The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-21
Nothing Has Been Found to Show
WfuI Mismanagement.
COLONEL BRYAN WAS EXCUSED.
He Asked that His Lieutenant-Colonel
BE Examined in His Stead-The
Main Complaint Seems to Have
Been as to Spoiled Fresh
afeat-The Good Work
of the Red Cross.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, oct @J'-l"0
War investigating Commission concluded
fits labors at jacksonville tonight ana
short,v after 10 O'Clock left for Atlanta
expecting TO take up business there To-
morrow.
The commission has spent four days IN
jacksonville. This being the nrst OF the
camps 70 be visited # has naturally been
awarded somewhat more OF time IMAM M"'
be given 20 other points with the posslu4e
exception OF Chickamauga. ,,
The commissioners are generally pIedseu
with the result Of their iaoor5 mere. Ihey
have naturally met with complaints Du1
they have generally dealt with compaid-
u.ely unimp0rtaut points, ana ~ very
fers. if any. cases have tAey lhulcaleu
wllful neglect or culpaDle mlsinahase-
mcut -
THE MEN SATISFIED.
Generally. one private or non-comuns-
stoned officer from each regiment had
been called, and in many cases more ln1h
one. I'm the case of the enlisted men lhey
were selected at random, the commission
ers merely asking that mem p6 sent 10
them without any specification of the pur-
pose for whicn they were called.
They have without exception said that
they were receiving enough 10 eat ana
wear. There were occasional complaints
i'm defects In clothing or request Tor
greater variety of food, but In no instance
has a spirit OF fault finding been devel-
opel among this class OF witnesses I'm
some cases r. deficiency OF supplies az the
beginning of the camps history was
shown, and there has been more or less
of tainted meats received by the men, but
lt was agreed by all the witnesses that
tne first condition was due TO the conge5-
ton at Tampa and the latter 10 the clim-
ate.
General McCook and Colonel Saxton re-
turned to-day from their investigation
OF conditions at Tampa. They found that
the congestion which occurred az that
point a. the beginning of the war was
due 10 The fact that cars were shipped
from an over the country without being
/ labelled and without forwarding bills Of
/ ladng.
Gen. j. Wilson and Capt. Howell constl'
tutiug the subcommittee appointed 10
visit and report upon the conditions OF
the camp at Fernandina made their re-
/ port 90 the FUN committee to-day The
following is the import of the document;
your committee has the honor to re-
port that in it's opinion the camp was
/ wen selected that probably the site was
/ could have been found on the Florida
/ coast That from what Information Il
! obtained aud from &c saw 10 was FAR
| from being n tropical Jungle and the
! certificate Of the County Court indicates
/ that no government official was Interested
IN the land. The amount OF work done
| m clearing the undeIbrush vas no sfedl-
! or than might have been expected az all
| most anv locality in the South selected
| for camping purposes. That the site
| was well drained the water for drinking
and cooking purposes good and the bath
/ ng facilities az the sea beach excel
| lent"
THE NURSES QUESTIONED.
Tho committee heard several Of the
| professional female nurses at the fore
] noon session to-day. including Miss Cope
! land chief nurse at the Third Division
! Hospital: Miss Robins, head nurse at
/ the First Division Hospital; Miss Hub
! bard. head nurse at the Second Division
| Hospital and Misses Walker and waters,
ward nurses.
Miss Copeland spoke in commendation
of the conduct of the hospitals and she
said that the nurses were well treated
and apparently much respected She
said that the nurses had their own tent
| quarters, where there was the privacy
| demanded by their sex.
Miss Copeland said that when the
nurses first came TO the camp there was
/ only one nurse TO each forty or sixty
/ patients. bur this condition had been
| steadily improved. There was also In the
beginning some scarcity of appliances
for the sick such as hot water bottles
| which, while not a necessity, were often
a comfort. She spoke Of some nurses
.fr.f hue Lrats trrtlr
OF the kind Of persons VINO are never
! satisfied with any situation. One nurse
! had made severe criticisms but she was
! OF the kind who would leave a patient
, 10 whom she had just given a bath 10
attend to some other errand before dry
ing him.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES PLENTIFUL.
Major Z. Pitcher, Of the regular army
depot surgeon, for the Seventh Army
I Corps. said that since the early days Of
the camp there had been no difficulty
in securing an abundance Of medical sup
plies. and that they were much more
| plentiful and Of greater variety than
| was usual In the regular army. In the
! first history Of the camp, supplies were
ordered from Tampa. and 1t was diff
| cult, sometimes impossible, 10 secure
them. Tie thought the medical stan here
was efficient as physicians. but they were
| without administrative ability. Many OF
them knew nothing Of formulating re-
quisltions, and were not disposed 10
learn.
PHYSICIANS TO BLAME.
He thought that II the physicians had
| understood this line OF their business
they need not have called upon the re-
| lief associations 10 such an extent.
| DR.. Connor pressed Or. Pitcher closely
on this point. saying TO him that the
Country was full Of the report that the
medical department OF the Government
was not capable OF meeting the demands
made upon il. and that but for aid OF
such relief societies as the Red Cross
there would have been actual suffering
To this DR.. Pitcher replied that such
was not the case. and he maintained tho
suff.clency OF the Government 10 take
good care OF its own sick lie said thai
il would have been ungracious not &c
accept the aid offered By the relief so
cieties
FRESH MEAT AGAIN
| cantain John w Swatek, Company Il