The record-union., 1898-11-18

waters, the finest champagne and liq-
uors. At one time he had noticed
eight barrels of brandy and a large
number Of cases Of wine. There was
so much apollinaris water that it was
in the way, and when a nurse came for
a bottle they would order a case.
He said the newspaper men at the
camp were gentlemen, but they ap-
peared to be under orders to criticise
the camp. He knew of two instances
when the reporters had received orders
to roast everything" He had told them
not to spare, where they found criticism
justified.
In conclusion, DR.. Forwood said that
many patients who had been removed
by their friends had often died, and
that in many instances their deaths
We're due to the kindness of friends who
had taken them in charge.
Major General S. B. Young was be-
fore the commission at its afternoon
session, relating in detail his expert
ence at Santiago and vicinity, and al
terward at Montauk. He said he had
landed at Baiquiri on the 2lst OF June,
and that by the morning of the 80
his entire brigade had been put ashore.
He had notified General Wheeler inn
mediately, and had received orders to
move on four or five miles and secure
good camp. He accordingly had
pushed on to Siboney. He had asked
Wheeler where the good camping
ground was, and he had replied that the
Spaniards occupied it.
Il then" said General Young, asked
permission to go out and see the
ground, to which General Wheeler as
sented." In accordance with this ar
rangement he moved out at ) o'clock
next morning TO fight the battle of
Laquasima, sending the volunteers and
Rough Riders by one road and the reg
ulars by another.
General Young said he had occupied
the enemy's camp that day, land it
was a very good camp" he added
naively
In reply to question as to what aid
he had secured from the Cubans in
this fight, he replied none whatever. The
Cuban guides had deserted him upon
the first fire. General Castillo on the
night before, had told him that he
would send 500 Cubans with him, but
when the next morning came and he
SCul lO 0dSllllO that IlG was pre-
pared to proceed, his messenger found
card on the Cuban commanders door,
saying that he must not be disturbed.
He had, therefore, proceeded without
the Cubans. After the fight was over,
however, some of the Cubans had come
up, under the command of a French
man, who saluted very tragically with
his saber, saying that he had been or
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enemy and fight him wherever he could
find him. General Young said he SIM
ply ordered the Cubans to the rear, and
the only service they had performed
was to gather up the baggage that the
American soldiers had discarded.
General Young said he was the only
man in the command at Laquasima
who was mounted, and that he rode a
mule. He carried no baggage except a.
rubber slicker, a pajama and a tooth
brush. The wounded were carried back
to Siboney, and while the hospital was
somewhat congested, the men were we'll
attended to.
He said the privations of the war
We're not so serious as Indian cam
paigns he had been engaged in. There
had been occasions when his command
had TO live on corn, and others
when there was nothing to be had ex-
cept horse meat or burro meat 'But
that" he said, was not in the news
papers,
He was satisfied that most of the
complaints against the camp were un-
founded. Many Of these complaints
were made by men and women who had
never seen men in camp Appreciat
ing the situation, the soldiers had
played it on" the visitors making
complaints that We're without founda-
ton, in order to- get delicacies.
Soldiers like to be made babies off,
ne said 'and some of them soon got so
they would not eat their regular ra-
tions"
General YOUNG concluded with the
statement that the soldiers We're far
better cared for than they had been in
the civil war.
The Adjutant General of the army
has furnished the War Investigating
Commission a statement showing the
authority upon which the camps oc-
cupied during the war with Spain
We're selected. 1t shows that General
Miles located the camps at Chickamau-
ga, Fernandina and Miami, Fla, and
Camp Alger, Va; that General Lee Sc
lected that at Jacksonville, and Gen
eral Merriam that at Camp Merritt, and
that the other camps, except that at
Tampa We're located by boards of off,
GERS. The report says that a perma-
nent camp was never contemplated at
Tampa, but that troops were sent there
preparatory for embarkation, on rec
ommendation of General Miles.