The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-03
NEXT N CINCINNATI
Nork of the War Investi-
gators to Be Resumed.
MEMBERS IN WASHINGTON
Hear the Story of One Who
Was on the Concho.
MEMBERS IN WASHINGTON

tigauon commission finished It's work here
today and left at 2:55 O'Clock this after
noon for Cincinnati. The members OF tae
commission express themselves as highly
pleased with VIVA: they accomplished here.
they also compliment highly the condi-
ton Of things they found at Camp Ham
I uton.
The members Of the commission who
were in Lexington were General Grenville
n Dodge. chairman: Colonel Sexton and
Dr.. Common.
Yesterday a committee OF prominent cit
izens of Lexington, including Mayor SIM
rail- and ex-Leutenant Governor Afford,
went 90 Washington 10 confer with the
president and see fthere is any chance
for the retention of the encampment Of
troops here. kilograms received today
from me committee say that the troops
must leave for the southern camps, but
that Secretary Alger has promised that
they will be brought to Lexington in the
spring to recuperate after they have seen
service in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines.
The president promised the committee
that he Will probably visit Lexington
when he goes home to vote.
Generals Sanger. Wiley and Andrews
have returned from Georgia, where they
selected camp sites for the troops now
here. All of them report favorably on the
southern camps.
General Wilson informs the Associated
Press that the movements from Lexing-
ton will not begin for ten days or more
not until after pay day anyhow.
GENERAL SANGER'S STORY.
The first witness before the commission
today was General Joseph P. Sanger. who
has had command of the Third division.
He said the Second division camp at
Chickamauga was badly located, being in
rocky ground where sinks could not be
deeply dug.
| When asked why the quartermaster's
department would rot furnish articles nee
essary for supplying the army, General
Sanger said:
The complex system Of furnishing sup
| plies 70 our army is at fault. If there
was one department TO supply all wants
OF the army there would be no clashes
and these complications could not arise.
"At Chickamauga the control Of my di-
vision hospital was taken from me and
taken by the chief surgeon of the corps"
| The general then went into a discussion
on the complex system Of our war regu-
| lations, taking away of regimental sur
geons and the mismsnagement which led
up TO the overcrowding of the division
hospital and the great spread of typhoid
General Sanger said ne considered the
weak point in Camp Thomas was its bad
{ sanitary condition.
1.-The men had plenty of clothing, and
had plenty 10 eat. 1 twas in a bad sani-
| tary condition. There were over six hun
! dred licensed hucksters who visited Camp
| Thomas Much lemonade was sold. /
believe General Brooke tried TO do all he
] could TO bring the camp 10 a good sani-
/ tary condition but he was surrounded by
a medical board which did not appreciate
! the serious condition of affairs. Dr.. Huide-
koper especially thought DR.. Griffith was
unnecessarily alarmed. DR.. Griffith insist
ed that a case diagnosed as typhoid ma
laria fever, was in reality typhoid fever"
He examined Chickamauga Greek where
the intake was located. An engineer Off
! Ger examined it and pronounced it bad.
J After General Sanger, Colonel E. A.
/ Goodwin. Eighth immunes. was called.
I he declared he ndu no lAOND4c IL SOUL :
/ ing what was needed.
/ Only one other witness was examined
( here, Major Cruze. quartermaster at Camp
/ Hamilton.
The commission left for Cincinnati this
/ afternoon
! When asked whether high medical OIL
/ GERS at Chickamauga paid close attention
/ to their duties. General Sanger said: Il
/ don't know about others. but saw great
deal Of DR.. Huidekoper. who came through
/ our division frequently"
| General Sanger thought Chicka1nauga
would have been a healthy place for a
camp had the proper precautions been
/ taken and pure water furnished.
WAS on BOARD THE CONCHO.
! Washington. Nov. 2-The war investi-
eating commission he'd q session here
/ today for the purpose Of hearing the
I testimony OF Major Henry Romeyne a
retired army officer He said that he
had asked at the beginning OF the war
I for q military ass gnment 70 go 20 the
/ front in his capacity as an officer. but Il
/ was refused and he then went az a cor
/ respondent Of weekly newspaper.
/ His testimony covered the embarkation
/ of the troops az Port Tampa and the cam
paign in Cuba He sad that when he
went 10 Port Tampa the bank OF the
/ canal there was covered with troops He
I had wanted 70 go ovsr with the Tenth
I infantry. which was his DID regiment. but
/ 10 one could tell hin vAe-e the regiment
I vas 70 be found. He asked a stsn Off
I Ger and several others for this informa-
/ ton. but none knew. nor did any one
/ appear TO know what vessel any part-c-
! ular regiment was TO embark There was
great confusion. a. consequence %
which a part OF q command would 90
on one vessel and part OF another. ard
/ the regiments Rere IN some cases SEP
srated from their stores. he hsd seen
10 order for The systematic em5arka;io
: OF the troops and he had heard i sad
F that they were 70 90 aboard halter skel-
( ter.
! When asked 70 express ar opinion as .
I the preparation fOr ne sEnbs-kat.on the
( witness hesitsted. saying that 70 Go -
would involve criticism % ms supeTiors.
! The conn1tsss one-s insisted upon 4 reply
and Nj Romeyns replied that h- id rot
I think the preparations were such as they
s should have been.
/ There was" he sad. no lack % surf
+ boats and also % order and of 2-epz-z-
+ t5cn for ianding- When ne landing was
f undertaken The troops let TIE ships tn
I discriminatory. parts gong a. enc the
4 ard ocher parts a. o<h@r tines
( He ;old 4 the efforts % toE two lighters
/ over - Cu5a- but sad that cEse vas los-
and tlat K was the genera i-1Pr esssoa
that s, was lost on purrose. beczzse g re-
E ta-5ed the progress Z TIE r-et L re-
I Spouse 20 a question from General NJ
I Cook Ala5or Roneyn@ SD that vale
il vas 6inicglt % land anything am5g-
( lances and wagons could hare oe>a Iaz6e1
I IS easily a. TIE artillery he had seen
/ only ou= ambulance ct ire front - to