The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-22


terday afternoon inspecting camps in
the immediate vicinity of Jackson
vile. a heavy rain was falling during
q part of the tour, but the commits
sioners performed their self-appointed
task of going through the camp from
ut end to the other in a very pains
taking manner
Separated Into Divisions.
The commission separated into di-
visions of three members each, but
the carriages kept pretty closely to-
gether in the main. They were es-
corted from point to point by Gen. A.
X. Arnold, who, in the absence of Gen.
Lee, is in command of the corps, while
Col. Curtis Guild, Jr., inspector gen.
eral, led a cavalry detachment which
accompanied them on their rounds.
The party drove first tothe %headquar-
tiers of the First division commander,
Gen. Lloyd Wheaton, and, after leav-
ing this point, made a thorough in
vestigation of the camp of the First
brigade of this division, including the
First Texas, the Second Louisiana
and the Third Nebraska regiments.
Made IA Call Upon Col. Bryan.
While here the members of the COM
mission made n call upon Col. Bryan.
who is personally acquainted with
most of them. They found him al
most completely recovered from his
recent illness, but very much occupied
in arranging for the mastering out of
the men in his regiment relieved by
the order of the war department, re-
ducing the size of the companies in
his regiment to the minimum of so
men.
a Special Inspection Of the ~Forty-Nin:h
Iowa.
A portion of the commission also
made a special inspection of the For
ty-ninth Iowa regiment as Il compli-
ment to Gen.. Dodge, who found Its
colonel, W. G.. Dews, an old friend.
The regiment receiving particular at
tention was the Third South Carolina,
because it was the newest in the
camp.
The Inspection Was Thorough.
The cOmmissiOninterviewed privates
and officers alike and made personal
visits to the quarters OF the men and
their commanders. They lifted the
covers of the commissary stoves, went
through the kitchens, went through
the drug stores, inspected the appara-
tus, talked with physicians and nurses
and made special inquiry into the
method of conducting the hospitals.
All three of the division hospitals were
visited and inspected,
Well Cared for and Well Occupied.
They found the patients to be ap-
parently we'll cared for, and so far as
could be discovered, they were as con-
tented as sick men generally are.
Many of them were reading books and
magazines, but in a greater number of
cases the men either held before their A.,
eyes, or ciasped closely in their arms,
letters which had evidently been re-
ceived from home. The patients were
all found occupying clean beds or cots,
and in no instance was n hospital tent
or pavilion found to be without a floor.
Indeed almost all the tents in the camp
we're fiOored.
But One Complaint Was Heard.
But one complaint was heard in the
entire round. and this was evidently
no; made in the spirit of faultiinding.
Col. Jones, of South Carolina, found
fault with the climate, saying that
frllx- On a.Dt re lie p,an ~ i'll
on this account He also said
rations of refrigerated beef had
been received in bad condition, which
was due to the weather.
The Result summarized.
Summing up the result of the in
spection, Gen. Dodge, the chairman,
I'VE have compared notes after the
work, and find that complaint
was made from but one regiment dur
made to the climate by Col. Jones.
We saw both officers and men, sick
and well, and we gave all an oppor-
to be heard, asking the men in
absence of their officers if they
had any criticism to make.
Will Begin the Inquiry.
I've shall tomorrow begin the in
4uiry by examining the men under
path. and we hope, if there are any
shortcomings, to thus them.
We find the sick doing exceptionally
vel, and were pleased to congratulate
heir physicians on the excellent ar
made for their care"
This statement was made in the
of the members of the COM
and was Endorsed by them.
Seeking News of Loved Ones.
London, Oct. 1S.-The distressing
genes witnessed at the offices here '
If the Atlantic Transport Co. when
he news of the wreck of the steamer
'lohegan first became known to those
Who had friends or relatives on board,
we're renewed. There were many {
weeping women present, several with ]
infants in their arms, appealing for !
of the missing. Most of them
we're the wives of members IF the
Some of them went away still
their husbands had been res .