Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-08
GEN. BoYNToN's REPORT.
Brief Account OF the inspection Of Camp
ThOmas-H Hospitals in Good Condition.
Newspaper Ranorta Denounced.


Washington, Sept, l.-Secretary Al
ger yesterday received the report Of
Gen. II. V. Boynton, upon the state Of
affairs in the hospitals at Camp Thorn
as. The report is dated August 30.
He says that he visited all the hospi-
tails in the camp, without giving notice
of his purpose. Says Gen Boynton:
Believing the death list OF this camp to
nfiord an excellent standard by which TO meas
ure It's conditions as TO health and hospital
service, u full report was obtained OF all deaths
In tho camp and It's hospitals since It's estab-
lishment the middle OF April last The result
shows total death list OF 1893 up to the 29d Of
this month, when the breaking up Of this
camp began Between these dates. including
regulars and volunteers fully 10000 troops
have been In camp In the Chickamauga park
The record OF burials In the national cemetery
ut Chattanooga shows u total OF 100 volunteers
and two regular soldiers OF these latter one
was killed by falling from railway train,
Taking up the Sternberg hospital,
in charge of Maj Griffin, Gen. Boyn-
ton shows 1t is one Of the most COM
plete field hospitals ever seen, accord
ing to veterans Of the last war. The
report says: The whole place is most
carefully policed daily, and the whole
establishment is in the most perfect
order, Since the establishment of this
hospital everything asked for in the
way of supplies Of every kind has been
promptly furnished.
The next hospital inspected was the
Third division hospital, First corps, In
charge of Maj, Thomas Clark. Here
the attendants were found sufficient,
though in the earlier days there were
not enough surgeons or attendants.
For time the hospital was week
behind in obtaining its medical sup
plies, but this was before the govern
ment had collected Its medical stores
in great quantities. For the last SIX
weeks there has been no difficulty
whatever in obtaining medical supplies
of every character,
Taking up the last of the field hospi-
tails, that of the Third corps, Second
division, under Mai Smith, the report
states that the 50 tents are at present
not all occupied, though during the
epidemic of measles they were
crowded.
Gen. Boynton goes on and says:
! So far from believing, as u result OF my OBJ
servatlons that medical officers have been
heartless or negligent, believe that these ofHi-
GERS and the hospital attendants, as u whole
have cXerted themselves to discharge their
duties faithfully It would seem as II this
were sufficiently shown by tho fact that they
have worked increasingly until quarter OF the
whole force has been stricken by disease re-
sulting from their exhaustlng lnbors
AS regards Camp Thomas, the gem
eral states
I beg leave to express my opinion that most
Of the interviews with chaplnins, regmental
surgeons and others, both officers and men.
now appearing ut the north In many OF the
newspapers In regard to this camp, are reok-
less and false except as to the filthy conditions
which their own criminal neglect has caused.
| In my judgment, the recent increase In the out
cries against water and the persistent asseT-
ton that the park is unhealthy have been
largely and deliberately used 10 stir up senti-
ment ind influence which would DO exorted 10
secure their relief from service