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amauEa To examine the water supply. |
which he reported ~ bad.
Gen. ~. G. Eghort was the next Wit |
ness. He u nov hrlgadlcr ~ voluu- !
tecrH and colonel 81 tho TWrnty-sccond |
United States Infantry. IT, commanded |
the sixth Infantry after the retirement !
" Col Cochran until he was wounded !
July ist IT. had no fault 90 mud With !
the camp at Tampa ur she supplies or
even with the transport Miami eN-
ccpt with the ventilation. lio found
troops abindanty supplied Tor the
campaign. The witness received excel /
lent care at the hospital.
Recurring 60 his return on the soro-
ca. he said the conditions on that Yes.
eel were not good. especially below
where the troops were. ~ rumpn.
strated against crrtaih conditions and
Capt. Doughty remedicd ihon. There
was q shortage ~ water The boat
was sent away hutrlcdly
WOUNDED WE'RE HELD.
Gen. Egbcrt said while the Seneca
was not In good condition Tor trans
porting troops that lis officers did not
seem 10 be- In command along the Npy.
age as much M the surgeons. when
the Seneca reached Fortress Monroe
the surgeon lelcgtnphrd 10 New York,
The next day 10 his surprise thr vessel
had not gone. lie asked way aud was
told the captain refused 90 80 until
ordered 20 do 80 by the quariurmaater'a
department. The wilncas called on The
captain and found this 70 be fruc.
After remonatrance against holdlng thr
wounded men In such place the Wlt-
ness told the captain he would telr-
graph 10 the secretary ~ war telling
him uf the conditions and asking Tor
orders. Meantime he sen; note 20 the
quartcrmaHtcr ~ Fort Monroe. and AZ
soon ~ the situation was understood
there an order was given Tor the vessel
10 raii az once 90 New York and the
captain obeyci a.
HORRIBLE.
Pred ]. Fiueger Of Nowjort KY. was
rext examined. lie went ia ChIckh-
maugn August IN TO bring homs Al
hprt H1edeker % tho second ksntucky.
who was lying IN che hospital he
found hm In a very bad condition lie
was IN a tent with four other patients,
the space between the cuts 20 narrow
that witness had 20 walk HirNuya In
going through. The nurses were de-
tailed men, IN an adjoining tent he
heard rfnnulrg, and looking W he saw
a man with a quantity OF maFspth On
his body. lie reported this lmmciihte.
~ 60 the attendants, who shla Nhcy dll
not know u had happened. They car,
tlrd the man out. washed MN on hhi
t-ik him hack The next day De- lied,
Tho WltneHs dttadled itiedekef'H case,
how he took cold frum marehhg
through the rain and was takcn sex
the day he rgachcd Chick lmauFa' lio
was al nrst TtfdFed admNnueo 70 the
hnapitat, but finally the captain got
MIN In ne lay thsfe twelve days ON
a blanket un the ground. Win one
blanket over him. Then h. was sent
so his quarters fnr full duty, ana next
day at Inspection De- stood m Tine thtec
| hour. whom he again broke down hg
reached home August End ana hed
| August sth
SHORT or TENTS.
AT the afternoon session Mai, drlf-
| nih Testified regarding the camp cone
diil0us 40 ChlckamnEui ana lhe hlAp-
taia. ne had difficulty In getting
enough tctts and when he secured tho
proper number he ffund the last ones
| yer, Of POOR quality. From private
| and state sources the regiments we're
supplied with hosp tai tents A. rule
/ the men detailed ne puIaes were unht
/ Witnsss asked d. Hon for female
n,irsns This relieved the situation
The stan Of tho division hospital was
| in,denuate when the increase " sick
ness occurred sickness among the
| aurrpona reduced the working tpfce
| he said there would have been no am
| gulty In getting hundreds uf competent
surgeons at Chlckamauga W4.hln a
| wesk. lie said be- knew many appilea-
Ne attributed the failure n the Camp
/ rrhoras hospltnls Jo red tape ana
| "peace for thirty years which inca
! Facilitated the department tor eNpan,
! lou Tor smrrrplcN VI t1hFFrHt hih
| c.fsbiishcd a hospital corps the trouble
! .,issbt hove been avoided. one great
/ dinieuity In getting supplies OF drugs
/ 9r,se from passing acquisitions from
/ fhe division surgeon 70 IN, csFpa ~, ~
/ reon and the surEe1n-ln. Ihla
/ required a week. nc a.N.h W w,
| commander on June 2oth 10 nave the
| tvnhoid patients Isolated The Cpl
/ dsmIe could thua have been avoided,
/ nm no attention was gwen thr request
| III regarded lies ana wafer ~ causes
| 81 Infection Tho beer drinkinf ana
| she unwh0lesome fuod as.islel ~ ~
| yeioping typhoid germs, The mortality
| sr,,n tvph0ld fever 90 this hospital was
| si,ty.gix ont OF 1861 cases
''c.,,, snrineer Of the seventeenth IN
family mas next examined lie coop
Grated with the surgeons az nal after
| ,he battle and know the wounded We're
"'' LACK or GOOD NURSES,
Father Vaiman. post chaplain, was
reNt examined. He served AZ Tafnpa,
C cSS 'rhonas. Fort sheridan and Fort
ThSnas. The witness heard no com
tr. "A Fort Thomas from either
| pla,n or patlents. At first at Fort
rtln'ss there was trouble for lack ~
at"d nurses. but that was soon RENE
! go Ia certain cases he regarded men
G',tsr ann women Tor nurses, but as
sbe Work y now divided NO thni men
~ no work proper for men ana the
y" In nttend 10 such things as women
~ So better than men, he thought the
vaanfection N nursing had been reached
pIrbe witness devoted his tlme TO look
,,tsnda of each patients. lie wrote 10
friends OF each patient giving them