The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

made acquisitions. but II II necessary
to do more than that. A man had to
get on a horse. take a six-shooter and
demand these necessary supplies from
the quartermaeter."
In reply to further questions. Dr.
Ward said. Necessities were not
available from the army supplies. and
had IL not been for the Red Cross some
Of the soldiers would have starved Re-
QUESTION after requisition was forward
ed and yet no relief came The uurses.
as a rule. were incompetent and tndif-
ferent. This was not remedied, becaus9
We had to obey army regulations ss TO
detailing men for nursing duty.
The location of the hospital was ex-
tremeiy bad in my Judgment II was
in a very low place and the sinks were
In a filthy condition most Of the time.
I want to say that this 10 one OF the
causes of the spread Of typhoid fever.
And the water also was never In condi-
tion so that we felt we had safe drink
ing water. And there was no provision
for boiling water
When asked for his opinion as to the
responsibility for the conditions ae
Camp Thomas. DIR. Ward said: Tor
the condition Of the camp. first the man
who insisted that the camp was perfect
and that the hospital was well rum
That man was General Boynton."
LIT. 1OnnOrs 1dQ NftueIdI boy mlOn
anything to do with the QuartermasterS
or commissary Departmental"
DIR. Ward: II can say he was re-
sponsible for keeping the army there
when the army ought not to have been
kept there. The want OF supplies was
due to the fact that the quartermasters'
and oommissary departments were NOT
bounded enough for supplies-not fol-
lowed up enough"
When ouestiopef s~ayo q "a th~ ~op
tion of the water. he said that when he
saw what kind OF water the men were
using he spoke to General Boynton
about II and asked him why he brought
that water from where he did. To this
General Boynton made a reply that the
water in question was never intended
for the use Of the men as drinking wat
er. but that IL was meant simply for
watering the stock and such purposes.
DIR. Culbertson, surgeon Of the 1st nm
nois cavalry. said sinks at Chickmauga
had to be dug with axes and shoveIs.
the supply Of which was tremendously
insufficient. The surface soil, he said.
was very shallow and non-absorptivs
and the sinks would soon become in
a very filthy condition. which was ax-
gravated whenever a rain occurred.
when a requisltion was sent In for
quicklime with which to disinfect tn.
camp" he continued. there was no
supply of that material and the medi-
cal department was handicapped by the
lack OF many articles for the proper
sanitation OF a camp"
Colonel Henry L. Turner Of the 1st
Illinois volunteers said conditions were
fairly good at Chickamauga during the
three weeks his regiment was there
His command was promptly supplied
with rations at Chickamauga and the
quality was good. He continued: AT
Tampa We were finally very completely
supplied with quartermasters' stores by
being very persistent. I think there
was a very great oversight at Siboney.
We reached Siboney on Sunday morn
ing. July 3. and General Reynolds then
Informed me that he had received teie-
phonic orders that / was to disembark
at once. When asked him what prep
arations had been made for disembark-
alton he said: I do not know any
thing about that. You must fight that
our yourself
II went ashore and spent about two
hours trying To find somebody who
would give me some information as to
how I was to get my regiment on shore.
We got OF all our men by the next noon
tMonday). some OF our rations and some
of our tentage. but a good deal Of our
some OF II was taken to Porto Rico. For
the first three days we were at San
tiago we nearly starved to death-could
get no supplies In any way. Finally 30
OF my men volunteered to foot II to
Siboney and bring out on their backs
enough supplies TO keep the men alive.
In connection with this General Shafter
sent me a very sharp note. complaining
that I had not reported the situation
directly to him.
Colonel Turner defended at consider
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