The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-04
HEARING THE EVIDENCE.
Investigation Board Paid Visit to
Camp Meade.
BY Associated Press.


Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa, Nov.
3.-The war investigating board began
business at the Lochiel hotel this even
ing with three members present-Gen-
erals Beaver and Wilson and Captain
Howell. This afternoon they paid a
visit to camp and were shown over the
city Of tents by General Young. The
only witness this evening was Captain
Frank y. Moore, of the Ninth Penn
sylvania, who gave testimony concern
ing the condition of things at the
Chickamauga camp. Eighty-tWo men
Of Moores company We're sick at one
time and three of his men died from
typhoid fever, one of whom was his
brother.
He ascribed his death partly to the
noises at Letter hospital. He criticized
the food supply and complained of the
lack of medical supplies. He thought
the water supply and filthy cess pools
were responsible for the epidemic of
typhoid. Many days his company only
had a barrel and a half of water and
this had to be hauled over four miles.
Potatoes and salt pork were often bad.
and the latter was frequently filed
Of the sickness in his company was due
to the long march at the review by
General Sanger.
At this afternoons inspection of
Camp Meade sinks were examined and
questions asked as TO the sanitary ar
rangements. General Wilson stated
that the former We're found in good
condition and the camp well located
and in apparently good shape. The
water supply seemed to be very fair
in quality and ample in quantity.
Tomorrow General Davis, Colonels
Howard, Girard and Alison and sew
eral other witnesses will be heard. Gem
eral Young will testify as to the con-
ditions at Santiago and Camp Wikoff
before the full board at Washington.
The board will separate here tomorrow
and reassemble next week for visits to
| Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
General Young will start the First
division south on Saturday. The de-
tachments sent away on Wednesday to
| prepare the camps only reached Aug
| usta and Athens today. The engineer
| corps has been working two days and
| the camps cannot possibly be in proper
| shape until the 10th. This, however,
viii not change the plans and If the
| camps are not i'm shape the soldiers
will have to put up with inconveni-
ences for a few days. They will not
want for rations, and the only thing
they are likely to encounter is rainy
weather.
AS ii will be cold weather before all
| of the troops get away from the south
| for Cuba, Sibley tents are to be pro-
| vided.
General Graham's condition was inn
| proved today and he left on morning
| train for New York to join his family
| Colonel Girard says the general is a
| very sick man and went home on his
| advice. He says that the generals ill
ness is chiefly due TO Norriment about
military matters.
General Goblin, of the Third brigade
is acting commander of the First divis-
ion, and Colonel Hoffman, of the Eighth
Pennsylvania. is acting brigadier gen.
! eral of the Third brigade in place OF
| General Goblin.
| Indications are that General Young
will continue in command of the Sec
| ond corps for some time after the south
| is reached, as General Lawton is TO &c
to Cuba and arrange for the disposition
| of his corps there.