The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 29, 1898, Page 3

yOT WORDS FOR ALGER. s 1. | Ky-, Accuse Him to His Face. . | wie MANY DIRECT CHARGES—SOL- GH piers DRILLED TO DEATH. Jesingtov, Ky, Sept. 21—Aa sstional administration ae well as to! the tour of inspection of the | pathern camps by Secretary Alger, | ermaster General Ludington | od Surgeon General! Sternberg will erolop numerous charges from imental and general field officers inst both the medical and the master's departments and es- - Fpecially against some commissaries fhe talking was begun here to day : by General Waites against the quar imasters and other officers who ) Guill add testimony before the tour is ovr. Secretary Alger stated that lof this information and all other idence that he could secure would be presented to the investigation committee at Washington. There was a stormy scene in In- spector General Breckinridge’s tent here yesterday afternoon, in which Secretary of War Alger, Surgeon General Sternberg, Quartermaster General Ludington, Generals Breck- inridge, Sanger and Wiley and Gov. Bradley of Kentucky took part. It began as a discussion on hospitals— whether it was best to maintain divi- sion hospitals or to return to regi mentale. The discussion was tame forafew minutes, but it grew red hot and changed to the subject of the management of the volunteer camps, and then it got hotter. General Sanger began the hot talk by saying there was rotten- ness in the management of the de- partments of the quartermaster and surgeon general. Looking at Seere- tery Alger, he said: “Sir, your chief cook and bottle washer down at Chickamauga—I refer to Dr. Heidenkoper—was nothing but the very rankest sort of a veterinary surgeon, and did not know the word disinfectant. I issued order after order for materials and medicines, and could not get them. I failed utterly to get what I wanted. Isent requisition after requisition, and none of them was honored Finally I sent a request more pointed and received the reply that such stuff was not needed.” GFNERAL WILEY ADDS TO THE CHARGES. Colonel Leonard of the Twelfth New York, who, with the other colonels, was present, corroborated General Sanger's statements as to Dr. Heidenkoper, and then General Wiley began to talk. He declared: “The neglect to furnish supplies, gentlemen, was criminal. While in Chickamauga I was in command of the division over which Gen. Sanger is now, and while holding that com- mand I frequently made requisitions which were not honored. An im- Perative order had been sent to us to have all water b-: Now, you can’t boil water, Mr. Secretary, with out boilers, and I made a requisition en Quartermaster General Lee for water boilers No attention was paid to this, and I repeatedly urged him to send boilers, saying that men Were taking typhoid fever by not having boiled water to drink. Fail- ing to get any reply to my repeated telegrams, I sent him a ‘sassy’ mes- Sage, and I received a prompt reply, Which read: ‘The war department does not furnish boilers.’ “Failing to get boilers from the War department, 1 bought them myself; but much valuable time had been lost, the seeds of disease had been sown, and, Mr. Secretary, you have secn the results of this criminal | Regligence in the large death reports Which have been sent out from every y Generals at Lexington, | | {regiment to another. inent gentleman close to the| je officers here at Camp Hamilton, | j officer shall master general in charge. brigade surgeens would complain of the absence of certain medicines and medical instruments,and requisitions for these things were not honored, and men were forced to borrow fever thermometers to take the tempera ture of the sick, and the instrument bad to be used from one} These things are responsible for the wretched jState of affairs confronting } you.’ same} bow ALGER SEEKS TE Secretary Alger repliei quickly: “I want to get at the bottom of |the whole matter. We don't care if somebody's feelings are hurt. We want to find cut who is to blame. But what we were to consider at this meeting is whether we are to go back to the regimental hospitals or to eontinue the division hospitals, or shall we have both.” Colonel Leonard opposed the divi sion hospitals, saying it was c+: tain | death in many cases to eeni men there. When Dr. Heidenkoper’s ad vocates would try to put in a word for him Colonel Leonard and Gen. Wiley, who led the fight on him, would break in and abuse him. Gen. Sternberg came to the defense of his department and eaid: “We have had a difficult problem. No requisitions came to Washington which were not honored. We hon ored them all promptly, and tried to secure the best, regardless