The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-13

Second Avenue eight hundred Eve. =
| by express. thus insu-tng their more
| prompt delivery.
The delay in some Instances fl secur-
| ing medical supplies az Santiago seems 20
| have been partially due TO careiessness In
! loading them On the transports. This Is
| shown ia the cases Of the steamship La
/ Grand Duchess, which left Charleston. 9.
| C.. July : Upon loading the vessels at
| Ponce on July IS q large supply Of medical
| stores were found upon Ter destined for
| Skaters army at Santiago. The vessel
was ordered 10 Santiago July q.
Hospital ships Unsuitable-
| The steamers Seneca and Concho were
used as hospital ships for the return OF
I sick and wounded from Santiago in July.
| Their conditions for this purpose were IN
/ suitable.
| Land importation Defcient.
Land transportation OF the command
/ during the Santiago campaign; Owing TO
/ the hack Of necessary transports the
| means OF land transportation during the
| Santiago campaign was painfully def
| cient. Gen. Shaftsr testified that he could
carry no more on his transports from
| Tampa: that he realized he would have
/ very few agnoulances, but that wagons
| could be used for transportation. both OF
/ the wounded and Of the supplies. while
| an5uiances could BE employed only for
| enc purpose. Gen. Humphrey testified that
no more land transportation was taken.
/ simply because the vessels were fully
| loaded.
/ The testimony shows that the trans
/ ports arrived of the south coast % Cuba
| near Santiago on June Ii. that the pack
| trains were landed on June %. that the
. FIRST wagons were landed on June q and
| that the landing Of the latter was con-
| unued more rapidly than they could be
| set up On shore and that, Ia fact some Of
| those that were landed were never set
| Up AZ all.
| Gen. Charee festitlcs that on July 1.
| al the battle Of II Caney ten DAYS after
| the arrival OF the fleet, there were no
! ambulenees or wagons available and that
| the roads were SO horrible tha; they could
/ not reach the front
| coed work Under Adverse Conditions
| - Is plainly evident that the army Of
| T.ss men dtseDbaFkod IN the face Of an
| enemy ia hostile country ana rapidly
| tngo@n forward against "A we'll armed
| foroe, was painfully deficient in land trans
/ Iportation. h1It in spite Of the absence Of
| this almost absolutely necessary portion OF
I the equipment 81 81 wei-tEaiaed command,
| X drove the enemy before II. captured their
! oaiIosts, pushed them behind taeir main
/ aefenseS. drove their feet from Santiago
| bay 10 absolute destruction as Il faced the
| navy ~ eur country and finally, after
| gallant fighting under tropical sun.
| amidst r1ost adverse conditions captured
"a strongly fortified city AID received as
| prisoners ~ var over 23.oo Spanish SOL
| Giers.
Rniions Regularly Issued.
| Subsistence department, Brig. Cen.
| Charles I. Eagaa. cognalsszAry general. L.
/ :. a. ~ charge.
| The courToi ssion has carefully iavesti-
| gated TIE subject of the condition. quality
| sna qaaH1l.y u feed supplied 10 the army,
! Alrnasf without exception ii has beer
| SHOWN ~ the testimony taken that wAer-
| ever Ghe troops were orierea, whether ia
| ,he various camps IN the United States or
! 81 Porto Rico. Cuba or Manila, the ratsous
| preser1 fsesl by las were on the transports
and ~ the camps.
| bat one Day Nhen They Were short.
$50 Ear as W have hee0 able - ascertain
! taef- was but one occasion, that ~ DAY
/ -. t-sut of santiago, waen the troops were
| s-+r. su-Iy short - ratt3ES. these had been
! Supplied. but thrown aside when the men
| went lato action the co0ditior % TIRE roads
! ana Haek ~ transportation preventei
! prompt r~lssle. A. tines the vegetable
J ration was not OK good quality tae pa1a-
| tssS ARA cTsous being spoiled Condemns
| ty beael cf survey. zvlch Vesstah s>s were
| destroyed md an equivalent part - the va
! ton issued Sactr tr00Ssa occurred ga
! cause such Vegetables aod ether a8 ynagrl
| fH-3 w@ge disposed - IS tae company win
! oai tbe Warrant u a boar3 q survey Tut,
NaF &sUe shw0Gh tg1araacf, theIr offir er-
rot knowing waat Was necessary to r.,
I dere
Celebrated Refrigerated beef Case
.Hf1~1sfrases t-scf. T13s commission
ws@ preferred the 2ath cay - September last
I g. ~ sfr s}S. 3sv os December SIS rne.gs-
t~fe e@t aiken tesr. naoay .a seventeen a.