The age-herald., 1898-10-27
THE COMMISSION AT HUNTSVILLE Inspection of Camp FOrSe Postponed on Account of Snow Storm. GEN. CARPENTER TESTIFlES
 
 Commands the Fourth Army Corps in
Commands the Fourth Army Corps in
 Gen Joseph Wheeler'S Absence.
THE SICK AT SANTIAGO SUFFERED
On Account of the Deficiency of Medi- cal Supplies Stores Were Ship
 ped and Returned to Unit ed States Un1oaded.

vestigating commission today postponed the inspection of Camp Forse owing to a mild snow storm and very muddy roads. The camp here is large one with about fifteen subdivisions of troops, to say nothing Of the hospitals. There are a great many regulars here and among them many who participated in the Santiago campaign. Many of these will be examined by the commission.
 The investigation here will be directed to the procuring of facts concerning the management of the hospitals, and the care of the sick while the army was in Cuba
 I've know all about the landing and about the way the battles were fought" said General Dodge. What we want to know is how the sick and wounded were cared for"
 The comission began the examination of witnesses today with General Louis II. Carpenter, who is in command in General Wheeler's absence. He had been at Ch1cka- mauga, Tampa and at Fernandina before coming here. He said the camp at Chcka- mauga was too crowded; that at Fernan- dina was ideal. The food supply had been ample throughout, but the quartermaster' supplies were generally slow, and there had been especial trouble in securing tents. There was more difficulty in getting sup plies at Tampa than elsewhere because of railway congestion.
 The sick Suffered
 Major Charles M. Gaudy, the surgeon who was in charge of the medical supply depot at Tampa, said he had been able to fill reasonable acquisitions for medical SUD- plies with promptness, but many bulky ar ticles for which substitutes could not be had, were consequently omitted. Still there was some delays, and he mentioned one ln- stance of supplies ordered from New York that were not received for two months. He had fitted out the Shafter expedition fol Cuba and thought that in the main the ex- petition was fairly supplied. This was especially true of the first requisition. Half l of the suppiiesShe had on handi had been . packed for Cuba and he had afterwards heard that many of those stores came back to Tampa in the hold of the Iroquois. He gave the name of Captain Munzon as au- thority for this latter statement and he was sure that Captain Munzon would testify willingly and promptly.
 During the afternoon session of the com mission a number of officers who had served in the Santiago campaign and in Florida were examined. General G. $. Car 'penter said the sick at Santiago had sui fered somewhat on account of the de- ficiency of medicines and medical supplies, but this was the only deprivation of which he spoke The troops did not receive the entire ration while in the field, but he was quite sure that no man in the command had gone hungry.
 Captain George s. Cartwright, who had been aide to General Kent in the Santiago campaign, said that doubtless some of the men had been hungry at times, but he thought that the excitement of battle had sustained them On the night of July l he had had half hard-tack for supper and the remaining half the next morning. He thought that under the circumstances the commissary department had been quite efficient at Santiago
 Supplies at Tampa
 Lieutenant Farnsworth, General Law toms quartermaster at Santiago, gave the details of forwarding supplies, and Lieu tenant Grierson, chief commissary at Tam pa, and Captain Thompson, who had held the position at Fernandina, told of the sup plies at these two points. Mir. Farnsworth said that for time it had been impossible to get full rations to the front. Messrs Grierson and Thompson said the principal complaints they had heard about supplies concerned the bacon furnished.
 Major H. D. Thomson, surgeon of the Thirty-third Michigan. who had served in the general hospital at Montauk Point af- ter August 27, said in August there were 300 patients in the hospital, and that there were often eight in tent. There were not sufficient cots, and some men had to sleep on blankets. Some of the members of the hospital corps were without training, but he had known of but one instance in which hospital refuse was thrown out on the ground beside the tent. There were times when there was not a sufficient number of attendants. As rule the surgeons were capable but when. they went into the in- stitution there was a sad deficiency in numbers. He had heard no complaint of i'll treatment from patients, but there was criticism from outsiders. He thought some deaths were caused by the removal of pa- tients before they were in a condition to be moved Yet these removals were made to make places for others who were still sick. and who otherwise would not have founu a place III tne hosPitai III oIe ih- stance he had been told to get 300 ready for removal, but on going through the hos ptal he had found only seventy fit to be moved, and had demanded written or der This order he did not get, and there fore r.moved only the SC snty. He esti- mated that from 200 to 800 had been thus prematurely removed.
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 Knoxville, Tenn. October 26.-Oficial mo- tice was received at Camp Poland to the