The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
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able length the camps of the volunteers,
SO far as he had observed them. He
claimed that most OF the confusion at
Tampa was caused by quartermasters
and commissaries, who. he thought, had
not the business training to adapt them
TO the handling of h emergencies
growing out OF the war. Colonel Turner
said the transports on which his regi-
ment was carried to and from Cuba
were in good shape and had a sufficient
quantity OF food and medicine. He OBJ
served nothing at Montauk which in
dicated a lack of proper medical sup
plies. He continued: The detention
camp, so far as l could judge OF IL on
the surface, was as fine a camp as L
ever saw. The only thing could criti-
else was that there was a disposition
to turn the men out before they were
entirely recovered. / found men who
had been discharged from the hospitals
while in almost a state of delirium. i
heard Of many men ~furloughed from the
hospitals and very weak, waiting Tor
an unreasonable time for transporta-
ton to get home. We found four or
Ave men, one OF them almos uncon-
scious. discharged from h hospital
DIR. Nicholas Sem gave testimony be-
fore the commission at the evening ses-
ElpIs ~ was oN
weeks in June.
Forty thousand troops were there at
the time" he said. and the sick accu-
INFLATED very rapidly. Provision vas
being made for them as fast as could
be done. When i was there n good
many OF the sick were on the ground.
There were only a limited number OF
cots. Medical supplies were on hand to
a limited extent. We never had diff
Guilty I'm having acquisitions recognized
and indorsed. but somehow IL required
an unusual length of time for the things
to get there"
DIR. Sem said hi thought the men in
charge Of the hospitals did very well.
considering that they were new in the
service. He continues:
"Of course n great many OF the
nurses were incompetent, although hey
did the best they could. i lave no
knowledge OF any nurse having been
drunk at Chickamauga. While i was
there saw many sick men lying in
their camp clothing. but do not know
how long they had been so. l have
heard that nurses emptied bed pans on
the ground outside the tents, but l
never saw IL. My impression of the
division hospitals were very favorable.
considering the circumstances. left
Chickamauga when the typhoid fever
was spreading rather rapidly. but l
~ y u N''eAa - NAsa AAA.h -
influence to prevent the spread of the
typhoid. 1 attribute the spread OF the
disease to the fact that typhoid fever
was brought to Chickamauga by some
of our state troops, also to poor sew
age. The sinks were dug all right, but
they were not properly policed. 1 do
not think the commanding officers did
their duty in policing the sinks. 1 ex-
pressed myself as being perfectly sat
isfied with Chickamauga as a site for
n short encampment, with the under
standing that the water should have
been taken where II ought to have been
taken 1 still think so. but 1 do not
believe the water was good. L saw
many soldiers bathing bow the intake
OF the creek from which the water sup
ply was obtained. In my opinion. the
water In this creek was contaminated
in many ways"
When asked Is TO the conditions pre-
vailing at the front al Santiago as
regards the care of the sick and the
furnishing OF necessary supplies DR.
Sem 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 dificulty was experienced In get
ting proper medical supplies. We
brought ample supplies In the hospital