Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-26
.NEDICIN ES SHORT.
mod ron SICK TO DE OBTAINED
ONLY FROM RED cross.
r0L. CABELL MAKES AN IMPRESSION.
,r. TcstfGes 10 Hospital Conditions
1,..t He Considered Horrible
,t,tc-Driyers, Used for Nurses, in
he Hnbtt of Getting Drunk.

NuIC-DrtNersi tseu ioH
he Habit OF Getting Drunk.
tNNISTON, ALA, october &.-Dr. H.
r Boss. assistant surgeon in the First
r...rfrv. was the first witness before the
Mar Investigation Commission to-day
- was with this regiment and with the
r.,rth Infantry in Cuba. He arrived at
..r-toeo on the 10th Of July lie found
... medical supplies short, and was un-
.r.a 10 secure any OF them for Few
DAVIS until ne learned how 10 get them
from the Division Hospital There was
.Hrioncv of quinine, but a shortage oil
--.rpbine. However. ne had all OF TINS
.,,cr remedy that was absolutely neces-
..rv He was able 10 secure hospltu
stores. such as food delicacies, by must
ling for them. from the Red Cross so
c.s.v and going TO Santiago for them. lie
had made a requisltion on the chlet sur
.,son NJ the division for these supplies
,,,, be had been unable TO secure them
because they were not there. However
D.. nod no serious illness In the com
mand. ...,r.e,
RED CROSS FACILITIES.
D- Cornor asked if the government
oo,,ld NOT have gotten these supplies 10
Santiago as promptly as the heu ~ U99,
and Dr. Boss replied that, while he hau
no Information, ne thought IL could nave
done so. IL, .to Eorrtb
RE had left Santiago with the our ~ ~,
Infantry and gone 10 Montauk rum ~
+r. seneca. When they left Cuba ne salu
~ command was "all broken up, ana
.,.er, man Of the command was SIN Oii
tbe way north. The Doctor hiInseI Nas
sick and I'm the detention hospl'al az
lfontauk. and he testified 10 lhe Co' ~ ~
1rduct of that institution saying the
.,rnlies were ample, and the attehuoh
,..9e I'm that could have been desreu'
COLONEL FYFE RECALLED.
y..,,r,l T,,.fe Of the Third Tennessee
r.viDp made request 10 be perml'leu 10
..,.-.l5,,ent his statement OF yesterday
.orrerning the sinks used by his regiment
said they were very near the 'eh'e'
+r4t IL was impossible TO remove lleHI Lu'
Their owing TO the proAlHnly 't,bt, o
,.giroeuts six of them being Wllnih
l,s throw In one instance the
.,te NJ another regiment were WiIhIl'
.-,,,. racas of the tents Of the line ON
Gers The character of the SOIL also' TO-
rendered IL impossible 10 put 'le sum- -
down more than four feet Iehuellns ~
,..Ceseary 10 renew the sinks every Two
49, dovs Thus the soil became
t,,s,conbed with sinks. NeVertheiess,
a.. si,ls were carefully looked alter' ana
tis regiment had been especlaHy Coi IN
merded bv the brigade commander lor '"e
condition Of its camp
COMAuSSARY OPINION 80.
other witnesses examined were 80
tenant Reid. Of the Fourth Wisconsin %
il,,.orort west of the Third Alabama
and Lieutenant HALEY. Of the Ihiru zen
rsesea West IS the commissary anu
cuarterrnaster OF this regiment, ana iNeiu
Was commissary for his regiment Ior d
time. West said the supplies were imp
and excellent. but Reid compliance sci.,e
what Of the meat supplied DeioIe '''
regiment left Wisconsin 60
Lieutenant HALEY Is commissary LOT
his regiment. lie said there had been a
few complaints that the rations were rot
sufficient. but ne thought the compltlh'
was caused 10y the return of men on lur-
Tough.
session were Fountain Ragland and Ed
ward simmons two colored men or the
Tbird Alabama; II. G. Lemke, quarter
masters sergeant of the Third Wisconsin,
ro,qr,ssman Colson. colonel Of the
Fourth Kentucky. and lAeutehaht-'olo'
mel CabelI. of the Second Arkansas.
COLONEL CABELL'S TESTIMONY.
colonel Cabell said I'm reply to questions
r,,t hv DR.. Conner that he had observed
condition OF affairs at the hospital OF
trc second Division Of the Third ARMY
f.orps in June which be considered norm
1I. He had himself seen one SICK HiHl
wing In the rain without the pro'eC'ioI
entity and had been informed 10y
other officers that several o'heIs L"% ,,,,
1sft ip the same way. He thois"' w
foctors were honest enough bat they ui'
MOI know how 10 get supplies. NIUE
Irivers had been used for nurses anu ~
mad been reliably Informed that mdnS y
them were i'm the habit OF gctuhs ~ LIN i'm
and on this account neBlecuhs INV" ="
tents. - a,-isto,
He said DR. SchOoler was the uiNlsiOi
.urgeon at the time. A.
roIonei Cabeu is a lieutenant IN tn
rsrular army and his testimony maue al
IMPRESSION upon the commission. 80,
,7fRGEON KING USES BAD Ian
GI'AGE.
Major Charles i. King, surgeon VI VI
Fourth Wisconsin Regiment, was enc y
the first witnesses OF the afternoon -
King said the medical supplies OF his req
ment were insufficient, and NAT th el
was much delay In getting REPUTATION
filled. He thought there was suflci'h
quantity OF food. but said some 81 IN
men would not eat n. preferrlng 10 Du
food FOR themselves. General wilson ash
ed II the men had ever complained 10 M
as surgeon Of the regiment. and ~ h'h
replied that they had.
what did you say TO them asked IN
General
Il told them 20 go 20 the devil ana "a
what they had" he replied.
IL think that a very improper "eply 10
you 20 have made" said General Wilson
and he declined 10 further continue IL
examination.
SANITARY RULES Iai"oSslBLE.
Dr. Henry H. Lee. major. and surSco
~ the Third Brigade. First DIVISION
Third Corps. said he had urged the 10