Show k t f ABUSES AT MONTAUK POINT j-i j g Sick Soldiers Suffered From Ne Net Nee It lect and Starvation y Washington Oct i. i The rhe The war St investigating commission devoted its time today largely to the consideration conn con- con n V of a statement filed by ri Nelson Herch on behalf of the New NewYork NewYork York World giving what he be styles a record of facts concerning the establishment of Camp amp and its management mana ement together with specific instructions of abuses charged to have existed dates dales number number of of sick in hospitals deaths etc The statement was made in response re response re- re to th tb the general invitation from g the commission The specifications j f u cov ov ov r 21 pages of typewritten matter t taking up the movement of the Santiago San San- j tiago troops after the surrender of J the Spanish at al that place and before U H the breaking out of yellow fever there therein in July N.- N. It is asserted at the time Montauk Mont luk Point was selected as the site for forthe forthe the camp it was was' was a a barren waste The The details of the of-the the selection of the camp are given given-as are also those of the transportation of troops and iiI it ii itis I is asserted when the first detach detachment detachment detachment ment of troops arrived on the s of August August- the camp was no noy not no y r ready rudy to receive them and that they slept under their blankets and in the open pen air as no tents no-tents tents had arrived This it is added was n II days day daysI I after it had been decided been decided to estabi r i the camp Continuing the ass assertion ution is made that by the l roth tb of August the sick were reported suffering from want wanti wants i S. S s K of accommodations and food H t that their tents were tents were without floors and pih pith only their blankets between sick ick men an and th the ground and that a glass of sour milk apiece was theS the S nourishment receive in only they 24 hours bours x The war department is ch charged with fr frequent quent changes or plans andt and t it ft is asserted asserted- that General Young v k- k was given only six days for the I preparation of the of-the the camp before the I I arrival of the troops when two i tt 2 l weeks' weeks time was necessary which j caused great m On the of August Dr Edson N visited the camp and found that the theY Y 1400 troops there were almost t J wholly boll dependant upon a body of J water without inlet or outlet and andi i known as the the Fort Fort pond for their drinking water This pond received 7 the drainage from the camp and the doctor found the water waler to con con- conf f f tam tain 9 90 grains of grains of salt to the gallon This condit condition on he said caused iT J disease ond and rendered the pond a constant menace to the men s tt By the be of loth-of of August there were h S' S i men in camp and 1300 in int inthe t the hospital with wilh many unable to tot t 1 secure admission from the trans- trans H ports The regulars were reported to be suffering suffering from from the necessaries of life and had received no pay for lor I r three months Contract surgeons k P were reported reported living living at the expense t L of patients f f After the doctors had bad lunched I says the account 25 empty t varies bottles on the table said to have been diverted from hospital stores J- J is- is Particulars are given of tf the death in il his tent of Private Hu Hugh h Parrett J i I on August 28 and it is asserted i that Dr Tabor refused him permission permission pert per- per t mission to enter the hospital on the thes jv s ground that thal he was not sick The assertion is made when on onI 1 I the of September Dr Lee went to Camp with a l special J train to take sick soldiers to Brooklyn hospitals he was unable to get more than 15 IS men to the train on account of the lack of Y iX r 1 i. f J i. i Ii y J o y lances which were being used used to carry sightseers sight around the camp While hundreds of 01 sick soldiers were waiting to be transferred to boats and trains a dozen ambulances lances stood at the depot filled with laughing men and women who were seeing the camp with officers' officers friends After this incident General Young gave orders that the ambulances were tl to be used only for the transportation transportation transportation trans trans- of the sick A list of witnesses is ISS as S follows General Jo Joseph ph Wheeler General Young Colonel Forwood Major Brown Surgeon C Chief Surgeon Senn From Flom the Red Cross Miss Helen Gould Mrs Walworth Dr Cyrus Edson Dr S. S H. H Doty health officer of New York City Dr W. W T. T I commissioner of New York William Surgeon Linn Thirteenth h infantry Surgeon Ames Tenth infantry A large Urge number of names of witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses esses is also suggested Also suggested in the Parrett Par Par- rett relt case and there thre is a general request that cor correspondents and reporters of the World shall be called The commission directed that a reply be forwarded to Mr Herch informing him that t t. t e a communication ca t tion ou should have tion 9 roo |