The times., 1899-02-13

pany This was a fruitful source OF in
Jury to the men. On the whole the camp
was unsatisfactory.
Camp Alger is classed as undesirable
/ Camp Cuba Libre. at Jacksonville. Fla.
and the camp at Fernandina are COM
mended. The camp at Miami Fla. sur-
nishes the Commission with another op-
portunity to have fling at General Miles.
The report calls attention to the fact that
the ground was selected by the Major
General Commanding and highly recon-
mended by him in a communication to the
Secretary of War. but was abandoned.
having been found I'm all respects TN
suitable
The camps at Tampa and San Francisco
are briefly referred to in the abstract and
little fault is found with them.
| Congestion MT wikon.
When the work of preparing the camp
| had hardly commenced, before single
! tent was pitched on Montauk Point on the
| 7th OF August troops began to come in
! from Tampa and other places in the South
! ern States. and within forty eight hours
! there were. OF these recruits and men left
behind when the Fifth Corps sailed for
I Cuba, force numbering 4.293 and with IL
seven or eight Thousand horses and mules.
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tents or equipment of any kind and with
only travel rations. which General Young
! testified gave rise to a great deal Of sean
I dai. though there was no occasion there
for. as the men did not suffer. and within
| twentyfour hours the baggage trains
came in.
! "As Camp wikos was to be a place Of
/ rest and recuperation for the sick army
! expected from Cuba. and at the same time
( a quarantine station for the protection of
| the country. it would certainly. for every
I reason, have been better If these thousands
/ of men and animals had not been ordered
I to Montauk. Their arrival and presence
/ increased the confusion and added TO the
/ burdens of all officials. military and rail-
! road.
| 1T was about two weeks before the camp
/ was in tolerable running order. and during
/ this time troops kept coming in. all in u
/ pitiable condition
| Transportation at the camp was in
I sufficient, and as a consequence supplies
were not delivered as promptly as was
desirable, and the transfer of sick and
convalescents from the vessels to the de-
tention camp was at times slower and
more trying than it should have been.
Much complaint was made. and Justly So
of delays in getting furloughed men away.
but the train service OF the railway was
enormously taxed. 1t was much to the
credit of the Long Island Railroad Com
pany that notwithstanding the great crowd
OF passengers carried to and from Mon
tauk during the existence of Camp Wikof,
not life was lost and not person in
iured.
THE sanitation of the camps and hos
pitals while far from perfect. was perhaps
as good as might reasonably have been ex-
pected. There should have been more gen
eral and free use of dsinfectants in and
about the sinks, the location and protec-
tion OF which were according to rule. There
was no epidemic of yellow or typhoid fever.
though it was both feared and predicted
that there would be.
Conditions Exaggerated.
"on the whole it may be said that Nom
| tauk Point was ideal place for the isO-
lation of troops who had been exposed TO
Or had yellow fever. and for the recupera-
tion OF those greatly debiltated by
| larial attacks of marked severity. The
time allotted for preparation was alto
! gether too short, and as a consequence
/ the camp was occupied long before it was
ready. Because of this. and because of the
/ great number of sick and convalescents
and of those on the ground who were Un-
/ connected with the army. there was much
I confusion. some lack of proper attention
/ to matters of sanitation and to the sick
I and without doubt cases of distress, it
| may be neglect. But after all there was
/ much exaggeration in what was written
/ and said about the conditions at Camp
| Wikon-exaggeration at times intentional,
| generally the result of unfamiliarity with
| the life of the soldier and with the ap-
! pearanee of a large number of sick and
| broken down men brought together in i
I limited space"
| The camps at Admission, Huntsville,
Knoxville, Lexington. and Camp Meade,
the Commission found in good condition.
Satisfied with h-csu-ts.
In conclusion the report says:
The result of the car.paign was the
complete realization of the several objects
contemplated: The capture of the city
with its Notifications and munitions Of war.
( together with immense supplies of food
stufs and ammunition tthe former esti-
mated by General Wood at 100000 "a
tions) the surrender of the entire pro-
/ vince of Santiago de Cuba, with all the
| troops garrisOning the same amounting.
as already stated. to between $4,000 and
I u goo the destruction by the navy OF
/ Admiral CerveTas fleet after its depart
ure from the harbor. and the general de-
moralization of the Spanish forces and the
! discontinue of the Spanish government
I and people. leading almost Immediately to
/ overtures for peace by Spain. All this was
accomplished without the loss of a prison.
/ er. a gun. or a color. and with list of
] casualties aggregating in killed less than
( go and in wounded less than 1.40O-losses
/ which, in comparison with results. are less
/ than have ever heretofore occurred in mod
I ern warfare
1T should be added. also. that the total
| deaths in battle from wounds and disease.
/ from the beginning to the end of the epi-
sode. aggregated less than 3,0OO-only 4
| fraction over l per cent"
/ The report closes thus:
| In concluding its labors it is with
much pleasure that the Commission re-
| ports that notwithstanding the haste with
/ which the nation entered upon the war
I with Spain, the resulting and almost in
/ evitable confusion in bureaus and camp
! the many difficulties of arming assem-
/ bling and transporting large bodies OF
hitherto unframed men. the carrying on of
/ active operations in two hemispheres. the
! people of the United States should ever
/ be proud of its soldiers. who, cO-operalinl;
: with its sailors, in less Than three months
put an end To Spanish colonial power.
cnfrapchised oppressed people and taught
/ the world at large the strength and nobility
! OF a great Republic"
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