The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-08

soon become in a very filthy condition.
when was aggravated whenever rain oc-
CURED.
When a requisiton was sent in for
quicklime with which To disinfect the
camp he continued, there was no sup
ply Of that material. and the medical de-
partment was handicapped by the lack or
many articles for the proper sanitation of
a camp"
Col Henry L. Turner. OF the First Hi
nos volunteers. said conditions We're fairly
good al Chickamauga during the three
weeks his regiment was there. His COM
mand was promptly supplied with rations
at ChIckamauga and the quality was
good. He continued
AT Tampa we were finally very com
pletely supplied with quartermaster's stores
ny being very persistent. I think there was
a very great oversight at S,boney. We
reached Slboney on Saturday morning July
2 and Gen. Reynolds then informed me
that he had received telephone orders that
! was TO disemhark al once. When asked
him what preparations had been made for
Decentralization he said: I do not know
anything about that. You must fight that
out yourself
Il went ashore and spent about two hours
trying 10 find somebody who would give
me some information as 10 how ! was to get
my regiment on shore. We got off all our
men by the next noon {Suudav) some az
the rati0ns and some If our tentage. but a
good deal ~ our stun remained on the
transport. and some OF Il was taken 10
Porto Rico.
For the first three aavs we were NJ San
tiago Va were nearly starved TO DEATH
could get no supplies in any way. Finally
tDrfT 90 my men volunteered 70 foot it
% Si0oney and bring out on their backs
enough supplies To keep the men alive In
connection with this. Gen. Shafter sent me-
a very sharp note complaining that had
no; reported me situation direct % him"
COMMENTARIES Not Competent.
Col. Turner defended at considerable
length the camps % lhe volunteers so Ia
as he had observed them He claimed that
nost u the confusion at Tampa was caus-
Ell by qGarferufsstsrs and commisSarieS.
who. he thought. Rad nor The business
training 20 adapt thfm ~ the handling of
the emergencies growing 0ut nf The war
Col Turner said the transports on which
his regiment was carried 20 and from Cuba
were in COED shape ard had Il suff Gent
quantity OF food and medicine. He observ-
ed nothing az Moutauk that Indicated a
lack - proper medical supplies. He con-
tinusi.
TIE detention camp 50 FAR se ! could
Judge of II on the surface was az fine
csWp 60 7 ever saw. The only thing
could realize was thaE there was dlsposi-
ton % turn the men CUT b. fore they were
entirely recovered I foGnd men y no had
been discharged from the hospitals while IN
aiueet state - del!rum. heard Of
many men far}oughed from the hospitals
tlne for transportation 20 sst haEDe. We
found four or Use men, one % them Al
most uuro1sc lo,is, discharged from tire
hospitals"
Dir Semi Testifes.
Or. %b.ha.as Sem gave testimony b~fore
gEe ConG95t:se at To- evening session tie
was a tftgEz n.a t}&A thTss weeks IN June.
Forty thozss ed troops Nsye there az TIE
tiGse ae sat4 ami the sick acnllrTl slllted
very rapidly. Provision VAS being ma IL
for 5aem fast as Ce1lf - done, Whnu
ass there good many % the sex were
or tse ground T1~fa acre Only a limited
u11Gt~r % CO.'S. Medical supplies were on
hand 20 -tnltesi extent IKE never had
difficulty IN having reeUAs3tloIs recognized
AMI iaGcrse8. a4ig somehow II required a
gsErss3sl I~Fgta o. tisns for tie things "a
get there
TY. Sem said be thought the men "a
charge ~ tina hospitals cid VERY VEL cons
ef1nE th4t t6sy 1sp rev 10 The service
Re had known. &c course Fhas a grea.
many u the rN~xes were Incompetent al
though GAe. DID the best they could.