The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-29
Not WORDS FOR ALGER.
|lrmy Generals at Lexington,
| Nv, Accuse Him to His
Face.
ayr MANY DIRECT CHARGES-SOL-
nlePS DRILLED TO DEATH.

Is1ington, KY, Sept. PA
H.,,ninent gentleman close to the
k.tooal administration as we'll as 10
Hae officers here at Camp Hamilton,
,,s the tour of inspection of the
..athern camps by Secretary Alger,
Anmrtermaster General Ludington
4 ,,d Surgeon General Sternberg will
s.yelop numerous charges from
..gmental and general field officers
#,ssinst both the medical and the
8,aartermaster departments and es-
,scially against some commissaries-
Rfhs talking was begun here to day
liz General Wsites against the quar-
trmasters and other officers who
1 sill add testimony before the tour is
LAYER. Secretary Alger stated that
Al of this informa lion and all other
s,idence that he could secure would
h presented to the investigation
.Onmittee at Washington.
There was a stormy scene in In
,pector General Breckinridge's tent
here yesterday afternoon, in which
Secretary of War Alger, Surgeon
General Sternberg, Quartermaster
General Ludington, Generals Brock
nridge, Sanger and Wiley and Gov.
Bradley of Kentucky took part. 1t
| bsgan as a discussion on hospitals
whether it was best TO maintain divi-
sion hospitals or to return to regi-
meptals. The discussion was tame
for few minutes, but it grew red
hot and changed to the subject of
Tie management of the volunteer
camps, and then it got hotter.
General Sanger began the hot
talk by saying there was rotten
ness in the management of the de-
partments of the qusrtermaster and
surgeon general. Looking at Ssere-
tsry Alger, he said:
"Sir, your chief cook and bottle
washer down at Chickamauga-I
refer to DR. Hsidenkopsr-was
nothing but the very rankest sort OF
a veterinary surgeon, and did not
know the word disinfectant. 1 issued
order after order for materials and
medicines, and could not get them.
failed utterly to get what I wanted.
sent requisition after requisition,
and none of them was honored
Finally l sent request more pointed
and received the reply that such
stuff was not needed"
GENERAL WILEY ADDS TO THE CHARGES.
Colonel Leonard of the Twelfth
New York, who, with the other
colonies, was present, corroborated
General Sanger's statements as to
DIR. Heidenkoper, and then General
Wiley began to talk. He declared:
THE neglect to furnish supplies,
gentlemen. was criminal. While in
Ohickamauga was IN command OF
the division over which Gen. Sanger
is now, and while holding that com
mand frequently made acquisitions
which were not honored. An i'm
peratlve order had been sent to us
to have all water b. Now, you
cant boil water, Mr.. Secretary, with
out boilers, and made a requisition
On Quartermaster General Lee for
water boilers No attention was paid
70 this, and l repeatedly urged him
to send boilers, saying that men
were taking typhoid fever by not
having boiled water to drink. Fail
Ing to get any reply to my repeated
kilograms, | sent him sassy mes
sage, and l received prompt reply
which read: The war department
does not furnish boilers
Failing to get boilers from the
war department, l bought then
myself; but much valuable time has
been lost, the seeds of disease hac
been sown, and, Mr.. Secretary, you
have seen the results of this crimina
negligence in the large death reports
which have been sent out from every
camp in this broad land. These
men in the quartermastsr's depart
ment can not stand off and say i
Was sOmehOdv eIse's farlt TT wa