Show mi ater 11 washington ton ali adf 1 22 somi some complaint readied reached th the e war department concern concel finx inathe bad sanitary hanl hani tary conditions on the mobile which arrived sit at I 1 Moan foan N tault point a P few cw dayt days siso m ro from santiago ayo ti the ship it was charged ch was over cro led anil and the sick on board ivere not property properly or adequately quate I 1 7 provided for GeneralS wa G 1 general of the united states army berg communicated with general shatter shafter on the subject and in in response to tile tho dispatch received the following explanation santiago aur aug 21 isas 1858 nc to your telegram about overcrowding the mobile her captain reports that loaded as she was going goin g to porto rico he could carry and could carry 2000 comfortably therefore did not consider a few less than 1700 too many tho the snip ship was carefully inspected by a 0 board of cers and dr lives ives a member of the board states stale it was not overcrowded accommodations for officers were however somewhat deficient tile the large dunber of deaths can probably be accounted for by tho the fact that this brigade took nearly all their sick with them greatest care lias has been taken in this respect transports have been loaded with froni from to men less than the samo same ship brought down signed iiii ArTi B major general |