The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-08
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water from where he did To this General
Boynton made reply that the water IL
question was never intended for the use
Of the men as drinking water. but tha;
il was meant simply for watering the
stock and such purposes.
DISINFECTANTS UNOBTAINABLE
Dr.. William Cuthberson. surgeon OF the
First Illinois cavalry. said sinks a;
Chickamauga had TO be dug with picks
and shovels. the supply OF which was ire
mendously insufficient. The surface soil
ne said, was very shallow and non-ab-
sortive and sinks would soon become
filthy.
When a requisition was sent IN for
quick lime with which TO disinfect the
camp" ne said. there was 10 supply Of
that material and the medical department
was handicapped by me lack OF many
necessary articles for the proper santa
ton of the camp,
GOOD AND EVIL REPORT.
Colonel Henry L. Turner. OF the First
Illinois volunteers. said conditions were
fairly good at Chickamauga during the
three weeks his regiment was there His
command was promptly supplied with ra-
tons at Chickamauga and the quality was
good. He continued:
cat Tampa we we're finally very COM
pletely supplied with qusrtermaster' $
stores. being very persistent. ] think
there was a great oversight at SFboney.
We reached Siboney on Saturday morning.
July 9 and General Reynolds then in
formed me that he had received telephone
orders that I was 10 disembark at once.
When I asked him what Preparations had
been made for Decentralization ne said:
! do not know anything about that You
must fight that out yourself
II went ashore and spent about two
hours trying 10 find somebody VINO would
give me some information as 10 how /
was to get ny regiment on shore. We got
off all our men by the next noon Sunday
some OF our ratons and some of our tent
age. but a good deal OF our stun remained
on the transport and some OF It was
taken TO Porto Rico. For these first days
We were al Santiago we nearly starved
TO death-could get no supplies in any
way. Finally thirty of my men volun-
teered TO foot u TO Siboney and bring out
on their backs enough supplies 20 keep
the men alive. In connection with this
General Shafter sent me very sharp
note. complaining that ! had not reported
the situation directly 90 him"
Colonel Turner defended a considerable
length the camp OF the volunteers, 50 far
as ne had seen. He said that the condi-
ton at Chickamauga was caused by
qIartermasters and commissaries. who
-
adapt them TO the handling of emergen-
cies growing out OF the war. Colonel Tur-
ner said the transports on which his
regiment was carried TO and from Cuba
were IN good shape and had sufficient
quantity of food and medicine.
COLONEL TURNER AT MONTAUK-
He observed nothing at Montauk which
indicated a lack OF proper medical sup
plies He continued:
THE detention camp. 50 far as I could
judge of 1t on the face was as fine a
camp as I ever saw. The only thing l
could criticlse was that there was a dis
position to turn men out before they
were entirely recovered. / found men
who mad been discharged from the nos
pitals while in almost a state Of delirium.
l heard of many men sent from the nos
pital and very weak waiting for an IN
reasonable time for transportation TO get
home and four or five men. one OF them
almost unconscious, discharged from the
hospital"
DR.. SEM ON CHICKAMAUGA.
Dr. Nicholas Sem gave testimony before
the commission az the evening session. He
was at Chickamauga three weeks in June
Forty thousand troops were there at
the time he said. land the sick accumu-
lated very rapidly. Provision was being
made for the as fast as could be done.
When / was there q good many OF the
sick were on the ground. There were
only a limited number of cots. Medical
supplies were on hand to a limited extent
We never had difficulty in having requi-
sitions recognized and Endorsed. but some
how ii required an unusual length OF time
for the things TO get there"
Dr. Sem said he thought the men in
charge OF the hospitals did very well. con-
siGerlng that they were new in the ser
vice He continued:
of course. a great many OF the nurses
were incompetent. although they did the
best they could. have no knowledge OF
any nurse having been drunk at Chicka-
LiAduEG " me - IS NAlEAr 4 EelH many
sick men lying IN their camp clothing but
do not know how long they had been 50.
1 have heard that nurses emptied bed
pans on the ground outside the tents,
but never saw il. Ny impressions OF the
DIVISION hospitals were very favorable.
considering the circumstances / left
when the typhoid fever was
spreading rather rapidly ] doubt X x
would have much influence to prevent The
spread OF typhoid. ] attribute the spread
OF the disease 20 the fact that typhoid
fever was brought to Chicksmsuga by
some % our state troops. also 70 poor
sewerage. The sinks were dug all rght.
but they were not properly poised ] a.
not think the commanding officers did
their duty IN policing the sinks. / eK-
pressed myself as being perfectly salts
fed with ChickamauEs a. q ste FOR a
shor: encampment with the understand
ing that the water should have been Ia
ken where z ought 20 have been taken.
7 stiil th!uk 80. but believe the water
was good : saw many soldiers bathing
abovs the intake q the creek from Which
the water supply was obtained In my
opinion the water IN mis- creek vas con-
tamlaated Il many ways"
When asked as 70 TIE cosdltions prevail
ting al the front a. Santiago as regards
the care Of ne sex, and The Furnishing
OF necessary supplies. Dr. Sem said there
we're very fex cots Tor ths SEX ones and
most of me men slept on the ground lie
continued:
There was alSo a great lack % tents
ard much difficulty vas sVperienoe5 IL
getting proper medical sup2aes- We
brought ample supplies IN ne hospital
ships. but As re had no rghtsrs fhere
" could 10; unload them from the SHIPS
Ger days Il ne supplies had al been
landed they would aave lasted but a
ntile over ter days tbs wss - III.
r1su- There should have besl supplies
enough 20 last thirty dag
n Porto Pc d sera ~ hs frrrs