The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-05
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GENERAL WHEELER
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or expense to make the men comfortable
found it necessary to undertake much
preparation to care for the men properly,
to bore wells lay water pipes. build laun-
dries, disinfecting plants. get floors for
the tents, erect hospitals, etc.
The surgeons, at his request, had made
a list of special articles to be purchased
for the sick. This he had asked them
to do in obedience to the presidents ore
ders. The list included evaporated fruits,
green corn in cans, sugar-cured hams,
oatmeal, fish, ice, canned peas, prunes
soups, pickles. lemons. oranges, eggs, tea,
milk and many other articles in addition
to their REGULAR rations. The people came
with many kinds Of food, land 1 undertake
to say" re declared, that no army on
earth avs ever so abundantly supplied
with necessaries and Injuries"
AN UNFORTUNATE CONTRACT.
The general location and the transporta-
ton facilities at the camp were poor.
There was but one line of railroad and
that single track and without adequate
terminal facilities. The camp could, ne
said, have bee nsupplied by water, but
unfortunately there was q contract with
the railroad company owning the land
which gave it the control of all transpor-
tation except that on government trans
ports. This contract had been made, ne
understood, for the use of the land He
did not know who had made the contract.
There were hospitals erected. but there
was a scarcity of nurses. He Immediately
GvrA Nv
DAYS there was an abundance. He sum
uoned the surgeons for consultation
each morning and would order immediate
~ by wire any article needed.
RELATIVES USUALLY SATISFIED.
The hospital tents were. he said, all
floored. The patients were laid upon mat
tresses on the floor and were supplied
with clean bedding. From first to last
10000 patients entered the hospitals at
Montauk. The hospital had, he said when
he landed, a capacity of not to exceed 800
and so far as ne knew the hospital had
up to this time been equal to the demands
upon it. Over $3.50 of the aSntiago troops
had been reported sick on arrival, but
many others of the arrivals were really
sick.
Visiting ladies had made frequent COM
plants to him of specific cases, in which
SICK men were not properly cared for, but
he found upon investigation in each case
that the physicians said the ladies were
mistaken.
AS a rule when parents or other rela-
tives came 20 visit the soldiers they ex-
pressed satisfa ction at the care the men
were given. He knew OF no complaints
from relatives
General Wheeler explained that the rea-
son there was SO much complaint about
the burials was that the burial grounds
was so near and so plainly IN view. Only
aso of the men had died in the existence
OF the camp. He knew nothing Of the
deaths OF interments and could Tot say
whether any bodies had been buried WIFI
out clothing. Upon the whole, he thought
the fact that there aad been no spread
Of yellow fever from the camp was quite
marvellous.
One o. the greatest difficulties he had
encountered was 70 properly control the
removal of SICK soldiers by 7air relatives
in cases where some m3sfhv and ~
lection often acted instead d discretion
General Wheeler consf8e-si The hospital
facilities ample. after the erection = re
division hospitals. There were times y 81
ihsy were crowded FOR day y tTo u
or the other hand there were many tires
when the buildings were not GlleL
YELLOW JOURNALS CHARGES.
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York World and BY Dr. jenkins s. IS
columns. General Waeeler said :fzt = 80
soldiers had 1os been landed 81 sone 10
laS5 p.zcs such as Moatauk Point s1e
fear % yellow seer would have caused
general outery.
:; would hzvs heea er1sl 70 Sc 5 the
u1e1 A7-se within five days s1te- Landing
as d.. jenkins had sagg@ts1- Mary o
,aeza were sex men ard ueede& attention
n the Hospitals They Eui6 have fallen
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