Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-09-22

KNoxvILrF. Sept. 22.-The secretary
of war, who yesterday inspected Camp
Poland and reviewed the enlisted men
encamped there, made a speech to the
commanding officers at General Nc
KEGS headquarters yesterday morning,
IN which he fixed the blame for the
sickness in the different camps through
the country on the commanding Off
GERS.
At one point he said that the troops
would have been moved from Chicka-
manga, long before they were. if the
conditions said to exist had been known.
Said he:
1--WE received only good reports at
Washington from the commanding off,
GERS, and it was supposed that the out
side reports were exaggerated.
''The commanders of camps were re-
sponsible tor the condition of their
camps, and If the men are not well
cared for and if the hospital and sani-
tary conditions are bad the command
ing officer must answer for it.
1.-THE war department has been and
is ready to supply the demands of the
troops for medicines and sustenanee and
there is no reason why conditions other
than the best possible should exist.
Secretary Alger and party later left
for Chattanooga.
LEXINGTON, Ky, Sept 22.-At the
conference here Tuesday evening OF
Secretary Alger with General Breckin-
ridge, the commander of Camp Hamil-
ton. and other officers, General Sanger
said while the division hospital may be
a good thing, that as it was conducted
had been disgrace TO the service; that
it had deprived the regiments of their
surgeons and caused hardships en- the
sick who should have had better atten-
ton at the proper time. Surgeon Cen
eral Sternberg in reply insisted that all
acquisitions had been honored in Wash
ington, and that any medical men fail
ing to do their duty should be reported.
General Waites told Secretary Alger
that the neglect of some quartermasters
to furnish supplies was criminal. While
IN Ch1ckamaega ne frequently made
acquisitions which were not honored
An imperative order had been sent to
have all water boiled He made a
requisition on Quartermaster General
Lee for water boilers. No attention
was paid to his requisition and after
he repeatedly urged G5uartermaster Lee
W oSAA bAAS DC1IClpJ tbAlt4 bCiIl1tsS l1OW buC
men were contracting typhoid fever,
he was met with reply which read:
1.-THE war department. does not furnish
boilers. General Waites then pur-
chased the boilers himself, but the seeds
of typhoid had been sown and the daily
report show d the list Of deaths and of
cases in the hospitals.
Pointing at Quartermaster Ludington
General White said: '.These men can
not say it was somebody else's fault. 1t
was the fault OF Quartermaster Lee,
and it was the fault of Quartermaster
Ludington, who is standing right
there"
Ludington made no reply to White
WASHINGTON, Sept. eft was stated
at the quartermaster' department. of
the army yesterday that the claim made
by certain officers that boilers were not
furnished for boiling water at Chicka-
manga is not true. On the Same date
that Chief 'Quartermaster Lee tele-
graphed for the boilers 1900 were sent
and a little later 800 more. 1t was also
stated that the soldiers would not drinh
the boiled water because it had nat
taste, and preferred to drink the fresk
water