The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-03
VERY SOON.
Troops Going
South
FROM LEXINGTON.
More Testimony Before the
War Commission.

Lexington. KY. Nov. 1.-The sub
committee Of the war investigating
commission finished its work here this
afternoon and left over the Queen and
Crescent railway for Cincinnati.
The members Of the commission ex-
press themselves as pleased with what
they accomplished here. They also
compliment highly the condition Of
things they found at Camp Hamilton.
The members Of the commission who
were in Lexington, were General Gren-
vile 81 Dodge, chairman. Colonel Sax
ton and DR.. Connor
Yesterday a committee Of prominent
citizens Of Lexington, including Mayor
Simsall and ex-Lieutenant Governor
Alvord. went to Washington to confer
with the president and see what chance
there is for q retention Of the encamp-
ment Of troops here.
kilograms received today from this
committee say that troops must leave
for the southern camps, but that Sec
rotary Algsr has promised that they
viii be brought to Lexington in the
spring 10 recuperate after they have
seen service in Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Philippines
The president promised the commit
tee that he would probably visit Lex
ington when he went TO Canton to
vote.
Generals Sanger. Wiley and Andrews
they selected camp sites for the troops
now bere. All Of them report favorably
on southern camps
on southern camps. General Wilson
informs the Associated Press that the
movement from Lexington VIII not be-
gin for ten days OF more.
The principal witness before the sub
committee today was Gen. Joseph p
Sanger, who has had command Of the
Cd division. He said the ID division
camp at Chickamauga was badly locat-
ed, being in rocky ground where sinks
couad not be deeply dug. When asked
why the quarternasters' department
could not furnish articles necessary for
supplying the army, he said
The complex system Of furnishing
supplies TO our army Is at fault"
Gen. Sanger said ne considered the
weak point in Camp Thomas was its
bad sanitary condition. The men had
plenty Of clothing. did not need much
and had plenty to eat 1t was bad sani-
tsry conditions. There were 900 licensed
hucksters who visited Camp Thomas. I
believe Gen. Brooke tried to do ali he
could TO bring the camp to good sani-
tary condition, but he was surrounded
BY a medical board which did not ap-
pear 10 appreciate the serious condition
Of affairs. DR.. Huidekoper egpecially
thought Dr.. Griffith was unnecessarily
alarmed. DR.. Griffith insisted that
maiariai fever was in reality typhoid
fever.
Washington. Nov. 1.-The war inves-
ugating committee held a session hare
today for the purpose Of hearing the
testinony Oh Maj. Henry Romeyne, a
retired army officer.
He said that he had asked at the he
ginning Of the war for military as
Segment to go TO the front in his ca
pacity az an officer, but il was refused
and ne then went az a correspondent Of
a weekly newspaper. He said that
when he went to Port Tampa, the bank
Of the canal there was covered with
troops He had waited to go over with
the 10Th infantry, which was his old
regiment, but no one could tell him
where the regiment was to be found.
He asked staff officer and several
others for this information, but none
knew nor did any one appear to know
on what vessel any Of the particular
Troops were TO embark. There was
great confusion, as a consequence of
which a part Of command would 20
an one vessel and part on another and
the commands we're in some cases sep
srated from their stores. He had seen
no order for the systematic embarka-
ton Of the troops. and he heard II said
that they were told to 90 aboard 'theit-
er skelter." When asked to express an
opinion as 10 the preparations for the
enbarkstion, the witness hesitated to
do 50. as II would Involve criticism OF
HIS superiors.
The commissioners insisted upon a
reply. and Roneyne replied that he did
not think the preparation was such as
it should have been. There was, he
said, a lack Of surf boats and also of
orders Of preparation.
In response to a question from Gen.
Mccook, Maj. Romeyne said that while
1t was difficult to land anything, am
balances and wagons could have been
landed as easily as artillery. He had
seen only one ambulance at the front
at the battle Of Ell Caney, and it was
not used for conveying the wounded to
therear.