'm the regular army. In the mr.
= history of the camp supplies were orde
~ ed from Tampa. and 1t was difhcult
III sometimes impossible-to secure them.
Il He thought the medical stan here wf
ne efficient as physicians, but they we
ne without administrative ability. Many
10 them knew nothing of formulating requ
sitions. and were not disposed to lear
IN He thought that II the physicians had III
he derstood this line Of their business the
al need not have called upon the relet a
at sociations to such an extent.
'l DR. COunOr pressed Ut. i-llcHtI 'ioS'
er ON this point. saying to him that 4
he country was fun Of the report that &
&C. Medical Department Of the governme
was not capable of meeting the deman
made upon it. and that but for aid fro
No. eucb relief societies as the Red eros
"a | tbere would have been actual sunerr
no this Dr. Pitcher replied that such W
~ not the case, and he maintained I
49,, ability of the government 10 take go
80 care of it's own sick He said that
=. would have been ungracious not 10 acce
-. the aid offered by the relief societies.
nd FOOD GOOD AND AMPLE.
os- Cantain John w Swatek, Company
in | cocond Illinois Regiment, complained tf
Nv -, tvvo or three occasions the fresh ms
,ee s,',niehed his men had been poor but 81
the | tbot on all other occasions the food n
zen | ,,aen GOOD and ample General Dodge u
oc- | r. Cantain that there had been co
ma | ,lainr from almost every man in the co
~ | a,,, in regard TO their breakfasts a
~ ,,nHors Captain Swatek replied that
Ia III oatan the same food given the m
"a nd that II was satisfactory to III
"a =" IIa eai5 however, that he did not OF
eed narily inspect the meat Tor the III III
led Sergeant A. +. Lorenzon, OF the Sd
on comnanv. admitted that there was 50
mn comnlaint among the men, but thou
tho complaints were due TO the fac' l
om- the men were homesick.
nos COMMISSION OFF FOR ATLANTA
ntly The war Investigation Commiss
gem concluded its labors at JacksonVlile
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