Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-25
CAMP DEFICIENCIES.
SHORTAGE OF TENTS AND INEFFi-
CHENEY OF NURSES.
FURTHER SEAMAN RECLAMATION.
surgeon Corrects Statement He Made
BEFORE Dodge commission WV"
Reference to Supplies for SICK
Men.
Men.

ADMISSION. ALA. october a-The
War Investigating Commission began It's
session to-day. with Major Otto IL Fax
on the stand. He was the chief quarter
master OF the First Division OF the Ihiid
Army Corps while this body was !"
cbickamauga Park, and he now ocCupicS
the position Of chief quartermas,er iol
,bts cantp He said tho most serious
n,,,,Iairt In the early history OF Camp
,rhomas yyas from the First MISSOURI
pcgin,ent whose men claimed that stheir
trousers were nothing more than rags,
and threatened to appeal TO chariV "t
49, IN SUNNY their wants. There was
also n shortage I'm tents, when Oecaine
unite serious az the time or the peslh-
| Ming Of the rainy season. previous W
| that time men had slept under 'he uoes
| ond under their shelter tents, without
| oo,,rl,int Indeed he said there was
| never a sufficient supply OF tentage ana
| I, was necessary 10 put six men In tent.
| Continuing. he said the division hau
,oycr heen completely equipped until
! the present time, especially In the matter
| 30 transportation facilities. He said now
| ever. that there had been no rethsal 70
honor reduisitions. He thought upon 'no
whole. that there was too mucn REQ 'aps
&, the Ouartermaster's Department
|
| have stIcceeded so far" he said even
though | sometimes violate regulations
He said he had to sign his name nine
times I'm tho process Of paying Dill Oh
$50. -. ~ ,ha
mr. Charles NJ. Drake I'm charge OF the
general hospital here, and who was IN
command OF the hospital OF the FIRST
J Division of the Third Corps at Chicka,
r,auga was the next witness He told
| he had fOtluU
Il necessary TO make In the hospitai az
! CbicLamauga. There was" he saio'
} "such a flood OF disease that IL was I'M
,ossible 10 meet the demands Tor TENT
= aoe and quite out OF the question to an
t,cinate H." As fast as he would pitch
: Tho tents they would I'll them up. lie
> stated that the medical supplies had been
ample from the beginning, but the nosp'-
tai corps had proved inerlcieh. AZ
nurses "They were, as a class ne
? said the very worst material that couio
r ba,a been found out OF which 20 make
| nurses"
: However. he thought there had been
4 M more serious results than discomfort
\ IN patients, caused by tho inefheiency OK
r purses He was positive there had poem
5 IA deaths from starvation or deprivation.
= Ten per cent. OF the typhoid-fever cases
!. al his hospital had died, and, compared
with hospitals generally, this pereentase
'. u,as nhenomenally low. He was or the
5 oninion that patients In this hospital re-
= ceived better attention than the average
!. man IN this country receives at home.
, ponIvine 10 charges made by single
! corps patient in Chickamauga hospital
y, Or Drake said he had seen masgots on
l. ore occasion In a box In the hospital. bu'
= never on patients. ', x,,,,
Q, DID NOT FAVOR SOUTHERN RY.
!, He denied the insinuation mat no hso
= ever tried TO favor the Southern taiI"a'
4 In the matter OF Transporting hoopS.
. Major Joseph Heatwold, chief commits
j. sary OF subsistence, said the quality o
D. the rations had been excellent AS 10 IN
b. quantity a man would have 10 be gof
mandizer 10 eat II. ...>,
., SEAMAN MAKES CORRECTION
T. After Major Heatwold had been ex
cused. General Dodge read letter IRON
y DR. Seaman Of New York, who was DC
fore the commission In washington
at ! which he corrected an error In MS test'
v mony. He~stated that he had receive
only the regular army rations for IN
Ir- | cohvalescents on the steamer Obdan
he rom PORTO Rico 10 New York. He say
ais that such supplies as had been receive
ri nm to the night previous 10 sailing Ia
Sc. been received from the relief society Oh
res ring the night lie concluded; the no.
I'd. pital-ship Relief arrived, and early "
Ia next morning / boarded the Relief an
pm personally secured. without any reduis
ton. the additional supplies ennmetdtS
rg, in the receipt signed by me. Until N
Sc conference yesterday with Major Bra
10 lev I believed these supplies, Ike mar
for others. were brought by outside eCnsi
10 butors and were not government SUI
OF plies"
Hs The letter is dated october 18th. and
'ir- directed TO the surgeon-generh or Z
GU armv