Show PROSECUTION IS WEAK Charges Against Maj P R I Egan Not Yet Proved I I MAJ E B MOSELEY ARRIVES Ho Will Testify Today but Unless More Damaging Evidence Is Produced Pro-duced tho Trial May End in Much Ado About NothingCompany Commanders oC Eighteenth Infantry Infan-try Originated Complaints That Led to Calling of CourtMartial Maj Young the Last Witness Yesterday I i I The second day of the courtmartial trial of Maj Peter R Egan surgeon at Fort Douglas produced no startling disclosures The entire day was consumed con-sumed by the examination of four witnesses wit-nesses for the prosecution and by the reading of certain documents of but little consequence except as an explanation ex-planation for the charges on which the courtmartial was ordered These documents doc-uments Were admitted copies of Jetters written Maj Young In command at tho fort by the company commanders of K L and M companies of the Eighteenth Eight-eenth infantrycomplalnlng of the treatment treat-ment given men In their respective companies com-panies by Maj Egan The originals lad been sent to the department at Denver The witnesses I for tho prosecution prose-cution so far ns can be learned havo all been examined excbpt Maj Edward ward B Moseley chief surgeon of the Department of the Colorado who ar rived from Denver yesterday Maj Moseley visited the fort some weeks I ago about the time of the alleged failure fail-ure of duty on the part of Maj Egan and the report of Maj Moseley Is i I thought to have had a significant bear 1 ng on the order convening the court 1 nnrtlnl Unless the testimony of Maj I I loseley should prove to be decidedly II I I pronounced and specific against the j I conduct of Maj Egan the courtmar tlnl Is likely to be a case of much ado about nothing The testimony of tho I patients has been rather weak and that of the officers has either been based I upon hearsay or else on a matter of opinion as to medical affairs In which MuJ Egan who has held opposite views has a decided advantage by reason rea-son of his education and experience m H jiiuii uvu OL me company commanders com-manders who notified the post authorities authori-ties of Maj Egans alleged neglect to properly treat men in their companies are away on leaves of absence so that their testimony cannot be obtained The testimony so far given has also Indicated Indi-cated that the health of the men of the Eighteenth Infantry was decidedly unsatisfactory when they arrived at Fort Douglas PRIVATE GLOVER HAD GOOD TREATMENT Private James Glover late cook of company M the first witness examined exam-ined told of having been aflllcled with a certain disease for several months for I which he was treated soon after his arrival at Fort Douglas In 1 October Later he was aflllcted with a sore throat and sore eyes Maj Egan he said had called in a specialist for him and had afterward taken him to a physician in the city u He had received treatment he said every time he went to the hospital hos-pital had never made any complaint against Maj Egan and had no complaint com-plaint to make against him now In answer to a question by a member of the court Glover stated that he was treated as kindly In the hospital as when he was with his company and that the treatment given to him In the hospital was good Crawford R Holland private of I company K told of serious affliction from a disease although he was of decidedly robust appearance He had differed he said from Maj Egan as I to methods of treatment but he admitted ad-mitted that developments had verified the predictions made by Maj Egan for improvement without a surgical oper ation LIEUT ABEL DIFFERED Lieut Charles Abel of company 1C had seen Private Holland rise from his blanket with expressions of pain on hTs I face oa the morning of November Gth After several ineffectual attempts to get Holland in the hospital Lieut Abel had examined the patient and requested the post headquarters to order MuJ Egami to use his professional knowl edge to give Holland relief Lieut Abel paid he dIffered from Maj Egan in matters of diagnosis and told of Maj Egan according to Hollands statement having chased Holland out of the dls penaary but the cause for or manner of the chase was not given LETTERS OF COMPLAINT At this point a rcccss was ordered n Until V m when a series of dis cussions behind closed doors was held Oer the readln ° c thc copies of the letters above referred to from the company commanders After an agree mont on the Part of the counsel for hotn sides the court finally allowed the letters to he read JudgeAdvocate SIClTctt said ho was not trying to prove the truth of the contents of the letters 01 t0 Intr ° < lce them In evl delce V but l ° establish the fact that the statements had been made Time letters were from Capt D C Shanks of company M Capt a E Hatch of coiflimany J both ° C whom are absent from thc fort and Llcut Abel of com Pliny Yr nf7hft letters all complain of lack nr attention on the part of Maj Egan tovarci the Slck soldiers who re lortecl to him and asked the good ofllces of the nost authorities In behalf of the lllclcd men The letter of Capt Shanks aiEo stated that Maj Egan seemed to think that all mcii who re ported to the hospital were beats MAJ YOUNGS TESTIMONY Maj Young in command at the fortH who sKtSTfh thC charges was called H Hp Stated that during the nmoimth of November olllclal he had receIved numerous communications from compunv commanders Ut thc IOSU especially from time commamleis of the three companies of the Eighteenth Infantry relative to the treatment of certain men of their orjanlstatlons who lad been sent to the hospital and re peatedly returned for duty Previous Slid lmad been Immacie 1X luaIIy ltnQ n1nfia dhectcd that they be put In j wltlng Maj Young had then conferred with Maj Egan who LnsItd that there were n ° Bounds for complajat against vJ COmpAalllt aS him Maj Young SaId ho expected that every care would be given the men who Were badly run down after three years ix time tropics and Maj Egan said he was 10 giving them good attention He had Issued orders for some of the men to be admlttc4 to the hospital which were complied with Maj Young told of varkus complaints made against Maj Egan but his testimony disclosed no acrimony to nave existed between Maj Egan and himself Maj Young was unable to state time percentage of nonaffected men In tho Elghteeenth |