Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-22
LACTEAL FLUID LACKING.
There Was No Milk for the Feeble Sick
Soldiers.
~.,,,,... the Doctors Comp'a' entity
Put Al the Fever Patients on a
Cow Product Diet.

New York. Nov. si.-Mat f. j. ives
CHEF surssvn ~ the Third or provis'on-
Al division OF the Firm army corps
90. Tho arst witness before the war
Investigating commission today. Re-
n,,tns 10 questions by Gen. wilson,
MAJ Ives said that while at Chlcka-
ma,,sya he saw no distress among the
soldiers for tack Of medical supplies. lie
ief, Tampi ~ the transport SILVIA
,,r ,vith the second cavalry The
fra.nsn5rt wa. fairly comfortable. but
there were no suitable Accommodations
aboard for the h'rses.
Nal Ives told VI MS eNpcr,sncc,e,s ~
attending fhe wounded Of the ~ Caney
o~bs Ask.d as to his previous pNpsr-
'rnr' in action, he said he was IN the
Italian ynrs. In the Civ'pfla war ~
iss0 the Geronimo IN 1855 and 1856, and
In the glnx wars OF 1880.
"in view ~ those experience" asked
Den. Wilson. what do you ihink vas
me condition ~ the men In the cuban
clmpnien a. conn Jared wih mat OF
tho mon In the Indian wafsg'
"a think II vas as good na could have
been expected under the c'rcum-
Wa anything ~, p1done that
would have ailcyiatci the condition
".rhere should have been more am
huiaurcs. There were only three at the
disposal NJ my division. ! d. not know
n more could have been obtained ana
1 r1n1nt think ~ anything that could
have been done for the men which was
Ito ssld ,hi; a, nrft he was opposed
10 tho emplIymcnt ~ women A. curses
hut c'nngcd HE mind later. ne the Voc
mer ana excellent work.
II closing his testimony the major
saa "My personal opinion IL that the
army was well equipped IN cvrry re-
spoct. xcept shat az times there were
not IN tEh amhulfnces and at times
there ~ 4 lack N medical suppl, e.
| never Jew q time when n y SUR
COON took trouble To- hustle for mod
lone that failed 90 ~ an thar was
needed. " en- I wished supplies
mounted M horse ana rode nfior them
and when ouid n1t get ih'nEs which
were not headquarters p1urhi
them VI she permission 81 my au'
/ pcflor'
INCOMPETENT HELP.
Dr. Louis A sumron ~ New York
iosiincd that he had made two visiu
/ ~ Camp wlkon To- investigate the rc'
D
epidemic NJ typhoid fever. lie told Of
/ uurlnltary conditions he found IN th'
/ general hospital. The surgeon IN chargi
/ " the general hospital told him h. tcc'
| oguEod thc situation but was unnhli
] 10 obtain Necessary help h. carry gu
ris orders. "if want ching done.
The surg on 'old me, y have 90 take Z
mar b. the ear and make him - ~
I All the surg ouH told nr. StifnaOn th1'
they suffered from lack of competent
| male help.
Dr. Conner arkcd Or. stlmson n h,
| iid not know that Il wna Impossible
t. obtain male help nj the hospitals
that many men sent from New Iofl
city were drunk and declined 10 obe,
orders pr. stimson raid he had hcart
some such reports.
ON September 9Th DR.. stlmson sale
he went again 90 Montnuk Point 10 In
yosiignte a report that soldiers weri
starving there. II found many o
them" the doctor said. ''who told m'
they had nothing TO eat for twenty
4 four hours. Of course there was enough
. food In the camp for well men, hi
there were lrcnt many IN camp VIII
were sick and were not cared iuf an,
not In hospitals; l know Of forty met
i In one regiment who were put ON
milk diet when there was no milk II
/ camp, Except IN the case OF tho lev
men In charge and an occasional fobus
negro, all the men In camp were In verl
poor condition. ! nnd no fault will
the physicians who yielded a. the pres
sure aud permitted patients 10 leayi
before they were we'll. cEtlclre M
system thRt permitted such condi
tlon ~ affairs.
PICKED uP IN THE STREETS.
The pressure came from governors
senators. mothers, wives and sweet
hearts. "whnt I can't understand.
DR. Stimran said. "ls why the Unite,
States government should have sui
ferrd them 10 leave the hospital be
fore they were currd. Seventy.fnur ~
phnla cases picked M In tho streets o
this city were treated In the Hudson
street hospital. They should not hav,
been allowed 20 leave Montauk unit
they were we'll"
what do you think could have beer
Zone nj Camp wiipff that was no
donef" asked eN.Gov. Woodbury..
~ think the whole conception n tn
cnmn was WRONG. II should have beer
called n hospital camp and conducto,
ms hospital entirely. The burden ~
proof rests upon the authorities q
show why the proper things were no
done"
As DIR. stimson concluded his testi