Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-29
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Gen. Waite Tells Quartermaster General
Luddington that the Bad Condition of

Luddington that the Bad Condition of
a Camp Is Due to the Latter's Neglect
Lexington, Ky, Sept. IA proml-
nent gentleman close to the national
administration as well as to the OIL
GERS here at Camp Hamilton, says:
The tour of inspection of the southern
camps by Secretary Alger, Quarter
master Gen. Luddington and Surgeon
Gen. Sternberg will likely develop nu-
merous charges from regimental and
general field officers against both the
medical and the quartermasters de-
partments and especially against some
commisSares. The talking was begun
here by Gen. Sanger against the med
ical department and by Gen. Waite
against the quartermaSterS. and 1T is
expected that officers at other points
will aid materially to this testimony
before the tour of inspection is com
pleted. Secretary Alger stated that
all of this information and all other
evidence that he could secure would
be presented to the Investigating com
mission at Washington.
At the conference here of Secretary
Alger with Gen. Breckenridge, the
tOIllulduNtI oI Ndlll hhillioh' "iiN
other ot1ice1w, Gen. Sanger said while
the division hospital may be good
thing, that as it was conducted it had
been a disgrace to the service; that it
had deprived the regiments of their
surgeons and caused hardships on the
sick who should have had better atten-
ton at the proper time. Surgeon Gen.
Sternberg in reply insisted that all
requisitions had been honored in
Washington and that any medical men
failing to do their duty should be re-
ported.
Gen. Waite told Secretary Alger that
neglect of some quartermasters to fur
nish supplies was criminal. While in
Chickamauga he frequently made
requisitions which were not honored.
An imperative order had been sent to
have all water boiled. He made a
requisition upon Quartermaster Gen.
Lee for water boilers. No attention
was paid to his requisition and, after
he repeatedly urged Quartermaster
Lee to send the boilers and telling him
how the men were contracting typhoid
fever. he was met with a reply which
read: THE war department does not
furnish boilers" Gen. Waite then pur
chased the boilers himself, but the
seeds of typhoid had been sown and
the daily report showed the list of
deaths and of cases in the hospitals.
Pointing to Quartermaster Ludding-
ton. Gen. Waite said: "These men can
not say it was somebody else's fault.
1t was the fault of Quartermaster Lee
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Luddington, who is standing right
there" Luddington made no reply to
Waite.
Knoxville Tenn, Sept. 22,-Secre-
tary Alger, who inspected Camp Po-
land yesterday and reviewed the enlist
ed men encamped there, made a speech
to the commanding officers at Gen.
McKee's headquarters during the
morning in which he fixed the blame
for the sickness in the different camps
throughout the country on the com
manding officers. Secretary Alger was
given an enthusiastic reception by the
citizens of Knoxville and by the com
manding officers of the camp on his
arrival. He went from the depot di-
rect to the camp and shortly after
wards the secretary rode over the drill
field and inspected the troops.
He then reviewed the grand parade
arranged in his honor and afterwards
made a speech to the commanding Off
GERS. He next visited the hospitals and
regimental quarters and made tho
rough inspection of the camp and men.
Gen Alger congra tulated Gen Mckee
on the splendid condition of his camp
and of the troops. He expressed salts
faction with the location of the camp
and the showing made by the men.