New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-08

two weeks Jenney left everything with the men ia
In the hospital | know that the acquisitions mhue
for goods ana supplies were approved by the doc
tors. but they were NOT brought 70 the g
cause OF the fault of somebody else mink ma
was the fault of the doctors in charge OF me nos
pitfalls the corps doctors the division aof bosp Ts
the doctor In immediate charge OF the nosp'I 40
They made reousitons. but IT was necessary 10 90
more sban and dnmand tbese necessary supplies
from the quartcrmasters
CHARGES OF NEGLECT.
In reply to further questions. DR.. Ward said;
THE necessities were not available from the Army
supplies and had It not been for the Red cross
some OF the soldiers would have starved Requisi-
ton after requsition was forwarded. and yet no
relief came The nurses rule were incom-
petent and Indifferent. though some were more
faithful than others, This was not remedied. be-
cause we had TO obey Army regulations as to de-
failing men for nursing duty.
The location Of the hospital was extremely bad
in nv Judgment. II was in a very low place and
tho sinks I'm 4 filthy condition most OF the
time I want to say that that is one Of the causes
OF tho spread OF typhoid fever. The water also
was never t. such condition that felt We
had safe drinking water and there was no provision
for boiling it. There was never plato. saucer.
or dish boiled all the time was there.
When asked his opinion as to the responsibility
for the conditions at Camp Thomas. Or. Ward said:
For the condition Of the camp first the man who
insisted that the camp perfect. and that the
hospital was well That man was General
Boynton"
Dr. ConnoI- Had General Boynton anything to do
with the Quartermaster's or commissary depart
mento
Or Ward-T say he responsible for keeping
the Army tnore when that Army ought not 10 have
been kept there. The want OF supplies was due TO
the fact that the Quartermasters and Commissary
DEPARTMENTS were not bounded enough for supplies
not followed up enough.
When questioned 10 the condition Of the
at hon he Of
water the men using no spoke TO General
Boyntor about Il. and asked him why he brought
that water from where he did. To this General
Boynton made reply that the water in question
was never intended for the use Of the men for
drinking water. but that it was meant simply for
watering the stock and such purposes.
DIR. CUTHBERTsONS TESTIMONY.
DR. william Cuthbertson. surgeon Of the LIST
Illinois Cavalry said sinks at Chickamauga had
n he dug with axes and shovels and the supply OF
those was tremendously insufficient The surface
soil he said shallow and non-absorptive and
the sinks would soon become in filthy condition.
which was aggravated whenever heavy rain oc-
CURED.
when a requsition sent in for quickiime
with which to dlsinfect the camp he continued
there was no supply OF that material ana the
medical department was F ~ er -
ton Of a camp
SANTIAGO SOLDIERS SUFFER
ColoneI Henry r. Turner of the LIST Illinois Vol
unteers said conditions were fairly good Chick
amauga during the three weeks his regiment was
there His command promptly received rations at
Chickauauga. and the quality was good. He con-
ulo,1 y,ith atartrrmasters stores by being very
persistent | think there was great oversight al
inp IiIIv . and General REYNOLDS then Informed
me that he had received telephOnic orders that
nrenaration had been made for that DISQUALIFICATION
he | anything about
must fight that out yourself | went ashore and
spent about two hours trying TO ind somebody
that would give some informstio as TO how
was to get my regiment on shore. We got of a..
our men by the next noon sunday, some OF oar
rations and some OF our tentagc but good deal
Of our stun remained on tie TRANSPORTS, and some
Of It taken 10 Porto Rico. For the first three
days at Santiago nearly starved to
thirty Of my men volunteered to foot It to Sibont
and bring out on their backs enough supplies to
eral Shafter sent me very sharp note complain
ing that had not reported the situation directly
DEFENDS VOLUNTEER CAMPS.
Colonel Turner defended at considerable length
the camps OF the volunteers. far he had OBJ
served them. He said that most OF the confusion at
Tampa caused by quartermasters and commits
saries who. he thought. had not the business
training to adapt them to the handling or the emer
Colonel Turner said the troop ships on which his
regiment was carried to and from Cuba. were IN
and medicine He observed nothing az Montauk
which indicated "A lack Of proper medical supplies
THE detention camp. FAR could judge OF
L on the surface, was as fine camp as ever saw
The only thing | could critcise was that there was
a disposition 10 turl the men out before they were
entirely recovered. I found men who had been
discharged from the hospitals while IN almost
state Of delirium. heard OF many men furloughed
from the hospitals ana very weak waiting dt h an
We found four five OF our men, one OF them al
most unconscious. discharged from the hospital
The Commission then adjourned until evening
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