of cost, as Secretary Alger had instructed us to do. If the medical officers failed to do their duty, they suould have been reported. If their requi- sitions were not honored, complaints should have been lodged against the proper persons.” SCORES THE SECRETARY OF WAR General Wiley could stand this kind of talk no longer, and he cited many instances where there was no response to demands for articles absolutely essential to the welfare ef the soldiers. Addressing General Alger, he said: “You worked the men to death at Chickamauga Why, sir, these men were drilled from five to six hours each day in the hot sup, and when they fell there were no stretchers or litter bearers to carry them away, nor were there any ambulances at hand in many cases, and the poor fellows were forced to lie in the broiliag sun without attention. It was cruel to them, and it was crim- inal negligence not to have a suffi cient number of litter bearers and stretchers. The reason these men were not on hand is kecause every available man for the doctor or the nurse had been taken away from their commands and placed in the division hospital. I am not in fayor of abolishing the division hospital, but am in favor of both division and regimental hospitals in camp and send them to division and regimental :hospitals when their symptoms are fully developed. Thea get trained nurses to run the divi- sion hospital.” General Sanger agreed with him. | General Sternberg admitted he was | right. Secretary Alger closed the meeting by saying: “I want one more word I shall hold each and every one of | you personally respensible for the sanitary condition of your camps. Any officer failing to report any negligence in camp to his superior be held accountable, | and any higher officer failing to cor- | {rect these things will be severely dealt with. Haye every man in bis place. With the light of the experi ence we have had we ought to per | fect our camps and keep sickness down toa minmum. Make our men feel that they are being cared for Keep the men with you The |, | rh | = jalready served in | been some objection to assigning to like we did in the civil war, and I} | | Grand Lodge of “amp in this broad land. These} Men in the quartermaster’s depart-| ment car t stand off and say it Was somet else's fault. It was | the fault of Quartermaster Lee, and it was the perceptibly. Wiley said: “These requisitions were made both on his office and on the quarter- Continuing, General fault of Quartermaster | Ludington, who is standing right} Here General Wiley pointed his} finger at Ludington, who winced! will assure you that there will be no} | trouble.” | Nashyille, Tenn., —The| A. O- Sept. Tennessee, U. W., held its nin | session here yester | cided to hold bien after, and it was engaging teent members business be expelled. elected. *| Cream Vermif certain in its exfec tonic as well asa po er. H L Tucker. e| ive worm dest: — 3 | operations or garrison duty —_____. 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LTS FROM THE USE OF meme | remember, | fleet, eeeing shells fired 1 us, and Ido not understand under few men. Our navy did most re- markable work. If I were a relig-| 1! the} at| hand of God. when we engaged directly say that it was the heaven why we escaped | Then we up here Olympia and sent them an tum. In three letters that written by Consul Williams I told them if they fired another shot I would destroy their city. I demand- led the surrender of some small ves- sels that scurried in Pasig, and which, I believed, were torpedo boats, and I aeked the joint use of the cable. We were close in and |alone, but they did not fire, and we never did. Iam proud of these men under me, and proud to their leader They are all efficient. I up the Olympia and sent her to Hong Kong, and came on the Baltimore Here I find everything as efticient} as on the Olympia. I am sending all of the squadron up to be cleaned, | and have asked for a battleship and armored cruiser. I do not intend to | go home, unless it is absolutely nee essary, for there is much work still to be done here. I do not want to go until itisall over. The truth} has not been told about this place. | It 1s not so hot, and the weather is much better than bas been asserted In the fleet we have less sickness than on an ordinary cruise. The announcement ‘orders was followed in the ultima- came were be gave of Merritt =I by application from Gen. leave to return home. immediate | Greene, who and this Wheeler to Command in Cuba. Washington, Sept. 22. Joseph Wheeler bas been eelected in the army used in the occupation of Cubs. He will have command of a cavalry division, consisting of two brigades and com- posed of the Second, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth regular The division will be made —General for a command cavalry. up of trained troopers and will in- three regiments, the Second, and Tenth, Cuba. clude Seventh which have There bas duty on the island the troops which service in the Santi and it has been one had lately seen | ago campaign, |of General Miles’s contentions that jat would be unwise to place regulars or volunte in for active f = for some time. Chicago Double Tragedy. Chicago, Ill., Sept. 21.