The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-19
INVESTIGATION or THE WAR
Snroeon Maus 81 the Seventh Corps
Gives His Testimony.
ALL RrOulsIlloNs PROMPTLY FILLED
The Doctor says the rnrc Of the sick
Was Never II, fore tttratirlc'i---AIi
Ovcrsinhts Were Unavoidable.

Jacksonville, Fla. October is,--The war
anvestigatlng commission began the exam
nation Of witnesses Mt Jacksonville today,
,ialng the office room OF General Dodgg's
private car for this purpose.
Colonel Lewis NJ. Maus. surgeon OF tho
Sevonth army corps. was the first wtnesB
Aworn lie IL regular army aurgeon aud
has occupied this position practically
throughout the history of the campaign.
He says there VIA only small field hos
pltal when he arrived In May and there
wero very icw sick men. Sickness dcyol.
oped very slowly and there WAS very little
VI II until July .. fIe said that when the
order came for the establishment of diyl-
sion hospitals there was Bome delay 10
getting supplies, such az tents. lie made
his reauIsition on Tampa, but finding tina,
efforts there were directed to getting the
expedition Off he made his Regulations
on Washington direct, After thla they
we're promptly filled Thsre was no suffer
Ing among the sick. stil they did not
have tho ltxurioe at the beginning OF thu
war that they had In the latter days OF 1t.
the history of the world has ever cn Il
par@lcl TO our present care of the Sick
IHking w the present eoh'id,u' "l w
hospitals ne sNo there wore 'V' .F''nVN
ioti,uo nurses now az WORN herv' We ehS
the employment OF thS nulSe" M" p'oNeN
entirely satisfactory.
Replying TO question. DR. Maus salt
that after the frat few days thora has
been no refusal OF supplies and chat al
rtluisl'ions haa poeh tlion Win uNcupt'o'i
al promptiluW9s lie han never hpou sucl
uier disregard OF expense III oa,'ub tu'
.4ck soldiers As mnt'or OF laV' tn'
troops hAa a sen"fous ai'owenue w e'''
th'ng mat could noss'oiy heip ,"p" ~
also said the Rcd cross hhl gwen 80 ,hu,'
TINT ottom IL was h"' hcceesnN 70 a." W.
government Tor supplies iaoso ~. w.
no rcSlrcunnn ~ tWe inAVNN' ", Nt''ns ""
the uasnps ~ 'housn' Npnu'I ~ 49, ~
iutrouuceu 70 INC Vau'p Wy "',sl@''pr' w. w.
virginia troops Sn"l'o" "V.N WV ,n,
drslns had dono mucn W ,uu,'SnD Wv
srourg". nut ne was eoniluVhI ,h.' wy we
ular water supply OF the Guy nad NJ. o,p
M any way ,Sspoussole to' ~ ~" VI W
Thought tna ticS h"o uouo "ucu W W
Hrnllnrlte rover nr9u' WV "uh,""'"n ~,
strict attention nan pe'n RNVa w I"
sinks, ,,,,,. ,
Dr. Mans salo nc n"u 'o""u " 'fnntp,
TO prevail upon euIbeVnN w W. t,,,,a
ssrNiee "a 'oarh 'uu nu'n'"'Hu"'.', ~,
OF their posiuohH' AZ, ni P',V, W. '" nn
these uu'les were eNt'vmV,s Wv 80. ~, '.'
Tor THIS reason inc NplunV'e' puS,s,N w." w.,
were not 80 effective W th'S spvu'u ="
been ottcn ALSO IN inc carry nwN"'s
the war somo volunteer tcbime"'a' wv
geous had been ionnu neshseh' III way n.y.
ter 81 inspeeuoh hut e,or on Nau,.'.w
became the principal duty "i oNer1 w
about the camp Mnon 'roun,e was =,
pcrleneed IN Keeping tne puppy ,'V'' :.
hospitals In many 'ases tneN ""u -"
renuuousiy carried ,o"d 10 VIC e'VN'
DIR. Maus also dwo't upon tno noNepaN
rcNOrts of the suffering In inc Campo, III