The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-08

testified tina. on one occasion when ne
won't Ia the hospital 10 see one OF ms
men. who was i'll with measles, ne was
;nformed that the patient had been de-
tailed TO carry water. The measles WARDS
were packed. the men being wed-ed III
ike sardines. The same was true OF
rbe typhoid and malarial wards.
ON one occasion entering the Nlnth
New York ward he fould Major Hub
bard. one of the doctors. choklng a
natient and forcibly pressing him down
on his cot. He then caught the patient
hands and wrenched them until the poor
man sLr;eknd with pain.
At this point the witness said to Hub
bard:
Il do not know your name or your
rank. but this brutality must stop.
Hubbard did not stop, but said some
thing about showing a patient how 70 *
fuse taking medicine.
Captain Price said he made II 2 point
TO go every day To the hospital 10 see
about the treatment Of the men Of ms
company and he found that IN that way
his men were not permitted to suffer.
FRIGHTFUL CONDITIONS.
Camp Meade. Niddletown, Pa. Nov.
3.-The war investigating commission
berap business mt the Lachiel hotel his
evening with three members present
Generals Beaver and Wilson and Cap
tain Howell. This afternoon they paid
a visit to Camp Meade and We're shown
over the city Of tents by General Young.
The only witness this evening was zap
tain Frank y. Moore. OF the Ninth
PENNSYLVANIA, who gave testimony con
corning the condition of things II the
Chickamauga camp. Eighty-two men OF
MooleS mpan were SICK IT one time.
and three Of his men died from typhoid
fever, one of whom was his brother. He
ascribed his death partly to the nurses
at Letter hospital. He criticised 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 had only Il
barrel and Il half of water. and THIS
had to Be hauled over four miles. 20
tatoes and salt pork We're often bad,
and the latter was frequently filed with
maggotS. Mooorc said that much of the
sickness III his company was due to the
long march to the review by General
Sanger. The Commissary Department
would not issue disinfectants and the
regiment was compelled to buy what
medical supplies were not donated by
citizens of Wilkesbarrc. Moore claimed
hogs wallowed in Crawfsh Spring, and
his men were forbidden 10 use tins
water. Surface springs supp ed The
regiment with water.
POLLUTED STREAMS.
Moore said tina the rattle Of talk in
the corridors in Letter hospital was an
moving to the sick soldiers. General
Wilson wanted to know of the witness
whether the streams above the intake
pipe were tributary to Chlckamauga
Creek. Moore could not say definitely,
but said these streams were polluted by
horses and mules constantly.
The witness stated that it was his eX-
pcriencc that spoiled rationS could not
be returned to the commissary. The
brigadier general in command would not
allow sinks to be placed the proper dis
lance from the tents. because he clalnl-
ed they would cncroach upon the parade
too much.
Sometimes when sinks would overflow
after /; rain. the ground would be GOV
cred with Moore had Il poor
opinion of the competency of superior
officers and said the Sanger review in
Guided an eight mile march with the
Thermometer at 11o degrees in the sun,
and the men i'll heavy marching order.
He thought the Ninth Pennsylvania was
drilled and worked into the
epidemic Of sickness they contracted.