The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-15
THE WAR INVESTIGATE
Or. Huidekoper's Testimony Shows
There Was Gross Mismanagemei
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT WAS PARSIPuS
DifRcult to obtain Ncccssar
OfHecrs Responsible for
elcct of sinks al Camp TT #

were before the war investiga -,
sion today. General BreckiT -.
mony dealt with conditions az
as, of which he was for u tim - ~
anil he took occasion to SAT- !.
the change that was made 'o''
war requiring inspector
field to report 10 the adju =.
! stead Of the inspector GET wy
ton of the camps now beue'e'op.u -,
the commission would haeo"
| three months ago
General Woodbury. hretuiueu i'o''
Vermont and sat with commission "
day.
lho commtes,o,, r,,,,l the examination
OF witnesses with DR.. Dc iiuiuehoPei
lieutenant colonel ofluh'eers' on lAe
stand. He said that had occupied the
position of chief ma o'iicef Oh lne
First army corps at az lhoiiias, otiuha
he had ronc IN u, Rico with General
brouke. Speal,ing the supply depot he
sad there wera Re quantities OF some
articles am, n su, bundance of others al
The beginning of thlstory of Camp Thom-
as. but that th, bndition OF affairs did
not ,ast long tAad Immediately under
taken tn rep,,T acquisitions so as To
eolalize tbon, The various divisions OF
The command one time he had to APP
peal to Genera rookie to get the suppl es
necessary tbaputy surgeon general tn
sisting uron bs guided by the supplies on
the table whiwas not a fair test.
..Do vou n know" asked Dr. Connor,
that there J a full supply of medicine
stores nt thepot at Lyttle?"
~ Know i many articles were lack
ing" the dor replied, and added: 1T is
net trup SIS been stated, that there was
d fun supp
He conied by saying that he had
made con,ot representations to the sur
geon peni of the shortage OF supplies.
He had Ter turned down any requisition
from tn division hospitals except on one
when he knew that the ar
ticles We not on hand. Also he had re-
fused sanction to "A requisltion for
foorinifor hospital tents when General
Broofhad expected to move He con-
tendelhat there had been sufficient sup
pIy oentage, saying that no patients had
to lie without covering for
anyJngth of time. 1t is true, however,
mchad been kept for several Gays at a
tin under tent flies.
The Second aad Third division hospitals
We, he said, in reply to question, al
VS. clean and we'll ordered
10th institutions were well built but had
nered Throughout for proper attention.
ere was never sufficient number of hos
al corps men. On the other hand the
rst division hospital was not so we'll con
cted for lack of discipline due TO the
aspects of removal. He had repeatedly
led attention to the lack of nurses ant
out the first of July there was an in
ease of the hospital corps men in re
onse to his representations. There were
spital corps men and the supplies wert
yer equal to the demand. Speaking o.
, condition of the camp IN general HI
d that some of the sinks were excessive
filthy Some of them were never IL prop
condition.
Who was responsible for that condf-
NJ" asked Mr.. Connor.
The officers of the regiment" respond.
DR.. Huidekoper
Did rot the commanding general have {
ty to perform in that connection? 2" the
es isoner continued.
The reply TO this question was NOT salts
tory and DIR. Conner insisted on know.
: whether anything had ever been don,
the commanding general to secure tn,
Of the regbmental officers wnt
d refused TO obey orders for the propel
Icing OF the camps, but DR.. Huidekopel
clared that he knew OF no instance OF TIT
osecutlon OF any offense of this kind.
or. Huidekoper said he had succeeded In
thing supplies only by being the first OF
md, as the medical department was run
a very pafsimonious manner. There
S not only a great scarcity OF important
igs, such as quipme and opium, but q
position ON the part of the purveyor not
give out what there was.
)r. Huidekopcr said that with few I'M
portalt exceptions the medical supplies
the Porto Rican expedition had been
pie. Az Newport News he had given or
y chat the sick men be eliminated from
command but he found that the order
been evaded and sick men taken
Aard.
The witness asserted that the sick In
rio Rico had had good attention, con-
dieting the assertion OF Colonel Hart
that there had been negligence.
iajor Thomas T. Knox. inspector gem
j, who participated in The early part OF
} Santiago campaign as a captain in the
st regular cavalry, was before tn. com
sslon at It's Afternoon session. He was
unded In the battle Of Las Guaylmas,
on the second day after landing. when
was the only officer OF his reglm e nj
ssent engaged in looking after his
N, ne was struck in the back and WAS
ii through the body, The ball passing
'ough the Kidneys, liver and lungs. He
remained with his men for some time
or being shot, and when he at last
lght surgeon he hal lost a great deal
blood, the dostors saying he must neces-
lily die. He walked 100 yards to find
'nrgeon, but previous 20 this there were
'geons attending the wounded on the
ng line. He SAID that his wounds h ad
'er received or required any attention
'ond being dressed and that he had be IN
Q TO ST about In three weeks time. He
ne North ON the oliyette aud after ar
81 WAS taken care OF at Fort Wadzw0r.h
pial. He had found that this ms ilu :
was we'll conducted ANA did not a.
I the report that such was not the case.
ior Knox said tina; the ship on wild n
regiment went 10 Santiago was greatly
wded and that when they landed tho
n were In poor condition for a campaign,
o worst ever saw no said, This wss
10 the fact that they had been SHUT
IN the hold OF the ship for sixteen days.
they had been in good shape when they
Tampa,
eneral d. G. Breckenridge also appeared
ore the commission during thu afterno n
son. His testimony dealt largely with
hp Thomas. of which he was in command
u August until the camp dis.ntegraasd.
said that when he assumed control ahe
Up was at the beginning of an epidemic Of
" and that the condition gradually grow
rise. He found much that needed rsme-
ng from a sanitary view when he as