Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-26
PROGRESS OF THE INVESTIGATION
AT NEW YORK.
REGULATIONS OF RED CROSS SOCIETY
III Nurse Should See an officer Take
the life of One of His Men, She
Could Not Accuse the officer OF
Murder.
Murder.

the highest terms OF the behavior OF the
medical men in Cuba.
James p. Holmes. who served in the
Scventy-frst New York Regiment, was
examined. He was taken sick at San
tiago, and Is still in poor health. lie was
allowed 10 lie on a couch while giving
his testimony. He told OF his experiences
with the regiment, and complained that
no attention was paid to the sick on the
transport Grand Duchess. Holmes said
the volunteers were treated with far less
consideration than the regulars. For
several weeks there was no regular food
IN his regiment, and in his own company
there was no regularly organized mess
from the time the regiment reached
Tampa until it was mustered out.
Replying TO questions by General
Beaver, Holmes said he did not blame
the government so much as he blamed
The inefticiency, carelessness, and selfish
ness OF the regimental officers.
Mrs. Mary Hatch Willard, who was sta
toned at Camp WikoR with the Red
Cross Auxiliary Association, described the
camp In it's brightest light. "In not one
instance" said Mrs. Willard. ibid | know
Of any abuse which was not rectifed as
Of the proper officers"
QUININE FOR ST. VITUSs DANCE.
Levi S. Krauss. private Of Company X,
Ninth New York Regiment, complained
that he was not treated properly By the
doctors at the Chickamauga Camp. over
exertion at drill brought on
nervous affection on June nth. He
appealed to the regimental surgeon, DR..
Irb md nd ha cot ha nc
shamming.
Later l was examined by another doc
tor, and he said L had the -. Vitus
dance" continued Krauss. lie said he
had no medicines for me, and gave me n
prescription TO get filed In town. / had
no money, and went without the medi-
cine"
"Will you tell us that doctors manner"
Il would prefer not. / am an applicant
for a pension, and 1 want no trouble with
the doctors until my application is acted
upon"
do you mean to say you received no
medicine from the doctors in charger"
asked Dr. Conner.
"Oh, L got some quinine one day. All
the medicine they had was quinine, salts,
and castor Oil. They served 1t out in
turn"
j. Hussey. of Brooklyn, a private OF
the Ninth Regiment, testified that the
best OF all the food supplied by the gov
eminent was appropriated for the use of
the officers. Hussey served in the regu-
lar army before joining the volunteers,
and said that not more than one-thrd of
the regular army rations were issued to
the men Of his company.
RED CROSS AID.
DR.. Monae Lesser, who was in Cuba in
medical charge for the Red Cross Society,
was next examined. Replying to ques-
tons by DR.. Conner, he told Of the arrival
Of the Red Cross in Cuba and Of the or
fers Of supplies made by him at the in
stance of Miss Barton.
Were those offers refused"
II cannot say they were refused. !
acted as spokesman for our party, and
was informed that there were plenty OF
government supplies in hand l offered
DR.. Lagarde, at the SibOney hospital, the
services of the Red Cross nurses and he
said he had nurses enough, but he lacked
cots. our relations with the medical Off
GERS Of the army were most cordial
There was never any clash"
DR.. Lesser said the wounded were
promptly and scientifically attended to,
and that the surgeons generally acted
splendidly None of the fever patients
were without sheets. Those of the sick
who slept in the open air were not suf-
ferlng from fever, and the night air was
good for them.
"As far as / know" said DR.. Lesser,
none Of the sick at Siboney suffered from
lack of medicine. There was a scarcity
of food for the sick, l believe. There
were no supplies Of sick food, except those
of the Red-Cross Society"
Asked by DR.. Conner 10 tell what he
knew Of the condition of the transport
Concho and OF the precautions taken I'm
selecting the men fit to be sent home to
the United states, DR.. Lesser said the
transport was in excellent sanitary con
dition, was well found in food and medi-
cal supplies, and only the men who were
actually cOnvalescent were sent aboard.
The trouble at sea was occasioned by the
relapse caused by the change of air
Did the supply of food and medicines
suffice for those on board?' asked Or.
Conner.
CAN'T CRITICISE GOVERNMENT.
81 cannot answer that question. The
Red-Cross regulations do not permit me
to criticise the government"
"You are not asked 10 criticise."
81 cannot tell If the supply was sufi-
cient or not, without criticising those
who put the supplies on board. 1 believe
that not one death occurred on board the
Concho but that was caused by the pa
tient himself or by the mistaken kindness
Of friends. There were more deaths OF
yellow-fever convalescents from overfeed-
ing than from the effect of the disease
itself"
IF a Red Cross nurse should see an
officer take the life of one of his men,
would she be permitted to accuse the Off
Ger of murder?' asked General Beaver.
mo sir"
could she tell what she saw?''
Eyes. she might tell what she saw, but
she could not give her opinion as to its
being a murder or not"
Further questioned by Or. Conner. Dr.
Lesser declined 10 accuse the officers Of
the government Of any neglect I'm sending
so many men in poor condition on the
Concho. because there was no opportunity
OF making a microscopic examination OF
the men when they were leaving Cuba
Many of the men on the Concho had made
their way aboard without any official au-
thority, simply because they were anxious
10 get home.
Half a dozen privates of the Seventy
first Regiment presented written state
ments Of their complaints against the
regimental officers. The statements were
sworn TO and ordered on file, against the
protests of General Beaver and Or. Con
ner.
In consequence Of the continued indis-
position OF Rev. c. r. Hyde, pastor Of the
Third Presbyterian church. his pulpit viii
he occupied tomorrow morning by Rev
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