Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-19

employed female nurses sooner than II
did7
Or. Greenlea'-I think not. Gen.
shernberg, and | agree with him. did
not believe THAI the nghtlnE line was
the pace Tor n woman. In the hospitals
women nurses rendered excellent ser-
Vices but at the front there was no
place for them.
Gen. Dodge asked u conditions " the
transports leaving Tampa for Cuba.
and DR.. Greenleaf slld they were
dreadfully overcrowdsd. lie could not
say that the overcr0wding was MOI
military necessiy.hut 70 was certain y
was wrong from a sanitary standpoint
This concluded the examination Of Dr.
Grecnieaf
THREE PILLS FoR FRACTURE.
william HAmiNon Henry. whose son
served as private In company n u
the seveuiy.nrst regiment during the
campalgn, WIS bho nrfe witness at the
afternoon session, Mr.. Henry told of
visit q Camp Wlcoff In search Of his
son. who WIS sick He found him lying
on the bare ground In tent. The o..
ficers' tents were all nuured.
Richard W. Henry, the son. WIS
called. lie was taken sick after thl
surrender " Santiago. Speaking OF the
treatment he received from the army
surgeons IN 'uhafnt HAlu iNtt theF dId
the best they could and treated every
one alike "in fact" h. said. they
made no distinction IN the manner "
treatment or In medicine. IL was two
pills f1r a fever ana three pills nor a
broken arm"
Dr. Frank Doriidsou. who Joined col
uooaever'a regiment In cuba on July
sthnnd who was stricken with yellow
foyrr on July goth. followed Mr. Henry
on the witness stand. Asked by Or.
Common a. 10 tho condition OF the hos
piipls. he replied:
u d. moi wish 20 crficise Or. L..
garde. whom I rraHiy admir-. but they
were entirely swumpcd. There was az
insufficient supply % medicine stores,
nurses and steward. The majority VI
the stewards were n the most undcslr-
able character. and should never have
been selected for such service.
FoRAGED FOR SUPPLIES.
Regarding medical supplies. Dr. Don.
nldsnu said there were supplies, but
they could not be reached Speaking
Of his own regiment. he said he got
supplies because he went out and hus-
tied for them.
They were not served out to your"
asked Dr. Conner.
mot by a large majority" was the
aud nothing else"
"Did the men receive GOOD care and
attention In the hoHpltnlaf'
They suffered from lack Of care be-
cause OF the inofilcicncy u the nurses
The doctors were cflclent and dcyot-
cd"
Dr Conner asked n Il was possible 20
ret n better class ~ nurses, and whom
DR. Donaldson said no, he asked why
81. Il. 40 HVN HM IN NHF
what could not be avoided.
There was no excuse" said Or. Don.
aldHon. for sending them there and
not supplies"
no YOU know they sent no supplicH7"
n they sent them they must have
vanished into cuba llbrc. they ala not
reach us"
SAMPLE EXPERT.
Dr. Donaldson criticized Dr. Lesser.
the head VI the Rcd Cross hospital In
cuba. severely. and declared that al
though DR. Lesser posed MS an expert
on yellow .'ycr. he did not know what
yellow fever was until he was stricken
with II.
speaking Of the general hospital at
Montnuk. Dr. Donaldson said that he
considered II an excellent hospital
Gcn. Wilson and Gen. Beaver asked
y Or. Donaldson several questions based
I upon newspaper clipplngH. detailing
"0utrngcs ~ the Nldicrn."
DR. Donaldson declared that all were
untrue. and reiterated his statements
that there was no fault anywhere, ana
that several statements made Were
absolute Hes" Relative 90 the state
ment that Capt. &. ~ Wurdcn Of the
seventh regiment. died ~ starvation.
the witness said; n myself sttendcd
capt. wordcu. and he got III the atten-
lion possible. l made broth myself and
other delicAcion were found for him"
"Ilow about the statement that VIII
Ian tiffany died OF Starvation
u don't know anything about that
! never saw TIFFANY after l was taken
sick In Cuba
sexton, submitted ne part ~ his teatl-
mony am article from his pen published
| IN the London Lancet and detailing his
experience at Santiago.
EGoTIsTlCAL OFFICERS.
James s. Sewers u company X. Sew
| cnty-nrat New York regiment, served
from the time the regiment went 10
| Camp Black until mustered out last
/ week. lie complained that the c3roe
was poor and that the volunteers were
| not treated as well an the regulars.
| Asked by Cen Beaver 10 explain what
| ~ meant he said the volunteer officers
| took care VI themselves, while the reg
ulnr officers took care " their men.
when we arrived az Muntauk Point, .
he said. there was nothing for ~ 10
eat until the next dny when the Tenth
regulars arrived there was a wagon
load OF bread aud meat waiting for
them. our officers said that they had
| .,othing I 90 With IN tHi tns,
Mrs. Mary Mason u West Fifty
MN street was the last witness u tho
day. Che had been at Camp Nlkoff In
charge ~ the division OF the Womnn'a
War Relief association, she hnid the
men az Camp NlknH hnh Humgteu
! Greatly and had been 40 treated, when
| u.n Dodge told her that the men had
testified they were not badly treated
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