New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-06
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opinion Of the Army surgeons that II the en-
barkation Of the troops is long DELAYED there
Will be many deaths Many have already oc-
CURED on the ridge back Of Santiago, but. for
fear of alarming the other troops nothing has
been said about the death 81 these men
AT Santiago ! found the sick lying in their
blue shirts and soiled Undertaking on the
ground. with only a rubber blanket between
them and the damp earth. Not a cot was to be
seen The medicine supplies almost ex-
hausted. The patients bad no dellcacies and
scarcely any nourshinc food Those returning
to duty were obliged to eat the soldiers coarse
ratons. when they needed something more
Strengthening Few Of them were really fit
TO leave the hospitals but YOU must under
stand that they were overcrowded called on
General Shafter, and could not help saying to
him after what had seen
General. don't YOU think the coming Of the
Resoute was act Of Providence7
READY TO BELIEVE IN PROVIDENCE.
DR. McCook he replied. we had almost
touched bottom. and after this I must believe in
the Providence you speak Of
While was with the General a letter from
Major La Garde. the doctor in charge ~ the
made an earnest and touching appeal for help
DR. La GarGe wrote that he must have fifteen
more doctors and fifty nurses and that his stock
Of medicines must he replenished. Many ~ mis-
staff. he added. We're incapacitated by illness
DR. 7. O. Summers. who was present. spoke up
and said General. have with me- twelve doc
tors and fifty FIVE nurses who are at Major La
Gardes disposal
We returned to Santiago and at made
was a dearth Of stsvedOres. and there were
many obstacles 10 contend with. hut ne had the
satisfaction Of seeing some new tents raised be-
fore we left and many cots set UP for the sick
who with pa iamas and nightgowns on. bright
ened up wonderfully. We also went to Major
La Gardes rescue. and sent him down corps
of doctors and nurses"
In regard to Colonel Roosevelt's letter asking
that the troops he removed from Santiago at
once, DR. MCCook said; Colonel Roosevelt IS
right. The men must get out Of that enervatng
climate a once or the list Of fatalities will be
Of an alarming proportion. Nothing that have
even seen equals the extraordinary courage and
patience Of the men who are suffering AT San
tago. one Of the remarkable features at the
hospitals is the fact that the convsIescents as
soon as they are able turn in and AID the sur.
geons 10 care for and nurse those who are IN
worse condition than themselves
COL. PAGE on THE TROOPS sJFFERINGs
Colonel Page in speaking Of the condition
OF the men and their danger said
The Archbishop Of Santiago has said that II
our men We're ~ stay in the province during
September those sick with calentura would die
You must understand that our soldiers have
gone through enough 10 break down the hardest
constitution. The effiuvia from the trenches
first made them sick. Scarcely any escaped the
fever There many relapses Few of the
men and officers have had change or under
clothing since they landed In the confusion
their baggage has not been unoaded or at last
accounts II had not been. mile from water.
1t is hard for the men To keep their persons
clean. And then. YOU must consider the state
Of their minds For many DAYS and nights they
were kept at a high nervous tension. Then m"
fever came. They have not been free from nehd-
aches since. With home they have had little
communication. for the mail serVic" ms heeh
hungling and Inadequate. They have had pre-
oq Isas '1 n may be SAID indeed sha, they
mentally dead. You cannot paint the picture IN
too sombre coors." .
sergeant who UP on the Iroauois said
Il have been IN the Regular service for long
| time and l expected more or less OF tough
| time when We went to Santiago. When we first
! landed good many youngsters objected be
| cause some Of their baggage had been l"'t on
the transports | heard some officers doing the
| same hut IL wasn't two hours after that they
were throwing away what they mad Nine
| tenths Of the officers below the rank ~ colonel
went into the fights at san Juan in their shirt
! sleeves not because they had TO- but because
! they wanted to- Al the hospitals there were
| hard times bu, there We're mighty few deaths
! compared to tho number of sick and badly
/ wounded.
! Yes our food was hard good part ~ the
! time and had 10 eat bad meat and ail that,
! hut food won't keep down there az II docs up IN
! this climate. What most of the Fellows say
when they hear in the hospital that they are 10
| be sent home is. Just wait til get hold OF a
! beefsteak and III treat II worse than We dld me
| Dons at San Juan.
None of the men on the lroquos had any com
! nlaini 10 make Of the food on board the ship
| II was plain Army food. but II vas eoon ana
| the water was palatahlc. The mon VINO were
| sick when they started looked well when they
| arrived here. CO., ,t
| The Iroquois formerly the clyde Line
etearer ~ the same name. She was usen 10
| carry troops from Port Tampa 10 santiago ana
then went back and forth between the W.
places carrying supplies She left santiago las'
| SUNDAY and completed her trip herr "nhou, m
! cident and arrived n Quarantine IN condiion
! far better than that of many of the DINER trans
,o,,s A large mar, of the credit for her con-
dition is due 10 Captain kemhle. OF tne stta''.,'
| who would not leave Santiago until ne han tne
| proper supplies placed on noaro' ana 50" wa"
| HE shin WAS all right.