The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-13
YET SOLDIERS STARVE.
Hundreds OF Tons OF Provisions Four
Months on ShipDOard.

AT the beginning OF the war the steam
ship La GIanle DuLnesae Was chartered
as GNerum-4t Transport nom lue rlaNt
steamship line, says the New York sun.
size tOOk on troops al Port Tampa, and
Was one OK the ueu- that carried Smarter 5
army 90 Cupd. some time before shc
sailed she also TOOK on "a large Qldn-lly
OF SUBSISTENCE stores.
Since then The vessel has been constant
ly ln the government service. . lr" ods
a5O sue arrived al Mun-auk Point "llA
hoops from santiago. Later she icpjl tru
for orders az this port 90 Colonel amos -
kimball. Deputy guar efinaaier-De lelal.
AS The government uad no Iuiihef use
for her Colonel klm0al was ordered 10
return the snip TO her owners. 49, the
terms OF the charter she Wd5 10 ne pis-
charged from the service az adfahudH.
Ine captain VAS ordered, therefore, 20
f4Ke her 90 that port on SATURDAY The
Captain walked into the oiilce OF MAJOR
Summerhdyes. Quariermaa-er, u. >. A.
one of Colonel hlmoal. assistants anu
Is reported tO have remarked.
I'm ready 90 san. out lhousnt ! "a q
tell you tnai there l0t of PROVISIONS on
board my ship belonging 90 the govern
meut. Perhaps thc government "Ould like
TO take tnem on
4 smile went around the ONCE. ana
SOM. rr. remarked. Another version OF
the same old story. First it was trans
port tnat returned 10 Tampa win ihdle
shoes for mules that the vessel had taken
90 cuba. Then DO was the Alamo return
ing here with the two poltOQn Ualn7 ln4l
we're said 90 ba absolutely lndleprn7aJie
90 the successful Landing OF lhe troops u.
Santiago. THE uOntoon5 mad never irll
the AIamo's mold Then tho BredkWalef
came along with lot OF PROVISIONS pm
her hold that had never oeeh uls,ul oe"
since they were put aboard Tor 20 Ma
rhu-ett. REGIMENT early In May. me
NiaTanci4 next reported with hold gun
OF stores chat wore intended Tor CuDa;
but which she had been carrying dfS4Nl
since the early days or me var n WV NV
comes IL Grande Duchesse. w nat u ng
the novfF d this thing keeps on we u
have fine lot of secondhand groceries
The case of ia Grande Duchesse was
rou0rted rO Colonel KimDal. ana ne re-
ported the facts 20 the quarter mast
General at Washington, recommending
thai "a Board Of Survey be appointed To
f0d Out why the stores had NOT oeen uH-
loaded In Cuba. acknowledgement george
L. Gillespie. commanding the Depar llhel,-
81 The East. was ordered 20 appoint slch
a board and in his special ordef ooins
this. which was issued on Monday, pc
was specified that the appolntees "eI5
TO determine when and where the stores
were loaded. TO whom or 70 We. ,i..,., ~
thew were shipped and nX he response
bufv for their condition and non-deliV-
The hoard is constituted as fellows
Can't. Henry J.. Harris. FIRST AT lilsls D.
First Lieut.. Herman c. Scnumm. sec
ond Artluery. First Lieut.. y. FRANK
Packard. FIRST Massachusetts Heavy AT
tuierv The board convened yesterday
mo-,irc with capt. Harris as chairman,
and paid a visit 10 the SNIP winch j.
living al Pier IS. North River.
In was renorted In the afternoon tha'
between I 100 and 300 tons OF an Kllus
of subsistence stores We're slowed away
in her hold. There were hard bread ana
bacon canned N eats. canned vesetaD!es
and what not that should have been
retired on a pension n long ume ago.
After looking over the stun. the board
took the afiidavit of the captain IN
which the time and place OF loauihs 1he
stores were given as wei as the name
~ the officer TO whom they were con- con,
signed and the port Of consisnmt M me
board will conclude its invesusalion To-
6av and make renort 10 Gen. 1iiesVie.
Until then no official statement ahou'
ten inquiry can be obtained. IL WIS
learned. however that the Captain OF me
steamer stated IN his afidavit That ne
stores had been aboard the ship Tor
about four months.