The Portland daily press., 1898-10-15
lar rations he thought many men had
e.. - -. ....,r,N of nr0nRr food.

lar rations he thought many men had
suffered for want of proper food.
Returning to his story In Porto hlco
he said there had been universal COM
p1aint AT tbe HOSPITALS of deficiency OF
suitable supplies. There were times
when the Red Cross society dld NOT nave 9
these. While tnele was no snortas1 ~ VI
the regular rations, he thougnt s neh ntaa na
suffered for want of proper 1000. re
had been told repeatedly that the oO ce1iS
a day ration for the sick could no6 10
| furnished in Porto Rico. 1t was no5 even
supplied to the general military hospieai'
| DR.. Conner urged DR.. Seaman lor d
| statement as to whether he hau mace d
| formal written Tequisition Tor the GUN
mutation of supplies by the comlnlssshty
| department.. The latter replied that ne
had not done so, but insisted gnao ms
reason for this failure was found IN tlie
| fact that he was constantly lhIoriueu
that no such exchange could be maue.
He said he had only six hours IN Wnlc1
to supply the OLDHAM, and he had secured
from the commissary only the regular
travel ration, but he had made no for mai
demand for other suitable foods for the
sick. He said in reply to question thau
| he did not know the commissary az
Ponce had on hand a quarter OF mil
lion dollars or any other sum for supply
| Ing Q6ICaC16S bO bIlo uslCk, no OuIJ AAoN
! that they were not supplied.
| When the commission adjourned this
afternoon DIR. Seaman had not concluded
his testimony.
| When the commission resumed, Surgeon
Seaman in reply to question by Dr.
Conner said that while he was In Porto
| Rico the hospitals were over-crowded, the
| beds being within six inches Of each 9TH
err When he left there were between
5000 and 4C00 sick out of an army of lO,-
! 000 ~ W
DR.. Seaman grew somewhat airascibls
under DIR. Conner's questioning and in
re- ply to an inquiry insisted upon IhttiBg
| a question to his questiore1. Who's DR..
| Conner attempted to repeat the question,
| DIR. Sea,nen said he had givenshis reply
and would not answer again. adding,
1.-THE questions put me here are OF
character calculated to place me In the
false position Of accusing the medical
department. of the army of mal-adminls-
tration. Such is not the case. 1 regard
the conduct of this department by Dr.
Stern berg as above leproach and what
ever fault there is was in another. depart
ment."
After some pretty sharp cross firing
DR.. Conner declared he would ask no
| more questions of the witness.
Gov. Beaver told DR.. Seaman that
no question would be put to him that
| was not proper, but he (Gov. Beaver).
would ''insist upon his answering and If
he did not do SO he must. take the conse-
quences.
Gen. Beaver then asked as to the con-
| duct Of the quartermasters serving with
him or in his vicinity. DIR. Seaman de-
stood he was expected to appear before
the war department. after getting through
with this board. s'and,'' he said. 81 do
not want to criticize my superior officers
while I wear the shoulder straps Of an
army officer.
been SO much misrepresented by tho
press within the past "a hours that he did
not wish to further commit himself. He
! then detailed the circumstances leading
| to the representations concerning his
views in the newspapers. he said he had
authorized no interview since he landed
and that the article in New York pap r
| grew out OF q conversation between him
| self and superior officer IN New York,
which reporter of that paper overheard.
4 He also denied having read II article
before it was printed, as had .3aea =. !;
resented. This concluded his testimony
and be was followed by Lieut.. i. x. Hill
of the navy.
| Lieut.. Hill was an officer on the war
! ship Iowa when the army landed near
| Santiago and was in charge of the debar-
kation of the troops at Baiquiri.. lie said
| the navy supplied II launches and 90
small boats for the landing, but the army
brought only one lighter. He gave the
details OF the landing which he said con.
sumed four days The army was entirely
unprepared to land and Lieut.. Hill said
| that as he viewed the matter, the army
would have been unable to land and
subsist after the landing without the aid
Of the navy. A great deal of trouble
was experienced with the captains of the
bo1 fQ on
| the shore until he secured an order to
them from Gen. Shafter.
Lieut. Hill said there was no wharf,
| but that he had understood that they
talked of building one on which to land
| Gen. Shafter.
"Personally?" asked q member of the
commission.
eyes.
"Had they no derricksa"
eyes. but they were not strong
enough"
This personal allusion to the avordupois
of the commander of the Santiago cam
paign created d general laugh.
Continuing, Lieut.. Hill expressed the
opinion that in cases of the transporta-
tion Of troops at sea he thought the yes.
sells should be under the command OF
navy officers until the troops are landed.
SEAMAN sLEAvES WASHINGTON.
Washington. October 14-MaJor L. ?.
Seaman, after his testimony before the
war investigation board. called on sur
geon General Sternberg and AdJutanS
General Corbin. 10 the latter he SAID
that he had made no statement derogatory
to the secretary of war or any OF his su-
perior officers. Major Seaman left for the
east at p. m.
TREASURE FOUND ON OQUENDO.
Washington, October 14.-The navy de-