Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-22

| a great work. OF course gathering. THIS
vast number OF men together in lar...
| measure under unframed regimeatal ana
company cotnm ap0ers-I moan Ina acfupl
| field duty-the lack OF knowledge as 10 san
ilary conditions 10 oe observed the care
lessnesS in not observing Instructions
winch We're furnished as to proDer 81 ~c Of
the men. has added greatly TO tn. work Of
the medical department. Thus. fran he
fomes OF 2fetsn volunteers has been con-
slant ard great anxiety as to what nich-
happen TO their s1ldier. and hundreds Of N
quiriss made Ivy letters and kilograms bava
be en- received every day concerning lndf-
Nidual soldiers. The feeling on the BART OF
these individuals that the War Departn men,
1 is responsible for the care II their mon tn-
dlNidusliy has naturally aroused sympathy
IN case OF sickness and death. AMI has
created much soIlow. There is not hing
young men In robust health are so pr,s.4.gal
| OF as their health. until IL is gone Men 81,
INTO camp feeling that they can stand any
thiilg ana everythir g. and cannot be maze
TO believe to the contrary until stricken
with disease. Every effort has been made
IRON the beginning to furnish every cannp
with all appliances sked for bur OF cou,Se
me commanding officers In the field are
me ones who hsve the direct charge Of
these men. For instance. one army coros
commander has given orders and erforces
then. respecting sanitary affairs ana re
mas To-Day but a fraction over per cent on
the sick list Others have been less suc-
cessIul ana the consequence is typhoid ana
| other levers have been bred and spresd "a
[ cDle extent One regiment in the
| SIckanauga camp has a colonel who on
iIIces sanitary rules In his regiment oblIg-
| ing the men TO BON all the water they
f5Eu K R ssEP H. 5hf camp see9 and ne
/ camp. too. in as unfavorable a nlace as any
| IN the command. Others more fayorahIv
1 situated nave ten times that ntrnh her ~,
4 me me SICK hst. one CT the regiments OF the
iast call. not Yet removed from its s.ets
| sehds bitter complaints of typhoid fever
Suffering of the Santiago Campatuu.
Concerning the Santiago campaign. when
| tie ships lsft Tampa they had on board
| three months provisions and en- abunl-
| ance Of hospital supplies. They had light
ers to unload with at point OF debarka ton.
These lighters were lost in severe storms on
the way As soon we were notified of
the TACT two lows OF lighters were sent
IICh mobile and New Orleans, which were
a'so oVertaken by storm and lost The
navy supplied us with lighters and one of
THESE was wrecked. The army diseul-
parked, getting OF portion OF It's supplies
marched to the front to fight the Span
/ lsrds. The great difficulty Of landing Sun
PIES sQbss94ently Was the wind shraFig
up every morning at 10 and made a high
f small sn Seas VIII fP3 Sss PRR9s sf %ba as e.
| all they had left for this purpose 81 the
| packers who were employed. 90 per cen.
soon fell sick. and heavy rains falling every
Soss N3iS fpdus III IneN could be called guCbl
became impossible for vehicles. pack ami
mails had TO be employed to carry food to
the army. which being extended to the
fight around Santiago increased the dis
lance from the coast every day, and made
the task moro difficult
However, the result and the subsequent
sickness that has broken out in the army
showed the great wisdom Of General Shat
ter In moving forward to make the attack
Whlle his men were in vigor. Ii was a
movement bordering on audacity but IL
succeeded and the persistence of the at
tack, have no doubt. greatly disheartenel
the Spaniards. The result was one Of the
greatest victories for The men engaged OF
modern warfare. The numi.er OF prisoners
taken exceeded the attacking force by
nearly two to one.
When yellow fever broke out and the
fever list increased into the thousand. it
was for a time supposed that IL was prin-
cipally yellow fever. The bringing troops
north at once after the surrender, under
such conditions, would have been certain
death to n vast number, but upon inquiry
1t was ascerlained that very few OF these
cases comparatively were yellow fever
WHEN il vas at once decided to bring the
army home as speedily possible. Every
thing that human ingenuity could devise
has been done to succor that army-not
the ingenuity OF TIE Secretary Of War but
the result Of the combined counsel Of those
who have had lifelong experience in the
field. That some men have been neglected
on transports coming home there is no
haps. to carelessness and negligence, but
largely on account OF not having the medi-
cal force 10 spare tmany Of whom were
siciO from the camp at Santiago. Many
Medical officers sent with transports were
taken i'll on the way home.
Record of Work.
To give you a little idea OF the work that
has been done, / append the following:
The work of The adjutant generals de-
partment has been TO muster and order to
their station, to be precise. 21G.40 volun-
teers and 2i.oo for the regular army. This
with reduced force, many staff officers
from all of the departments bad been pro-
noted and ordered to the field.
The chief of engineers reports an ex-
penditure Of S5-S}U0O0 for harbor defenses,
building emplacements of heavy guns,
mortar batteries and mines
The surgeon general has had the enor-
nous work of fitting up hospitals, organic
ing the medical corps, employing male and
female nurses, contract surgeons, being
surgeons who are employed from civil life,
besides those commissioned corps,
division and brigade surgeons furnishing
medical supplies and answering the de-
mands from all over the country and from
camps at Santiago, Porto Rico and Manila
The work done in this line is almost be-
yond comprehension.
The commissary general had purchased
and distributed. up TO August 1. IlO9J7 .2235
pounds OF rations. which have been trans
ported and distributed to all armies in the
field here and at Santiago. Porto Rico and
Manila, besides the large quantity dis
tributed among the destitute Cubans.
The quartermaster generals report is too
long to even give an approximate idea of
his work In the way OF transportation 10
Honolulu, Manila, Santiago and Porto Rico
and return home there have been sent s.
6SS men, with artillery equipment and sup
plies. by rail in this country there have
been transported 9.T00 officers, 233 .J62 en-
listed men, also 4o.5s2 animals, besides
thousands of wagons, artillery and other
quartermaSter. commiSsary, ordnance,
medical and signal service stores.
The total number OF articles of clothing
and camp e1uipage distributed TO The army
by the quartermaster department has
been 6.2l4. 4S3, OF which / can only men,
ton a few articles, follows: Blankets
2SS.I39; blouses, 2S-5. 1O2; trousers. 49G. 42S:
hats, 334.106; canvas field uniforms. $500;
shoes, pairs, 1iI .57S: undershiris 136 g85;
tents, 9,l42; etc, etc.
The total weight OF food and forage dis
tributed daily 10 the army is approximate
ly 900 tons.
Added TO this IS the large fleet of trans
ports chartered and purchased, the man
agemeDt Of the same in csnNeYing troops.
supplies and ammunition.
The paymGster has promptly paid the