The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-21

or three occasions the fresh meat iur,
nishcd his men had been poor Dut sai1
that on al other occasions the loou nao
been good and ample General Doose
told the captain that there had oesh
complaint from almost every man IN tne
company in regard to their breakiasss
and supper Captain Swatek repied 'ha1
he had eaten the same food gwen the
men and that X was Satisfactory 10 MN
He said. however, that he did not oiui-
narilv inspect the meat for the men
Sergeant a. +. Lorenzon, Of the same
company. admitted that there was some
complaint among the men, but ne
thought the complaints were due 10 tue
fact that the men were homesick.
COLONEL. TAYLOR IES lFiES.
col Tavlor. Of the Fourth Virginia Reg
fnent. was the irst witness before the
War Investigating Commission AT 'he
oftorroo, session to-day. He said nc
bod no COMPLAINT whatever TO make con-
cerning any department Of the govern.
nent and that he knew OF no case Vi
wilful neglect. lie spoke OF some print
ed criticism of the regiment mace oy
man named Nediinger, as fragrant ms
representatlons. saying there was no
foundation for them and that the au'nor
OF the charges was irresponsible
nowsnapcr reports Of hardships were due
10 the fact that the men who went nome
were in search Of sympathy Which nau
caused them TO circulate reports whlch
were exaggerated.
MORE VEGETABLES.
Lieutenant Morrow acting coihHlisSdiy
Of the Thl~d Nebraska, Colonel Bryan
regiment. testified 10 the generally goou
character OF the commissary supplies
He mentioned one or two Instances when
poor bacon had been received and sald
there were occasional complaints from
the men though not Of serious CHARACTER
He thought the troops ought 10 nave
more canned vegetables for warm ell
mates. -
BRYAN EXCUSED.
Colonel w. j. Bryan was next called
He asked to be excused from testifying
requesting that his lleutehah'-coiohe'
be examined I'm his stead
you will, 1 have no doubt. understand
my reason for this request" he said.
Il think the request very proper ana
reasonable" responded Governor Beaver,
and as the entire commission assented
to this concession, Colonel Bryan was
excused with the request 10 send up
his neutenant-coloneL
GENERALLY TRIVIAL.
Colonel ". T. Durbin. Of the one Hun
dred and Sixtv-drst Indiana. said there
were few complaints from his men and
that they were generally trivial He
spoke especially Of the grounds OF the
Third Division Hospital, saying that they
had for time been very poorly kept
There had, however been vast i'm
prorement since DR. Clendennin had sue
ceeded DR.. Jesurum. Of the Rough Riders
I, 1 Inv m
but Il had apparently gone unheeded.
Colonel Durbin also said there had
been one or two complaints Of neglect Of
his men at this hospital, and that one
of these complaints was TO the effect
that men who had been sent to the hos
plal on Tuesday last had had no medi-
cal attention up 10 the following day.
He had called attention 10 tho condition
of affairs and the surgeon In charge OF
the ward had said that he had visited
the men but that the patients probably
did not know he was physician
GROUNDS LILY KEPT.
Colonel Letcher Hardin, Of the Sixth
Missouri. also complained that the
grounds Of the Third Division Hospital,
had not been well kept. He said that
they were bad under DR.. Vaughan. bet
ter under DR.. Jesurum. and still much
better under DR. Clendennin. lie thought
the army ration should contain more
vegetables and less meat.
Dr. Alexander Kent. pastor Of the Peo-
pies Church az Washington and field
agent at Jacksonville for the Red Cross
at this point was questioned concerning
the operations Of the Red Cross at this
point. Tie said he had been received
very cordially by the army surgeons and
he had cO-Operated with them. lie had
noticed the absence OF sheets and pill
low cases at tine Second Division Hospital
On it's early history. This was in mid
summer and many men lay uncovered be-
cause It was too hot TO use their blank
! cts. He had supplied the deficiency and
the supply had been thoroughly appre-
! ciated bv the doctors. There was also
at that time q shortage of hospital tents
and OF food suitable 10 typhoid fever pa
tents lie had undertaken 70 supply
| the deficiency and had distributed two
carloads Of the necessary delicacies. 1T
seemed" he said, "as II the hospital was
arranged upon smaller scale than was
| demanded and as n consequence there
was a constant demand upon the Red
! Cross TO supply the deficiency"
Dr. Kent said ne had heard many COM
! plants concerning misconduct at the hos
! pitals and many of them were apparent
| lv well vouched for but they had not
/ generally proved well founded when in-
/ veetigated. Replying TO n question he
said he thought 1t had been very difficult
TO get medical men Of sufficient admins
! tratlve ability 10 manage such 'nstitu-
tions as the Division Hospital.
MALE NURSES INCAPABLE.
Before the female nurses were secured
the nurses who were men Of The hospital
| corps. were not capable They were not
intelligent as class and while some OF
them were doggedly faithful they failed
70 meet the requirements. They did
not for instance seem to regard II as OF
consequence il flies were crawling In and
out of a sick mans mouth with impunity
and he had seen as many as six cases OF
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