Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-15

3. NM CONDITION OF THE CAMP.

- slysn orders that the sick men be
~. .,.d from the command. but he
,'s,1 mat the order had been evaded
ID ,hs slek men taken aboard. This
.,,,sriaily true Of the Third llll-
"a. r,aiment whose surgeon. Dr.
g,'1.koper said. had persisted from
~ ont In breaking the letter OF the
~ lie sald that when the command
- 10 Porto Rico. Gen. Brooke had
..-.I.sd his prcrogatlve 20 demand the
80 ~ a requlsltion which had been
,.n,.d BY the deputy surgeon general,
~, In response TO a question he said
Z. tit NOT know why the general had
~, ,fsrrIsed this preruEatlve IN secur-
lss s1ppllcs al Chlckamauga.
FLAMING As A PHYSICIAN.
psrondlng 20 request from ex-oov.
NV pr iiuldckopcr detailed the
,....safs " his education a. physl-
living also his experience IN milf
80 mrvIcs lie said he had been
.isstri ft0m the University of Penn
.ig,rla In 1874. and afierwafd had
..sf'.l much In Paris. Berlin and other
800 capitals, and had had conaid-
.-bs experience In hospitals and In
coral practice. We went % Europe
sseani time On the recommended Hon
4 d. Hayes Agnew, VINO dcslf'l 70
,,.ib,ish a veterinary hospital. After
cunning 10 this country h. went to
m YORK and was engaged largely In
n, manufacture Of tuxines, only prac-
,srr human medicine for charity. He
/ M heon a surgeon In the Pennsylvania
| yii.aai Guard from 1874 90 1898. being
hrids surgeon most u The time, COY.
rms ihe Homestead strikes and the
libnHovn Hoods.
usfvif. the witness said that Deputy
| gff.1r General Hartsun had refused
4 sappIy dlslufectants for the camp At
| nshmauga, saying that TO do ~ was
f.rifafy 20 army regulations.
pf Huldekoper referred frequently
Ssfar his testimony 20 his difficulties
= fstudnE nurses. lie said he had
~ secured an approach 10 the me-.
,flry number through an arbitrary
fiif from Gen. Brooke. ana when this
afifr Wa issued the companies Insist
d IN furnishing their worst men IN
Hglds ln ihe hospital corps. one was
10 srisptIc and one q confirmed drunk
td. vet the men who had given him
a. udra' nurses were generally the
sri 20 mako complaint % lack of at.
sfilon The witness siii the sick In
RHo Rico had coniradlcted the asser.
rsa Of Dr. Haftsun. that they had
hin neglected. lie said u was not
iuf mat pr. liartHuff had taken charge
~ hor.p,al. az the latter had stated.
tlfluts % ~ management Dr. Hart.
~ hat volunteered 10 take n hospital
e tni occasion. but the offrr had been
iHlnsi ~ that u WIS ail on paper.
N fact" she witness added. "0cn.
brooke would have stopped him II he
la attempted to do So"
MEN ~ BAD SHAPE.
Nil Thomas r. Knox. inapcctor-gen.
taL rA1 participated In the early part
q Ai sanilago campaign a. "a captain
y DC NfN regular cavalry, was br-
ON iAi var investigation commission
Ne siunuun session. lie was
v,ltih q ihs battle Of La OuaHimaH.
D. r.1ti tay after landing. when he
ffssft
Nii gau aid the ship on whAh his
rgafaiFstt from Tampa 20 Santiago
IS ufaty crowded. and that when
~ aslti the men were In poor con-
eia - campaign. THE worst
leff nE," he said, This condition
"a fl' 10 he fact that they had been
ny 70 % ihe hold Of the ship for six.
lfi iait Tor they had been In good
ialfi uhrh hoy left Tampa.
W iai that the medical corps had
90 aHell AZ could have been expect
y ulh he means at comnand. IT,
hsfhi o would have been better n
N,fi could have been more surgeons,
~ Probably 70 would have been bet
~ Y ihffe could have been more ana
it'ii and more llttcrs, but the *.
l,i.ou had been hastily organised
~ he had no criticism 10 make. Fur.
Pc HHHaH a
y Hiih men that there was little room
more men Or Tor aDbuhnceH, Al
,..fH had been directed toward get
" a. many soldiers over AZ possible
h1i toward furnishing such con-
lfl.leFH Tor The men ha might b.
..li.llicl dtalmhle under other cir
'gmtiaurea
CAMP GRADUALLY GIFTS WORSE
zen. }. G. nrecklnridge also ap,
ltAfl before the commission durinl
N Afternoon session. lila teatimon,
Wv afEay with Camp Thomas. oil
.afh b. vas Ia command from tn
N " August until the camp disinte
..llsi 10 said that when he assume,
.Hs' The camp was at the beglnlni
~ epldemlc of fever. and that thll
al.ton gradually grew worse. ~
lli much that needed remedylnI
I'm sanitary point " view when HI
-.-h'i command, ~. the cQn1itlOn
.ull u The numerous re9imeniA
tlW We was under the impression
10y Au ordinary efforts had been mad
w 9llcrra In command 10 lnatrue
iegmenial officers In the matte
Ahlhuon ana he thought this In
'tcl.inn had borne fruit.
k.nrlige expressed the 0pln
mat ChIgkimauga park was suit
al 4 camp site. lie was ~ IN
..,l.Qn mat the water could have heel
.'ll improved n there had been
.lEntH 10 20 on the reservation
lie had made no recommenda
Mr water supply after takln
mAnd because the soldiers were :
..'lri that he though, tfe best rem
.as 20 dlalnteFrate the command
u b. had made Recommendations 1
lAligf enect In fact. the create
w ny attention had been give
SITTING the men away from Chlcka
Ven ireckrrldge said that he ha
l'Atgd ihe number VI men give
nv a time from two % six 10
~ because the men seemed A.
.'s,,'l and he thought they needed a
change as possible. lie was, n
w aware that This order had nee
grod, "hut my theory OF dseipin
~, uAte soldier DO his dny f1r q
n, ~, ns !, worth, and then lei him hay
tof hll he deserves" he said.
WANT or ENPERIENcE.
a,l,s@ secsinridge sald that the cor
Th 81 an the hospitah al cam
rhA eNoep, SisrnborE, was Ia,
a.. ,sstig crowded and there sgls
Hs Mlll 90 the qart Of nttendara
ispir,,, .Foughi the auarlermaster
N s5,H1'slf had been r,tniss In some ,
fsabs lnt he attributed am n
rhsrs h,d he wlue OF experlenc