The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-21
pTD CROSS LABORS.
ar ON WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
Nr0 AT SANTIAGO.

49,, ruled with Sick ana "''
pI's' .v,.,ous Sent to Guantanamo.
lot. Of Things to Be Done
The following letter was . received ersea4, re-
.,a a by the chairman OF the e Mes;a.,
esn'v ;, ~ of the American National
cOInlli'''S .rom Treasurer G. II. H. Cot
i Ssu A. Port Antonio jamaica
treli ella ~ DEAR SIR-I noted in your mes
MI Miss Barton that you are anx-
sage " haor from us, and as l know
i s9i. y BARTON has all of her time from
Miss corning to late night so fully &C.
cary "a as not to spare moment from
cup'eu duties l will endeavor to give
preScn' hrief sketch of what has been
you aince we left Key West on June
done the S,s GOOD ship Texas lay in tropical
w -. 50 long that her bottom became
vals sra, = reef, and when she finally got
. .O." nav she was only able to make
uDu, , Or eight miles all hour, and we
D ~ up five days in making an ooo
m "nr our arrival off the bay OF Santi-
a. Cuba Miss Barton reported to
asu a;ral Sampson, who advised us to
1Naoood 10 Guantanamo bay, W miles
pO .hOr east, to await developments,
l' s;DS we did, arriving there ON the
WIN Wing If June 20. At Guantanamo we
.'snd good landlocked harbor where
any, ,v shin could lie still and give us q
w. noh needed nights rest, which we all
. NOV There was camp OF 700 or
Co., SnC marines at this point, also camp
" ;nsurpents. That evening several ma
", Ulcers came aboard to pay their re-
.a ~ m Miss Barton and were very
'pp.d;a, as indeed the naval men are at
III times By invitation of Commander
nunlan all hands visited the hospital
chin solace the next morning and were
ore pleased with the boat and the
sttention paid them by the officers and
medical staff.
GAS there seemed to be nothing we
oould do at Guantanamo it was decided
wa had better return to Siboney, where
the largest number of troops were, and
offer our services to the hospitals This
was done ON Sunday, June 20. All the
army officers received our advances po-
ltely. but rather stiffiy, at first declin-
inc any aid, but eventually confessing
that they had nothing but army rations
If hog meat, hard tack and coffee with
which to feed their sick and that they
would accept few things to help them
ont until their own supplies arrived.
But they declined all offers OF nurses
and doctors.
Refused by our own people, we next
called on General Garcia of the Cuban
army and were most cordially received,
his medical men being only too glad tt
accept all we had to offer. So the mex
morning our four Red Cross nurses ano
Sister Bettina went over to the Cubar
hospital, which was as repulsive ant
forbidding place as can be imagined
and began to work. The house and pa
tients were astounded and transformed
with such baptism of soap and waite
as never was heard of before in this be
nighted region, and by afternoon tina
little hospital was one clean spot in tn
town.
"That little bit of practical worl
spread through rank and file like tb
proverbial wildfire, and before nightfal
our poor boys in blue, who had beef
lying on the floors, many Of them with
out even blanket, were asking eac
other and their slovenly male nurse
how it was that the Red Cross cam
down here and gave them the go by an
put the Cubans on beds with soft pi
lows ard blankets and clean sheets. {
course such vigorous kicking and tn
terrible contrast between the Cuba
and our army hospitals could have br
one result, and the army surgeons al
now willing and eager to have us Q
any terms we may suggest and are Col
stantly asking for more than we al
prepared to give. We have opened
Red Cross hospital here and have
beds, which is the capacity Of the no
pital.
Commander McCalla of Guantan
mo sent us word the other day TIL
there were number of poor Cubans
his camp who were in need of he
and asked us to bring him 8, 900 ration
we steamed up there the same day al
issued $500 pounds of substantials
those people and returned to Siboney
once. We have received another requ
sition from the same officer for 90, 0'
rations, and yesterday we returned
guantanamo prepared to deliver 81
oOO, but Commander McCalla said tn
ne had no place to store so large
amount, and he therefore requested
did.
There has been hard fighting
front OF Santiago de Cuba for sever
uays past and large number Of woun
ca men have come into Siboney, prot
Oily 400 or 500. The United States q
thorities were entirely unprepared
medicine, food or services to hant
hem, and the Red Cross has proved
perfect godsend, and as you will ha
seen by the kilograms that have be
sent you wc are now in full accord wi
the military surgeons-at this end.
kennan and Egan went to the fro