Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-11
VOLUNTEER NURSE TESTIFIES
Patients Were In Horrible Condition aud
We're seldom Iathed-Noiss, Dift
and stencil.

Detroit Mich. Nov. i0.-The western
section Of the war investigation com
mission today began the oxaminhti'i
OF witnesses at the Hotel Cadillac MAJ
corliss " the seventh infantry wal
the frat witness. During the war ih'
major was In camp at Chiokhmaufl
and Tampa, went 20 cuba with th'
army Of occupation. was wounded ny
III Cnnay and returned 90 Ntw h",
nn the transport Seneca. " -,.
Canoy he said hIa men were aupp
with "A fair quality uf rluNnsf nut wy
was some growing Alitr iN'
wounded the major was an Inmate ~
several Cuban hospitals. ana ln a." ''
them. he alyr. be- Jared very W,ll. ....
There were two contract iulh, lI7
an hiar1 tho seneca" said the ma
ior. "But they could not get any tn.r-
mnrnc,era or any dellcuclca iuf 90
alex. except a little mailed MIX AHN
rerpnis M1st Of the supplies We're Z.
tninrd az the iaHt moment ! thihh,
from the Relief Therr WAH "''
nurse on board. Migs Jennlnfa
Dr., Cunnur-Dn you know Wh 'h.i
any enof. was made hy those w'lI.
officers to SECURE supplies except li'm
Mai corlss-t DO not Tho Relief
was asked to furnish a certain amount
af drura when 10 was discovered ihit
there WIS not a sufficient quantity on
board the seneca. The men W','
fairly well taken care ~. noiwiihs'ahd-
Ing the scarcity ~ Hurrilef
Don. Dodge read statement rcp1fird
90 have been made ~ soldier "i 20.
seventh regiment. o. the eject thtt
positions na corporal were readily op-
iainsd by paying Il stipulated price.
"rhat Ia ilc.' responded MAJ. Core
lis. ..-
tormlatnr Seventh Infantry, tnHill'h
maj h. vas with the regiment Do cuba
ffum the time 10 len Tampa until ~
reached Moniauk Point August lith'
fHa statements were that the men
Jared fairy we'll ne 10 food Throughout
the campaign. witness command re-
turned 10 Moniauk on the Nucnian'
and the men were well taken care VI
according TO his testimony
No REGULAR NURSES.
cant. Charles Booth. seventh lnfan-
try testified that b. returned Win
thrse odd companies aboard the auNii-
larry cruiser Prairie, which hhd hc-
Communications for carrying troops.
Thrro were no regular nurses aboard.
and the two doctors witness cunHld.
cred. were young and inexperienced ana
hardly qualified % cope with iho con.
dltlonn. especially a. one NJ them was
ili. capt Booth said the men were nll
IN such miserable condition from ms
iarial poisoning on reaching Mohtauk
polni that their aiomacha would retain
nothing
Thirty.third Michigan volunteers, tee
tined In relation 10 conditions a. Do
had observed them ht Camp AlFer
alboney aud MOntauk. Excepting IN
reference 60 water. he thought the site
OF Camp Algcr satisfactory.
Questioned by d. cunnur aH to|
whether Mai. Appel. surgeon IN charge
Of medical work and supplies 10 Hlhu-
ney. fully attended 90 his duties. ID,
Nancrsde replied that there Wa great
delay In transferring tho sick ana
wounded from the hospitals 20 the
chips. They had much dlihculiy b.
said. In finding Or. Appel, who stayed
aboard the hospital ship ollyriir.
Witnrra said that the sick suffered
especially IN she early part n The cam
piign from the multiplicity pf dutlrs
Imposed upon the medical officers The
fault was not 10 much the lack of doc.
tors. but lack ~ proper Assignment
and management Of the whole.
SHORT OF SURGEONS.
Asked a. 60 the efficiency u the AZ.
vision az compared 90 tho rrElmcntal
system of hospitals the witness stated
that IN hiH opinion the division hospital
WIS all right In dealing with regular
srdura, but that with volunteers there
should h. more than one surgeon with
each regiment. iio said;
u saw ~ Mnnutuk ul wllful neglect,
btn / ga nuticr Inconvenience and disc
comforts consequent upon lack ~ DE
vision OF labor and responsibility. lu-
,crfrr,ncr from friends ana relatives
was u great source uf trluhlr. aUl, l
think, caused the flrllaKhlnF W a
great many patients flim the hospital
before they wcrc well enough g. o. Tee
moved"
IN. Lawrence u. knowles of Three
Rlvera, major, surgeon uf the Thirty
second Michigan volunteers. wuH heard
IN reference t1 The hIiptnlH at Tampa
and FeWar,linn. It, Haid that ut
simes ihey were ahIr uu medical sup.
plies al Tampa.
Dr. Conn0r read nom a report ~ in
Inspection uf the Fprmudlfa h0Hp.ai
AuEuTi 18TH, ana called attru,ha 90
che criticism that the bed clothes We're
not properly cleaned. Dr. KuuWirH
nnid that these clothes were aprukIrd
with chloride ~ lime and with bl0hlur-
ide ~ mercury when they could gci 10.
aud after shat were thoroughly boiled.
lie admitted she truth of The lusp.c-
tors rfslrt that the number ri rufHra
was totally Inadequate. itr had made
Vibrations 60 the chief surgeon ~ the
CORPS, Dr. Henley, flr more nursrs. hut
~ admitted that he ana not 90 furhu
In his guess.
Dr. Connor asked why he ana not
write or wire me surgeon general 81
the army on ths subject The Wsinesa
replied Lhw II ho did nst have ary
batter success tlln b. had had Zoo ape
plying or lime, 80 would have been "
no use.
DIRT AND DISORDER.
AIRS, Richards OF Boston testified up-
on she condition uf tho huHpIttiH al
Camp Thomas, whore she voluntarily
h,lp1d care fr tho -llilHiH from June
sih o. Augus, an. by permission ~
u,n. hr lkH, She ali; "lu ths Secs
ond division. Third corps hospital /
would MERTON mo general i.rt ana
disorder Che lack OF quios, 10, absence
- dlrlufrc'uuiH and thr hlrrIbe
stencil. iailrria were frequently nIthy
Md 1hry Nsit lnfrqututly bith.d.
s1me with nigh towers Werr nsv.-
baihtd rut even hay.ur their rsaks
ani arms fp1ngrd, I found patients
WIN thrlr eyer fYalrllH ana mouths
tuH ~ horrible illpH. MusuutD nothing
was there, but % waa M aIwlys IN
use thsru was utter neElect o. pu, fhs
mosquito netting down VIII Pc Z. W.uII
relieve The W en- Ny uUuIln b. tbaf
the nurses were Incompetent. bf litt
y hut strange, perhaps, Do view ID fhr
rar, that they wore taken from .hp
Or Onror-That g. tho only WV
thcy could be provided under tha army
a CAPT, George 3, Young. company H.
sS'Mh united States Infantry. .rs.I.