The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-19
GIVEN PILLS FOR
EVERY AILMENT
How the Soldiers Fared
in Hospitals.
TESTIMONY OF AN INVALID
SAME TREATMENT FOR FEVER
OR FRACTURE.
Volunteer Officers Looked After
Themselves, While Regular Off
GERS Looked After Their
Men.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispatch TO The Call.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1S.-In the wal
inquiry to-day, taking up the question
of the lack of tents, surgeons and medi-
cal supplies in Cuba, DR.. Connor asked
the witness, DR.. Greenleaf, how the
medical supplies were delayed at Sibo-
ney. DR.. Greenleaf said he did not
know.
Who finally unloaded these sup
plies?" asked DR.. Conner.
I did 1 captured six pontoons and
took the law into my own hands"
You unloaded in thirty-six hours
supplies that had been lying in the
harbor two weeks? Why did not Or.
Pope, chief surgeon of General Shat
ter's corps, land them within those two
Weeks?"
L suppose he was at the front at
tending TO the wounded" replied DIR.
Greenleaf. L am sure that Dr. Pope
did the best he could. 1 had full au-
rhorftv from General Miles to do what
l thought best"
In reply to a question DR.. Greenleaf
said he supposed DR.. Pope had author
fty from General Shafter sufficient to
enable him to unload the supplies at
Siboney. as he (Greenleaf) had done.
There is no Doubt said DR.. Con-
ner, that somebody was dreadtully at
fault. Cannot you help US TO find out
who it was?"
Dr. Greenleaf said he could not
William Hamilton Henry, whose son
served as a private in Company b.
Seventy first Regiment, during the
campaign, was the first witness at the
afternoon session. Mr. Henry tolu u
in
his son, who was sick. he 1odnd MIN
wing on the bare ground in tent. Inc
officers tents were all hooreo.
Richard W. Henry, the son, was
called He was taken sick after the
surrender Of Santiago. Speaking OF the
treatment he received from the army
surgeons in Cuba he said that they d1o
the best that they could and treated
every one alike.
In fact" he said, they made no dis
tinction in the manner of treatment or
in medicine. 1t was two pills for
fever and three pills for a broken arm.
DR.. Frank Donaldson, who joined
Colonel RooseVelts regiment in Cuba
on July s, and who was stricken with
yellow fever on July "A, followed Mr..
Henry on the witness stand. Asked
by DR.. Conner as to the condition of the
h spital5. he replied:
Il do not wish to criticize DR.. LIE
Garde, whom l greatly admire, but
they were entirely swamped. There was
an insufficiency Of medicines, nurses
stewards were Of a most undesirable
character, and should never have been
selected for such service.
Regarding medical supplies, DR.. Don
aldson said there were supplies, but
they could not be reached. Speaking of
his own regiment he said he got sup
Lies because he went out and hustled
for them.
They were not served out to you?"
asked DR.. Conner.
Not by a large majority, was the
reply. I'VE got what we hustled for
and nothing else
Did the men receive good care and
attention in the hospitals?
They suffered from the lack Of care
because of the inefflciency of the
nurses. The doctors were efficient and
devoted"
Dr. Connor asked if it was possible
to get better class of nurses and
when DR.. Donaldson said no, he asked
why the department should be blamed
for what could not be avoided.
There was no excuse" said Dr. Don
aldson, for sending them there ana
not sending supplies"
DO you know they sent no sup
plies?"
IF they sent them they must have
vanished into Cuba Libre; they did not
reach us
DR.. Donaldson criticized DR.. Lesser.
the head of the Red Cross Hospital in
Cuba, severely. and declared that al
though DR.. Lesser posed as an expert
on yellow fever, he did not know what
yellow fever was until he was stricken
with it.
James S. Sewers of Company K,
Seventy-first Regiment, served from
the time the regiment went to Camp
Black until mustered out last week. He
complained that the coffee was poor
and that the volunteers were not
treated as well as the regulars. Asked
by General Beaver to explain what he
meant he said the volunteer officers
took care of themselves while the regu-
lar officers took care of their men.
when we arrived at Montauk
Point he said, there was nothing for
us to eat until the next day. When the
Tenth Regulars arrived there was a
wagon load of bread and meat waiting
for them. Our officers said that they
had nothing to do with the rations."
Mrs. Mary Manson of West Fifty
fifth street was the last witness of the
day. She had been at Camp Wikoff in
charge of a division of the Women's
War Relief Association. She said the
men at Camp Wikoff had suffered
greatly and had been ill-treated. When
General Dodge told her that the men
had testified they were not badly treat
ed and had not been neglected at
camp Wikoff Mrs. Manson declared