Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-20
THE DODGE INQUIRY.
Lady Volunteer Nurses Did More
Harm Than Good.

Lndy Volunteer Nurses Did More
Harm Than Good.
NEW YORK. November 19-The War
Investigating Commission resumed its SEES
sions here this morning. The first witness
was Mrs. Edwin c. Alis. Of New York
who went to Camp Wikoff TO help nurse
the sick. She complained that the hospi-
tails were overcrowded; that in thirteen
Of them the food was poor and badly COOK
ed: that the sanitary conditions were bad,
and that. as a consequence, the SICK ana
well suffered from a plague of flies; also
that the hospital nurses and orderlies
were careless I'm attending to the COM
plants of the sick She could not remem-
Der names. but she said she heard one
doctor diagnose a soldiers trouble as
"simple intoxication" and the soldier died
of typhoid-fever two days later.
Summing up her conclusions, Mrs. Allis
thought there were not enough attendants
i'm the hospitals and that no care was
taken to attend the dying. the delirious'
and the convalescent patients
TRANSPORTATION AT SANTIAGO.
Captain Edward II. Pummer, Of the
IentD cavalry IOH an eiN' N'NA'if
General Skaters staff, who was brigade
ouartermaster with the Fifth Army Corps
at Skaters headquarters. near Santiago,
I'm reply TO a direct question as TO
whether the transportation under ms
charge was sufficient. and the work was
satisfactorily accomplished, explained that
the transportation was limited, but ne dld
not believe that more wagons could nave
been used. because Of the limited taclil-
SlDnnNX.
the narrowness of the roads over when
supplies had TO be drawn. "'rhe roads were
ca had" he said that frequently we
could not send wagons and mules iast
enough TO supply the demand" He had
heard of no cases of distress mt the
trenches on account of inability to get
supplies forward.
The witness said that no request FOR ra-
tions was ever refused by the commissary
officer.
Major George T. Borigan. Ninth New
York Infantry. complained that no pre-
marathon had been made for the reception
Of his regiment at Chickamauga He
| had no complaint TO make Of the sup
plies.
BRUTALITY AT CHICKAMAUGA.
When asked about the medical treat
ment. he said: There were many com
| plants Of DR.. Hubbard. lie treated DIN
GERS pleasantly, but he was rough 10 the
men. The only case I know Of was when
| a sergeant broke his leg in getting
| off the train at Chattanooga instead OIL
| taking the man 10 a hospital IN the city
DR. Hubbard insisted that the man De
| taken to camp. twelve miles away Inc
man died on the way.
Cantoin Howell asked: "Was the want
Of proper food the cause Of the sickness
| I'm your regiment
| "%o. the sickness was due TO the cary
want of sinks. and later. because they
| were dug inside the pipeline ana wltnlh
| fen feet of the tents whence they drain
| ed to the tent trenches
| Miss Margaret Garrard. OF MorrlStoWl
| Y l. n volunteer worker among the slch
N Camp Wikoff, testified That she iouhd
many evidences Of neglect at the camp
| Men too weak to help themselves we're
| fa,,nd lving unconscious on the streets
| Of Long Island City, and in every IN
| etance where she made inquiries she
! learned that there were neither doctors
| nor nurses on the trains carrying con-
| valescents.
THE PLAGUE OF FLIES.
ouestioned by Ex-Governor Woodbury.
| Mic Carrard said: "The worst feature
7 observed at Montauk was the plague Oh
| dis None of the stories which nave
been told about the great number OF mes
have been exaggerated.
she said there was no netting nor were
| tbere any screens at the camp, ana 10
one I'm authority seemed 10 care ABOUT II
Tba medical attention and nursing MISS
| Garrard said. were very GOOD durihs '"e
| ten DAYS she was at Camp NlNoh' -
| Lieutenant Charles EDWARDS 81 'nI
| seventv-frst Regiment, proIcssi"hai
|
| Dodge, said: e,,,r
| 81 vas practically starved for -FOUR
weeks after I recovered from yellow-feVer
f. C,ba but that was the best treatment
sor tho disease. Many of the deaths III
| C1ha we're due 10 ignorance on the part
90 the men affected The doctors told
| mem Tf YOU eat, you die stu, they
|, ate. ,r,,.orv
| .rba volunteer ladies who went to Mon
| ,o,,I, &c nurses did more harm than Sood.
| 1-beir intentions were all right, out lhey
| ala not accomplish their purpose. Ihey
| had at their quarters soda water siuse,
lie cbampagne cider. chicken. and Tread
and butter. They sympathZeu win ,h1
| ,,an landing from the transports. Gnd IN
| - tber,, 10 eat and drink. OF course
| the men wanted TO eat. and the volunteer
| Iadies gave them chicken and other eul'
bIas 4 few days later the men would Dc
| dead and the volunteer ladies would SO
round blaming the government
Ar I o'clock General Dodge adjourned
| further hearing for lack of witnesses. he
| said that he had received a dozen letters
| from expected witnesses, from when ne
| Judged that they had nothing TO TELL the
| commission.
ROOSEVELT DISAPPOINTING.
The commission has been disappointed
at the failure OF Colonel hooseVelt ~
.osent certain witnesses. Mr.. Roosevelt
rrote IN the commission Offering TO pre-
sont witnesses TO refute the stories Of out
RACES. printed in the newspapers at the
hasinning of the war, but so far Mr.
Roosevelt has not waited on the sommis-
sion.
A MOTHERS SAD STORY.