Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-19
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t,.,,,,nviiic. Fla, oct. is.-rhe war /
Investigating commission hc'd three I
sessions today. dealing during ,he two
d,v sessions with the general stan
officers Of the seventh army corps and
at piaht hearing the r1amony "
ofncora pnd incn Of the se1ord South
carollu, regiment. The general officers
.x,.,lp,d included the chief surgeon,
the chief c5mmissary. me CHIEF quar-
icrmaster and the Inspector general ~
the corps, ard all gave detailed inior-
fpntton aa 70 their respective depart
meris OF the service. The meetings
today were hold In Gen. poigo'a pIl-
vate car, but the moving trhirs made
30 much noise shat & was found nrccs-
rary 10 aud other quarofs. ana here
after the meetings will be held In the
ciy council chambers.
me sub-cJmmitioc, consisting u
Gen. Wilson and capt Howell ap-
pointed 10 investigate ihc selection Of
Fcrnnndlna as a camp. returned io-
nirht and reported their approval of
the selection. They made special In
quIry into the rcpor, that Tho camp had
been located there Tor thc purpose of
enhancing the value " land owucd oy
s3n OF Secretary Algcr, going through
the county records ua part " thcir
work. They failed % Had his name To-
any OF these documents. and their In
utilization convinced them that he
had never owned any real estate IN
that vicinity. or had been In any way
intercn'cd 90 any.
SURGEON MAus TEsTIF1Es.
Col. Louis Maus. chief surgeon Of the
Seventh army corps, was the frat wit-
nerr aworn. lie is n regular army sur.
econ. and has occupied his position
practically throughout The history OF
the camp. lie said there was only a
rmah Held hospital when he arrived 10
May, and there were not very many
sick men. EiCAnrHl developed slowly.
and thefe wIn very hrln % D. until
July. lie said that whom the order
came for the rltabl. rhmoni o. division
hospitals. thorc was some delay In got-
ting ruppAcH, such a. trnta. lie made
his regulations on Tampa, but finding
that all EFFORTS werc dircicd 60 Ectlns
/ che expedition OF, he made his rcqult,-
/ tons upon WaHhlnFion direct After
| this they wcrc promptly nuCd. Thee
was no sunorinH among the sick. stIll
| they ala not have luNurics az the boz
guu.ng o. the war that there were. in
the latter days N g. Nor" added
the doctor, do ! ihluk that she history
/ OF the world hia ever seen "a parallel
60 our present care 90 the sick"
| Taking NJ the present condition Of
/ she Hospitals, he said there were 800
trained female nurses now at work
NO LACK OF suPPLrBs.
Replying to question. Or. Msus
said that after the nrrt few days there
had been no refusal Of supplies, AMI
an acquisitions had been fllcd prompt.
IS. lie had never seen such utter dis.
regard of expenses In caring for sick
soldiers. lilo also said 10, Red Cross
society has given 20 much that Il was
often unnecessary 10 ask the govern
mont Tor supplies. There had been no
restrictions In the matter VI hitting out
tho camps.
lie thought the typhoid had been In.
troduccd into camp by Mississippi nnd
Virginia troops. shallow wells and
surface drainage had done much 10.
ward the HcourFe. but h. was confident
that the regular water supply o. the
| city had not been 100 any way rcHpon.
sihle for H. lie also thought the nlca
had done much 20 dIaFemlnnte fever.
| Prom the beginning strict attention
had been given the rlnka lie had
never In hlH NE seen such attention
given 20 sanitation In any camp. but
despite this care typhoid fever broke
out and became tho principal sickness
here.
INEFFICIENT SURGEONS.
pr. Maus said he had found Il ain.
cult 20 prevail upon surgeons In the
volunteer service 90 learn the admins.
tratlvc duties 81 their positions. ~ a
matter Of fact, these duties were ex-
trcmcly oner0ua and Tor this reason
the volunteer physicians were not 40
efficient nH they should have been.
often also In the early history % ,hs
war, some Of the volunteer regimcntnl
surgeons had been found negligent In
the matter Of inspection. but later an
sanitation became the principal duty
81 everybody about the camp. Much
trouble had been experienced In keep
Ing the public from the hospitals. In
many cases they had Hurrcptlti0uHly