Evening star., 1898-12-05

Montauk, witness saa that persons were
permitted to visit it When they gave good
reasons therefor. Some persons who had
merely been inspired by curiosity had man
aged to get in.
Two of these Were newspaper men," said
Dr Brown, and L did not regret it, for
they told the truth.
Witness lever knew of the bodies of any
de1d which were sent<away in a nude con-
dition. Some we're sent without uniforms
where such clothing had been worn out.
we have sworn testimony before u.s."
said Dr. Conner, Nwhere three bodies were
received from Montnuk at their homes
without even so fnuch as sheet on them
Witness had no knowledge of such in
stances. He had heard rumors to that ef-
feet: that the bodies Mad been sent from
the detention camp. They were not sent
from the generaiehospital, he was sure.
Use of Disinfectants.
Asked about the disposal of the excreta
of typhoid and other patients in the gen.
eral hospital and it's disnfection Dr. Brown
stated that once an hour during the day
and once every two hours during the night
the disinfectng process WAS gone through
with: One man who was found about
breaking the rigid rules governing this
feature of the hospital was confined In the
guard house for thirty days without pay.
Witness would have necessarily known if
mere had been any gross neglect in this
the kind.
The Demand for Drugs.
There was no scarcity of drugs at Mon
tauk until the second transport arrived.
Then the regiments began to make heavy
demands. But there was never time
when there was not a sufficient supply of
drugs for all practical purposes There
was much delay in receiving medical sup
plies from New York by reason of their
being sent in unmarked ears and mixed UP
with quartermaster and other supplies.
There was constant searching of the cars
by medical officers. The Long Island Rail
road Company would receive the supplies
at the New York end and it's agents at
MOntauk would not be able to tell what
cars these We're in 1t needed constant
search after these supplies. The auth )ri-
ties of the hospital were notified by those
In New York whence supplies We're pur
chased that the latter were delivered to the
Long Island Railroad Company. On one
occasion 1t took five weeks to locate such
supplies and in one instance a shipment
could not be found for three months.
Why Medicines Were Not Obtained.
Regarding the filling out of acquisitions
for medical supplies made by regiments
witness declared they were always imme-
diately honored.
"A requisition would be made he said,
'and be filed out. Then We would be
asked if We could not send the supplies
over to the regiment. We would inform
them that We had no means Of transporting
the supplies asked and then be told
that they would have TO do without them.
They would be asked if there were not two
well men in their regiment. and when they
said yes, would be told to send them over
with a stretcher and pack the supplies
over They'd depart and sometimes not
snow up again. The men who came to
Montauk from Cuba seemed to have lost
all snap; seemed to be helpless
Care of the Sick.
No really sick men were ever refused adj
mittance to the general hospital. Frequent
ly soldiers who knew there was an abund-
ance of good things to eat in the hospital
would come and ask for admission. when
they were not in the slightest need of med
zeal treatment. and such were refused.
lhere Were 80 hospital tents in the gen.
erai hospital and its annex at nlontauk
Inc detention camp hospital had 165 The
three division hospitals had about :S2J The
resimental hospitals had one or two tents
each.
why were not tie sick In the regiments
sent to the general hospital for treatment ,"
ihere seemed 10 be feeling on the part
OF regimentai surgeons against the general
hospital that it coHldn't properly take care
or their sick. Then the regimental author
lues didn't come To the proper authorities
of the general hospital
Dldn the regimental surgeons come in
person?" r. .f "
Il never saw but two regfmental sur
geons there. They generally sent members
of the hospital cotps."'
Always Room for the Sick.
Some of the hospital tents were used for
storage purposes. Witness declared tha t
there never was time when the general
hospital did not have sufficient room for
the sick. There was an Insufficient supply
or beds and cots, but there were always
the station. but there were NOT suficient
means of transportation. There were forty
ambulances at the general hospital but
twenty OF them We're useless because of
broken tongues Every effort was made to
obtain sufficient means Of TRANSFORMATION
but everybody was after the same thing
Upon the visit of the Secretary Of War to
Montauk, witness suggested to him the ne
cessty of providing the general hospital
with transportation facilities of its own.
and four wagons were added Asked if
when transports left Cuba the hospital su-
thorities had not been notified, DR. Brown
replied atfirmatiyely.
Providing for Emergencies.
And right here 1t would be we'll to ex-
plain what confronted US at Montauk. We
would receive cabegram from Santiago
that such a transport had left with so many
sick on board. The Olvette for instance
was reported as leaving with seyenty-fiye
sick aboard. When she arrived at Mon
tauk there were 2i5 sick aboard"
After two OF three transports had come
and this condition had been realized would
1t not have been a sensible course to pro-
vide for such emergencies2'
Yes. And we did After the first two or
three transports had come with such a
great increase in sick over the number
cabled We worked night and day TO meet
the necessities"
Recess was taken at this point
After recess Dr. Brown continued his tes-
timony. which was confined to various de-
tails about the hospital at Montauk.