The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-08

did NOT know Of either General Compton
! or General Wade, the corps commander
having inspected the Second division
hospital.
Colonel Baldwin said that he knew o.
one Mississippi regiment which did mo-
get lis clothing when it should and SUI
fered greatly in consequence, as The
weather was wet and nasty
4 do not consider Chickamauga ParF
= suitable place for Il large number OF
troops for many reasons. My obserya'
lions was that sinks could not be dug
over six feet without striking rock
The only water supply was ohlcka'
mauga creek. On two occasions | CD
served the water entering the pipes &C
be in exceedingly bad conditions. on &C
count Of fifth and refuse. 1T was eX-
pected that the breaking Of dams caused
this. | saw the creek nearly every day,
and | never saw the water IN such condl-
ton that | should have liked to drink 1t.
'Moreover. the park has entirely toe
much cumberland to make q good camp.
1cncr Sangers' division had to G
three or four miles for water. | know
! positively that no regiment remained two
! months and a half without striking It's
tents and raising the floors, or else
changing its cncampmcnt.'
Asked if the men were allowed to drink
water from a certain spring, Colonel
Baldwin said:
PERFORATED WITH SINKS.
1T is true that they We're not. but, as
an officer humorously remarked, to
keep the men from drinking water from
any pool it was necessary to put Il SEN
tinel over the pool and then put anoth-
cr sentinel over him to keep him from
dr~inking."
Colonel Baldwin stated that no such
ARRANGEMENTS were made to take care of
the sinks as have been made at Camp
Hamilton. lie said that the ground
finally got so perforated with sinks III
the timber portion of the park that 1t
was really unsafe to ride through 1t,
that his horse had gone IL up TO his
belly.
Colonel Baldwin said that it was com
mon complaint that regiments frequent
~ dumped their worst men Oft on hos
pitfalls for nurses. He said that the camp
of the First Mississippi was Il OF the
worst he had ever seen, largely on ac-
count OF the leniency of the Colonel
with his men. He stated further that
there was great difficulty in getting
line tuc y lHt II y eh1 iuSi
ermaster's department.
On one occasion he said he was mott
fed that there was an abundance OF
lime. and that he III turn notified scy-
cral regimental commanders. They
made acquisitions and were given one
barrel of lime each and notified that that
was all that could be granted them.
The next witness was Captain BenJa-
1890 1850 1,,,1+ ,,,, rtn .p ~ 80 a n.
at Camp Hamilton. Captain Johnston
served as assistant to the chief quarter
master of the Fifth corps at Santiago.
from July nth to August 22nd. He
came away with General Shafter and
served at Montauk Point until that
camp was abandoned, when he came to
Lexington. He had no criticisms to
make.
COLONEL BOUGHT MEDICINES.
Colonel William A. Pew. of the Eighth
massachusetts,, was called. The prln-
cipal complaints he made We're Of the
difficulty his regiment experienced III
securing medical supplies. He sad his
surgeon would make out Il reQulsltlon
and hand it to the superior officers. and
they would return it, saying there
were no supplies and it was Of no use
10 I1lihc ItIulSltlOH. Soic4i&l SH 1tiiN
that his regiment had difficulty in Sc
curing its wagons. AT Chicamauga Park
he said his camp ground was very poor.
Colonel Robert w. Leonard, Twelfth
New York, testified that the surgeon Of
his regiment was continually clamOring
for medicine to give the men in quarters.
He could not secure these. he said, so
the Colonel spent $500 out of his own
pocket for medicines.
Colonel Leonard admitted that his
men were sometimes not sent to division
hospitals because they were so much
opposed to them.
Colonel Leonard said the commissary
supplies had been good and SO abundant
that the men could not consum them;
in consequence each company has q fund
of $50 or more obtained by selling SUI
perfluous supplies. The Colonel com
|. planned of the quarterplaster's supplies,
especially of the shoes. He said that he
had spent nearly 5000 out of his own
pocket for shoes for his men.
He said that the supplies were issued
i'll piecemeal and frequently the quarter
masters department got the requisition
bulled up.
Colonel w. X. Caffee. Second Missouri.
said that his regiment did not receive
all equipments till a few days before
leaving Camp Thomas for Lexington.
Among the last things issued. he said.
were the boilers for boiling the water
which were ordered more than two
months before. Colonel Caffee said that
sinks could be dug at the Second Mis-
souris camp at Chickamauga only four
feet deep before striking rock. This,
he said. was renOrted to the brigade
commander and the inspector. but no
action was taken.
LEAKY, UNFLOORED TENTS.
Colonel Caffce said that he had no
surgeon and only one assistant surgeon
for some time after the regiment went
to C~hickamauga.
Sick men from my regiment were
Sent to the division hospital and could
not be received because the hospital was
already ~overcrowded," said Colonel
Caffce.
I'VE had no medicine in the regiment.
| visited the hospital daily while I had
men there, and 1 frequently found the
tents unf1oOred. the cots crowded so close
together that one could not pass be-
tween. The tents were so Ieaky that