Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-03
over the Queen & Crescent railway for
Cincinnati.

over the queen q crescent railway lor
Cincinnati.
The members of the commission ex-
press themselves as highly pleased
with what they accomplished here.
They also compliment highly the con-
dition of things they found at Camp
Hamilton.
The members of the commission who
were in Lexington were Gen. Grenville
M. Dodge, chairman; Col. Sexton and
Dr. Conner.
Yesterday a committee of promin-
ent citizens of Lexington, including
Mayor Simrall and ex-Lieut Gov. AL
ford, went to Washington to confer
with the President and see what
chance there is for retention of the
encampment of troops here. Tele-
grams received from this committee
say that the troops must leave for the
Southern camps, but that Secretary
Alger has promised that - will be
brought to Lexington in t. 1g TO
recuperate after they have se>- service
in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip
pines.
The President promised the commit
tee that he will probably visit LeXing-
ton when he goes to Canton to vote.
Generals Sanger, Wiley and Andrews
have returned from Georgia, where
they selected camp sites for the troops
now there.
All of them report favorably on the
Southern camps.
Gen. Wilson informs The Associated
Press that the movement from Lex
ington will not begin for ten days or
more, not until after pay day.
The first witness to-day was Gen.
Joseph P. Sanger, who has had COM
mand of the Third division. He said
the Second division camp at Chicka-
manga was badly located being in
rocky ground where sinks could not
be deeply dug.
When asked why the quartermas-
ter's department could not furnish ar
ticles necessary for supplying the
army, said:
The complex system of furnishing
supplies to our army is at fault. II
there was one department to supply
all wants of the army there would be
no clashes and these complaints could
not arise"
AT Chickamauga the control of my Dbl
vision hospital was taken from me and
taken by the chief surgeon of the corps"
The general then went into dissertation
on the complex system of our war regula-
lions, the taking away of reglmental sur
geons and the msmanagement which led
up to the overcrowding of the division
hospital and the great spread of typhoid.
General Sanger said he considered the
weak point in Camp Thomas was its san
itary condition. The men had plenty of
clothing did not need much; plenty to
eat. 1t was bad sanitary condition.
There were over 600 licensed hucksters
who visited Camp Thomas. Much lem
onade was sold. 1 believe Gen. Brooke
tried to do all he could to bring the camp
to good sanitary condition, but he was
surrounded by a medical board which did
not appreciate the serious condition of aft
fairs. DR.. Huidekoper especially thought
DR.. Griffith was unnecessarily alarmed.
DR.. Griffith insisted that a case diagnosed
as typhoid malarial fever was In reality
typhoid. l examined Chickamauga creek
where the intake was located. An engin-
eering officer examined it and pronounced
it bad.
Gen. Sanger was followed by Col. E. A.
Goodwin, Seventh immunes, who declared
he had no trouble in securing what was
needed. Only one other witness will be
examined here, Maj. CruZe, quartermas-
ter at Camp Thomas.
The commission leaves for Cincinnati
this afternoon.
When asked whether high medical Off
GERS at Chickamauga paid close attention
to duties, Gen. Sanger said: Il don't
know about others, but saw a great deal
of Dr. Huidekoper, who came through our
division frequently"
Gen. Sanger thought Chickamauga
would have been a healthy place for a
camp had the proper precautions been
taken and pure water furnished At IL
General Sanger closed