Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-10-21
iFlII WILSON EXPLAINS
, qE9be Commission About
Coast Defenses.
bar THE ENGINEERS SPENT
uoG,s Testimony as to the
,,,,ons Prevailing at Camp
'mos-Expenditures for Batteries.

!, ,.binCton, Oct. 15.-The state
hs W made by General John M. Will
ys y tbe chief of engineers, to the COM
u ..ion investigating the conduct of
e r var was made public today. Dur
tbe progress Of the war, the follow
D additions we're made to the coun-
armament;
Ia rmament was placed in POSITION
si1 19.inch guns, 80 10-inch, So 12-
n mortars, and 35 rapidfire guns
d additional platforms were made
Nv for a still larger number, and ad-
4 Etioua emplacements are under con-
ructon fol- still more. According to
4. report when all the works begun
q completed, the armament will con-
.tof 50 l2-inch mortars, and 70 rapid
p, The emplacements were under
Instruction at 25 different harbors
mngust 81, and there were double shifts
Iolking at each place.
The total expenditures on account OF
rD and mortar batteries during the
prjOd Of the war amounted to $4,S21,-
no.
Among the purchases for harbor de-
ense we're 400 miles of cable, $50 tons
high explosives, 1850 new torpedo
sses, Al searchlights, etc. Twenty
ght harbors were mined, 535 mines
being planted. The expenditures on
srbOr defense tor the period were $1,-
900. Intrenching tools were pur-
chased and stored at Willet's point
ufCient for an army Of 30, 900 men.
Hospitals in Chickamauga.
Washington, Oct. 5.-Lieutenant.
Colonel L. J. HofP was before the war
Investigating commission at the fore
boon session. He is a regular army
CfiCer, and was chief surgeon in the
Third army corps at Chickamauga.
HOf did not consider the camp to have
been in the best sanitary condition, but
expressed the opinion that it could not
be better, under the circumstances. In
the beginning, the camp was short of
medical supplies, due to the expecta-
ton that arriving troops would bring
supplies of medicines.
Continuing, DR.. HofF said the capa-
city Of the division hospitals was often
doubled and trebled. 1t sometimes oo-
Cured that there were eight men in
tents which we're intended to accommo-
date six, because Of delay in securing
tentage to care for the increase of dis
ease, which was unexpectedly rapid.
On one or two occasions patients were
necessarily placed in beds made upon
The floors, because of temporary de-
ncelnCy in cots. AS rule the nurses
we're without training, and this fact
'ccaSloned some difficulty in dealing
With typhoid cases. Yet he knew OF
30 specific cases Of suffering on this ac-
cunt He specified the case of a man
'lnlCted with an infectious disease, who
lad been compelled to lie in the open
III one night on account of lack of tent
ge' The doctor was sure that no in
ury resulted, as the weather was pleas
nh DIR. Hoff said that the shortage
medical supplies had continued for
sVeral weeks, but there was generally
lmclent to meet the immediate de-
lands He also said that some requisi-
OnS had been returned by the Wash
lgton authorities because improperly
lled' and he was under the impression
lat there had been complaints of scme
lnering on this account. There was
Aslderabie delay in securing flooring
r the tents.