Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-03
WAR INVESTIGATION
Commission and Sub-Commsson in
SaSSiL4,a ll4a, III. Co..

Session Hear the Same Story
LEM NGTON. ky. Nov 2-rh. tirs,
witness before the war investigating
Sub-commission today was General Jos.
+. Sanger. who had command of the
Third Division. He said the Second Di-
vision camp at ChIckamluSa was badly
located. being in rocky grounds where
sinks could not be deeply dug
When asked why the uuartcrmnster's
department could not furnish articles
necessary for supplying the army he
said:
The complex system OF furnishing
~pplies To our army is at fault 1t
there was one department to supply all
wants of the army there would be no
clash and these complications could not
arise. At Chickanauga the control OF
my division hospital was taken from
me by the chief surgeon of the corps
General Sanger said that he conSid-
cred that the weak point in Camp
Thomas was its bad sanitary condition.
The Men had plenty OF clothing and had
plenty Ia eat. There We're over 600 Ii
ccnsed hucksters VIII" visited Camp
Thomas. Much lemonade was sold.
Il believe General Brooke, tried to 10
All that he could to bring the camp u
good sanitary ooudiiiun, said The Wit
ness. but he waS surrounded Ivy 4,
me,lital board which did not arpl"ci
ate tn" serious condition of affairs Dr.
lluidekop"r especially thought br. t;lif-
fifth WAS unnecessarily alarmed. pr'.
Griffith insisted that !; ease diagnosed
rs tyihu- ma.rial fever in reality VAS
typhoid fever"
When asked whether his medical oili-
GERS at rhckaniauga pate, clos. alt"n-
ton to duties General Sangn:' said:
II don't know about others. but saw
a great deal Of Or. lluidrkcper VI hn
came through our division frsuucntiy."
w, ,,l-p,,
would have i'""l, a he::l.hN r!.,..e +. r :,
canl,$, mad the proper lhtiIr!tyriS ! 80.
taken aud care water fur:l shed. I
t;cc;,r,i Sanger was to:'nw"'l by COL
nnel \. E.. .;"dwin. S"v"n,n lnnunes.
who dcc'a:,l lie had no ;",u!', IN Sc
curing Whai A:S needed.
The commission inishci rs work h":''
this aftc-n ,p:i aud lcit tor ,incuntu
Yesterday Il commission III ,t'onll;.nt
citizens If Lexington. insulting M.,N'' II
Sim$all and eN-LicUtruant Governor
Afford Went II Washington to confer
With l:e President ana see VIVA, chance
there VAS e.; i 'rtcrtion ri liz. "neLmp-
meni If l,ajns %,rr relayr;,n.s re-
rrivcd today from his committee say
that the troops must leave for the
southern camps. but tina. secretary
Alger has promised that they will be
brought To Lexington in the spring 70
recuperate after they have seen service
in Cuba Porto Rico and the Philip
pines The President informed the com
mit,ce that he Will probably visit Lex
ington when he goes TO Canton To vote
Geenral Wilson informs the .Associ-
ateu Press that the movement from
Lexington will not begin for ten days or
more. not until after pay day.
MAJOR ROMGYNE TEST1FIES.
ivestigating commission held a session
here today for the purpose of hearing
the testimony of Major Henry Rome
yne. a retireu army officer. he SAID
that he had asked at the beginning OF
the war for Il military assignment to go
To the front in has capacity as an officer,
but was refused and he then went as
a correspondent OF u weekly news
paper. He said that when he went to
Port Tampa the bank of the canal there
was covered with troops. He had
wanted to go over with the Tenth In
fantry, which was his old regiment,
but no one could tell him where the
regiment was to be found nor did any
one appear to know on what vessel any
Of the particular troops We're to en-
bark. There was great confusion as Il
consequence Of which Il part OF the COM
nland would go on one vessel and part
on another ana the commands We're in
some cases separated from their stores.
He had seen no order for the Systcma-
tic embarkation of the troops and he
mad heard IL S:ilu tnat they We're t)lu
To go aboard heller SHELTER.
When asked to express an opinion as
TO the preparation for the embarkation
the witness hcsitated. saying that to do
so would involve criticism of his
srperors. The commissioners insisted
upon II reply. and Mr. Romcyne replied
that he did not think the preparation
was such as it should have been.
There was he said "a lack of surf
boats and also of order and OF prepara-
tian for landing. When the landing
was undertaken the troops left the
ships indiscriminately parts going at
one time and other parts at other
times .|
re told of the effort to tow two light
ers to Cuba, but said that one was lost
and that it was the general impression
that il was lost on purpose, because it
retarded the progress of the fleet. In
response To a question from General
McCook. Major I,omeyne said that
while it was difficult to land anything,
amhulanceS and wagons could have
been landed as easily as the artillery
He had seen only one ambulance at the
front at the battle of FL Caney and it
was not used for conveying the wound
ed to the rear.
Speaking of other incidents of this
battle he said there was general sur
prise that an inflated balloon had been
carried at the head of the attacking
QUINN, thus indicating to the Spaniards
the exact location of the troops. But he
did not know at whose orders this had
been done. He said the town of Siho-
neg was without exception the dirtiest
place ne had ever seen in his life and
that no effort was made to clean it up
before the fever broke out. There was
a deficiency Of proper food at the
fever hospitals and the cooking was
generally poor. ANY one in this hospi-
tai was liable to contract yellow fever.
He had been a patient in the hospital
and said there had been no neglect of
patients by the medical attendants at
this hospital or at the hospitals for the
wounded. He had known sui cons in
the latter hospital to work sixty hours
without cessation.
Why did they not have more ST.
gcons?' asked Colonel DENLY. The
witness said he could not answer.
Major Romeyne said he had come
north as convalescent with many