Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-01
frequently and not to be honored. This
was especially true in regard to the
Second division, Third corps.

frequently ana not 10 De uOuot0u' .io
was especially true In regard TO the
Second division, Third corps.
DR.. Conner, of the commission, salu:
"There has been more disgrace prougnt
upon the United States hospital system
by the condition OF the Thlrd corps
than any other in the service. l can
readily see how this was, since no soII
of attention was paid to the complaints
made"
Col. Baldwin said that so far as he
knew. Gen. Compton, commanding tne
Second division, only inspected ms
command on Sunday morning, ana that
he did not know of either Gen. comp
ton or Gen. Wade, the corps COM
niander, having inspected the SecoEd
division hospital.
81 do not consider Chickamauga Park
a suitable place for a large numDer o.
troops for many reasons. My opserVa-
lions was that sinks could not De Jug
over six feet without striking roch.
The only water supply was Chlckanau-
ga Creek. On two occasions observer
the water entering the pipes TO De III
exceedingly bad condition on account
of filth and refuse. 1t was eXpialnea
that dams breaking caused this. saw
the creek nearly every day and never
saw the water in such condition that L
should have liked to drink it.
Col. Baldwin further stated thaI
there was
GREAT RIFFICULTY
in getting lime, due to the inefficlency
of the quartermaster's department.
On one occasion, he said that he was
notified that there was an abundance
of lime, that he in turn notified several
| regimental commanders. lhey haaE
reol1isitions and we're given one Darrel
| of limo each and notified that that Was
al, that could be granted them.
! The commission adjourned at $50
for dinner, and resumed its session at
o'clock.
Col. William A. Pew. of the Eighth
Massachusetts, was called. The prin-
cipal complaints he made were OF the
! difficulty his regiment experienced in
| securing medical supplies. He SAID
his surgeon would make out a requisl-
ton and hand it in to the proper Off
GERS, and they would return them, say
| ing there were no supplies and it was
| of no use to make acquisitions.
Col Robert w. E. Leonard, of the
! Twelfth New York, testified that the
surgeon Of his regiment was continual
! " clamoring for medicine to give the
men in quarters. He could not secure
these he said, so the colonel spent
$500 out of his own pocket for medi-
cines Col Leonard said he commits
sary supplies had been good and abund-
ant. The colonel complained of the
quartermaster's supplies. especially Oh
the shoes: he said that he had spent
nearly 5000 out of his own pocket for
shoes for his men.
COL. w. X. CAFFEE,
Second Missouri, stated that his regi-
ment did not receive all equipment
until two days after leaving Camp
Thomas for Lexington. Among the
last things issued were the boilers fOl
boiling water. which were ordered
! gore than two months before. Col
| Caffee said: Sick men from my reg
lment were sent to division hospitals
anu could not be received because the
hospital was already overcrowded.
we mad no medicine in the regi.
WbfsIIee l visited the hospital each day
" found the tenf There and l frequent
| ~ AOuHu INC telIS uIIuOU.0a,
crowdede so close together that one
crowded SO close together that one
couId not pass between The tents
were so leaky that when it was rafnine
I the men in the hospital had to be COW
ered with ponchos and rubber blankets
to be protected from a drenching.
Col. Chaffee said that his regiment
| received not only not enough barrels
to hold boiled drinking water but not
even enough to haul the four miles
| necessary, despite acquisitions made.
. When we could not get men in the
division hospital on account of its
overcrowded co on satdo give the
sick. We made acquisitions for it and
they were returned with this endorse
ment from the chief surgeon of the
corps: Medicines are issued only to
men in division hospital and not to
those in quarters
I'm my opinion it was a great mis-
take to do away with the regimental
hospitals. But had the division hospi-
tails at Chickamauga been anything
like the one here at Camp Hamilton,
there would have been no fault to find"
Col. Caffee gave some of the
MOST VALUABLE TESTIMONY
obtained by the commission
Lieut.. Col. D. D. Mitchell of the
First Territorial, testified that though
the regiment mustered into the SER
vice the middle of July and that it
did not receive its arms until about
three weeks ago. 1t has not yet re-
ceived all its clothing. The men suffer-
ed without blankets, on account of rain
and the cool nights.
"They have told us every day for ten
days." said Col. Mitchell. that our
stoves would be here tomorrow. but
they have not come yet"
RACE WAR SITUATION