Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-14
PARSINONIOUS POLICY.
There Was a Gtea, Scarcity Of ImpOtan,
Drugs.
SICK MEN LIE UNDER TENT FLIES,
Hsaaisitions for Important Items Were
Utterly Ignored by the orsat Mo-
gais al Camp Thomas.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE war In
vcstigatlJn commission resumed he OK
animation OF witnesses to-day with Dr.
u. b. nuidekopfcT VI the volunteers On
the utand. lie said that he had Jceu-
pied position Of chief OF medical VI
necru OF the First Army corps at Camp
Thomas. Chickamauga PARK. until the
.srd VI July,whcn he had gone to Porto
Iuco with Gen. brooke. Speaking of
,.u supply department hc said there
were largv quantities Of some articles
huu "a aupuTAUuuuancU ut others at tho
beginning VI the history VI Camp
1numAn. put that ulis condition VI al {.
fairs did not ions continue. lie had
Immediately undertaken 10 make tcsu-
lar acquisitions 10 as 10 uquali2c them
Ia the VARIOUS uiNihluun % tue COM
niand. ~ one time nu nAd " appeal
10 Zen. brooke 10 get the SUPPLIES nyeca.
hary. tuv cummishafy general inuintlng
On uclhg guidtd uy thv supplies ga inc
table. which was not "A fair test
DO you know aHKgd Dr, common,
that thvre WAS fun supply Of meal
cal stores at the depot at Lytlcf'
u know that many articles were
lacking, the DOCTOR replied ana adj
dcd. n Ia not truHe,aH nun been stated.
iir continued BY saying that he had
made constant representations 10 the
surgeon general al tue shortage VI sup
piles. lac had never turned down any
fcquiultlJn IRON the revision hospitals,
except on one occasion, when
he knew That the articles were not On
hand. Also he had refused his sane
ton 10 a TcqulHluon for flooring Tor
hospital tents when Gen, htUokC had
expected to move. lie contsnded that
there had been a Huiiiclcncy OF tgntage,
80 ug that no patients had been COM
pcllcd 10 lie W4tnuut covering Tor any
length Of time. ~ was true. however,
that there were occasions On which the
sick men had been kept for several
days at u time under tnc tent nieu'
'"rhe Second and Third ulvlalon hos
pitalH were always clean ana well or
,.ted," said he. Both institutions
were well built, but thcy hau suuorcd
throughout for proper attendance.
There was never nuincient number OF
hospital corpHnen. ON the other hhnd
the First division hospital Was not 30
well oonuuctcd, for lack OF discipline
due 90 the prospect OF removal. lie
had repeatedly called attention 20 the
lack vi nurses. ana about the LIST OF
July there Was an Increase OF hospital
c1rpumcn la response ~ his representa-.
tons. but the supply was never equal
10 the demand"
Revertlng to the question OF lentagc,
Huldekopfrr said he know of hla own
knowledge that the surplus tentagc at
the reserve hospital was turned over
10 the division hospitals ana that tents
had not been held there 10 the detrl-
ment of other hospitals.
However. he stated that there were
always occupied tents at the reserve
hospital
Speaking Of the condition OF the camp
In general he said that some OF the
sinks were excessively nlthy. Some OF
them were never IN proper condition
"Who was responsible Tor that eon-
dition3 asked Dr. C0nnor
"rhe officers OF the regiment" re-
Piled Dr.. Huidekopfcr
"pld not the commanding general
nave duty to perform In that connoc-
toni"
The reply 10 this question was not
satisfactory, as pr. Connor insisted up
on knowing whether anything had ever
been done by the commanding general
10 secure the punishment OF reglmental
officers who had refused 10 obey orders
for the proper policing of the camp, but
Or. Uuldekupfer declared that he knew
OF no instance OF the prosecution OF
any offonse ~ this Kind.
pr. uuldekOpfer said he had sue
oeeded In getting supplies only by being
the trst on hand, as the medical depot
was run IN "a very phralmonloua man
ner. There was not only great scar
city OF Important drugs, such as qul.
nine and lnium, hut disposition On
the part surn not To give uut
hat there VAS $50