New-York tribune., 1898-11-22

cept at his request. Miss Chadwick said; Il
saw men sent from hospitals who were In no con-
dition to make their desires known. am very
that seven-tenths At least. OF the sick who
were furloughcd far too i'll to move ana
met met several men VINO had no homes WHO d'u "o'
Did you hear men say they We're sent away
against their WIZ" asked Governor Woodbury.
u heard men say, 1T is shame 10 sehu '"o
away. sick | am -
"nut you did not hear them say they were sent
NO. but surrey that statement meant the same
Replying to a question to the sympathy that
prev allied between officers and men Aiss CnadWicH
said: Among the officers and men or the hesui-.
Army saw .he most beautiful and nooie devoton, @
An officer who looked as Ill as any or tnc H,n
came up 10 our carriage and thanked us iOr our
uars have no friends replied that tne me Woe Woe
Miss Chadwick told at length, Of the work done
and attempted at Camp Wikon by the volunteer
Gould the United States have done what you
women did so willingly and braveiy?" +,
Il understand that it took less than week tor
the Government to erect suitable barracks 'or
u did not ask you about barracks" interrupted
Ex-Governor Woodbury.. and he repeated his orig
Why certainly. the Government could have done
all lHova Ts aid-" 81
% cannot say how. but the resources Of OF the
sick and issuing food and clothing TO those soldiers
VINO wre without That Is AL We e Sd tho condition
OF the sick was made worse b. the crowd OF
visitors tantly at the camp.
NO: most decidedly not" she replied. The In
fany would have starved but for the food We SayS sry
poor health and could not eat the Regular Army
rauons.' , - - ,ao,, .,
medical supplies it Vas due to the congestion OF
the railroad that could he used for transport
T do not know the cause. All know IS hat
there Was a lack Of supplies. and consequently
General RS5se complimsn1sa n Ms; Ch2dTck yHr a0G 0G
he -
Dr William Gilman Thompson. Of No. - East
Thirty-hrstst. who belongs to the sa1s Of oIl, the
witness At the afternoon session: Eeplying 70 lDr
Der . and $. in order to ascertain how many SICK
M men IN ihe '@p an bs Err tv kdG in m wha condition
he found the general hospital at Camp Wikon, p';
TO make. and the object Of his visit to Moniauk
no; to find fault or to inquire into the condi-
LACK OF DIsINFECTANTs.
'1n fact" he explained Il not there long
enough TO warrant me making any criticism was
;old however that there was an insufcien' Supply
of dislnfectants My own observation In one '''
stance showed me that this true. found at
oas, thirty such instances outside the hospital IN
ne senrl%, s r rod and mvriads OF flies dis
seminating fTtal matter exposed IN the s,.N s,. -
do not know much abou: the general cond'''o" u
"Rut YOU have been quoted IN the newspapers al
over the country as having said that you i0"''
"'ay A Know ab@Gt The Hospital conditions is the
one instance I examined,
Yes sir wish to say that did not conc % no -
make criticisms In general n weTe{S TpSoid feveT
which came under my observation IN the M aro,id
,erian Hospital in CONDITION IN WhTl t t'S t3Sese pa
not have been moved. And to say th%, nr,nion they
tents in some cass ass oxod dsd IN 70 my fyaye G1 on rail-
road one hundred miles. scattering l"iec''o" "
every stop :, ,,... cases why tho men were
allowed to go away from camp before they S"''''
%o but know that they should not have been
Ibid you hear OF the nrortl ,ities OF M h.
Senators sweethearts and wi|es for pa'le"'' ~ ~
sem read of IT IN the newspapers but did not not
charge OF some Of those men In ne hosp',ia ,H5op "
this City turn deaf ear to all OF these '''''''
pr CORNER asIed his son od wss SEX fhe %h suho4 ri
lies refuse to let him take his son home ~, said
You would haIS & Ho Fsa wds Tgh, no not be allowed
take him without written protest rom ron tba, yon
ptai ana o Z pbe responsibiity some Of the men
pcked up in the streets OF s city and Id taken od 1o
ne G fevsr on, was covered with bedsores
another died within two hours o. ms ,r hours
the hospital and another within twenHi"" n, Cnnp
"Wcrs these men from the hospitals At amp
WikoN?'
NOT FROM THE HOSPITALS.
II believe they were furloughed from general
quarters and not from the Hospitals. '"""0' '
= the authority issuing the furlouGh was aware
mat the men we're suffering from typhoid fever
Mr. Parrish whose coloquy with the 'on'",,
eion IS referred to in the foregoing. said tha' "e
living at his summer home at Sou'hampton III ~, 80,
guat last he heard that abuses existed az ric
and I'm order to ascertain II the reports "'r' u 80
he Nent over TO the Sd' Ri,rsaf TO relief work
IIa lived In the Red Cross tent IN the c1inP a, an
yave his services chiefly to the in keguldtS @ az"
a. N,esochusctts In referring to the CONDITIONS
wh,ch nre,aiIod at tie camp Mr Parrish once or
rwoe pao nnd at 's General Reaver asked DO YOU
III Colonel
ecnti"e power at Camp Wikon than General w W hee'
er ~ 1Hn wines bu; the trouble at
Camp WikoT that there was no dcun5' ,hncs
lgent directing mind con,nualTyh Tha DIgh worker+ boh
regular and volunteer were Wiling TO 90 an IN
changing OF commanding officers. 1890 &c !
Mr. Parrish went on @ to Say ,E 's' @ Of the 7th Res
rncnt. but there was no h9sp'a pTreS tsti
fed was as thoroughly emaciated ana as h',S' GG
raS Ter iicd. "Iudced no There never was more |
mncomplainng man than the Americ"n sold''i, lor
pSin,s II President Mckinley had PIT bins himself sel In
my hands on Sen;enDer ne "ouu "a o,rse , fhaf
ma! sort Of parade visit The people down there
did not want to show him things as they really |
Nj Mr. parrish. contnuinE said That there I Were
vrso should have been In the hospitals. lie SAID |
ne had assisted Colonel Robert H. Goddard 3f
IaWrence to remove sick soldiers to the NeN-Ens-
land hospitals. -, H.. .e,,, .bor,a .. " pa-,tsb |
"a ~ ~ askrl him II he would follow out the !
same policy as General Wheeler IN allowing men men
~ "a tba nont vas serious one. and that he would
have to consul, Washington before ne could siyc
Gnionel Goddard arrives here win his boat ana /
,ri,.tn heip IS refused II Will be resented by the
1rornie and the result will show in the elections |
t-,enti,allv permission to remove inval1s was OBJ |
tancd from General Shafier ana i"9 c3nslfnments |
V'rc tikcn away Colonel Goddarls boat
Mr. Parrish remarked also hat he gave his al ,
hat no hoepi Ia cars
Nrs Vbielaw Reid and other women were utilized /
I" ,bc nroncr way IAN the trouble and suffering !
a. ,be "a mn Mr.. Parrish declared IN cumming ~ !
lie vieUq was de 10 a lack Of foresight and the !
neglect Of some one. cannot say who IS respon- !
"i,ie for the conditions that prevailed hut can !
testify that very undesirable conditions id pre- |
vail"