Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-10-20


Well Cared for and Well Occupied
The Only Complaint Made was Against
the Climate.
Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 1S.-The war
investigation commission spent yes
terday afternoon inspecting camps In.
the immediate vicinity OF Jackson
ville A heavy rain was falling during
part of the tour, but the commas
sioners performed their self-appointeo
task of going through the camp from
one end to the other in q very pains
taking manner.
Separated Into Divisions.
The commission separated into d.
visions of three members each, but
the carriages kept pretty closely to-
gether in the main. They were es-
corted from point to point by Gen. A.
X. Arnold, who, in the absence of Gen..
Lee, is in command of the corps, while
Col. Curtis Guild, Jr., inspector gen.
eral, led a cavalry detachment which
accompanied them on their rounds.
The party drove first to the headquar--
tiers of the First division commander
Gen. Lloyd Wheaton, and, after leav--
ing this point, made thorough i'm
vestigation of the camp of the First.
brigade of this division, including the
First Texas, the Second Louisiana,
and the Third Nebraska regiments.
Made a Call Upon Col. Bryan.
While here the members of the COM
mission made call upon Col. Bryan,
who is personally acquainted with
Of n l.
most completely recovered from his
recent illness, but very much occupied
in arranging for the mastering out of
the men in his regiment relieved by
the order of the war department, re-
ducing the size of the companies in
his regiment to the minimum of so
men.
A Special Inspection of the FOrty-Ninth-
Iowa.
A portion of the commission also
made special inspection of the For
ty-ninth Iowa regiment as compii--
ment to Gen.. Dodge, who found it's
colonel, w. g. Dews, an old friend
The regiment receiving particular at
tention was the Third South Carolina,
because it was the newest in the.
camp.
The Inspection Was Thorough.
The missioninterviewed privates
and officers alike and made personal
visits to the quarters of the men and
their commanders. They lifted the
covers of the commissary stoves, went,
through the kitchens, went through
the drug stores, inspected the appara-.
tus, talked with physicians and nurses
and made special inquiry into the,
method of conducting the hospitals,
All three of the division hospitals were
visited and inspected,
Well Cared for and Well Occupied.
They found the patients to be APP
parently well cared for, and so far as,
could be discovered, they were as con-
tented as sick men generally are
Many of them were reading books and
magazines, but in a greater number of
cases the men either held before their
eyes, or clasped closely in their arms
letters which had evidently been re-
ceived from home. The patients were
all found occupying clean beds or cots,
and in no instance was hospital tent
or pavilion found to be without a floor.
Indeed almost all the tents in the camp
were fioored.
But One Complaints Was Heard.
But one complaint was heard in the
entire round, and this was evidently
not made in the spirit of faultfinding.-
Col. Jones, of South Carolina, found
fault with the climate, saying that
fully 20 per cent. of his men were ill
largely on this account. He also said
some rations of refrigerated beef had
been received in bad condition, which
was due to the weather.
The Result Summarized.
Summing up the result of the in
spection, Gen. Dodge, the chairman.
said:
1--WE have compared notes after the
days work, and find that complaint
was made from but one regiment dur
ing the day. This was the objection.
made to the climate by Col. Jones'.
We saw both officers and men, sick
and well. and we gave all an oppor--
tunity to be heard, asking the men in
the absence of their officers if they
had any criticism to make.
VIII Begin the Inquiry.
"We shall tomorrow begin the in
quiry by examining the men under
oath, and we hope, if there are any
shortcomings, to thus uncover them.
We find the sick doing exceptionally
well, and were pleased to congratulate
their physicians on the excellent ar,
engagements made for their care"
This statement was made in the.
presence of the members of the COM.
mission, and was Endorsed by them.