The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-13
HOSPITAL WORK GROWS
NOW TWENTY-THREE SOLDIER PA
TIENTs AT CAMP MOUNT.
Questions Asked I'm the Muster Out-A
TiresOme Task for the
Surgeons.

and the seven other men who were left be-
hind to care for the property 1t will be
quartered in Barn G, where the officers hal
their mess in the spring All the men are
reported in good condition, with the excep-
ton of Private j. S. Harper, who is dam
gerously i'll at the Camp Mount hospital
During the forty-eight hours preceding last
night his temperature had at no time been
below l04
mere has been considerable increase in
the work of the hospital corps since the
arrival of the One-hundred- Land fifty-sev-
enth Regiment. Monday there were only
seven patients. but now the number has
increased to twenty-three. With the ex-
ception of Private Harper, the condition of
none IS serious. Private Z. L. Baxter, of
Company F, while wrestling yesterday, had
his knee disjointed, but is doing we'll
Lieutenant Colonel May is no longer in
command of the regiment. Major Feaser
is now in charge, and Colonel May will de-
vote all his time to his work as mustering-
out officer. The entire 1900 men were re-
moved to twelve barns yesterday morning.
and everything has been made comfortable
Stoves will be put in to-day and gas at
tached, so that there will be no trouble
from cold. Yesterday afternoon the tent
age was spread out and dried and a large
part was stored in the Fine Arts building
When the reports of the officers are all in
and approved the ordnance will be turned
over to the armory
The change in food was especially pleas
ing to the soldiers. All of the 1900 men are
fed at the same time in the same room.
The service is of tin, but no one complains
of that. The fare for yesterday was: Break
fast, ham, sausage, oatmeal. fried potatoes;
dinner. boiled beef veal cd
toes, beans; supper, fried steak liver boiled
rice, mashed potatoes. This is in addition
10 bread, butter, coffee and cream. All of
the eating arrangements are in charge OF
H. A. Miller. of this city. Under him are
Twelve cooks and fifteen kitchen servants
Inc KITCHEN is las feet long and twenty feet
heretofore never been used here, have been
mace. They are composed of brick and their
neat IS tremendous. Some of them have a
Trying capacity of twenty-five square feet.
The boiling capacity of the kitchen is S65
gallons, and it is all used. The table space
required for the regiment is 1875 feet.
THE MUSTER-OUT QUESTIONS.
At the mustering-out office and officers
headquarters. in the Fine Arts building,
there was not a great zeal done yesterday.
Lieutenant Colonel May issued one order
for the protection of all the property of the
grounds from DETACHMENT. There is one re-
spect in which the musterng-out is very
ol1erent from the mustering-in. In the lat
ter case the mustering-in officer had all the
reports to make, but now the work devolves
upon the company officers. The mastering
out officers duty is only to see that these
reports are correctly made. Colonel May
also stated that the whereabouts of every
GERS Some few have failed to send certifl-
Gates of sickness, as the law requires, bit
the captains have vouched for these men.
ana the certificates will nrOha h1U hp
in later.
The reports of the captains will not be
bert, of Company H, is furthest along, and
VIII PROBABLY hand in his work to-day. One
o ths chief tasks is the filling out Of the
headed: Examination preliminary to mus
ter-out of United States service or dis
Company : Regiment :. Then. M under th he
mead; Declaration of person to be mus
Tered out OF service or discharged" the
following questions must be answered:
Have you any reason to believe that ut
the present time, you are suffering from
or that you have any disability or impair
ment OF health. whether incurred in the
military service otherwise?
If so, describe the disability stating the
or disease?
When was the disability incurred?
Where was the disability incurred?
state the circumstances, if known UNI
der which the disability was incurred.
ana nv answers have been read over to me-
and that fully understand the questions,
a ana mat r, my replies to them are true in
Thls is signed by the soldier and a wit
ness. Then follows the Certificate of COM
handing officer" In this the four questions
relating to the nature of the soldiers in
jury tally exactly with the certificate of
the soldier. The rest of the report is:
DO you know, or have you any reason to
neIleve. aside from his own statement, that
going declaration is disabled and impaired
in health. at the present time, by reason of
any wound. injury or disease, whether in
CURED IN the military service of the United
States or otherwise?
Was the disability incurred in line Of
Il certify the foregoing statement to be
Last. is the Certificate of examining sur
geon:"
Have you subjected the person named
above to thorough physical examination?
DO you find that at the present time he
has any disability. whether incurred in the
military service or not?
If any disability is found to exist, de-
scribe the character and seat of the wound
or injury or nature of the disease.
state whether, in your opinion, the dis
ability originated in the line of duty in the
military service of the United States. Is the
disability permanent? To what extent does
the disability disqualify him for the per-
formance of manual labor?
Il certify that the foregoing statement
Is correct to the best of my knowledge and
Dellef.
The examining surgeons are lamenting
the task before them, beginning to-day
They say in severe cases the examination
Of one man will require half an hour Even
If some declare themselves all right, they
must be examined. and the disabilities re-
ported just the same. 1t is feared that some
Will look forward to the pension and dis
cover many injuries on their persons These
Will require an especially careful examina-
ton. As an example of this the case of one
man is cited who while home during the
furlough has been complaining of a severe
disease. He was sent TO a surgeon, who de-
clared he could find no injury whatever
The man declared the surgeon did not know
his business. The nature of the disease he
claimed, left him in such condition that any
overexertion is dangerous-even to life But
all this did not prevent the man from be-
coming angry, thrashlng a comrade so
roundly that both eyes We're swelled shut
and still seem none the worse for it,
Peterson Z. s. 4. CAPTAIN
Major Peterson. of the One-hundred- and-
sixty-first Indiana Regiment who held the
rank of first lieutenant in the regular army
has been promoted to the rank of captaincy
according TO a telegram received Yesterday
from Colonel Durbin. This messag e was re-
cei nv Ia iOr Sr1if