Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-09-01

exuSperuteu over this heSieS' "A ~ :"
not a defiance Of his authority, particu-
lnrly because this order was issued nj
the instruction of the President.
The mystery of the camp bakery has
been unraveled. You will remember l
told you the other day that the assist
ant surgeon In charge told Secretary
Alger that the reason why the sick sol
| diers had to go three days without
bread was that the bakery was not
erected on time, and the fault was laid
upon Quartermaster General kimbali,
who Is the purchasing agent IN New
York. BY General Ayers direction as
stated at the time. Kimball was Or
dered to send full bakery OUTFIT TO
Montauk Point by the first train. He
telegrnphed in reply that ten days ago
| or more be shipped to Camp Wikof n
baking outfit to supply bread for TO-
900. This caused an investigation, and
1t turns out that the bakery which DIR.
| Heizmann has been watching FOR so
nnXiously has been lying in the freight
house for more than week, and there
ls no evidence that he has ever taken
| the trouble to inquire for 1t. This Illus
trntes the incOmpetency and the indit-
ference of the men who have been
charged with the care of 10000 lives.
| The secretary has discovered that
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sheets and pillow cases from the hos
pital; that On. Forwood, the surgeon
ln-chief, has never made any arrange
ments to provide hot water for bath
ing the patients in his hospital. These
most important provisions VIII De
looked after Immediately
The press dispatches last night told
YOU that the secretary of war had de-
cidcd it was not necessary to rouse the
soldiers out mt ) o'clock In the morning
so long rs there We're no Notifications
to build and no shooting TO do. He ms
issued an order by which the boys Will
he allowed to sleep until G:30 O'Clock
hereafter. and they are very grateful
! to him for 1t. -t q. IL
! Another order which Is even mere
gratifying is that every soldier who de.
sires 1t can have furlouSh OF sixty
days to take effect ut once. AT the rate
the applications are coming In to-day
the camp will,be practically depopulat-
ed very shortly. ~,
The Red Cross people are dellsh,sl.I
at the recognition General Aiger mas
given them. He has not only person.
ally thanked every Red Cross and lie.
lief Association representative upon the
grounds, but has repeatedly conmends
ed them In the presence of army SUR
reons who have made their noble work
difficult and subjected them to man!
| unnoyanccs. He has gone still further,
and In the presence of DR.. ForwooH
the chief surgeon. has authorized Mr..
Howard Townsend the director OF the
Red Cross Society here, 10 draw on the
commissnry department for anything
the Red Cross Society believes to be
necessary or comforting to the sick. Dr.
Forwood's hair stood on end when lie
IL.
he has merely tolerated Mr.. Townsend
and his noble associates as unavoidable
nuisances. .-..
1t will thus be seen that the moral
effect of General Ayers visit upon the
| cnmp and upon the soldiers Will go Il
good way to countcract the Indignation
that has been awakened by the suf-
| fcrinrs and Acknowledgement here. He
has certainly done everything that hu-
man power could do to remedy the
evils that had existed and supply the
| soldiers with the necessaries ana the
comforts of life. The starvation stories
and the failure to furnish proper sup
| niles for the transports will be revived
nv the death of Willie Tiffany, and will
come right home to the President by
the treatment of the Eighth Ohio.
which Is landing from the transport
| Mohawk to-day That regiment comes
from his own vicinity and two COM
pnnics from his own town. Two of his
ncphews are privatcs In company +.
The soldiers assert that they have been
fed upon putrid rations and otherwise
suffered from neglect.
An Interview with cx-Sccretary Shcr-
man In the morning papers will aggra-
vatc the situation. although his nni-
mostly to Secretary Alger is not dis
guised, The President must order an
investigation and fix the responsibility
before the fall elections and before
Congress las n chance.
| have many letters inquiring why 1t
is necessary for the public to contrib
ute money to support the Red Cross
| ,nd tho r,Iinf associations and to sun