The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-29
That is Commissions Bust
ness, ays Ro seveIt
HE HUBS a HOT BOMB
INTENTIONAL CRUELTY WAS
SHOWN TO SOLDIERS.
INDUSTRIOUS tNC4PACtTY EST BLISAEe
his Has Been Done BY the #iinessss Il Is
nov he Commissions 3usiness 10 Cor
rec them anc Fix The Response

rec thsm anc six The Response
bity DAcI9res Roosevelt.
New York. Noy. 2G-When the war
! Investigating commission met to-day Or.
VI. L. Terry. surgeon general Of the Ma
! tionaI Guard Of the State Of New York,
testified that he found the camp Of the
Eighth New York regiment at Chicka-
mauga in Il very ~unsanitary condition..
\ number Of other witnesses We're eE
amincd. but nothing new was brought
out. Captain Howell read a letter ad-
dressed to the commission by Robert g..
Roosevelt, Secretary of the committee of
diers.
General Dodge suggested that the let
ter be received and filed.
Captain Howell seconded the motion,
saying:
we have invited all the witnesses to
tell us everything they knew. We have
made and are making every honest eff
fort to get witnesses and to get the truth
from them. [ do not see that Mr.. RooSe-
ktIt \ letter tteStINtS JDN dISNtI. 4 ALL
ready to stand on the records of the com
mission when the commission has made
4 record. but | do not need Mr.. Itopsc-
cit or any one else to make up my mind
tor me-
General Beaver spoke i'll the same
ines. and by general consent General
Dodgc,s suggestion was adopted.
The afternoon session completed the
work. Of the commission in this city.
che members Of the commission went 70
Boston tonight and will receive al III
ending witnesses at the Parker House
Ionday morning 1T 9 o'clock.
ROOSEVELT'S BOT LETTER.
The letter written to the commission
: Mr.. Roosevelt, read in parts as fol
)NS:
L have noticed in the morning press
nat one of your members criticiSeS the
Illnesses who have testified at the re
nest OF the committee formed in this
.ty to protect the soldiers. for the rea-
N that while establishing the fact that
Huch groundless and inexcusabie suffer
ng Was inflicted on the army. they &c
OF fix the responsibility nor show whC
to blame. If the views Of your coIn-
..ssion are correctly reported. there
LIS - ~ q l1li@'ilbANl I II X HtNA
:. We supposed that al the witnesses
ere to do was to prove the facts anC
TAT the commission would fix the re
possibility; indeed, was appointed fol
10 express purpose of fixing the reSp0n
bility.
The heroic boys may forget THEN
fferings; may even refuse to testify
, them, but their mothers will not. an(
telr fathers viii not. Nor will it do tt
Ike refuge behind the errors OF tn,
vii War.
"Therc was then no intentional cruelty
oh as seems to have so often prevail
in this war. The sick men were no
lrved. Sick men were treated with al
oSsihle attention and kindness. Waite
rs not sold to feyer-racked sufferers a
- cents a glass: food was not sold t,
irving men at - cent for Il sandwich
I'd daintieS for the dying were 10
ten by the officers. But suppose mat
IS had been a Thousand times WORST
the Civil War, would that bc an,
aSon now that our men should be sen
III arms out Of date. that there SHOULD
no ambulanceS, no pack trains o
INSPIRATION TO carry food to the front
t half sufficient medicines. nor doe
rs; no proper hospitals and that mcl
tn freshly treated wounds should j,
t to die i'll the mud on Il blanket i
ely had one-Without if they had non,
1or even why InidWinter undcrclothin:
t"nld be sent 10 Cub and m%idsummc
uze understands to Montauk.
The accomplishing endurance Of on
II men has simply been heroic. The,
re wounds. sickness. privations t,
ath even. without a word. It was onI,
elect. starvation, in fact, and abus'
the hospital which called forth Letters
ID then only to their families: letter
hich were sent to me 10y b~roken-heart
mothers in pitiful appeals to try t,
Up their sons. | wish your commission
uld AVE read them. but rs many o
em were transmitted to me contidcn
lily. cannot wen quote from them.
The witnesses have established mon
rouN incapacity. That they have no
Il confidence i'll the power OF your com
'SSi0n. no matter how good its will. t,
requirements the public demands of j
only in your own doubts. but in spite @
1t they seem to have lone their share
ID il would seem that it only remain
I You To do your best even if that hes
not quite satisfactory to yourselves
done IN good faith it will teach tn
Y oilers that at least there IS a powe
hich was honestly cndcavording to 1t
I'll II Jb~iht.
You can direct YOUR Inquiries in tn
st place to the food supply. Find Gu
ho gets the difference between the lii
al rationS allowed by the Government
Id the mca@re hard tack. bacon an
cen coffee served to the soldiers. Ih
Illnesses are the books and the roll
the public departments To which vo
ave full access.
W. have furnished You the facts
own YOU brutality, cruelty. neglect. il
terrence: how men whom the Cover
ent was under every obligation To prc
ct. and especially because they had
ght To rely on such protection. wer
arVed even i'll the land Of plenty: wer
}cared for when sick. left without -
ntlon: when wounded. were abuse,
altreateo-ln some cases PRACTICAL
ordered. We have shown YOU an il
: Inference and belittling of human sufe,