—Atter an abeence of 10 Mietl Schwartz returned to his home night, and before the eyes of bis year old daughter, shot and kil his wife and himself. Schwartz was a German musician 42 years old, the led ,age of his victim. Ten years ago he quarreled with his wife and deserted her. The dou-| ble tragedy is supposed to have | been caused by the filing, a few days | ago, of a petition for divorce by the dead woman. Attempted Hold-Up. Case C y Demecrst. Two rather nervy ten attempted to interest Ed Moore. a young man a mile west of | whose home is ak town, in a hold last Saturday / night. Ed was dr south of} town about eight o'clock, going to! the home of Mr. Prettyman, upon “on pleasure bent,” and had just| started to cross & dy bridge on this eide of Bro art's hill, when| two men rose from the aie ae the} ritt, was given permission, | application was followed by masy | others. The attitude of the navy) | co | arm) y- Secretary L | Admiral Dewey that oe president ng intimated to might desire his presence in Wash jington for consultation Dewey promptly replied that he could be consult . by wire, and that as there | was much more work to do his place | was here Dewey would greatly | enjoy a trip tothe United States at this tin t that du has t feels the Among e, bu ty leaders j out bridg them attempting to}). ure, there is but one great figure. get h the horse's bridle and — the other one intending to ask Ed Sagasta’s Instructions, fora donatien The horse wasa| Hav Sept. 22 - young animal a hen the man en-|eomn = received fr r deavored to ge ef tbe br ja s Montero, ard bit, jumped t side and sprang | signed officially by forward. E by this time man-jtions to use every aged te get f bis whip and/toward ac 1 loadedend of it on/ua ber No. 2, and cau ing him to teway. One;he of the m m ore? after he} t! fe ald more than a bt then. T i the men were, true that Ed w | were he to see thera again the excitement of the m men looked slike to him. know m Under not t with the powers that be next officer, Gonzal Gen. Ricardo Ven been | particularly honore left Havana this afternoon for ; Mad. | rid, via New York. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cath fe oF 20 If C. C. C. tail to cure, droggiste refan ious man, and I hope I am, I should! side walls and of | miraculous, . | Greene for| weakest and sickest of has always been a favorite of Mer-|the passage. asts sharply with that of the} ‘SSS whitecaps bad placed under it. The flash of dynamite diselosed at the front door. Hoag- land took a position at one of the five men pened fire upon the invaders. The foremost man was hit in the breast and fell backward, but was caught by his and outside. + companions Then a tierce battle followed, the whitecaps firing through the open door, and Hoag- land returning the tire, while bis 12 year-old brother knelt behind him takea and loaded the revolvers while he | fired. The precaution taken by the Hoagland boys of kneeling on the floor while shooting saved their lives, for the invaders’ bullets went over their heads. The room was dark and full of smoke, and Hoag- land does not know whether be hit more than one of his assailants. This morning many blood stains were seen on the porch and the im- prints of several bloody hand marke were left on the outside walls. The escape of the Hoagland family was for the walls were full of bullet holes To day officers and friends of the Hoagland boys, with a pack of bloodhounds, went in pursuit of the whitecaps. Three mivers, named Collier, Goforth and Coffer, were arrested. They are suspected be- cause bad blood exists between them and the Hoaglands on account of some mining litigation which was settled in the Hoaglands’ favor. Officers with bioodbounds are atill in pursuit, determined to run down the entire gang of whitecaps and | bring them to justice. Weak and Sick, Madrid, Sept. 21.—The soldiers just back from Guantanamo are the all who bave Three hundred died on The Cuban negroes | who have come with the troops will be organized for the reinforcements | fox Africa arrived the Spanish garrisons in Sacrificed to Blood Poison. or a Blood only oo by Swift Specitic Company; Silents, Georgis.