Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-01
VALUABLE TESTIMONY.
ms no MEDICINE roS THE SICK


~ ',,r,,lon commission arrived here
80, chattanooga today They called
s,op Mai Gen. Wilson and CONFER
,nee was held to map out the work ~
,t,aion. Dr. Conner Will make
,..,.ngh Inspection VI the division
s,'f'1i while Gen Dodge and Col.
s.xten will make a tour VI tho l'e'-
u' g'n psdee says there have been no
.,mnlalnia concerning camp haihll
Ion and testimony taken mere NVulv
- especially upon the conduct OF
,.trs a. Chlckamauga PARK, where
80 of the regiments now her spent
W vs,nrninr TO town about , o'clock.
- '.,eiutiralon went into session al
a. retnuittec rooms at the PhOehN
ss,sl and began a hearing OF testimony
N,i zen. J.. VI. Wilson. now command.
~ M First army corps. was the hrst
''u'''" FIRST WITNESS.
r,., general said he was In charge
. tbe FIRST division, First corps AZ
g,tekamaura park. lie left there Win
N. command about July Let. bound TOT
porto Rico. A. Charleston NJ was hep,
.1,ns tWo weeks or more. he ala not
80, whether ID was on account 81 a
80 ~ transports or what Here the
,gab,id fewer broke out, and when ne
Xxx - IN he had 10 leave seventy
80 ~ ID behind The disemb1rka-
~ a, Porto Rico. he said, took eleven
1svu whpn 1, should have been accom-
siishrd In Two. This, ne claimed
~ on account ~ not having steam
iagnches. Cor which he asked ihc DE-
Urrfnenf ln vain. In Porto ltlco the
bstith of his troops was good on the
marcb. but az soon a. they came TO
siandssifi. sickness broke out.
Ogn Wilson said he had found the
government ratluna good ana sum
ssnt The most Of the sickness among
he troops was caused by the men cat'
lnr fruit aud trash. Il consider chick
smaugl pllk one N tho finest camps
IN the world" said Den. Wilson.
never saw itH superior unless u 10
camp Hamilton here at Lexington"
CIVILIANS GOOD OFFICERS.
Asked II he could make any auggca.
u5nf an 60 the beneficial changes, the
general said that be- h much In favor
Il ftFImuntal hospitals, which have al
ready been recommended, ana are now
bling established. Ills observation
has been that civilians have made good
-Hiesrt. proficient aud ubtdicnt 10 all
cImmauda. lie believed one u the
fflnfipai causes " sickness among IN
volunteers was that they were unused
10 camp life and TO the climate Of
c1st' charles w. Golden. commlsfary
o. no second brigade, Third division,
First CORPS. testified thnt on nearly all
occasions he had found the ratlons
rlod and sufficient quantities ana
Naf all fpuuiHitionH hadr had, he
nlught been honnfed na promptly ~
ttulblu iie said at one time lot %
bacon was found that had become In.
iilcd with maEEotH. but that a. soon
a. u was brought 20 the attention ut
he authorities Il was promptly COM
1rmnrd H. said that there was some
fault 20 b. found with the cooks and
culinary department. Of the various
regiments. due principally TO lncxpcr-
ienor.
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY,
Lieut. col Frank u. Baldwin. In
spoctlf general on Gen. Wilson's stan.
and who aaa on Gen. Wade'a stan at
ChlCkamauga gave some sensational
testimony clncrrnlng the conditions
there, when the camp was nrrt rHs
hlhfhri ihrTe," he said. ~ ala not In
tpcct single hospital but what I found
u IN a nlihy condition. Reports were
made Co. this 90 the commanding E'n-
HNH. HNNN improvements NNMHA WN NHN
served fW a Few days Iut ln short
time matters would gct ls bad az ever.
Ahlr the time the camp was broken
W tbs had been corrected 90 a large
extent Col baldwin further said
lfi hu bad known rrqulHluuna 60 Do
made frequently and not be hon.
efrl THIS was especially true In re-
gafd 10 She Second division. Third
h. &C.,. -, a.. .-....t.t... IA.
mere has been more disgrace brought
uipn iho rnlied states hospital nya.
tm hy ihs second division. Third
N'pH. ih1n ny any other iu tho service
,iu REALLY show this since no sort OF
s..gne'n was paid TO she complaints
cQL BALDWIN sald tina, 20 far as h,
tAp", Con. Compton, commanding ths
',.lnl division, only Inspected his
'nl 20 Sunday morning, and that
NJ dll not know u either Gen. Compton
~ u'h wade. the cyrps commander
llNaE inspected the second divlyluf
lsapilil Col BALDWIN said that h.
AAlAr" " ono Mississippi regiment which
ga hol SCI, lia clothing when Il should
~ alntrai greatly In consequence, al
wv "'ithrr was wet and nasty.
BAD CAMP SITE.
40 not consider ChlckamauFa Pari
suitable place Tor a large number
~ Nl'pH, Tor many reasons. My oh.
lNiiNn was that sinks could not b.
NY over I'VE feet without striking rock
Only water supply was Chlcki'
-4s, creek On two occasions I Oh
..l lhr water. entering the pipes q
gia ihEly bad, ON account u tn
~ anl refuse, II was explained tina
.lraklnE 81 dams caused this.
lh' creek nearly every day and
,tN,I stN the water In such conditio'
Wlt should have liked 20 drink Y
80 .'frf, The park has entirely To-
S ,. TIMBER land 60 make a goo,
, "tn sangor's division had 20 sen,
~. li four miles for water. 1 know
MlNoll, that no regiment Remained
~ months ana half without strlk
~ 'enis and raising the nOors a
,hAnsing It's encampment"
" she men We're allsWei
tBri,, 'nh waller from oertall
col Baldwin said; II
.ul az one officer humorously ne
aFhel, 10 keep the men from drink
~, "aler from any pool II was neoes
~ 70 put q sentinel over the poo
NJ, n,h put another sentinel owe
\, Keep him from dlnklng."
r,rg,,.n allNln stated that no such ur
=, e'ments were made 20 take ear
~ wv SINKS as have been made here A
rp hamilton. He said that IN
s.nll many got 40 perforated wit
tb9t y" me timber portion 81 the par
thr,n.,, was really unsafe 10 rid
I'M, ", that his horse had gon
mem up 20 his belly.
c WORST ON RECORD.