The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-25

The Sanitary Corps was novel fea-
ture III the camp. An enlisted body
trained for hospital and field service
demonstrated the wisdom Of the insti-
tuition. No method, perhaps, could be
| adopted that would render prompter
/ and more efficient means to the wound
| ed and sick than a corps of trained
nurses and physicians acting under the
direct command of the medical depart
ment of the army. The separation Of
this body from the regiment is, perhaps,
the wisest feature in it. 1t gives it a
| hexibility and an efficiency it could not
otherwise have. It's work is humane,
and It's Importance in the militia will
increase as its purposes are better un-
| derstood.
| The first detail of the Sanitary Corps
was organized in Sacramento. 1t had
/ only short preparation, but for eff
! cheney of service I doubt if it could
| be improved upon. When called upon
| to act they acted with a prompitude
and an intelligence which elected the
praise of the officers and the highest
admiration of the soldiers 1t entirely
effacss the criticism called forth from
an improper regard for trifing detail.
with the service of the camp they
worked, and when they played, they
played with a vengeance, but never
transgressed the proper rules of sol
dierly conduct. One feature more than
anything else shows the high qualities
of the members of the corps, and that
is, it returns home with the respect of
the whole camp and without a jar of
1 4 ITRnr
ships were formed where none existed,
and cemented strangers where the
sterling qualities became manifested
by intimate association.
Space will permit of but few re-
marks on the treatment accorded to us
in Santa Cruz. For that, the Third
Brigade has nothing to complain of.
The somnolent condition of the town
would not permit of a profusion of at
tentions which Sacramento has always
shown to strangers but as the charac-
ter Of the town is cast by the visitors
who are weary and need rest we must
be indulgent to the idiocyncrasies of the
inhabitants. At any rate the Sixth
Regiment as we'll as the Sanitary Corps
carry their own society with them, and
if Santa Cruz pulled down their cur
tainS in the afternoon and went to
sleep the regiment and the corps didn't.
Whoever among the soldiers went to
Santa Cruz to rest, they changed their
mind when they got there.
Santa Cruz is a beautiful place. Re
posing in little valley, it spreads out
over the low hills with scattered resi-
dences. Wealth and taste have been
lavished upon these country houses not
without results; for the ravages of
these years of financial depression have
only left a trace in the paint. The
buildings are erected with the idea of
permancnce, and lend substantial
aspect to the place, after which, / am
sorry to say, Sacramento people have
not yet learned to pattern. A narrow
shelving beach, extending backward, a
level plane where camped the soldiers;
just beyond reposed the city, sleeping
between the hills. and farther off raised
the more presuming mountains of Santa
Cruz. The soft blue of the sky was
relieved by strips of feathery clouds,
and over the landscape rested like a
veil tinted with delicate blue, a mist
which softened the view and mellowed
the tints of the landscape. 1t is a, scene
which all will be pleased to remember
in moments of solitude in the evening,
when the ordinary affairs of the day
are ended and the hours of repose APP
proach. H. H. LOOK.