Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-19
SOMEBODY AT FAULT.
DIR. CONNER, OF DODGE COMMITS
SION, REACHES THIS CONCLUSION.
at MAS ALL PRETTY ROUGH. /"
So Sums Up Privatc-"Nothing
Went Right"-'.It WAS Somebody's
Incompetence, hut He Doesn't
Know Whose"

NEW YORK, November 1s.--The War
Investigating Commission met here to-
day and examined number of witnesses.
Dr. Charles r. Greenleaf, chief surgeon of
the troops in the field on General Miles's
stan. was the first one called. His testi-
mony covered the doings of the army
both in this country and In Cuba. DR.
Greenleaf said the water al Camp Alger
was poor and the country malarious. lie
would not have selected this site for a
camp. In his opinion Camp Miami in
Florida, was fitted only for a quarantine
hospital, and should not have been used
as a camp for 10,0O0 men awaiting trans
portation 20 Cuba. lie described the con-
ditions at Camp Montauk, which he con-
sidered an ideal camp for its purpose.
The witness told of his landing supplies
at Siboney. lie captured some pontoons
and took the law into his own hands.
The supplies had been lying in the har-
Dor two weeks. He unloaded them in
thirty-six hours.
In reply to a question, DR.. Greenleaf
said he supposed Or. Pope had authority
from General Shafter sufficient 10 enable
him to unload the supplies at Siboney as
he (GreenleaD had done.
There is no doubt" said DR.. Conner
that somebody was dreadfully 1T foult
Can't you help us to and cut who II
wasp
Or. Greenleaf said he could not.
He said that the troopships leaving
1vfa
crowded
"ALL PRETTY ROUGH"
David ]. Goss, a private of the Seventy
first New York Regiment, summed up
his testimony as follows: 1T was all
pretty rough. Nothing went right. 1t
was some ones incompetency, but don't
know whose"
Richard w. Henry, private, Company
b. Seyenty-frst New York, who was
taken sick after the surrender at San
tiago testifying to his experience at the
detention hospital al Montauk Point, said:
81 suppose they forgot us. We did not
get ANYTHING to eat until the next day,
when an orderly gave us some soup. A
surgeon visited us at noon. lie made
cursory examination of us, and said he
would send us medicine Immediately. The
medicine did not reach us until late that
night"
Or. Frank Donaldson, who Joined Colo
mel Roosevelts Regiment in Cuba July
Sth. and who was stricken with yellow
fever July 24th, followed Mr.. Henry on
tbe witness-stand. Asked by Dr. Conner
as to the condition Of the hospitals ne
replied Il do not wish to contradict Dr.
I,agarde. whom / greatly admire, but
there was an insufficient supply Of medi-
cal stores. nurses, and stewards. The
majority Of stewards were Of most I'M
desirable character, and should never
have been selected for such service
Regarding medical supplies, DR.. Donald
son said there were supplies, but they
could not be reached
OUTRAGES DENIED.
General Wilson and General Beaver
asked Dr. Donaldson several questions,
based upon newspaper clippings, detail
ing "or RACES on the soldiers" at Camp
Wikoff. DR.. Donaldson denied them ALL
and said several statements made were
absolute falsehoods." Relative to the
statement that Captain Wurden' OF the
Seventh Regiment died Of starvation
the witness said: Il myself attended Cap
tain Wurden. and he got all the attention
possible i made broth myself, ana other
delicacies were found for him.
LANES -.
Seyenty-first Regiment, served from the
time the regiment went to Camp Black
until mustered out last week. He com
plained that the coffee was poor, and that
the volunteers were not treated as well
as the regulars. Asked by General Beaver
TO explain what he meant, he SAID the
volunteer officers took care OF themselves,
while the regular officers took care OF
their men. "When we arrived home at
Montauk Point" he said, there was no
thing for us to eat until the next day.
When the Tenth Regulars arrived there
was a wagon-load of bread and meat
waiting for them. Our officers said that
they had nothing to do with the rations.'
Mrs. Mary Manson, of west F1fty-hrst
street was the last witness OF the day.
she had been at Camp Wikoff, In charge
OF a division of the Woman's war Aid
Association. She said the men at Camp
Wi<off had suffered greatly and had been
ul-treated. When General Dodge told her
that some of the men had testified that
thew were not badly treated and had not
been neglected at Camp Wikoff, Mrs. Man.
son declared that If they so testified they
had said what was not true.
cshortl,, hAfore r o'clock the hearing was