The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-03
Virginia @ Oficer Criti-
cizes Man agement
at Get ettysburg
OSII'E VIEW is
RMIlY Y ARGUED

4 SSsNA ~ ~ - = 80 10y ~ AAE
Agitation Against Leo
pold Was Fostered by
Great Britain.
Advocating tho discontinuance OF
Joint camps or instruction and the
Iisubstitution therefor Of State camps
with instructors from theregular army.
iLieutenant-Colonel Junins f. Lynch,
surgeon general OF the National Guaru
of Virginia, prccipitated the principal
discussion of yesterdays sessions OF
| the Association Of Military Surgeons or
lihe United States. He thought the s6V,-
I coo spent at Gettysburg last summer
wasted.
Colonel Lynch's views were vlgor-
ously opposed by several members.
chief among them being Captain Henry
u. Thomason. the officer OF the medical
corps OF the United states army, who
is in charge OF the medical department.
ot the Division of Military Affairs.
captain Thomason expressed the opin-
ion that the benefits to be derived from
such institutions were too patent to
need demonstration. 8
paper containing Impressions Of the
joint camp OF instruction held at Get
tysburg during the past summer. 1t
Will be remembered that the Virginia
Volunteers, with the Maryland militia
and infantry, cavalry and artillery
commands from the United States army.
were the first to encamp there.
Claims Incfflciency.
Colonel Lynch. commenting on the
paper and on the encampment. called
attention to the unprepared condition
CT the grounds. The troops were hamp,
cred, he said, by delays and ineficiency
on the part of the Quartermasters de-
Tartment. The incinerators We're not
working properly, and the civilians
who had promised to keep them In
condition were not forthcoming. The
regulars, he said, had not done their
part. 555ajss..
| The point this argument was thav
too much was expected OF the Ma tiona,
Guard wteIs the camp hid not been SO
| planned and org ganlzed as to allow them
tto5do good work. S
! The question OF sanitation had q
good deal TO do with the argument. It
appears that following the return OF
the troops from Gettysburg. nine cases
of typhoid fever developed. with one
Edeath-that of an officer.
| This, however. was as nothing COM
pared with The infection among Troop
A of the Maryland cavalry, in which
tttwenty-eight cases, or more than one
third OF The total membership. de-.
lveloped. THIS infection. 1t pears.
was traced to an infected spring just
below the ground where the Mary
land cavalry was located.
! Should Know Better.
On the other hand, 1t was stated that
! this spring had been barricaded. and
that the soldiers should have known
better than to have used water whic n
ttt5 was patiently attempted 10 Is keep
them away from.
Lynch thought it would be best to have
1.-The members of the National Guard
stay in their own States. and to be in>
I5structed there by officers OF the res
l5gular army. a
TIE pronounced it as his deliberate
Judgment that the $4,000 expended In
maintaining the Virginia troops at
iGettysburg mad resulted in practically
no benefit. @
Captain Thomason did not agree
with Colonel Lynch in the slightest. He
Thought the benefits We're evident; tha t
1.-the massing Of regular and volunteer
troops together was for the best IN =
l6terest of both: tina t by such methods;
the unfortunate sanitary conditions
Which resulted some years ago In
camps OF instructed volunteers are.
now avoided. Taking 1t alt ether. he.
Thought Joint camps were5aSg ood thing!
Tecllnicnl Papers.
| Most OF the papers We're naturally.
|Stechnical in their nature. and con-
|Ssequently of little general interest
They related to sanitary conditions in
camps of instruction and IN barracks.
and forts. and to the prevention and
cure of diseases likely ito assail men
who are massed together In bodies,
The protection of food and 9cl cleanliness
In its Speparati on constitute Il also a
large part Of the problems ofsthei milf
taryS surgeon. s{s sS5s }5ss lf85S
DID Ruotte, the delegate from the
French republic, explained scheme Of
economy of space In medical fl eldy
equipment. He exhibited a vast guam
$tity of surgical instruments which he
$put away In a Surprisingly 1 small re-
ceptacle to be carried BY the army
surgeon In the field. His nddress was
much enjoyed. Il N
Declaring that the agitation over.
the alleged atrocities practiced Hby tho
late King Leopold and his suhordi ina tes
in tho Congo Free State were tnSI
reality fostered by Great Britain for
her own purposes. Maj or Lou lis Living
5ston Seaman delivered his lecture on
Africa8in the Jefferson audi torium last
night In the presence Of "a large crowd
composed largely of the military SUR
.geons and the me mbers of their fami-
lies. Ills address was illustrated with
-stereopticon views. s6 :5s,S II .sSS 8f|
I. 35 Horrible Cruelties. u 55
n Major Seaman said he held no grieA
for the late Leopold, nor a ID he have
anything Of good to say for h I'm. & bu I'll
he announced that the doings sc the
Belgian mona rch would make At whitel
spot In comparison With the cruelttes s
practiced by Germany and tlar, ma.
tions. which have holdings In Afrt ca.
BY lnassing instances & together, it I
Is possible to get photo tograph s,.sS he [
said, ''of people who have lost theirl
limbs because they q IA mt brln 3 in q (
sufficient amount Of rubbert to ad To-
the 5coifers Of Leo ld., .,,ss But Il ing.s the
Gong they never han nged 2s0 people |
to Ia mango tree olle M I'M ii &. as sIs
saw done in German i1ast Afr Ca, be- +