The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-22


VI Nou.,,,ba,. o, -M.ior
No" iorA' -
Ives, CHIEF surgeon OF the Ihiru OF pro-
yis!onal division of the fifth army corps,
-. .,,a Act ,,,trass hafora tho ,ya, IN,
""s 80
vestigatins co"in'ssion eouhy.
Replying to questions by General Will
son he saws that while at Camp Chicka-
-, a,a.- ~.
inausa no so" 10 s'ioes ainons 'no
solalers Ior lack Oh IN 30lcat supplies.
"In view of your experiences. asked
Con wilson sswhet do vou thing xvaa ths
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conuieion VI VIC Auen IL 'ne Ouoau es'nA-
paign as compared with that of the men
in the Indian warsP''
ar +h,rL = ,a o,,,a h.ra
onAA ~ was as soo' as eo'iiu n"' =
been expected under the circumstances.
DIR Louis A. Stimson of New York
+ostif,oa that bo bad m.da too visits to
oeeo'il0u s1a. 70 LOU ''."ao wv 's "
lamp "iAon " inses'isA'e 'ne fepoio -
lack of precautions against an epidemic
of tvnhoid fever. The SURGEON in charge
20 - .-.-., Ia,,4., 4a,s ~, ho ra,,,,,,-
oi 5ne geuefai hospiUai ooiu hiii no iooos-
nized the unsanitary situation but was
unable to obtain the necessary help to
carry out his orders.
As DIR. StimsOn concluded his testi-
mony his message was brought to Gen.
Dodge from Robert B. Roosevelt TO the
effect that he knew nothing Of interest to
the commission excet as matter OF hear
say.
Mis- Julia Halstead Chadwick, one of
tle women who worked for the sick at
Camp Wikof submitted a written state
nent of the condition she found there in
the latter part of August
Gould the United States hs We done
what you ladies did SO willingly and
brayely?"
ssI understand that it took less than
week for the government to erect suitable
barracks for nine hundred Spanish
prisoners''-
81 did not ask you about barracks" in
terrupted ex-Goy. Woodbury. and he re-
peatsd his original question.
tWhy certainly the government could
have done all we did. y
SIT is not true that If there was any
lack of medical supplies it was due to
the congestion of tie one railroad that
coul be used for transporting supplies?
81 do not know the cause. All that |.
know is ii at thsre was laok of supplies
and consequently great suffering.
General Dodge oomplimsnted Miss
Chadwick on the work done by the
women of New York and said that the
entire country is grateful to them.
The commission has decided to visit
Montauk Point on Wednesday.
DIR. William Gilman Thompson another
witness visited Camp Wikotf but twas
NOT there long enough to make proper
criticism. -
"But you have been quoted in the news
papers all over the country as having said
that you found filthy conditions prevail +
ing. Have you been mis-quoted?"
"No SIR l came to tell you about the
thirty ca es Of typhoid fever which came
under my observation in the Presbyterian
hospital in condition in which tney
should not have been moved and to say
that these patients in some cases died. In
my opinion they should not have oeen az
lowed to travel on railroad one hunnrea
miles scattering infection at every STEP 4
ca give you the names of those thirty.
He said that some OF the men picked up
i'll the streets of this city and taken 70
the Presby terian hospital were IN the
third week of typhoid fever. one was
covered with bed sores another dled WIN
i u two hours of his admission TO the
hours.
S"Were these men from the hospitals at
Camp WikoffP"
81 believe they were furloughed from
the general quarters and not from the
hospitals l cannot say IL the authority
issuing the furlough was aware that these
men were suffering with typhoid fever. y
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city who visited Camp Wikor several
times was the next witness He lived IN
the Red Gross Hospitaf.and worked inIe-
pendently doing what he could for the
soldiers in camp. Mr.. Parrish said that
the great drawback to the camp was thu
lack of ons active continuous, Intelligent.
directing mind. Everybody in authority
did his best, but there were too many
changes. One day General Wheeler was in
obarae. When he became familiar with
the Conditions he went away. General
Shafter succeeded him. and General Bates
succeeded General Shafter and he again
was new to what was going on.
General Beaver asked If there were
many complaints.
sTndeed no. there never was more un-
comnJainino man than the American
soldier I saw disgraceful conditions, but
heard no complaints. If President NC
K;n,sv III had mt himself in my hands 1
could have shown him some things that
su s.onid have shocked him. He saw mono of
tt,o1,' He was onlv permitted to make a
Sn.an Slsrt insnection.
e' M, Parrish said he assisted Colonel
Robert n r. Goddard of Proyidence, T.
r. who with his steam boat the st. Law
renee. took two oonsignments Of invalids
~ prouidence. AS General Shafter was