The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-11-21

Washington, November 15.-Gerera.
Breclinri1ge continued his testimony be-
fore the war Investigating commission 20
day. His ey;donce dealt with the campaign
in Cuba and the transportation OF troops
to the island. He said he had gone to
Cuba as inspector general. arriving at Tam
pa on the Jth Of June. Ito had observed
casually the preparations for tho olsen
barkatiGn Of troops before the expedition
left and Lad concluded that they were quite
Inadequate.
Il made 10 report. however ne said, las
General Miles was on the ground and could
observe tor himself"
Speaking of the conflict OF authority on
the transports, he said the masters OF tina
vessels did not respond as promptly as
mig Int have been desired.
True" he said, "there was a little
naval cadet on board each of the yes
seis, but he had no authority. An
actual naval officer, or an officer OF
the quartermaster's department, OH
each vessel would have been better.
lie was questioned at some length con-
corning the conduct OF the campaign In
front Of Santiago, and replied that the
result WAS what he had expected IL would
be- Everything there. lie said, was strained
there was compare lively little effort to Sc
cure equipment. While no knew nothing
definitely of the plans OF the ranpa gu, mo
WAS SURF. there was plan. lie was quite
certain from a conversation he had with
General Miles that he had IL plan, Though
lie did not say that This was the plan car
rird into effect.
When asked as to his opinion Of the re-
suit of the campaign, he said he thought
it was consistent with the character OF
the men who conductcd-w what was TO he
expected from tho limitations Of General
Shat1c~.
II think it would have been differ
eut if General Miles had been III COM
r.and-that it would have been more
satisfactorily conducted. 1 think he
has more of the spark and genius OF
q commander than any man i'll the
amy, and I am sure if he had had
charge he would have been in the front
rank"
Ex-Governor Woodbury. suggested TINT
the battle in front OF Santiago had hnea
fought and the victory Won within eight
DAYS Of landing General Breckenridge, IN
ropIy said tie victory lad been won when
General ToruFa nerve cave out
lie was sure at least that all engaged IN
th, war nad acted with zeal and every man
and he had never known a war in which
there was not criticism AZ the close Of It,
General Breckenridge spoke of the m%pec-
tor generals office as having been emascu-
lated by the orders requiring the reports of
euhor,iiuatcs in mat office to be made to the
adiutant general and said taat "henLe
discovered tuia was so. ne went into the
neld as Offering the only arena In which
he could be Of any real service, tie hAu
intended to say In effect:
There is the desk i'll my office; do
as you please with it. General Sanger
was there; he is, too, from Michigan.
l thought he could take control of the
office if it was desired, but he did not
remain"
General McCools asked General Rreckin-
ridge if he mad visited General Skater
I'm MS tent when the latter was III at san
tiago and General Breckenridge replied
that he had done SO.
Did he then offer tho command OF the !
army 10 you. as had been reported IN I"o
press"
Il very much prefer not to answer that |
question. You should ask General ShaI- |
tor Such a conversation as occurred be !
tween General Shafter and myself on that |
occasion is not OF character 10 De |
spoken of lightly. I fail TO see now 4 re-
plv from mo would promote the subject |
~
General Shaftcr did not what he may have |
thought Of doing. If General Shatter mas |
not repeated the conversation, l ought |
mot do so" replied General Bre@hlnrldRe'
DIR William S. Weaver, OF the Nhlh !
PENNSYLVANIA volunteers. was the n'9t WIZ
moss at the afternoon session and he prov
on an important one, as he gave detained |
inrnrmation concerning the conduct OK |
a rcgimental hospital mt camp lho'l''S'
~ Weaver said that typhoid had broken !
ont about June IS. and that II mao 4"o, ,
Oh from that time until August 20 1hero |
}ad boon about 600 cases of this disease |
tn tha regiment and twenty or thirty |
deaths .r
The doctor said there was an lnsu1-
ficient supply of drugs, and that at
times he failed to get what was neeueo'
o,:nirn was one of the articles of when |
+bcra had been a scarcity and loV,VO pllls
zero secured from home. lie s,ud ln1t ~ |
nne time there We're fifty-SiX TYPHOID pa |!
fonts i'm the regimcntal hospital because
thare was no accommodation for them III |
no 6iv,si0n hospital. Al another time
there we're SiXty-scVen fever patients ID |
tba ,omOanv tents for whom admission |
could not be secured in any hospital dlNiS-
ION or regimcntal. In summing up the
causes OF disease in the camp Dr NetNe'
5nCluded overwork of the men rs one
Colonel Jacobs Testifies.
Colonel J. w. Jacobs. who was chief quar-
tormaster Of the Fifth corps at Ianpa
end in Cuba testified that General tum~
nhrry had been in charge of the cmpaika-
tion of troops at Tampa and tit 1T no order
snecifying what vessels the different COM
mands were to occupy had been issued In