Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-12-01
THE WAR INVESTIGATION.
l..xpimin Dwi ,ht ". u,t ~ Snh lie Cr"ss
Ofi.i les ~ BstOrc the 'u'us'
si0n-- .cArcltv Of sick Food.

New York, Nov, 2i-R-v. Dwight
GaIloupe, Of Jersey City, who want To
the front as ctapain OF the MIN
United STATE, infantry. testified b't IRE
he war investigating commission YES
,erdav lie told OF the condto OF
the regiment ct Tampa. OF the voyage
to Cnoa and of the work OF the regi-
inent at the front and said:
'ol Roosevelt testified that his rerim Mt had
SIN iilculty Ia finding Il transport to santi-
ar0 AMI that great confusion prevail d al
Tampa. Islw no confusion, and the onlv De-
Law to nv req ment was one Of 4 hours cau'el
by the jlmming Of gang plank. All OF our
men landed in Cuba in splendid con ltion'
There wa, no sickn' SIS aboard. and | at rib'ite
their fine hy,ral condition to the discipline
maintained. The men were made 10 exercise
on deck every day.
Mr.. Galloupe said there was no hard
ship in sleeping in the open air in
Cuba. The air was warm and the
ground was dry sand. He slept several
nights in the open air from choice and
he heard no complaints from any OF
the IN n. He described at length the
preparations made for the reception OF
the sick after the Santiago battle and
said the stories of neglect and lack OF
accommodation had been grossly ex.
aggerated.
r.. Monae Lesser, who was in CUBA
in charge of the Red Cross society, was
the first witness at the afternoon ses.
sion. Replying to questions by Dr.
Conner, he told OF the arrival OF the
Red Cross in Cuba and of the offers OF
supplies made by him at the instance
of Miss Barton. He was then asked:
Were these offers refused?" and re-
piled:
cannot say they were refused acted as
spok 'snan for our part7 and l WAS informed
that there was plenty OF eovarnm INT supplies
in hand offered DR. Lagarde at the Siboney
hospital the service, of the Red Cross nurses,
and he said he had nurses enough but he
latkei cots, In no instanc, was treated with
anything but the most cxtren' courtesy. Our
relations with the medca! Off 'ers OF the army
were most cordial Thert was never any
clash We worked with the approval Of the
ARM officers, and we did VIVA, We could TO sup
plement the work OF the army nurses
DR.. Lesser said the wounded were
promptly and scientifically attended
to, and that the surgeons generally
acted spienddlv. None OF the fever
cases was without shelter. Those OF
the sick who slept in the open air were
not suffering from fever and the night
air was good for them. The wounded
were treated in tents, and the sick in
regular hospital buildings. "As far
as know" said DR.. Lesser, none OF
tie sick ut Siboney suffered from lack
of medicine. There was scarcity OF
food for the sick, believe. There
were no supplies Of sick food, except
those OF the Red Cross society"
Asked by DR.. Conner to tell what he
knew OF the condition OF the transport
Concho and of the precautions taken
in selecting the men fit to be sent
home to the United States DR.. Lesser
ssid the transport was in excellent
sanitary condition, was we'll found in
food and medical supplies, and only
the men who were actually GONZALES
cent were sent aboard. The trouble
at sea was occasioned by the relapse
caused by the change OF air. Men
who were apparently we'll when they
left Cuba developed malarial fever
when they landed eight days later at
Montauk. "Was the supply Of food
and medicine sufficient for those
aboard% asked DR.. Conner. II can
not answer that question. The Red
Cross usages do not permit me to criti.
else the government" "You are not
asked to criticise. DR.. Lesser replied:
Icannot tell II the supply was sufhcent or
not without crihIcising those who put the sup.
plies aboard. might tell II knew exactly,
what supplies were there, but might not VEN
ture an opinion as to the sufliciency Of the sup
ply. believe that not one death occurred on
the Concho but was caused by the patient him
self or by the mistaken kindness OF one Of his
friends There were more deaths Of yellow
fever convalescents from overlooking than