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nent, and that he knew of no case of neg

ment, and that he knew of no case of neg lect.
 Lieutenant Morrow, acting commissary of the Third Nebraska Colonel Bryan's) reg iment, testified to the generally good char acter of the commissary supplies. He men tioned one or two instances when poor ba- con had been received, and said there were occasional complaints from the men, though not of serious character.
 Colonel Bryan was next called. He asked to be excused from testifying, asking that his leutenant-colonel be examined in his stead. .Az a
 You will, have no doubt understand my reasons for the request" he said.
 Col. Bryan Excused
 ''I think the request very proper and req soma ble," responded Governor Beaver, and as the entire commission assented to this concession. Colonel Bryan was excused with the request to send up his lieutenant colonel.
 w T. Durbin, of the One Hundred and Sixty-frst Indiana, said there were few complaints from his men, and that they were generally trivial. He spoke especially of tie grounds Of tte Third siNision ho, ly kept. There had, however, been vast improvement since Dr. Clendinin had taken charge.
 Colonel Durbin also said there had been one or two complaints of the neglect of his men at this hospital.
 Colonel Letcher Hardin, of the Sixth Mis- souri, also complained that the grounds of the Third division hospital had not been well kept.
 Dr. Alexander Kent, pastor of the Peo- ples' church at Washington, and field agent at Jacksonville for the Red Cross was ques- toned concerning the operations of the Red Cross at this point. He said he had been oil hU geons and he had eo-pperated with them. He noticed the absence of sheets and pillow cases at the second division hospital in it's early history. This was in midsummer, and many men lay uncovered on account of the short supply of blankets. He supplied the deficiency. There was also at that time a shortage of tents and food suitable to ty- phoid fever patients. He had undertaken to supply the deficiency and had distribu- ted two carloads of the necessary dell, caeies.
 Rents Testimony
 "It seemed" he said, "as if the hospital was arranged upon a smaller scale than was demanded, and as consequence there was constant demand upon the Red Cross to supply the deficiency"
 Dr. Kent said he had heard many com plaints concerning misconduct at the hos pitals and many of them were apparently well vouched for, but they had not gen erally proved well founded when inVestl' gated. Replying to a question, he said he thought it had been very difficult to get man of sufficient administrative ability to manage such institutions as the division hospitals. Before the female nurses were secured, the nurses who were men of the hospital corps wre not capable. They were not intelligent as a class, and while some of them were doggedly faithful they failed to meet the requremnts. They did not for instance, seem to regard it as of conse- quence if flies were crawling in and out of sick mans mouth with impunity, and he had seen as many as six cases of that kind at one time Since the trained nurses had been secured the sick were better cared for than at home.
 The witness said the principal reasons of the failure of the physicians to make re- quisitions on the government for supplies was found on the fear of their making de- mands that would not be sanctioned. He said the contributions of his society were generally solicited and not volunteered by him.
 w. w. Kiksey, of Texas, a hospital steward, was questioned concerning the management of the case of Charles Reer- aud, Jr., of the Louisiana troops, for which the hospitals management has been severe y criticised. He said he had the care of this case; that everything possible had been done for the man, and that the father of the man had thanked him for his care of his son.
 Half dozen other witnesses, commissary officers and privates, examined at the after noon session expressed themselves as satis- fled with their treatment.