The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-01
WAR INVESTIGATORS
Finish Their Tour Of the Southern
{ Camps.
CAMP MEADE is NEXT IN ORDER.

Inc commissioners VIII soon WISH
the Pennsylvania Headquarters and
Takc,Testimony There-Ex-Governor
Woodbury. to Go to Vermont.
Knoxville. Tenn. Nov. 1.-The war In
vestigating commission concluded the
work of its southern tour here yester-
day, and at o'clock last night left
for Washington, expecting to arrive
there at noon today. 1t Is the present
intention that the commission shall go
to Camp Meade soon after their arrival
at Washington, and Ex-Governor Wood
bury will proceed to Vermont as a sib-
committee to take testimony there. The
commission devoted yesterday forenoon
to inspecting Camp Poland and the
afternoon to taking testimony. They
found a division of troops here under
the command of Colonel Kurtz. Of the
Second Ohio, and while they had no
personal criticism to express against
him one of the commissioners express
ed the opinion that the command was
too large to be entrusted to an officer
below the rank of brigader general
The transfer of Colonel Kurtz to the
command of the division leaves the
brigade of which his regiment is part
in command Of Colonel Young. the COL
ored colonel of the Third North Caro-
lima.
The first witness before the commits
sion was DR.. John c. F. Martin, a con-
tract surgeon from Ohio, who was at
Chickamauga. He repeated his express
sons of opinion that the water in the
pipe line system at Chickamauga was
contaminated by the water from Cave
Spring creek. He said that he had
first expressed this opinion, saying at
the same time the facts In regard to
the existence Of typhoid was being sup
pressed he had been summoned by
General Sheridan and told that he must
retract Immediately or submit to a
court martial He had then written q
letter of retraction, but he declared
that he had done this to promote dis
cipline. and not because he had chang
ed his opinion as to the pollution of the
water. He also expressed the opinion
that the Jay Mill spring at Chicka
manga was contaminated from the sur
rounding sinks.
DR.. Park L.. Myers, a contract sur
geon from Ohio, who was engaged in
the hospital of the Second division of
the First corps at Chickamausa. diff
fered from most of the physicians in
his estimate of typhoid. He said that
while they believed 80 per cent of the
sickness at the camp to be typhoid, he
did not believe that to exceed 20 Der
cent was of that character. He also
took issue with those who charged ty
phoid to the agency of flies, attributing
1t to the water. He thought most Of
the diseases at Chickamauga Park
were miasmatic. He said it was true
that on some occasions it was neces-
sary to have patients at this hospital
lie on the ground for as much as ten
hours at time until provision could
be made for them.
Colonel G. X. Hughes, division super
intendent of the Southern railroad.
gave the commission information as
to the trouble encountered in moving
the troops. He said that as a rule the
soldiers had co-operated in the work
of the railroad company, but that there
had been some disorder al times. He
mentioned one instance in which Com
pany F, of the Fifth Pennsylvania, had
broker up all the furniture of two cars
near Lexington, KY, on the plea that
tho cars We're not fit for soldiers to
travel in.
Major General James II. Wilson, now
commanding the First army curps,
said he was In charge of the First d.
vision CT Il j corps at Chickamauga
Park. He left there with his command
about July 1. bound for Porto Rico. At
Charleston he was kept some two
weeks or more: he did not know
whether 1t was on account of a lack
OF TRANSFORMATION or what. Here ty-
rhold fever broke out and when he did
get OF he had to leave 70 cases of it
behind The Decentralization at Porto
Rico. be said, took II days, when it
should have been accomplished in two.
This. he claimed, was on account Of
not having steam launches, for which
he asked tn" department in vain. In
Porto Rico the health of his troops was
good on the march, but as soon as they
came to standStill sickness broke out
General Wilson said lie had found the
government rdtions good and sufficient.
The most Of the sickness among the
troops was caused by the men eating
fruit and trash
Il consider ChickartUga Park one
OF the finest camps in the world" said
General Wilson. 81 never saw its su-
peror, uni, IS it is Camp Hamilton.
here al Lexington"
Captain Charles w. Golden, COM
missary Of the Second brigade. Third
division, First corps, testified that on
nearly all occasions he had found the
rations good and in sufficient quanti-
ties. and that all acquisitions made had
been no red he thought, as promptly
as possible.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank D. Bald
wln inspector general on General Will
sons staff, and who was on General
Wade's staff at Chickamauga, gave
come sensational testimony concerning
the conditions there.
"\Vhen the camp was first established
there" he said, Il did not inspect a
single hospital but what l found it in
a nlthy condition. Reports were made
of this to the commanding general and
Improvement could he observed for
few days. But in short time matters
would get as bad as ever. About the
time the camp was broken up this had
been corrected to large extent"
DR.. Conner. of the commission. said:
"There has been more disgrace brought
upon the United States hospital sys-
TEN by the Second division. Third
corps. than by any other in the service.
I can readily see how this was. since
no sort OF attention was paid to the
made"
Colonel Baldwin said that. so far as
he knew. General Compton. command
Ing the Second division. only inspected
his command on Sunday morning. and
that he did not know of either Cen
eral Compton or General Wade. the
corps commander. having inspected the
Second division hospital.
Or, Bulls Cough Syrup will not make
new lungs but it will cure inciricnt con-
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