The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-10-25
FEMALE NURSES TESTIFY

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Jacksonville. Fla. Oct. 20-The war
Investigating commission concluded il,
laborS at Jacksonville tonight. and
shortly after 10 o'clock left for Atlanta.
Ga. expecting to take up business there
tomorrow.
The commissioner are generally
pleased with the result Of their laborS.
They have naturally met with com
plants. but they have generally dealt
with comparatively unimportant points.
and very few if any cases have indicated
wiilful neglect or culpabie mismanage-
ment. Generally one private or non
commissioned officer from each regi-
mere than one. IN the case of the en-
listed men they were selected at ran
dom. the commissioner merely asking
that men lie sent to them. without i
specification Of the purpose for which
they were called. They have. without
exception. said that they were receiving
enough to eat and wear. In some eases
u deficiency cf supplies at the beginning
of the camps history was shown. and
there has been more or less Of tainted
meats received by the men: but it was
agreed hF all the witnesses that the
first condition war due TO the con9es-
ton ct Tampa and the latter 10 the eli
mate.
General NcCook and Colonel Saxton
returned to-day from their investigation
OF conditions at Tampa. They found
that the congestion which occurred at
that point at the lightning of the war
was due TO the fact that cars We're ship
ped from all over the country without
being labelled and without forwarding
bills Of lading.
THE CAMP AT FERNANDINA.
Gen. J. Wilson and c t. Howell. con
shutting the subcommittee appointed To
visit and report upon the conditions of
the amp at F~errandina. made their
report of the full commission to-day.
The following IS the import Of the docu-
ment:
"Your committee has the honor 10 re-
port that in its opinion the camp was
well selected. that probably the site was
equal in all respects to any other that
could have been found on the Florida
coast. That from the information it oh
tanned and what it saw it was ttr from
being a tropical Jungle. that the certif-
cate Of the county clerk indicates that no
government official was Interested in the
land: that the amount of work done
III tledEiHC tne Ullut.bfO>n was no great
or than might have been expected NJ
almost any locality in the South selected
for camping purposes: that the site was
We'll drained. the water for drinking and
cooking purpose good and the bathing
facilities at the sea beach excellent.
FEMALE NURSES TESTIFY
The commission heard several of tho
professional female nurses nj the fore
noon session to-day. including Miss Cere-
land. chief nurse II the Third division
hospital: Miss Robin ;. head nurse at Tho
First division hospital: Miss Hubbard
head nurse at the Second division hos
pital and Misses Walker and Waters
ward nurses.
Miss Copeland spoke in cci1mondation
OF the conduct Of the hospitals. and
she said that the nurses were we'll treat
cd ana apparently much respected. She
sald the nurses had their own tent ouor-
tiers where there vas the privacy de-
manded by their sez.
MISS Copeland sid that when the
nurses nrst came to the camp there was
only one nurse to each forty or sixt>
patients. but this condition had been !
steadily improved. There was also in
'he beginning some scarcity Of appli-I
ahces Tor the sick, such as hot water |