Evening star., 1898-10-10

rher camp Of 5000 men established.
Ehether. in view of the lessons taught du--
ing the present war. it would not be pos
S.ble to prevent a spread of disease before
whole camps should be infected. ana
whether health conditions could not he
made better.
Would Do No Better in Future.
DR.. Hysen said that he thought that
perhaps that would be so if such an emer-
gency should arise within two or three
years. but if it should not come up for
thirty-fve or forty years he did not think
they would do any better. DR.. Hysell ex-
planned that much OF the difficulty at
Camp Thomas resulted from the fact that
the medical officers did not know IL the
beginning that there was to be a great as
SemhlaEe Of men there. and later they did
not know how long they would remain in
that camp Dr. HyseH said hat his was
the only hospital that il had been possible
to remov" from the camp. and ne had
taken it TO Knoxville. After they got to
Knoxville he said some of the doctors had
questioned whether some of the cases that
had been treated as typhoid fever were not
really malartal fever. Concluding his JeS-
timony and in reply TO questions by ex-
Governor Woodbury.. the witness said that
he did not think isolation of typhoid fever
cases was important to prevent the disease
from spreading Isolation, he said.
more for the proper treatment of the dis
ease than to prevent its spread.
The commission took recess until
o'clock.
FILLED RequisitiOns at Sibouey.
Shortly after O'Clock Mai. Hugh J. Cal
lsgher. department commissary of subsis-
tence of volunteers went on the stand.
He was first lieutenant Of the 9th United
States Cavalry, and from that position ne
was given his present rank In the volun-
teer army. He served at ChiCkamauga
TampI ard in Cuba where he was assigned
by Gen Shafter to Gen. Wheelers COM
maTd. He established q COmmiSsary at
StboEy. performing that duty from June
- to July l. and at FL POso, about seven
miles from SibOny, in the direction of San
tiago He was there until July Is. when
he established cCmmissary three miles
from Santiago. Later he returned to Camp
Nikof and was tCGay under orders TO 20
TO Lexington, Ky.
The witness testified concerning the land
ing of supplies and the handling of them al
Sibony. He said that all acquisitions that
came there while he was on duty were
nlled. No one was ever refused.
Plans of the Commission.
II is expected that the investigating com
mission will continue the examination of
witnesses tomorrow and that the balance
of the week will be devoted to an examina-
tion of documentary evidence which has
been received since the taking of testi-
mony was begun. This documentary evil
NSl4lt NpLiNLalS VI ItplltS received from I0e
various branches of the War Department
TO inquiries made by the commission and
also of letters from individuals throughout
the country who made complaints of abuses
IN the army and later were requested to
furnish detailed statements concerning their
charges.
Ii is expected that on the 18th instant the
commission will leave to visit Camp Meade
Morristown. Pa, or Gen. Lees camp at
Jacksonville.
Views of Medical Journals
Surgeon General Sternberg has written
letter to the president of the board investi-
eating the War Department in which he
says: In view of tae fact that my admin
istratiOn of the medical department has
been attacked by the newspaper press, l
have the honor to transmit herewith sew
eraI editorial articles from leading medical
journals, letters from prominent physi-
clans. etc, showing that this unfavorable
opinion Is not shared by the leading mem
hers Of the meulcal profession in this coun-
try"