The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-05

Gel G. B. Hunt of the LIST Ohio ipfan-
try, testified that when his regiment
reached electromagnetic was poorly sup
piled with clothing and arms and never
was fully supplied.
The sickness among thu troops was not
the fault of the camp nor due TO the lack
of medicines, but more to the incapaoity
of commanding officers In not enforcing
discipline.
He commanded the 9th infantry after the
retirement of Col. Cochrane until he was
wounded July /. He had no fault to IND
with the camp at Tampa or the supplies
or even with the transport Miami, e1cepG
with the ventilation. He iounu troops
abundantly supplied for the campalsn.
The witness received excellent care at the
hospital. Referring to his return on Ine
Seneca he said the conditions on 9hap
vessel were not good. especially below,
where the troops were. He remonstra1tu
against certain conditions and Oapb.
Doughty remedied them. There was as, a
shortage in water. The boat was semi
away hurriedly.
Gen. Egbert said that while the Seneca
was not in good condition for transport
ing troops. the officers did not seem to DC
in command during the voyage as much
as the surgeons. When the Seneca reached
Fortress Monroe, the Surgeon telegraphed
CuTp6Ou OEEcEhl oJern DSrS WIZ CLA0IOA
the vessel to go to New York.
The next day TO his surprise, the vessel
had not gone. He asked why and was
told the captain refused until ordered to
do so by the quarteYnlaster' department..
The witness called on the captain and
found this to be true. Meantime he sent
note to tbs quartermaster at Fort Mon
roe and an order was given for the vessel
to sail at once to New York and the cap
tain obeyed It, \ @
Fred j. F,ueger of Newport, Ky, was
next examined. He went to Chioka-
manga, August l to bring home Albert
Boedker of the Second Kentucky, who
was lying in the hospital He found him
in very bad condition. He was in a
tent with four other patients. tho space
between the cots being so narrow that
the witness had TO walk sideways In 60
Ing through. The nurses were detailed
men.
The witness detailed Rockers case, how
he looked, how he marched through the
rain and how he was taken sick the day
he reached Chickamauga. He was first
refused admittance to the hospital but
finally the captain got him ip.s He lay
there IS days on a blanket on the ground,
with one blanket over him. Then he was
sent to his quarters for full duty, and
next day at inspection he stood in line
three hours when be again broke down.
He was then in The hospital until the
witness brought him home. He reached
home August u, and died August %
At the afternoon session Major Griffith
testified regarding the camp conditions
at Chickamauga and the hospitals. He
had difficulty in getting enough tents and
when he secured the proper number he
found the last ones of poor quality. AS
a rule the men detailed as nurses we're
unfit. Sickness among the surgeons re-
duced the working force. Witness said
there would have been no difficulty in
getting hundreds Of competent surgeons
at Chickamauga within week. said
he knew many applications were refused
He attributed the failure at Camp Thorn
as hospital to red tape and ''peace for 30
years." which incapacltated the men for
emergency.
Ore great difficulty in getting supplies
of drugs arose from passing acquisitions
from the division surgeon to the corps
surgeon and the surgeon in chief.