The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30

300 or 400 men when / first went there,
and the number increased rapidly.
The Second Massachusetts regiment
came in soon after ! went to Montauk
and l had charge Of the distribution
I Of the supplies for that regiment pri-
marily, and afterwards for the regu-
I lars. The camp was q beautiful one ="
Dr. Bracket Of the Massachusetts,
{ Volunteer Aid Association, testified that
he thought there were medicines
enough on the Seguranca, but he did
not know TO whom they belonged.
( There was, however, almost no pre-
pared food or any kind OF food for con
/ Valescents. He and Capt. McCook
bought supplies from the ships steward
and gave them to the men. There was
/ ice on board and was 10 be had once
a day by paying for il. He knew Moth
ing about Lieut. Tiffany's case.
/ DR.. Richard Cabot Of Boston testi-
/ fed that he went to Porto Rico on the
/ Bay State, arriving on the 18th Of Sep
/ TENDER He visited the hospital at
Guanica, Ponce, AreceibOs, and acted
/ as pathologist making the diagnosis
/ to determine whether the disease Of
. the soldiers was malaria or typhoid
( II was % per cent typhoid, and out Of
/ III cases only 2 We're malaria Every
thing in the hospital was admirable
I The same was true Of the Red Cross
I hospital OF which Miss Chandler Of New
York had charge.
William Kennids. Of the Seventh
/ regular infantry. now corporal tesLi-
fed TO being wounded in the battle Of
I'll Caney in three places, He remained
under a tree and It was two days be
fore they discovered him. Eight days
Z = 10 q rd q IL.
did not get his wounds dressed until he
got to Long Island. The journey of
/ the Olivette to Long Island took nine
days. He was at Governors Island
eight days, then came to Boston, and
returned 70 his regiment. at Fort
/ Wayne
DR.. Miles Standish Of Boston. for 10
/ years commander Of the ambulance
I corps Of this state. described to the
/ commission the difficulties he encoun-
( tered in organizing a corps for the
I United States. He said that he was
detailed by the governor, on informa-
( ton received from the surgeon general
! of the United States, to recruit 135
men. He had about $50 to 200 who
wanted to go with the hospital corps.
but in a few days he was ordered to
! stop recruiting, because there was no
provision for recruiting these men by
/ law. In the course OF two or three
weeks, letter was received from the
surgeon general, asking for men to be
/ enlisted in the hospital corps of the
! United States army, with the verbal
promise that they should receive their
discharge at the end Of the war The
men did not like this provision, but
about one-third We're willing to 60. I
was at MOntauk for "a hours and as
il was the last part of the time, I had
lr1r
seemed to me the affairs We're very
good. I have seen nearly all the men
sent to Boston for medical care. and
they were very sick men Tt was diff
cult problem to say what men should
/ be transported and who should not.
We asked for men to be sent to Bos-
ton who could bear transportation.
Dr. Herbert L. Burrin surgeon. su-
parintendent Of the hospital ship fitted
up by the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid
Association, next told his experiences at
Santiago and Porto Rico. There was a
great deal Of difficulty in getting sup
plies which apparently existed, in get
ting supplies delivered to the places
where they belonged. He attributed this
largely TO the Illness of at least two Of
the general officers and the tremendous
amount Of Illness which disorganized
everybody. The hospitals at Santiago
We're oVercrowded but all right from
The exigenoy standpoint People were
as well taken care Of as the means to
do it allowed. though from his stand
point, they were not properly cared
for
George y. r Houston, private in the
Seventh infantry regulars, wound
ed in the action q FL Caney. told Of mis-
experiences in the hospitals at
ya -,