The Portland daily press., 1898-10-07
His Camp Site Good and Supplies
Plentiful.
DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE HAD BEEN
SIBETRACKED.

Didn't Expect To Go to Santiago or Porto
Rico But Was Ambitious to Return 10
Havana-Had Been Told By President
He Should Lead Assaulting Army
That City If There had Been One.
Washington, October 6-The war in
, vestigation commission held two sessions
today. In the forenoon General Il. V.
Boynton, concluded his testimony which
he had begun yesterday and General Fitz-
hugh Lee was heard in the afternoon.
General Boynton dwelt To-day upon the
causes of diseases at Csaan Thomas charg-
ing the increase toward ~ close OF the
camp to the lack5Sf sufficient care on the
part of the regimental and brigade COM
manders in covering the sinks. General
Lee detailed the conditions prevailing at
the camp at Jacksonville. He said the
site was good one, the supplies we're
plentiful, the men well taken care of and
that he had no complaint TO make Of the
war departments treatment of his COM
nland. He also took occasion to reply to
a question put by Captain Howell to say
that he did not consider that he had been
slighted in ths war. He had not expected
to be ordered to Santiago or to Porto
Rico, but had wanted to go to Havana
and the President had recently told him
that in case it had been necessary to take
Havana by assault, he had intended to
ask him General Leel to lead the ASSAULT
ing army.
Washington, Oesoker G 1.-The examina-
tion of Gen. II. V. Boynton concerning
the condition prevailing at Camp Thomas
was continued before the war inyestigat-
ing committee today. Gov. Beaver asked
who was at fault if the camp was
crow led "If such was the Gauss" was
the reply, the fault was that of regi-
mental and brigade commanders, as the
details were left to them. Gen. Dodge
read complaint purporting to be from
soldier of New York regiment saying
that coffee was issued fresh to the troops
and then poorly Drowned, that the meat
was tainted and inferior, and that no
vegetables hut onions and potatoes WAS
supplied and that none of the food was
palatable. Gen. Boynton said that SO far
as he knew the coffee was not issued
green. 'There is no foundation for any
reasonable complaint in regard to the
food. 1t was brought to the camp in re-
frigerators cars and I heard of but two
cases in which the meat was spoiled.
Gen. Boynton had inspected the camp of
the 8th New York because of complaints
of Surgeon Terry. and had found it very
clean and in every respect in good order
except that the sinks were too near the
tents. General Dodge also read a letter
purporting to come from the chaplain of
the oth New York, Father James Dooley,
saying the camp was a "hell on earth,
and that would be paradise compared to
this place. AS for the food it is rotten. :"
Gen. Boynton stated that he did not wish
to talSe.issu with chaplain, but after
explaining that Father Dooley and
Father Ryan had occupied tents in the
headquarters he said if they saw such
things they said they did they were the
only ones who did. The stories were of u
sensational character that would do credit
to dime novel. He said the complaints
were directed especially at the hospital of
the second division of third army corps.
Gen. Boynton also made the reply to
charges formulated hy Surgeon Nj. b.
Ward of Kansas City, who said in a letter