The age-herald., 1898-11-08
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In reply to further questions pr. Ward said: Necessities were not available to army supplies and had it not been for the Red Cross some of the soldiers would have starved. Acquisitions after acquisitions were forwarded and yet no relief came" s@The location of the hospital was ex- tremely bad in my Judgment It was in very low place and the sinks were in a filthy condition most of the time. l want to say that is one of the causes of the spread of typhoid fever. And the water also was never in condition SD that we felt we had safe drinking water and there was no provision for boiling it. There was never plate, saucer or dish boiled all the time 1 was there''
 When asked for his opinion as to the re- sponsibility for the conditions at Camp Thomas, Dr. Ward said:
 For the condition of the camp first, the man who insisted that the camp was per- feet and that the hospital was well run. That man was General Boynton."
 Dr. Connor-Had General Boynton any thing to do with the quartermaster or the commissary departments?'
 Dr. Ward--I can say he was responsible for keeping the army there when that army ought not to have been kept there. The want of supplies was due to the fact that the uuartermaster and the commissary de- partments were not bounded enough for supplies-not followed up enough
 Sinks at Camp Thomas
 Dr. William Cuthbertson, surgeon of the First Illinois cavalry, said sinks at Chic6- amauga had to be dug with axes and shovels, the supply of which was tremend- ously insufficient.
 ..When a requisition was sent in for quick-lime with which to dsinfect the camp" he continued there was no supply of that material and the medical depart ment was handicapped by the lack of many necessary articles for the proper sanitation of a camp"
 Colonel Henry L.. Turner, said his regi- ment was finally very completely supplied with quartermasters stores by being very persistent. q think there was a very great oversight at Siboney. We reached Siboney on Saturday morning, July g. and General Reynolds then informed me that he had re- received telephonic orders that I was to disembark at once. When I asked him what preparation had been made for dis authorization he said: T do not know any thing about that. You must fight that out yourself
 1T went ashore and spent about two hours trying to find somebody who would give me some information as to how 1 was to get my regiment on shore. We got off all our men by the next noon Sunday, some of our rations and some of our tentage, but a good deal of QUOT stuff remained on the transport and some of t..was taken to Porto Rico. For the first three days we were att Santiago we nearly starved to death-could not get supplies in any way. F Finally thirty of my men volunteered to foot 1t to Siboney and bring out on their backs enough supplies to keep the men alive. In connection with this General Shafter sent me a sharp note, complaining that had not reported the situation d. rectly to him." When asked as to the conditions pre- vailing at the front at Santiago as regards the care of the sick and the necessary sup plies, Dr. Senn said there were very few cots for the sick ones, and most of the men slept on the ground. He continued:
 "There was also a great lack of tents, and much difficulty was experienced In getting proper medical supplies. We brought ample supplies in the hospital ships, but we had no lighters to unload them. We could not land them from the ships for two days. If the supplies had all been landed they would have lasted but lit- tie over ten days This was for 17,O0O men. There should have been supplies enough to- have lasted thirty days"
 In Porto Rico Dr. Senn said he found the hospitals in good condition.
 The committee adjourned until o'clock tomorrow morning.