The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-18
THE SURGEONS
ARE TO BLAME.
Mr., DOnnan Talks Of Officers at Camp
Cuba Libre.
MEN ANXIOUS TO COME HOME.
Fully Three.Fourths OF Them Are OPP
posed 20 Going 10 Cuba-More
Sickness Now Than at Any
Previous Time.

According 20 Quaartermaster-ser
Z. r. DOMAIN. OF Company H. Fourth V.r-
ginia Regiment, who has secured his
honorable discharge the Virginia sol
cier5 have just cause to complain OK their
treatment
Tho half has not been told" said he.
Ihero can be no doubt thar men nave
clea 40 the result OF neglect on the part
o. tho reglmcntal surgeons Doctols
who stay up until or o'clock IN the
morning are in no condition % attend inc
sick few hours later.
"Dr Pegd one OK the assistant surgeons
or The Fourth Regiment was the best oi.s
We had, but he was removed TO the Dl-
vision Hospital. surgeon vance sAil- a
Eistaut-Surgo0u Old have not been as at
tentiVo TO tie soldiers os they s19Lu
have been. / recall q case OF soldier
residing near Richmond, VINO was tdAS
very I'D. We could not find a surgeon As
the Fourth Regiment. and had 10 heAu
over 10 tho Second for one
pHl MEN COMPLAINED. ,,,.
"Why ana the men not complaint They
did complain and prefer charges, put
there was much red-tapo business anu we
papers would finally come back 20 ne
rcEimental commanders. Inal vs. ~
last heard OF them ] do not believe tne
Department ar Washington i5 responslple
FOR this terrible condition or Things. j"
my Judgment the resimental colniaaAu-
There ans now about 500 cases In the
Division HCspitlL Think Of it.. About
one out Of every eleven or twelve men.
There IS more sickness risht no" alhols
the Blues than there has been at any
Recently. the service at tho Division
Hospital has been greatly improved. -
number OF now doctors have ueen a9tul e,'
and several trained nurses arc npi2ySse VI
Had AN OF this been done two mohths
ego. there would not now be so many
homes into which death has come. Sut,
geOn-Goneral Sternoerg was Opposed 70
female nurses. and only recently atoWI,u
them 80 the hospitals. Ills course ~ ~ >
matter has cost tho lives Of many SOL
dlors This fever is something terfiDse.
- man may be an fisnt lo-ua4' -
tomorrow BIO viii De laid low ana h1'4-
THEY WANT TO COME HOME.
Mr.. Donnan was asked 4 many OF the
soldiers wanted to 50 TO CUBA 40 AS-
fully thrse.fgur;ss Of them desire ,,.o TO
come home Tasy enlisted tor tne Wa ,
and would gladly lava served az lons "a, -
there was any 6soapssa OF tshtng. But
hostilides being ended they think they
should be- given thei- ischarges. Many
young men eawihced al tney hau ~ ~
some were held open; now these latser
are eettine letters from their employers
elying that as the war y over tncy o.
expected 10 secure their dlsenafb' as
fbe positions they Lott can DO held no
"fmaeine the condition OF these men.
DO you think they would Wlsh 10 pay y
with disease until December m floflua'
and then 10 60 Cuba, where there Is re-
aiiv no patriotism inyo.ved2 10, ney
wish 10 come home and take UP the Work
thew laid down % defend their. country.
Nearly OH the Old members OF lho blueS
s-e osviorq Ia return. ] think seventy
I've men in the A. u. Hin Rifles, of Pc
torsburg. wish 10 return, about seventy ,
sovon ~ tho Lee Rifles. OF Norfolk, ana
from fifty 10 eighty OF all tho olneF COM
~ hear that o. TELEGRAM was sent 90 ths
Cs,varnor saving ON the officers ana
fb~es-fotrths of the men OF the second
y, Lo "a facf AN The officers may desire
"a eo. but three-fourlhs Of the men want
TO come home