New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-20

they needed anything they toId me that tney n"u
eaten all they wanted. and needed nothing Cap
tain Tagsart Of the 9th Infantry. told me on July
g. after the fights. he had accumulated day
rations ahead from General Kents division
Ibid you hear that the list Regiment. OF New
York went three days without rations! asked
General Dodge.
"I heard that volunteer regiment had thrown
! evav IT'S haversacks and wanted more rations. l
! heard no special complaint either from the hst
! New-York or the LIST Illinois. 1t was not my busi-
| ness to give rations, but was associated with
the commssnry officer who gave out the rations'
! and know no request for rations was ever re-
fused and my department always carried as speed
.lv as possible all rations ordered for the troops
The witness described the debarkaton from the
| transports in Cuba. and said that everything pos
! s,be was done facilitate the landing or the
troops.
MAJOR LORIGAN'S EVIDENCE
Major George T. Lorigan. OF the eth New-York
/ Volunteers followed Captain Plummer. and deposed
to various connected with the mustering-in
| Of his regiment and OF It's stay at Camp Townsend
and Chickamauga. No preparations. he said had
been made for the reception of the regiment at
! Chickamauga For a long time the sanitary ar
engagements extremely bad and IT was fully
! ten days before any sinks were dug.
Asked why he did not order the excavations TO be
1 made Major Lorigan said he did not do so because
| Colonel Greene had instructed him that the Reg
uar Army officers would attend to those matters.
1 water
There pipe from the Chickamauga Creek.
but told the water not fit to drink. but
when they thirsty the men drank. When a man
wants water. he wants II. | drank the water sew
eral times myself" was Major Lorigan's reply.
Major Iorisan said he served private In the
Sh New-York in the Civil War. He considered the
supplies served the 9th fairly good and sufficient.
lie had heard several complaints Of tho food but
considered them due TO the inexperience OF the men
and their lack OF sense 10 use properly the food
issued them.
OF course. We have a State camp every year"
he explained. ana there is restaurant at camp.
and the National Cuardsmen do not learn how to
cook thciT own meals II was only by accident.
when cook waiter n member Of the COM
rany. that the food properly cooked at Chicka-
manga"
THE CHIcKAMAUGA HOSPITALS.
How about the medical treatment"
There many complaints OF DR.. Hubbard.
The men complained OF his conduct and Of his
medical ability. He treated the officers pleasantly.
hut he was rough to the The only
know of was when sergeant. named Frank
think. broke his leg in getting of the train at
hospital in the city DR.. Hubbard insisted that the
man De taken to camp. twelve miles further away.
How about the statement that T. G. Lynch.
bounced fakirs' in the regmentai hospital. when
they applied to DR. Hubbard for medical attention.
hospital"
4 clneye never heard Of those cases"
paper clippns. which contained the statements
quoted In his question and asked him II thcv could
be tru" without his having heard OF II.
more MsSF M sd he I'M noGsh NOT he
in Eew-York than he did at the camp
Was the want Of proper food the cause Of tho
sickness in your resiment?" Captain Howell asked
NO. The sickness was due to the early want Of
Pipe line and With ten fes of the tents Whence
,hHy drained into tho tent trenches"
Before he left the all the members Of tho
Commission shooi hands with Major Lorigsn as a
veteran 0; Rnl Run. Colone! Sexton remarking
that II TOOK MIN three days to get TO Bull Run ard
two hours 10 get back.
Witnesses on hand. the Commission adjourned until
2? o'clock. on reasscmblng at that hour Miss
was the first witness to be called She visited the
troops: on se?tenhcr ls Before then she had
visited the trains carrying soldiers from Montauk
weak to help Themselves were found living I'M
conscious in the streets of Long Island City and in
learned that there neither doctors nor nurses
on the trains OF convalescents.
PLAGUE OF FLIES AT MoNTAUK.
Examined by Ex-Governor Woodbury. Miss Gar
rard said: The worst feature observed a. Mon
tauk was the plague Of flies. None of the stories
which have been told about the great quantity OF
flies have been exaggerated"
What do you think could have been done to
lessen the. evn?"
"Flypaper or insect powder might have decreased
the number OF flies. and netting would have pre-
vented vented them from ANNOYING the patients in the
hospitals Any large store in New-York could
than twenty four hours, but was bought and
nobody In authority seemed to care"
DIG you near any OF the Regulars In the camp
Nc So They did not complain but they were
how do YOU know"
not be satisfied but Regulars and volunt"efs alike
had no o. co'nplainis to make, They were just as
seeing they were suffering. Some of the enlisted
men after all the great TODD abou; physical ex-
twenty under eighteen years of age and one boy Of
whipped and sent to bed When he annad F fo
mission into the Army"
Medical attention and nursing, Miss Garrard
Camp wikon she round considerabie fsu M' wiz "a
bitterly Of the lack OF consideration show: to- tho
ifbi en ana relatives OF sick soldiers who visited
h ,ern m me hospital 1t seemed, she SAID that
bosn,s sa 81 decided antpathy TO all visitors to the
Nas the nursing adequate?" DR.. Conner asked
CARE OF THE SICK CRITICISED.
Il think there were plenty OF good nurses after
September 10. but the manner in which the sick
convalescent and dying moved about, M
parently Unfortunately. was responsible for
much loss Of life. When a man was to be removed
from one ward to another he was careIcssi,,
handled. saw two clumsy Italians bounce a
de , man they were carrying on a stctcher
pitfalls. Miss arrard thought was due AZ 70 'n The M
efficiency Of the men in charge of affairs She did
cent that any hospital doctor in New York vita
ORDINARY ability could have arranged the whole
system without strainng himself. She had met
men who told her they were sent from the hos
pita! before they were well, ana without knowing
where they go.
A great deal OF the discomfort experienced Miss
Garrard said. was due to the inability of Iona,
island Railroad 10 carry out the contracts it made
and the refusal OF the authorities any other
method OF transporting men and supp. es.
Asked II there was anything else She cared 10
say. Miss Garrard said she heard OF one man who
spent whole week in the stations of the LonC
had gone "
Charles Edwards. who went to Cuba private in
Company ] OF the list. and promoted 10 a
heuehancy for his services the sick and wound
cd on the battlefield, succeeded Miss Garrard In
the witness chair. He is nurse by profession
In reply to questions by General Dodge he said: