The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-19
WAR INVESTIGATORS.
A Day Of Testimony IN the Ma
tion's Metropolis.
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THE REGULATION PRESCRIPTION.
Private Henry, OF the Seventy-flrst
New York Regiment. Say 1t Was
''Two Pills For a Fever and Three
For Broken Arms

| New York Regiment. Say 1t WAS
''Two Pills For Fever and Three
For Broken Arm.''
New York. Nov 19-Before the war
investigating commission yesterday
Dr. Greenleaf. chief surgeon of the
troops in the field, on General Miles
staff. testified as to the delay in land
ing medical supplies at Siboney, Cuba.
Asked WHO finally unloaded these sup
plies he said: Il did. l captured some
pontoons and took the law into my
own hands"
You unloaded in 36 hours supplies
that had been lying in the harbor two
weeks. Why did not DR.. Pope. chief
surgeon Of General Skaters corps
land them within those two weeks?"
II suppose he was at the front at
tending to the wounded"
There Is no doubt said DR.. Conner.
that somebody was dreadfully at
fault. Can't you help us to find out
who 1t was?"
DR.. Greenleaf said he could not
Privates David j. Goss and Henry
Hanck, of the Sevcnty-first regiment.
said the food supply was ample in
Cuba, but there were no facilities for
cooking. They mad no complaints 10
make
William Hamilton Henry whose son
served as private in Company B, of
the Seventy-frst regiment. during the
campaign, told Of a visit to Camp
Wikolf in search OF his son, who was
sick. He found him lying on the bare
ground in tent. The officers tents
we're all loored. Mr.. Henry told of the
difficulty of obtaining furlough for hs
son, and how he finally succeeded by
a personal appeal to General Wheeler.
Richard w. Henry, the son, was
called. He was taken sick after the
surrender of Santiago. Speaking Of the
treatment he received from the army
surgeons in Cuba, Henry said that they
did the best they could and treated
every one alike.
IN fact" he said. they made no
distinction in manner of treatment or
in medicine. 1t was two pills for
fever and three pills for broken arm" i
Henry returned from Cuba in the
transport Grand Duchess. Immedi-
ately on landing at Montauk Point on
Aug. IS he went to the detention hos.
pital. With some of his comrades he
was assigned to some new tents in the
hospital.
When asked what he received to eat
he said:
II suppose they forgot us. We did
not get anything until the next day,
10 nj
A surgeon visited us at noon. He made |
l cursory examination of us and said |
ne would send US some medicine i'm
The medicine did not reach
Is until late at-night."
DIR. Frank Donaldson. who Joined
Colonel Roosevelt's regiment in Cuba
IN July s. and who was stricken with
yellow fever en- July "a. followed Mr.. |
Henry on the witness stand. Asked by
Dr.. Conner as to the condition of the |
hospitals he replied: Il do not wish
% criticize DIR. lie Garde, whom I
,reatly admire. but they were entirely |
wamped. There was insufficient sup
,ly Of medical stores, nurses and stew
lrds. The majority of the stewards
we're Of most undesirable character
or such service"
DR.. Donaldson said there were medl-
al supplies. but they could not be
cached. Speaking Of his own regiment
lie said he got supplies because he
rent out and hustled for them.
'They were not served out to you?"
sked Dr. Conner.
mot by large majority" was the
eply. 1--WE got what we hustled for,
nd nothing else"
'Did the men receive good care and
ttention in the hospitals?"
"They suffered from lack Of care be-
nuse OF the inefficiency of the nurses.
he doctors were efficient and devot-
a."
DR.. Conner asked if it was possible
'r Donaldson said no he asked why
ne department should be blamed for
hat could not be avoided.
"There was no excuse" said DR.. Dom
ldson, "for sending them there, and
n not sending supplies"
"Do you know they sent no supplies?"
"1f they sent them they must have
anished into Cuba Libre; they did not
Zach u.s."
General Wilson and General Beaver
sked DR.. Donaldson several questions
ased upon newspaper clippings detail
g "outrages on the soldiers" DR..
onaldson declared them all untrue,
Id reiterated his statments that Their.
as no fault anywhere and that sew
al statements made were absolute
,s."
The witness denied the truth of the
atement that Captain C., b. Wurden,
the Seventh regiment died Of starva-
On.
Mrs. Mary Manson, Of West Fifty
st street, was the last witness Of the
~. She had been at Camp Wikoff in
large of a division of the Woman's
ar Relief association. She said the
en- at Camp Wikoff had suffered
eatly and had been ill treated. When
aneral Dodge told her that the men
ID testified that they were not badly
eated, and had not been neglected a.
amp Wikoff, Mrs. Manson declared
at il they so testified they had said
nat was not true.