New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-09-07

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with typhoid fever, aching all over thei
bodies, and not able to turn over in bed
Part Of the time the sag in the cot woule
reach Gown to the wet ground, and the
occupants would be damp.
GU have heard Of men dying with
maggots under their armpits cupfuls
of them. That IS true as gospel. Yes,
sir, it is true. You have heard of men
lying with their faces black with flies
flies in their open mouths, in their noses
and in their eyes and ears. That is true.
| saw it myself. I went to the hospital
one day, and approached cot in which
| thought negroe was lying. found
to my horror that he was swarming with
flies. l brushes them off and said to
him: Can't someone keep the flies off
you:' He told me he had got SO used
to them that he did not mind them any
more. I will never be the same woman
again after what have seen in that aw-
full place.
II went there one day with Chaplain
johnson, and just as we came ii young
soldier came in with small pail of wa.
ter and little ice. He had no more
than got inside than piteous cries came
from all sides for just one drop of water.
Men whose parched lips and cracked
from fever and thirst begged fer drink.
The young soldier passed the water about
among them, but think of pail of water
and little piece of ice for 600 sick men
with fever! asked indignantly why they
did not have water for them. I was
told that the water had run out at S a..
m. and man had gone for more at 6 a.
M, and he had not returned yet. It was
about II a. m. then. Do you wonder
that men die there, and that the bows
would almost die OF fright at the thought
of going there? 81
81 could tell you great deal more of
this division hospital and its shameful
conduct, but you know enough already.
But must say something about the
floor of that place. 1t has no boards,
and dust and clods of clay are several
inches thick on the ground under the
cots. Everyone knows that clean floors
in fever stricken room are absolutely
essential. Germs of disease Turk in that
dirt underfoot, and it is never cleaned
out. Men expectorate over tie sides Of
the cots, and all that is done is to sprin-
kle little water on the floor.
at has been said that sickness only
broke out in the camp few weeks ago.
That IS true, in a measure, and yet it is
not. The men all concealed the real
condition of affairs. They wanted to 60
to Porto Rico so much that they would
not report they were ill fol- fear of being
left at home. tt was so in hundreds of
cases. Then when the news came they
could not go the boys broke down com
pletely. You have seen these sick bows
at home, but just think of the thousands
In that condition at the camp. 1t was
terrible. I used to go to my room and
cry over it every night.
"The idea of sending those poor sick
fellows out to dull and review in the hot
sun, when they were dropping out by the
dozens in dead faints, just to please that
old reprobate, Gen. Breckenridge, was
shameful. Ihsye seen men fall, and the
fellows on either side of them dared not
stop to pick them up, but had to go on
just the same. That was to please Gen.
Breckenridge. Would that I could tell
in detail all l saw and felt, but it could
not be done. I will never forget it in
all my life.'