Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-27
AN INYbNIlGAIWN.
Some War Department Off
Gals Want One.
CHARGES MADE EXCITE THEM.
1t Looks as IL Each Head of Bureau
Believes That Inquiry Will Vindi-
cate Him and His department. One
Investigation Ordered.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-General Cor
bin, adjutant general of the army, said
yesterday no complaint had reached the
war department, from major general,
brigadier general, colonel or men of the
army. regarding want or restitution or
lack of supplies for the care of the
troops No demand has been made for
supplies other than the regular requisi-
tons for troops which came in the or
binary routine way. General Corbin
declined to be interviewed on the sub
ject of the many stories afioat regard
ing restitution and mlsmanagemento OF
the war, saying that the facts will come
out in due time and the people will see
for themselves what was done.
The whole department is greatly
stirred up over the many news
paper accounts of what has been going
on and it was the subject of discussion
everywhere about the war department,
but apparently each head of bureau
believes thai an investigation of the
subject will yindicate him and his de-
partment. The officers in Washington
say that the accounts of suffering have
been exaggerated, but if there has been
suffering further than the incidents of
war naturally would bring about, the
fault has not been with the officers in
the department here. Each officer pro-
fesses to be ready and willing that there
should be az investigation. Some Off
GERS say that it will be necessary and
that they Will welcome a complete con-
gressional inquiry which will bring out
all the facts.
No official statement is expected in
the absence of Secretary Alger, who is
expected to return today.
One of the complaints which had
been made was in regard to the Eighth
New York at Chlckamauga. 1t IS stated
at the war department that General
Boynton, in command at Chickamauga,
had been ordered TO make a thorough
and complete investigation of the hospi-
tails at that place, to ascertain how the
men have Jared and report all the facts
to the department..
There seems to have been neglect in
carrying out the order of the depart
menr, NO. 116, which allowed so cents
a day TO all soldiers i'll hospitals, the
amount to be a general fund from which
could be drawn money to purchase deli
cacies and necessaries for the sick sol
diers. The order is dated Aug. 10. 1t
was sent out Aug. 10.
The surgeon generals Office complains
that other orders sent out have not re-
ceived the attention which should have
been given them. This order, No. ZIG,
it is said, was not only sent out through
the surgeon generals Office, but was
sent direct from the adjutant generals
office to the commanding officers in
various camps. Ii it has not been car
ried out it is declared the fault has been
with the officers in command and the
surgeons in charge of hospitals. 1t is
probable an investigation will be made
at once to see whether this order has
been disregarded and why.
Officers at the war department depre
cate the manner in which complaints
have been made ON the ground that the
whole matter will discredit the Ameri-
can army, and have a bad effect on dis
cipline. The soldiers, they say, Will be
made to believe that they have been
badly treated, that they are being i'm
posed upon, and at some juncture it
may result in mutiny aud insubordina
ton, for the reason that the troops III
case of some order which seems espee-
tally hard, will take matters into Their
own hands, claiming the people are
with them. 1t is claimed that if the
stories are all true it will indicate that
the american army is of rarely little
account and cannot bear hardship.
War is a tragedy, from one end to
the other, SAID prominent officer of
the department yesterday. There
were some people who thought it was
picnic and that the war in Cuba was to
be a holiday time in Cuba. No man
who considered the matter knew any
thing about tho climate, the difficulties
and the trials which would have to be
undergone, felt that way They ex-
pected hardships, expected that the
troops would enter the portals of dan
ger and death, would have to face bul.
let's and fever. 1t is only wonderful