The Portland daily press., 1898-11-19

bfO So efiO k0tli ut1u AiAaA
cause that was necessary, the other dis
comforts he said we're. not. uoss said
he slept in the open air IN Cupa for IL
days because he had no tent
b. Henry Hauck, an assistant foreman in
the lire department., who served through
out the campaign rs private In Go. l..
of the list regiment, was the next wit
ness,
Hauok said there was never any lack Of
food until the regiment reached Cuba and
then the fault was due to lack of cook
ing facilities and the necessity for each
man to cook his own rations.
William Hamilton Henry, whose son
served as private in Go. B of the list
regiment during the campaign, was the
first witness at the afternoon session.
Mr.. Henry told of a visit to Camp Wikof
in search of his son who was sick. He
found him lying on the bare ground in
tent. The officers TENTS were all hoored.
ME- Henry told Of the difficulty of OBJ.
tanning furlough for his son and how
he finally succeeded by personal appeal
to Gen. Wheeler.
Mr.. Richard W. Henry the son was
called. Speaking of the treatment ne re-
ceiyed from the army surgeons In cuba
Henry said thai they did the best they
ooutd and treated everyone alke.
In fact" he said they made no dis
tinction IN manner of treatment or medi-
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three pills for broken arm. =
Immediately on landing at Montauk
Point on August l6, he went to the de-
tention hospital.
When asked what he received to eat,
he said:
81 suppose they forgot us. We did not
get any thing until the next day when an
orderly gave us some soup. A surgeon
visited us at noon. He ma le cursory
examination of US and said ne would
send Us some medicine Immediately
The medicine did not resch us until late
that night"
DR.. Frank Donaldson who joined Col
Roosevelt's regiment in Cuba on July s,
ana who was stricken with yellow fever
on July "a, was asked by DR.. Connor as
to the condition of the hospitals. He said: :
sA.rhey were entirely swamped. There
was an insufficient supply OF medical
stores, nurses and stewards. The majori-
ty Of the stewards were OF most unde,
sirable character. Regarding medical
supplies DIR. Donaldson said there wers
supplies but they could not be reached.
Speaking of his own regiment he said he
got supplies because he got out and
hustled for them.
sslhey were not served out to you?"
asked DR. Connor.
Not by large Majority was the re-
ply. I'VE got what we hustled Tor ana
nothing else"
Id the men receive good care and
attention in the hospitals?"
ts1hey suffered from lack of care be-
cause of the insufficiency of the nurses.
The doctors were efficient and devoted"
DR.. Connor asked If it was possible to
get hetter class of nurses and when
DR. Ronaldson said NE" ne asked why
the department. should be blamed for
what could not be avoided
There was no excuse for sending them
tners and not sending supplies.
ssDo you know they sent no suppl1esP'
II they sent them they must have
vanished into Cuba libre; they did not
reach us.
DR.. Ronaldson criticized DR.. Lesser.
the head Of the Red Cross hospital in
Cuga severely.
speaking of the general hospital at
Moltauk Point, DIR. Ronaldson said that
he considered it an excellent hospital.
| lSrs doctors with one exception, he said,
we're fully competent.
| Gen. Wilson and Gen. Beaver ASKED DR..
Ronaldson several questions based upon
newspaper clippings detailing "Outrages
on the Soldiers ~ DR.. donaldson declared
| them all untrue.
| James S. Sewers of Co. z, list regi-
ment, served from the time the regiment
went to camp Black until mustered out.
He complained that the coffee WAS poor
and thar the volunteers We're not treated
as we'll as the regulars.
| Mrs. Mary Manson had been at Camp
Wikoff in charge of q division OF the
! Woman's War Relief association. She
| said the men at Camp Wikoff had
suffered greatly and had been i'll treated.
Shortly before s O'Clock the hearing
| was adjourned until tomorrow.