The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-21

1T was the one prohlem of the campaign
ana 1t taxed us To the u.most.' said ne.
III it had not been fer the pack train We
coulG not have done it, ana the expedition
would have been a failure
| Ger-ra Skater said he regarded the
landing of the expedition as eminently sue
ceSsful. They lost only Two men and thirty
| animals cut Of a total OF 10000 men. 1t
was a remarkable record
There has been considerable criticism
from the medical officers about getting
their medical supplies ashcre," said Gen
eral Beaver. Were any such complaints
| brought 10 your"
"A majority of the ragmental surgeons
left theil medicine chests on their vessels.
When 1 fcuri this out ply, DR.. Goodlel-
low aboard this Manteo and had him coll
iect these chests. AS soon as they were
| Landed trey were pat On four wagons and
distributed at once 10 the men"
AS an additional explanation OF the diff
iiculty in furnishing supplies ashore, GEN
eral Shafter said at one time with an army
| OF 2l,Q1G men he had 10 ISSUE rations to
10000 people The excess being the refugees
from Santiago. women and children for the
most part, whom he could not allow to
starve
AS to the care OF the wounded, General
Shafter said that they We're cared for as
carefully as the circumstances would re.-
nit
THE doctors worked like Troians," he
Said. "rhey deserved and received com
menGation from every one They worked
until they were sick and worn ow-. The
doctors were mostly youn- men. You can't
set very old and experienced surgeons 10
90 on summer campaign for 500 a month.
But they were splendid Fellows. Compared
with THE civil war the wounded wsre boz
ter cared for in Cuba than they were then"
Touching the signal corps General Shat
ter said ne was served admirably"
Asked IL he thought his own sckneHs
had any effect on the success OF the Cuban
campaign, General Shaster said: mo, most
decidedly. The campaign WAS carried out
as planned from the start, and MY hrallh
or sickness did NOT alter single plan. I
knew was going TO have sick army on
my hands in this country pretty soon and
simply rushed matters to an issue as
soon as possible rs for myself. l was not
seriously sick. 1t was true had the govt,
so | had TO wrap my foot up in a gunny
sack and could not get IL in a stirrup, AMI
so had TO build a platform from which
TO get on my horse, But / certainly had
not expected to be subjected to personal
criticism for this. 1t WAS military neces- |
sity."
Governor Woodbury. asked how the staff |
officers appointed from civil life turned out. |
General Shafter said: "They were men
as a rule who had no previous military ex- |
perlence, and might not have been OF much |
USE III tAttWp4lts hii'i'a'J mahoeuFIeS. But |
had three OF them on my staff and for |
carrying orders. distributing ratons 10 the |
refugees and a thousand other necessary |
things they were invaiuable Beginning |
with Colonel John jacob Astor who was |
perhaps the most inexperienced. they were
splendid fellows and did what they had In
Go as they fell in with the work he ate his
beans and did his duty as cheerfully and
as though he had not a dol
lar, Captain Brice. tho son OF ex-senator
Brice, WIS On excellent officer, ana did fine
work in feeding those hungry people at
lei Caney. At times h5 hal to take an axe
tglve and stand of some OF the men VIII,
were keeping back tae weaker women and
children, and he did it Effectively"