Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-25
PROFANITY AND PHYSIC
Eco, At Camp 1homis Made the Men
'' Sick.
,o,ra,ogt NEUROLOGICAL SPECIMENS
,-,,.., a nigh rremiurn-hed Tape
To- -, order Of the bay lamp Lo'A''"
over swamp.

..A, Ala. oct. 2t-The war In
i-,t,n commission "a; from
49, -, today and examined about
-, attuerses. including a nwnber
.r.s-s and men " the regular
,s we'll az number of volunteer
49, 10 is now expected mat the
.-s...on will leave for Hun'sVi'le
,sm,row night
~. .,rs.on today began with Nal
c,., u. Fik on the stand. lie vas
~, 'or,r, arrnas,cr OF the First divi-
~ 4 The rhlrd army corps wh.le in
,...t.,.aIea and he nov occupies thc
',.,l,r o. chief quaricrman;cr for THIS
camp. .,.,...
b. "A. early history Of Camp Thomas
20, nom the Fir., Missouri who's
-, .,s,nd that their trousers were
" ~ more than rags and threaten
-, annual 10 charity at home to
.....,v ,ber wants. There WIS also
..,.,.gs In tents. which became
og,s serious Al NE sine u she begin
.... N the rainy season. Previous 70
a., lime men had slept under trees
-.t g,der thelr shelter tents without
m,Istnt Inis,d. he said. there was
,.y'r a sniHclsnt supply u feniage'
and IL was necessary TO put six men
tn tent
O,rinu.tr he aid the division had
mover been completely equipped until
ihs prsans time. especially In the
r,,Ir Of transportation facilities. He
"a however. that there had been no
rshitti % honor rcqulHtnna. lie
,tsuebt. however. that on the whole,
thcft was too much rcd tape In the
ouararml sfCrf' department.. u DO
soay vlh q whenever ! can. ! have
ru.sssifd y, far. even though ! Epmc-
t'nss violate regulations" illuetfat-
ire b. ild he had had 10 Hlgn his
frrns nine Umea In the process % pay
ltfa ul VI twenty dollars.
DISEASE RAMPANT.
d. Charles 81. Drake. In charge OF
a. rrnsfli hospital here and who was
H. rlmmand uof the hospital u the
r-t d.yirluh Of tho Third corps az
fst.tstmaueI. Wua tho next witness.
Hf tod " various Improvements he
had found % necessary 20 make In the
tHtpIthl at ChlckamauEa. There Nua,
BE- ala. such a Mood % disease that u
uas almos Impossible 10 meet the de-
mind fbr tHrilFr. aud quhc out ~ the
slasi.ou 90 lutloFatc IT,
A. nri al b. would pitch now tents
ny would ON them up lie stated that
b. medical supplies had been ample
fm hr beginning. but the hospital
ffpf has proved lunficlrnt a. nurses.
sTiay we're. ua q class" he said. the
ufy wors material that could have
ban found out % which TO mako
nlfssa" However he though there
hld been ~ more serious rcHues th1n
0fedmaft % patients c1usri BY the
intnirisns nurses. iie was positive thUro
hid been ~ death from starvation Or
T,n d the ,yphod cases ~ the hos.
pIial bad "a. AMI compared wAh hos
pIlH generally che percentage was
pheHnmnaIiy nW. ne WIS % the
opinion thti DE patients In this hos
rInl received better attention than the
average mau 10 u8s country receives
81. home
LIVESTOCK.
Replying 10 charges made by n signal
c.Vf patient ln the chirkamauga
hospital. b. Drake said he had seen
mlEFltu uu one secession In a box IN
thr hospital, but never on patients.
uteu iht men came there lousy, but
they dd nor remain ~.
AJ Joseph II, iicatwole. chief com
maHlfy nf subsistence, said the quail
Ny 20 Che ut.InH had been excellent.
~ 20 ne quantity, a man would have
o. D. q rlrmtudIEUr 60 eat more.
0gn. Dodge read letter from Or,
elimin " NcW York, who was before
iht committee in Washington, In which
p Nfrriei an error IN his testimony,
lif had stated that he received only the
ieflAf army rat1ns Tor the GONZALES.
lHHH 900 thH steamer OLDHAM from
lp1l Rico 10 New York. lie says that
tleh supplies aH had been received up
" me night previous 60 sailing had
lfn frrwvei from the relief societies
During ihr night" he continued. 'Hhs
aHillil HhIp ltclef arrived, and early
ny next morning I boarded the Rr,
10y ana personally secured. withou,
sal frqNaflun, the additional supplies
enumerated On the receipt aligned by
NC lull my conference yesterday
Nith Nal. Bradley. I believed these
supplies, like many others. were bought
n outside contributions and were not
government supplies" The letter II
lllel October i0th. and IN directed o.
Af alFgenn general Of the army.
AFFINITY FOR swAMPs.
MAI DAVID vlckcrs. who was IN.
tIfNor grnrral for the second division
" the ihlli corps az chcknmauga, at
lulled the troubles In that camp "a
W. aml1Nness Of the sinks, lie said
e.9 mat Hlme OF the rcgimental ON
We lnhsitd On making poor selections
ehp sites, and In one instance a
NefspN colonel, who had pun his
m'a ln d swamp. had Insisted upon re-
naming on the ground that the Mis-
sAppians had a natural affinity foi
g@nls Nevertheless, his men were
-sea SICK Mai Nlckera also com-
-E'a mat the drinking water was
Aiklar "a 10 the competency Of IN,
.-lseons az the hospital. he said there
W.. one man In the hospital who's,
W.lic'ency Ia profanity entitled him C
Nie This man was Mai. Hubbard
,sgQn To- the Ninth New York. Hl'
.laAiiy was Of such vlllalnou'
-llailrr, SAID Mai N3ckera, that 4
10y aearly made me sick, and
sgG u could not have had pleasant
"sF on patients.
Piasul. Col. Hlsbce, In command Of IN,
~ infantry, told tho story of the
,lsiNf ration Of his regiment 60 san
nf,5 hp1ke 81 his experience IN Cuba
Va. return % Montauk Point, and o
Soy az thai place. ana the trans
80 south, Asked IN the landing a.
,,ihuaro could have been aec0mpnshet
fiHsri, he replied; '"rhe faclltlel
~ nl poor that 1 think not, at leas
snolll say u had been on shore ~.
N9 would have been permitted I.
..Nut ! cannot Hav how a t,aa win