Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-07
NOW COMES GIN. LEE.
He ADDS His Testimony Before the lryesilga'
ton Committee.
SOLDIERS, LIKE scHoolsOys, COMPLAIN
SUPPLE. Were pieutifui and Men Were
Taken Care of-Fiics spread
Disease.

v. Boyn,on concluded his testimony
and Gen. Fiizhugh Ice was heard IN
the afternoon. Gen. nJynion Gwc' up
on the causes Of disease at Camp
Thomas. charming the Increase towards
tho close of tha camp 20 the lack OF
SUFFICIENT care on the part u iha rosl-
mental and brigade commanders In
covering the sinks
Con. lee detailed the conditions pre-
,s,iiing al The camp at jacksonville.
lie said the site was good one, the
supplies were pieriifui. the men we'll
taken care ". and that he had no CONE
plant to make " the war depsr.mfnta
treatment " hls command. lie als1
took occasion 20 reply 90 a question put
not consider that he hal been sighted
In the war lie wanted to 70 % iflya-
ma and the President has recently tod
him that In cnfe u had been rctesnfY
20 take Havana By assault, he had IN.
tended q ask him (Ccn. Gcl) b lead
ahc asaault,nr army.
Gen. II. v. Hoynion. 10 reply 90 the
charges formulated BY Surgeon Mo
n. Ward OF Kansas city. who SAID 81
n letter % the cnmml.slln that the
camp wlH without drainage, mat thr
water was uunt 20 drink. that there
1900 men IN he camp were suffering
from Intestinal diseases said
''Of course Ia 30 large camp some
painful things must neceaaarlly hap
pen. ....,....
For Instance. when mcaHlea broke
out. the hospitals were quite crowded
nut 40 say maj there was any purpose
iy inflicted NEGLECT IT," he declared. "as
false ln II IL possible 20 be-.
These complaints led Gen. H1ynion
a. enter upon a renfral statement In
regard 90 the cond Ann % the camp.
and 70 rive his opinion as 70 the cause
Of IL. lie attributed the prevalence of
disease g kitchen and hospital sinks.
Tnty had. In the latter part o. thu
cams history. been left uncovered BY
earth. contrary 20 directions b. tho
anrgclu.gcncrni. and this fact. more
than All others. he c1nlidcrcd RESPONSE
bic for the spread % the disease. This
failure 10 carry out sanitary Orders.
he thought. was due 60 the nerilrcnce
on thc subordinate officers. fhe brigade
and rcxlmentni commanders. The
trouble only began after uen. Bookc
was ordered 20 WashlnEton. fsi!r .
reports from the r'gimcnttl officers
and prnusrr attention TO any neglect
OF sanitary precautions. TINS system
and the care which accompanied u had
fhe eject OF keeping the camp In good
condition.
When Gen. Brooke lon FOR Washing
ton. the camp was necessarily IN charge
OF the subordinate officers. When Gen
brooke returned hin time was devoted
almost entirely 90 preparation for Tho
Porto Rico campaign, 90 that he could
not give - much heed 20 sanitary reg
uia,lonu as he had previously done.
Gen. Royntcn elaborated upon tha
r,rict discipline maintained by Ocn,
Brooke IN police and sanitary matters
but said there was n Suspension 81 this
care after the Porto Rlcan campaign
was dceadcd upon. After Gen. brook,
left thcrc was material Increase Of
disease. and at one time almost panic
FTIEs CARRIED DEADLY GERMS
Returning 70 the conditions aub.e-
qucnt 10 the date when Den. brooke
was ordered 10 Washington, Den. boyn'
Ton said the exposed condition q ths
sinks had ENCOURAGED the presence ~
a muhituie Of fiiea. which bred do
carc BY carrying gefgns from ihe sinks
60 the tents They we're" said the
general. "as thlek, throughout the pafs
as they ever could have been In Egypt
and they went back ana forth from
the sinks 10 the mt.u tables q men
and officers with the greatest lrnpunlty
covering everything In sight"
Gen. noynton was quefiioned a. soms
length as 10 whfra The responsibility
for mis- CONDITION Of Affairs lay. md h.
rnid that Il lay with The brigade and
rcrimCniau commanders. Il am salts
Rcd" he said. that the medical ~
fecra reported 20 Thorn the cu.siluor
hndvarned them q the serious cgnsc'
qucncf of failing 90 obey tho aurEccn
generals ordcrni they could only adj
vlsr would not ray tsat the com
fnanGng Officers NO. a whole paid nj
heed 20 those representations. hut mann
Of thasn apparently failed 20 appreciate
their importance, and ala not Civ
them tho ATTENTION which the cirrun
ntancea demanded. They did not re-
cclve the attention. for lnEiancc tina
officers IN the regular army would hav'
Eyen them"
VOLUNTEERS WE'RE SovicES.
C.n n0,Gfau adhi that hH dl1 no
mean 10 make any reflections upon of
fctrs from civil life but yhrrc wer
some things which thcy had 20 learn
and many " them were not experts i
SAINT fon. Fur'h rmnra, most peopl
looked upon the clmn a. partly sem
poriry. ana the fact that an were Ii
daily cxpt thilon % rpcelving order
To move caufcd many TO b. indlferon
20 tho future.
In discussing with capt. Howell IN
question % ration supplied % Cam
Thomas, Cen noynton volunteered m
coufnn ifis from southern HCifirri 4
the camp and" he continued. II a
not hfiifve We would have heard hal
the oulcry that has been raised n ~
the soldiers had been IRON IA
South"
0en. Dodgc said that only two .
three chargtu had been ruoelVed frou
ahc South. ana they We're not from a0l
dlera. The ies,lmony OF Gen. n1yuio
concluded, tho eommlfslon adiogmo
until Afternoon. when Cen Lee u "a
prctcd ON The sand.
GEN. LBEs SUMMARY.
Con. Fiizhugh Lee was before IN
commission al "a afternoon rcssi1n
Gen. Ice had no complaint so make II
regard 10 supplies In Junt, wall
the expeditions were being gotten on
thefe was some delay hue lhiE wei
natural, and since thu supplies OF nj
kinds had GENE wfih regularity and q
abundance. There have, OF course" n
said, been some complaints, galdier
are like school boysi they aOnetlmo
complain. even when thfIr Il no an
casion Tor compliant"
lie thought the army ration wa
abundant, and IN the main well suite
20 campaign In "a tropical climate
Yet he thought some cliangca might b
made, For Instance, u would b
better 10 send live animals 90 Cub
than 10 send refrigerator meat as d
pIestnt. According - his ideas, IA
men should have more fruH and LEI
meat.
During the course Of the quesrloaini
Il developed that Gen. Lee was noiine
that he would be expected 10 move IA
corps TO Cuba In the vicinity " Hnvf
ma nhout the araf ~ slouaruh.r a,