Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-26
TIPSY MULE PUNCHERS.
e.. nd Suffering Soldiers are Placed Under
Their Care.
ou,a MEN LIE ON THE COLD GROUND
49,. ns,, Honest Enough but DID MOI
Koow How to Raise suppl'''-h"-
a.,e. Of Regular onieers'

..,istant surgeon In the First IN
-, vas the nrst witness before ihe
iH" in,esilratlon commission today
ain his regiment and with
-. Fourth infantry In cuba ne ar
~ Al santiago on the ION OF july
=, mi the medical supplies short
" 70 unable to secure any Of them
NV u.s. days. until he learned how to
~ r.m from the division hospital
-. vasa sufficient quantity %
-. but A shortage " morphinei
-. he had all of this latter
-, mat wns absolutely necessary
-, able 20 secure hospital stores.
" !. food dollcaclcs. BY "rusillnE'
,t.m. getting them nrst from the
- 90, s3c.c;y and then going 10
".1.ss, for them. lie had made
e'" ',.',.,, ON the chief u the division
~ hs.s supplies, but had been I'M
an. I, secure them because they were
~, nee. However. he had no sr-
IAN. Illness in the command.
N. Cannot asked " the government
s,yil pst have gotten these supplies
:. s,silaso a. promptly as the Rcd
cfo.,. and d. Cfou replied that while
n, hai ~ Information he thought II
could have done 49,
ALL uRoKEN UP.
MN g,nil.gn with the Fourth In
,.gif, and hii gunc to Montauk Point
10 tbs second when they left cuba
hg ssu iho command was AL broken
M INA rytfy man % the command
NJ ia On thc way north. Tho doctor
GIm..f wa sick and At the detention
hospital al Mlntauk. and he t.s;.ned
10 ihs careful conduct OF that imu-
sutton. saying the supplies were ample
and ihe attention was all that could
q 5l F,fc Of the Third Tennessee.
having made request 10 supplement his
fiaiomtnt 81 yesterday. gave tome ui
H. PARTICULARS concerning the sinks
ut.4 BY his regiment tie said they
ufn Wy near the tents and that u
vaf lmp1f1iblt 10 remove them farther
aeInr 10 the proximity Of other fugl-
mfn,i. sx 81 them being within stones
hr.U. in one Instance the sinks 81
another regiment were within twenty
pactt u ,ho Tents " the line officers
M character Of the soil had also rUu-
did Il Impossible 10 put she sinks down
more than four fcct rendering u nee
rnary % renew the sinks every two VI
hne DAY.. Thus thc noll became hon-
gcdmhli with sinks,
Nevertheless, the sinks were care
igly looked after and Ms regiment had
ian especially commended by the bril-
4le commander Tor the condition OF
n camp. lls characterized ~ false
asl malicious some ChargcH made
auInb hla regiment by a Chattanooga
nu.Ohn named Hunt. who had been
Win iha regiment Tor a time.
Lieut. Reed " the Fourth Wisconsin.
Lieut. West VI the Third Alabama and
ileit Hai.y u ihu Third Tennessee
were ait1 examined. West IL the COM
mlHsay and quartrrmnstcr u this fcgi-
mtnt ana Reed was comlHfaTy Cor his
regiment Cor a time. West said the sup
piles were ample ana excellent. Lieut..
Haley 10 commiffary for his regiment.
lle sad there hnd been a fuw cons
lialnis whore ntl1nH were not sufficient
but b, thought the complaint was
louFh.
Other WITNESSES al the forenoon ses-
npn weu Fountain Haylhnd aud Ed
vard simmons (colored) Of the Third
Alabama u. e. Lemkc. o. duhrtemha-
go sefsean' q The Fourth Wisconsin;
.'hgtctsmin colaln, colonel VI the
iourih Kentucky. and Ilsut. Col. Ca.
bell " ihc sc.ond Arkansas.
''Nfll AhNh ithltltlllsis
Col. CabgIl said In reply 20 questions
lli ~ d. Clnnur that he had OBJ
eefNed a coalition u affairs at she hos
lal stan % ihr sccond division u the
lh'7i army corps IN June which NJ
oeElstci horrible. lie had himself
go one sick man blng without the
il'Nuon " even a tont. and he had
pfn Informed hy other officers that
-lla. uihtrh had been let in the same
way ie thought the doctors we're hon-
~ enouEh' but that they did not know
-. 60 F'i supplies
Nule drivers had been used for
purses ana he had been reliably in.
ined that many ~ them were IN o.
Atuit W guitng drunk and ON such 0c-
htHlrclng their patient. I'D
~ W seho1lcr was me division sur
s,lh 40 NE time,
90 cablll Is lieutenant In the
.sulaf army and his testimony had
,',leh' impression upon The oom-
Aal Charles y, King. surgeon OF tn,
s.ilh WISCONSIN, regiment. was one
w hfai Witnesses this afternoon
~ hng aald the medical supplies OF
:, lrslmeni were insufficient, aud thai
ils Wa much delay Ia gebilng requ1.
ann nlcl lie thought there was d
WY quantity u food. but Hiil
ng " ne mon would not eat IL, pre-.
"tNHk W buy food Tor themselVea
,N' wilson asked II the men had
~ Wmphlnpd 90 him a. surgeon OF
Ky. .tsmcnI and DR.. King replied
M Whll ild you say TO thcm9' 0sket
w, grngfll
- ga them 70 20 20 the deyll ant
y, WAT they had" replied ne.
Wnh mat q very lnpropcr reply
llu % hayr made" said Den. WI
~ eng be- declined 10 further continue
'D' summation.
BAD WATER.
~ Henry H. Lee. major and surgeon
~ We Third brigade. First division
mo orps, said he had urged the re-
49, i lhe camp from Chlckamaugl
sri 'lse he considered the water bi,
sr. gluHe ~ the lmpossIhillty OF get
- hehsnn, who was Inspector gen
4, ~, ~ ne First division. Third corps
nli.okamaura, said u had been i'm
=, .,N lp enforce sanitary regulation
'Nckamauga, because WHOM me-
tn' aIlesied the courts would M
sN.n Them. He thought the cam
~ k'ldl but said some OF the camp
49, oeeh poorly located. lie cnusld
s,i he men who had located IN
rsirs'~ responsible for this state OF al
r Woodbury., an engineer on Ger
NJ ~ ainn, ala not consider the al
amp Thomas suitable Tor A perma
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