The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-02
WAR INVESTIGATORS.
Further Evidence of Weakness in
ss:s. the Medical Department. :
CONDITIONS AT CAMP THOMAS.
DR.. Edgar A. Mearns Says the Sites
Chosen Were Disease Breeders-Ma.
jor Glennan Says His Recommends
tions We're Unheeded.

Df. EuEaf A. MeafIlS oays tho Sites
Chosen Were Disease Breeders-Ma-
jor Glennan Says His Recommenda-
tions We're Unheeded.
Lexington, KY, Nov. 2-Before the
war Investigating commission yester-
1 day Chief Commissarv Marshall, OF
Camp Hamilton, denied the statements
made by Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell,
| of the First territorials. He said every
| requisition had been honored from the
territorials.
General ]. C. Bates testified as to the
| Santiago campaign, the camps at Mo-
| bile and at Chickamauga. He went to
see General Brooke regarding the lack
CT equipments, clothing and other sup
plies. He said "The day before we
left Mobile we got pretty well supplied.
These were supplies for recruits. At
Santiago we had bread and meat al
ways. At Montauk Point I learned
that the Long Island +. ilroad had an
exclusive contract to haul the soldiers
TO that city. I issued orders to allow
ether railroads to come in and help take
off the sick.
I'm Cuba medical supplies were Woe
fully short. The medical officers said
they could not get them. This was es-
pecially true a Siboney. In going over
we had enough medical supplies. but
we were cut down. We had trouble in
getting ambulanccs taken to Cuba We
got one for each regiment and one
for the squadron. | think the ambu-
lances took were the only ones ashore
When the rough riders fight occurred
on the eth of June"
When asked what in his opinion was
the weakness in the medical depart
ment, General Bates said he thought
great mistake was made in not sending
medical officers in sufficient numbers
with regiments ordered to the field.
Additional transportation should have
been furnished for medical officers and
medical supplies. ambuancas and
horses.
Replying to leading questions by DIR.
Conner General Rates said:
81 think there is not sufficient excuse
for medical supplies being short in
Cuba. Better preparations could have
been made for transportation We had
no way to shce horses and mules.
nave Ho Ietoih!t3ti!uttpitS " 'u65Sa'
as to improvement IL war department
regulations nor regarding the ra'i3Hs.
These matters have been SUBJECT TO
consideration of boards and able Of
1cers and l don't care to offer an
opinion" go. -..-l. IL
DR.. Edgar A. Mearns. surgeon in
charge of the Gibbs General hospital
Lexington. was asked regarding the
sanitary condition If Camp Thomas,
where he was brigade surgeon. He
read a renGrt on the condition of the
sites there which showed they were
disease b,eeders. He thought the men
detailed from the regiments to the di-
vision hospi.al were incolrpptcnt. DR..
MealDs co,dairred ne water supnly at
Camp Thomas because there was t.
Dhojd fever ihorp.
Ma ior 7 y C.l.rnan who was ram
tain and as iatant SURGEON in the rer
ular army and was r,ada r,,inr and
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