The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20
FLY STORIES WERE NOT FALSE
MISS GARRARD THOUGHT INSECTS
wIKOFF's WORST ENEMIES.

sicIk-A Doctor Diagnosed n Case
as simple IntOxicatiOn," and the
patient Died Two Days Later OF
typhoid Fever-Many Complaints
of DIR. Hubbard at Chickamauga.
New York, Nov 1s.-The war invesdga-
fling commission resumed its session this
morning.
The first witness was Mrs. Edwin c.
AIhs of New York who went to camp to
helm nurse the sick She complained that
the hospitals were overcrowded; that in
one of them the food was poor and badly
cooked; that the sanitary conditions were
had and that as a consequence the sick
and well suffered from plague of flies.
Also that the hospital nurses and orderlies
were careless in attending to the COM
p,aints of the sick. She could not re-
member 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
in the hospital, and that no care was taken
to separate the dying, the delirious and
the convalescent patients.
Capt. Edward H. Plummer, Tenth Cav
alrv now, an aide-de-camp on Gen. Shaft
ters staff, who was brigade quartermas-
ter with the Fifth Army Corps at Shat
ters headquarters, near Santiago, in re-
nlv to a direct question if the transporta-
tion under his. charge was sufficient, and
Of tat
factorily accomplished, explained that the
TRANSFORMATION was limited, but he did not
believe more wagons could have been used
because of the limited facilities for load
ing the wagons in Siboney, and the mar
roWness of the roads over which the sup
plies had been drawn.
The roads were SO bad,' he said, that
frequently he could not send wagons and
mules fast enough to supply the demand"
He had heard of no cases of distress at
the trenches on account of the inability to
get supplies forward. The witness said
that no request for rations was ever re-
fused by the commissary officer.
Maj. George I. Lorgan, 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 supplies. When
asked about the medicine treatment, he
said. There were many complaints Of Dr.
Hubbard. He treated officers pleasantly.
but he was rough to the men. The only
case know of was when a sergeant broke
his leg in getting off the train at Chicka-
manga. Instead of taking the man to a
hospital in the city, DR.. Hubbard insisted
that the man be taken to camp, twelve
miles away. The man died on the way"
Capt. Howell asked WAS the want of
proper food the cause of the sickness in
your regiment?"
mo; the sickness was due to the early
want of sinks, and later because they were
dug inside the pipe line and within ten feet
of the tents whence they drained to the
tent trenches
Miss Margaret Garrard of Morristown,
N. j., a volunteer worker among the sick
at Camp Wikoff testified that she found
many evidences Of neglect at the camp.
Men too weak to help themselves were
found lying unconscious on the streets of
Long Island city, and in every instance
where she made inquiries she learned that
there were neither doctors nor nurses on
the trains of the convalescents.
Questioned by ex-Gov. Woodbury., Miss
Garrard said: 1.-THE worst feature 1 OBJ
served at Montauk was the plague of
fes None of the stories which have been
told about the great quantity of flies has
been exaggerated"
one SdfQ Lnere was no nSttlnS Ut SCISSIS
at the camp and no one In authority SEEM
ed to care about it.
Medical attention and nursing Miss Gar
rard said, were very good during the ten
days she was at Camp Wil1off.
Lieut., Charles Edwards, Seventy-irst
New York Regiment, and a professional
nurse, in reply to questions by Gen.
Dodge said: IT was technically starved
for four weeks after recovered from yell
in nh hut
treatment for the disease. Many of the
deaths in Cuba were due to the ignorance
of the men affected. The doctors told
them: If you eat you die. Still they
ate The volunteer ladies who went to
Montauk as nurses did more harm than
good. Their intentions were all right, but
81 they did not accomplish their purpose.
They had at their quarters soda water,
ginger ale, champagne cider, chicken and
bread and butter. They sympathized with
the men landing from the transports and
invited them to eat and drink. Of course
the men wanted to eat, and the ladies'
gave them chicken and other edibles. A
few days later the men would be dead,
and the volunteer ladies would go around
blaming the government"
AT 4 o'clock Gen. Dodge adjourned the
further hearing for lack of witnesses He
sad that he had received a dozen letters
from expected witnesses, explaining that
Trey had nothing to tell to the commits
sion
Inc commission has been greatly disap-
pointed at the failure OF Robert B. Roose-
EeU to present certain witnesses Mr..
roosevelt wrote to the commission, offer
ing to present evidence of the truth of
many complaints of outrageous treatment
VI soldiers published in the newspapers
since the beginning of the war. The COM
mission promptly accepted the offer, but
so lar Mr.. Roosevelt has not waited on
the commission.
TESTIMONY OF A NAnrEIER