Evening star., 1898-10-07


1cient. There was no complaint regarding
he supplies, but there was complaint about
the cooking. After they had b9en out for
ty-eight hours they had got into good
working order. and there was further
complaint They Were thirty-two Gays in
making the trip, stopping only at Honolulu
for coal on the voyage The health Of his
command was excellent during the voyage.
.HeaIth of Men Excellent.
Their camp was about mile and quar-
ter from Manila, where they We're three
weeks, and the health of the men was ex-
cellent. The corumissary supplies. he said.
were abundant. but there was great diff
Guilty in getting them ashore. The only
means for transportation were the native
lighters, and the high surf made it very
ufficult 10 get supplies ashore With that
exception there was no difficulty about
-ither cOmmIssary or quartermaster's sup
plies. There was one day they had moth
ing to eat because they could not get
-hings ashore. But that was the only day
n the tweuty-four days they We're there
when they had nothing TO eat Admiral
Dewey had purchased a refrigerator ship
corning into the harbor in ignorance of the
existence Of war, and he offered that to
he army. But the doors of the refrigera-
or apartments of this ship could be opened
but once a day, and they found 1t would
lot be possible to get the meat to the
iroOps without having II spoiled. They
cordingly did not use it except to have
fresh meat three out Of the twenty-four
days they were there.
Then" said Mr.. DENLY. you had no
more trouble than was the result OF what
might be called providential cause.-the
wind and surf"
That is all" replied the witness. And
the wind and surf did not prevent the sup
plies coming ashore"
Gen Greene said they owed much of their
success in being kept supplied to the abili-
~ an FgFNr9 tFNc At.aY
their quarternaster.
If We had had a bad quartermaster we
would have been in a bad way said Gen.
Greene.
Boiled All Their Water.
Gen Greene said the men in his COM
Tpand mad some fever, but no yellow fever.
50 far ne knew, there was no yellow
fever in the country. There was consid-
cradle diarrhoea In his brigade he had
but twenty or thirty sick. They had eff
cient medical officers and did not have to
buy medical supplies in Manila. All the
men in Camp Dewey. he said had bamboo
Dads. which raised them Il foot and d half
above the ground. Only the hospital tents
mad floors in them. They had no fresh
milk and only few eggs. He had heard
no complaints about the hospital service
and for that reason he had not examined
the hospitals as well hs would have done
mad there been complaint. There was less
SiCAiltSS III manila tAdN the command had
had III San Francisco. They had boiled
every drop OF their water before capturing
Manila.
After the command got in Manila the
Americans induced the insurgents to allow
the water to come into the city, and then
they had an abundant supply of good
water The sinks in their camps were ex-
anined twice day. The regulars he said
wore the blue uniform. while the volun-
teers wore brown canvas fatigue suit.
They were short of shoes. and when the
Americans went into Manila probably 800
man were herefooted, but they got shoes
at once in Manila. The Spanish shoes ne
Jnovght We're better than the American
shoes.
Mr.. DENLY asked Cen. Greene If he had
any suggestion TO make as to any improve
Tnent that could have been made in the
manner Of conducting the war.
Deadlock Caused by Red Tame.
Gen Greene-"The only suggestion 1
would make is that the army regulations
be adapted more to troops in active cam
paign than they now are. The army reg
ulations are based on the requirements OF
the commands In forts. Sometimes the
men have TO go hungry because no one has
authority 10 issue rations. For example in
unloading the lighters with supplies AT
Manila one Of them capsized and was sunk
These rations had previously been issred IN
regiments The coumissary was no longer
responsible for them The regiments asked
tOA ALSN latlOilo ne cOTnmlSSary said he
had issued the ratiOns and that he could
90 nothing more. There was a deadlock
The men had no food. and under the reg-
ufations the commlssary could issue no
more. The only way out of that was TO
appoint a board OF survey, examine and
report on the case. The report hal To 90
TO the division commander before more ra-
tions could be issl ed. In the meantime.
the men had nothing TO eat"
The rauons. he said, while ordinarily
ample, were not sufficient for the troo1s
in the trenches before Manila. and he final
ly succeeded In getting double supply is
sued to his command.
Gen Greene suggested that in order To
prevent these difficulties the army reguIa-
tfons be changed TO give commanding otii-
GERS more authority in time Of war so that
the troubles they had at Manila could have
been overcome
Gen Greens compared the TRANSPORTS he
had seen in the Pacific with those he had
experience with in the Atlantic. the former
being models Of equipment, while those in
the Atlantic lacked all their convenieuces
10 MAKE them suitable for the transporta-
ton OF troops.
rhe witness was questioned regarding the
condition Of Camp Merritt at San Francis
Co. He said he knew nothing of the report