The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-16

this connection Governor Beaver ex-
pressed the opinion that this conduct
on the part OF Colonel Lee was ~ out
rage and he said the only mistake that
the doctor and his colonel made vas
that they had not taken the colonel by
the nape of the neck and kicked him
out of the camp"
DR.. Weaver said he had been the on
ly surgeon with his regiment. the 9TH
er two being detailed to other service.
He had been on duty as long ~ ~
hours at a time. but he had never made
any complaint. because IL was generally
known that the surgeons in the regi-
ments were overworked.
The witness expressed the opinion
that the hospital facilities should be
furnished by the government. adding
that not an article OF property in his
hospital had thus been supplied. the
citizens OF Pennsylvania buying beds.
blankets. sheets and all the food. ice
and milk that had been used there.
They had expended 81 900 on the hospit-
al alone.
Major Louis A. Garde. a regular army
surgeon. who was In charge OF the div
.sion hospital at Siboney. said the trans
ports taking troops to Cuba were over
crowded and the air was very hot In
his steamer. the Saratoga. - cases Of
fever had developed going over. He had
received his first patients on the nrst of
July from Aguadores and FL Caney
and by the 4th OF July 400 or 500 pa
tents had been received. The majority
Of them were shipped north a. rapidly
as possible. The men sent north were
supplied with all that could be spared.
but the hospital authorities felt that
those who went north. even though
short of attendance and supplies. were
taking fewer chances than those who
remained. as yellow fever was even
then beginning to make its appearance
The doctor said that as the patients
at the hospital increased he called for
additional physicians. securing some
from camp headquarters and also the
aid OF doctors of the navy and also
Cuban and Red Cross doctors. There
the military necessities were such that
IL was impracticable to keep as many
men at work in this capacity as were
needed. DIR. Garde expressed the
opinion that the United States could
have had a supply OF stores on hand
as well as the Red Cross. and he be-
lieved that II would have done 30 II
anticipated There was . sumcient
quantity Of medical supplies II they
could have been unloaded- The lighters
were all used for unloading articles Of
military equipment, and Il had been
next to impossible to get the hospital
supplies landed. Reverting to the
transportation Of troops north. DR..
Garde said two physicians had been de-
tailed to go on the Seneca ~ well ~
some nurses. He said IL there were
any very sick people placed on that
vessel. they were transferred from the
hospital ship Relief. and this was done
without his sanction or knowledge Re-
ferring to the charge that the sick on
the Seneca had no change Of ciothinG.
he said he presumed this was true. ~
nobody in Cuba seemed to have m0rs
than one suit OF clothing. Furthermore
the hospital had no ice to spare to the
transports. Ice was q scarce article.
The gentlemen OF the press had fur
nished the chief supply to the institu-
tion.
The witness said that he had recon-
mended the burning Of the town Of
Siboney to secure Immunity from yel-
low fever and to secure a site for
hospital. DIR. Polk. the corps surgeon.
however. had been misled by the as
surances OF the natives that there had
been no yellow fever N the town and
had not then acted upon the recon-
mendation.
DIR. La Garde had not concluded his
testimony when the commission ad-
journed for the day.