The age-herald., 1898-11-01

[Contnued From First PageI departments of the various regiments, due principally to inexperience. Lieutenant-Colonel Frank D. Baldwin, in- spector general on General Wilson's staff and who was on General Wade's staff at | Chickamauga gave some sensational testI- mony concerning the conditions there st'When the camp wts first established there, he said, 'I did not inspect single hospital but what I found it in filthy condition. Reports were made of this to the commanding general, and improvements could be observed for few days. But in a. short time matters would get as bad as ever. About the time the camp was broken up this had been corrected to large ex- tent"
 Colonel Baldwin further said that he had
 known acquisitions to be made frequently
 and not to be honored. This waseespecial-- ly true in regard to the Second division, Third corps-
 Dr. Conner, of the commission, said:
 There has been more Gissraces broughtr
 upon the. United States hospital system
 by the Second division Third corps than
 by any other in the service can readily
 see how this was, since no sort of atten-
 ton was paid to the complaints made.
 Colonel Baldwin said that so far as he
 knew, General Compton, commanding the
 Second division. only inspected his com
 mand on Sunday morning and that he did
 not know either General Compton or Gen
 eral Wade, the corps commander, he hav-
 ing inspected the Second division himself.
 Had No Clothing
 Colonel Baldwin said that he knew of
 one Mississippi regiment which did not get it's clothing when it should and suffered greatly in consequence as the weather was wet and nasty.
 q do not consider Chickamauga a suit able place for a large number of troops for many reasons. My observation was that sinks could not be dug over six feet without striking rock The only water supply was .Chickamauga creek On two occasions I observed the water entering the pipes to be in exceedingly bad cond- tion, account of filth and refuse. It was explained that the breaking of dams caused this. I saw the creek nearly ev- cry day and I never saw the water in such condition that I should have liked to drink it.
 Moreover the park has entirely too much timber land to make good camp. General Sanger's division had to send three four miles for water. I know | positively that one regiment remained two months and a half without striking it's tents and raising the floors or else changing it's encampment.
 Asked if the men were allowed to drink water from certain spring, General Bald win said:
 "It is true that they were not, but as an officer humorously remarked, to keep them from drinking water from any pool, it was necessary to put a sentinel over the pool and then to put sentinel over him to keep him from drinking.
 Colonel Baldwin stated that no such ar engagements were made to take care of sinks as have been made here at Camp Hamilton. He said that the ground finally got so perforated with sinks in the timber l portion of the park that it was really un- safe to ride through it. that his horse has | gone into them up to his belly. Worst Meu Were Nurses | Colonel Baldwin said that it was a com mon complaint that frequently regiments | dumped their worst men off on the hospital | for nurses. He said that the camp of the | First Mississippi was one of the worst he | had ever seen, largely on account of the | leniency of the eoolnel with his men, He l said there was great difficulty in getting | lime, due to the ineffieency of the quar- ltermaster department. On one occasion, | he said he was notified there was an abun- dance of lime, that in turn notified sev- | .eral regimental commanders. They made l reuuisitions and were given one barrel of | lime each and notified that that was all that could be granted them.
 | The next witness was Captain John l Johnston, now depot quartermaster at l Camp Hamilton Captain Johnston served | as assistant to the chief quartermaster of | the fifth corps at Santiago from July r | to August 22. He came awaS with General | Shafter and served at Mnntauk Point until l that camp was abandoned when he came l to Lexington.
 At Santiago" said Captain Johnston, from the time landed until left, there