The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-03
cFN, SANGER ON THE STAND.
s,vs THE SYSTEM OF FURNISH
IL nc SUPPLIES IS AT FAULT.

csmp Thomas weak folht W as
,Sonitation-Gen. Brooke Tried
Improve the Condition, But
,..dicaI BOARD Did Not Appreciate
s.rious Nature of Affairs.
r.vireton. KY, Nov. 1.-The first wit
before the war investigating sub
.,,,ission to-day was Gen. Joseph F.
c.,.er who has had command of the
go Division. He said the Second Di-
v,.ion camp at Chtckamauga was badly
,aoated being in rocky ground, where
inks could not be deeply dug.
when asked why the quartermaster's
,.nortment could not furnish articles nee
--,rv for supplying the army, he said:
,.rbe complex system of furnishing sup
..;.s to our army is at fault. If there
ros one department to supply all wants
= tne army there would be no clash, and
,hesa complications could not arise. At
Cr,,ckamauga the control of my divisional
bosnItal was taken from me by the chief
surgeon Of the corps"
Cen Sanger said that he considered the
r,aak point in Camp Thomas was its bad
-,,itarv condition. The men had plenty
- clothing and plenty to eat. There were
aver 600 licensed hucksters who visited
camp Thomas Much lemonade was sold
81 believe Gen. Brooke tried to do all
that he could to bring the camp to good
ssnitarv conditions" said the witness
"But he was surrounded by medical
hoard which did not appreciate the seri-
ous condition of affairs. DIR. Huidekoper
especially thought DR.. Griffith was I'M
necessarily alarmed. DR.. Griffith insisted
that case diagnosed as typho-malaria
fever in reality was typhoid fever
When asked whether the medical officers
at Chiekamauga paid close attention to
duties Gen. Sanger said: ST do not know
about others, but 1 saw a great deal of
Or. HuideIoper, who came through our
division frequently"
Gen Sanger thought Chckamauga
would have been a healthy place for a
camp had the proper precautions been
taken and pure water furnished.
Gen. Sanger was followed by Col. A. E.
Godwin, Seventh Immunes, who declared
he had no trouble in securing what was
needed
The commission finished its work here
this afternoon and left for Cincinnati.
The members of the commission express
themselves as highly pleased with what
they accomplished here. They also COM
pment highly the conditions of things
they found at Camp Hamilton
Yesterday committee of prominent citi-
gems of Lexington, including Mayor Sim
rail- and ex-Lieut. Gov. Afford, went to
Washington to confer with the President
and see what chance there is for a reten-
ton of the encampment of troops here.
II Teegrams received to-day from this com
mittee says that the troops must leave for
the Southern camps, but that Secretary
Ager has promised that they will be
brought to Lexington in the spring to
recuperate after they have seen service in
Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines.
The President informed the committee
that he will probably visit Lexington when
he goes to Canton to vote.
Gen. Sanger Gen. Wiley and Gen. An
drews have returned from Georgia, where
they selected camp sites for the troops
now here All of them report favorably
on the Southern camps.
Cen Wilson informs the Associated
Press that the movement from Lexington
will not begin for ten days or more, not
until after pay day.
Washington, Nov 2.-The war lnvesti-
eating commission held session here to-
day for the purpose of hearing the testi-
mony of Maj Henry Romeyne, retired
army officer. He said that he had asked
at the beginning of the war for a military
assignment to go to the front in his ca
pacy as an officer, but was refused, and
he then went as a correspondent of a
weekly newspaper. His testimony COW
Il cred the embarkation of the troops al Port
Tampa and the campaign in Cuba. He
said that when he went to Port Tampa the
bank of the canal there was covered with
troops He had wanted to go over with
the Tenth Infantry, which was his old
regiment, but no one could tell him where
the regiment was to be found,
nor did any one appear to know
on what vessel any of the particular
troops were to embark. There was great
confusion, as a consequence of which
part Of a command would go on one YES
sci and part on another and the commands
We're in some cases separated from their
stores. He had seen no orders for the
systematic embarkation of the troops and
"Ne'4N II odlu tiAdt tiny UCiC eOAN
TO go aboard helter-skelter.
When asked to express an opinion as to
'he preparation for the embarkation the
witness hesitated, saying that to do so
would involve criticism of his superiors
Inc commissioners insisted upon a reply
aud Mr.. Romeyne replied that he did not
'nlnk the preparation was such as il
should have been. There was" he said,
lack Of surf boats and also of order
ana OF preparation for landing. When
the landing was undertaken the troops
rev the ships indiscrminately, parts go
ing at one time and other parts at other
times"
he told of the effort to tow two lighters
osS' TO cuba, but said that one was lost
ANU mat 1t was the general impression
, ,Dat IL was lost on purpose, because it
eldrued the progress of the fleet. In re-
tonSe TO a question from Gen. McCook,
49, hoineyne said that, while it was dit
l't TO land anything, ambulances and
sons could have been landed as easily
me artillery. He had seen only one
Sl'pulahce at the front at the attle Of