The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-23
THEY WOULDN'T have HER
PRICES FOR TRANSPORTS
~ clyde ana Mallory Lines Touched
the Government for Big Values.
Neglect " Duty at wikon.
Tia Burial Scandal.

0Dulxu8 cOmmlttte Otclutu tO-udy II
would not visit Camp wikoff in a
body, but would send a committee "a
prepare q report. Mrs Susan q. Co
well OF this city was the first witt
ness.
I'VE called yor." explained General
Wilson. because we heard when you
offered TO go to camp as n nurse. you
were not accepted because you would
not agree to maintain secrecy. Did you
ever ind any dereiiction of duty? We
fvvish TO know who exacted such prom
lse from you"
Il wish you would not ask me that
question"
But" said General Beaver, "the an
ewer might aid US materially in our in
vestigation. To whom did you make Of
fer TO act as a nurse?"
ITO an oficer of the auxiliary of the
I2ed Cross society"
was it a male or female officer Of the
Ded Cross?"
81 do not care to say"
well. had the officer any authority
al the camp? Was IL an officer In the
United States service?"
1T was an officer in the army. I do
not know what authority the person
had In camp. Ny offer and its rejec-
zion were made in a private house"
Since you have stated that" said
Wilson. would you mind telling US
whether you or the Red Cross society
made the matter public?"
II do not know who i could have told
Of It, I do not remember having told
n one but a clergyman. He may
have told r.. b.. Roosevelt"
Col. A. S. Kimball. assistant quar-
&oxxnacfar canarat nf tho ITnffRd States
army stationed in this city. was the
next witness. He said the contracts
for supplies were let 10 the lowest bid
der after proper notification and adver-
tisement.
Were there any exceptions TO the
rule TO award contracts to the lowest
bidderY' asked General Beaver.
In cases of bids or upon articles
upon which there were no standards,
the lowest responsible bidder was al
ways accepted" he replied.
Answering ex-Governor Woodbury..
Colonel Kimball said: Contracts were
awarded by the department upon the
nnding of the open bids. Sometimes In
cases where the articles had M stand
ard the department would accept any
accommodation which was made In
such cases OF the quality of the goods
rather n the price In the case Tor
the tents, for instance. II was impossi-
ole to get enough canvas TO NIL the pre-
scribed standard. In that case l had
to be guided by the sample sent and
the capacity OF the bidders to furnish
the goods in the required time. i never
knew of any money or influence being
used In the matter of awarding con-
tracts. Ny records show that May 22
90 June IL my office expended s4.607. 900
for clothing and camp garrison equip
ment."
Colonel Kimball told of the purchase
and hire of transports in this city. He
explained that he had obtained ngures
from the owners OF all the ships that
could be purchased or chartered and
had submitted the list TO Washington.
'When a middleman or broker came To
my ONCE ] ignored him entirely j
dealt only with principals"
Was the price paid for the charter
Of those ships fair and re~asonable?"
asked DR.. Como
Yes. I think so. generally" replied
Colonel Kimball. But when ships
were wanted badly they were hard TO
get. In the case of the Clyde and Mel
Tory lines. for instance. when the gov
eminent offered the usual prices. the
companies said they could not spare
the ships unless double that price was
paid The ships were needed and the
government paid the price asked" Col
onel Kimball toll at length OF the work
of the railroads in transporting troops
aAl0 SaRHilNSs ~ Eaaa htAt Nao tloN ~
movement OF any magnitude made to
or from this city which was not made
as the result OF open competition.
Miss Mary c. Lowell. daughter of sgd
uey Lowell. said she personally talked TO
every man Of the eight regiments of the
regulars. Half OF them were OF the sick
roll and many others were sick-too sick
80 20 to the doctors tent. There was a
great scarcity OF doctors. and Miss Lowell
considered many of the contract doctors
careless and indifferent 10 them. She gave
the names OF men she had found sick In
their tents. and said that she had re-
ported some OF the cases 60 the egime
tai doctors and the doctors took no no
tfce.
She found one man with a temperature
of los. and reported TO DIR. Thomas. DR..
Thomas said he would see him, but when
she visited the man "a hours later the
doctor had not seen him Miss Lowell
mentioned other doctors. who. she said.
had neglected their duties. and that great
suffering resulted from the in-manage-
ment of the Ambulance service Miss Low
ell aid the condition of affairs In the
general hospital was shocking She cor
roborated the testimony of the previous
witnesses as to the lack of sanitary pre-
cautions and the plague OF flies.
Rev Henry b. Bryan of the Garden
City cathedral presented himself to speak
Of the name I'm which the soldiers dy-
Sng In the hospitals were buried. Mr..
Bryan went to Camp Wikor on Sept. 2
He said the publication of a statement
by Major Brown that all the bodies were
Aecently buried had induced him TO come
forward to testify.
I'm his public statement" said Mr..
Bryan. Major Brown said there was no
truth in the report that the bodies were
not decently buried; that every body was
embalmed and decently clothed In a new
uniform: that q bottle containing his
pane and all the obtainabie
about him was buried In his coffin and
that . cross marks every grave. I believe
Major Brown gave those orders and is
sued the clothes. but that his orders were
not carried out. I know personally OF 20
bodies that were not buried as Major
Brown lays they were. and I wonde
what became OF the clothing and the
Snonsy for the embalming-
II % not question Major Brown in any
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