Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-04

mate, he said the thinner clothing given
them later was better. but the blue issued
to them was satisfactory.
He said his own sickness was the result
of exposure to sun and rain. He did not
believe any medical foresight could have
prevented the Sickness that occurred In the
early part of the campaign.
Speaking of transportation facilities then
he said he was strongly impressed with the
idea of having well trained teamsters with
an army II takes. he said, trained man
to make a good teamSter. There was a
deficiency of transportation. 1t would have
been better If there had been more trans
pCrtation. If they had had better trans
portation they would have had the men $
tents and cooking utensils in the neld
sooner. As it was the men were not given
cooking utensils until the 18th. The roads,
he said, were good enough to have anordcd
transportation had they had the wagons
and teams for the work. After some Oh
the heavy rains the roads did get bad Tor
a day. and they would be washed out, but
they were repaired very quickly. AT san
tiago the roads got bad and the Wheels
went down. to the axles. but that was over
come by repairing or changing the road Ut
by carrying small load.
The American defenses, he said, before
Santiago looked to him as very strong
Again speaking of the mems equipments,
he said the shelter tents were thrown away
b. the men among other things
All of General Wheeler's testimony was
gwen in response to direct questions
At 1880 o'clock the commission ADJOURNED
until pm. Before leaving their meeting
room they were photographed Tor Il Ne"
YORK illustrated paper.
Conditions at Camp WihoF.
1t was 2:3o o'clock this afternoon when
the taking of testimony was resumed, and
Cen Wheeler resumed the stand. His tes-
tirnony related to TIE conditions at Camp
Wikoff Montauk Point, l.. L.
he C'anr WikOff, August
II. he made an investigation of conditions
there having been placed in command OF
the camp. detention camp had ceen es-
abolished there. so that men arriving codiu
ne kept separated from other soldiers uhtii
it had been shown that they suffered from
no contagious disease.
Some 10000 men, he said. had to be pro-
vided for there in about two weeks lheS
had to provide water, put up taundrieS us
injecting plants, etc. They proceeded 10
get floors for the tents. 1t required Tor
flooring for the tents in camp 1,iIoooo lie .
OF lumber. When he got authority from
the President to provide special diet for
the men without regard to cost he con-
suited with surgeons and upon their recon-
incubation ordered a large quantity Of ar
ticles to add to the diet of the soldiers.
He named fifteen or twenty articles he
had ordered to be given to the soldiers in
addition to their regular rations and Ill adj
ditIon to that provisions from different peo-
pie We're brought in.
II under take to say" said Gen. Wheeler
mo army or earth was ever provided more
abundantly or with a higher order CT food
than was given the soldiers of Montauk.'
Gen. BOynton May Follow.
Brig Gen H. V. Boynton was at the War
Department today, having just arrived
from Chickamauga Park where he is i'll
command. He Will probably follow Gen.
Wheeler at the hearing befOr. the inveSti
eating commission.