The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-01
DOCTORS DIFFER, rs USUAL
CONTRACTING TESTIMONY As TO
CAUSE OF slCKxEss AT CAMP.
o. ousween neiterates the Belief
InoG he water Was C0nta9A-
un1oA, while Another Insists
These Was . Wrong Diagnosis.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Oct 1.-THE war
investigating COMMITTEES cosscl0ted the
work Of its southern tour here To-Day. aud
~ O'Clock tonight left Tor Washington.
expecting 10 arrive there about 2 o'esock
tom0Frsw afternoon. IL Is tse present IN
een&ton that tbs commission STALL 90 10
Camp Meade Immediately after rcachirS
Washington. and ex-Gos. Woodbury. WIZ
proceed direct 10 Vermont as a 6uo-cofn-
mitfee to take Testimony there
The committee devoted the forenoon 70
Inspecting dae camps and the afternoon
10 taking testimony. They found diss-
SION of troops here under the command OF
Col. Kurfx. OF the Second OHIO, and while
they had no personal criticism to express
against him. some OF the cosrralsAsoEers ex-
preeeed the opinion that sne command WAS
too large 10 be entrusted TO an officer be-
low the rank Of DriSad.er general TIE
txxpsfer OF Col. Kurtz 10 the command Of
the division leaves the brigade, OF which
his regiment il a part. Ia command OF Col
Young she coIored colonel OF the Third
North Carolina
The first witness before the commission
was DR.. John G. r. Martin. contract sur
geon, from Ohio. VINO was al CnickaHau-
"a He repeated his expression OF the
opinion that tie water IN the pipe Ire
system NJ chickamauga was contaminated
by the water from Cave Spring creek lie
said that after he had fret Expressed this
opinion saying at the same time tnat the
6c,s In regard TO the existence Of typhoid
were being suppressed. he had been sum
moned BY Gen. Sheridan ard told that he
must retract Immediately or submit 20
court martial. He had then written let
ter Of rtsrae,ton. bat he declared that ne
had done this TO promote discipline ana
not because he had changed his opinion as
to the pollution OF the water. He read q
statement from the pumping station engi-
neer to the effect that the new channel OF
the Cave Spring creek was not completed
until August 8. and that previous to this
time the current emptied into Cllckamauza
river just above the mouth of the intake
the opinion that the Jay Mill spring at
Chickamauga, Ga, was contaminated from
the surrounding sinks.
Dr. Park l.. Flyers, a contract surgeon,
from Ohio who wae engaged In the nos
pitai OF the Second division OF the First
corps al Chickamsuga, differed with most
OF the pnysicians In has estimate OF
typhoid. He said that while many believed
20 per cent. Of the sickness at the camp
10 be typhoid he did not believe that 10
exceed % per cent. was OF that character.
He ais took issue with those who charged
typhoid to the agency of flies. attrihuting
II 10 the water. He thought most of the
diseases at chickamauga Park were MI
ssmatic.
He said 1t was true that on some occa-
esons Il had been necessary to have pa
for NJ much as .cn hours at a time until
Col q. K. Hughes. division superintend-
ent Of tho Southern railway. save the CON-
mission informal ton as to the trouble en-
counterc1 in moving troops. He said that,
a. = rule, the soldiers co-operated in the
work % the railroad company, but that
there had been ss.:Ee disorder at Nmes.