The times., 1898-10-06

army fed like that, and If It did not
know how to cook the food that was not
the fault of Secretary Aiger or President
Mckinley"
In addition to the regular hospital ra-
tions the men in the hospital he said,
were provided with delicacies and luxu-
ries furnished by the Red Cross Society
and ladies' who operated a diet kitchen.
The general said that to him personally
had been sent sums of money to be ex-
pended for and purchase of delicacies for
the patients in the hospitals, and that
more than week elapsed before he was
able to induce the physicians to spend
the money, so great was the abundance
of those supplies on hand.
The work of the quartermaster's de-
partment in the matter of transportation
received Gen. Boynton's earnest COM
mendation. The military officials were
aided in their efforts to make prompt re-
sponses 10 acquisitions for transportation
by the railroad officials. and If there was
any delay 1t was due to the difficulty of
assembling cars that were satisfactory TO
the troops.
They travelled altogether. or nearly
So general went on to say 'in Pullman
ears / do not remember to have seen
soldier in the war riding in a stock car,
which was the parlor car Of soldiers in
1S61-65 Why, / remember one regiment
OF colored soldiers, and magnificent
troops they were, too. who came TO camp
in train of four sections OF Wagner
cars upholstered In blue plush, and every
man of them had either an upper or low
er berth TO himself. / was reminded, /
suppose. forty times of an experience of
Gen. Dodge in the civil war He went
out from this same country at time
when neither men nor animals in his
or mn M a fA--f0T
hours and marched over 10 Resaca and
made a fight there And when they got
back they had had nothing TO eat for
thirtysix hours. If / am not right, Gen.
Dodge can correct me-"
That's right" assented Gen. Dodge.
Gen. Boynton's examination was in1er-
rupted here by the hour of adjournment,
and the commission suspended proceed
ings until this morning, when the gen.
erai will continue.
The prospect of trouble between the
War and Navy Departments growing out
OF the alleged attempt of Adjt. Gen. Cor
bin to saddle the blame for the misman-
agement at Santiago on Admiral Sampson
furnishes more interest to outsiders than
the perfunctory labors OF the Alger Relief
workers. The general opinion is that il
the two departments should actually fall
out the public will be in fair way TO get
at the truth at last Gen Corbin denied
that he had named Sampson in his report.
either directly or indirectly, as a scape-
goat. His report is very lengthy and will
not be given out for publication until the
commission has thoroughly digested it.
which will not be for some time.
Secretary Alger sent to the commission
yesterday his reply TO the categorical
questions put 10 him. He first submitted
his answer to the President
II is understood that Secratarv AIear de-
votes a great deal of space to telling
about the tremendous work involved in
placing an army of nearly 10000 men in
the field. His statement is said to be
largely a repetition Of his remarkable let
ter to the Hon. Chauncey NJ. DeDew and
his recent newspaper interviews. which
are quite familiar TO the public