The Monte Vista journal., 1898-09-03

I stated at the time, Kimban was o.
dered to send q full bakery out1t to
Montauk Point BY the first train. He
telegraphed in reply that ten days ago
or more be shipped to Camp Wiko6 a
baking outfit to supply bread for TO-
600. This caused an investigation. and
1t turns out that the bakery which DR..
Helxmann has been watching for 20
anxiously has been lying In the freight
house for more than n week. and there
L. no evidence that he has ever taken
the trouble to inquire for II. This Illus
trates the incompetency and the indif-
ference OF the men who have been
charged with the care of 10000 lives.
The secretary has discovered that
there is no laundry here to wash the
sheets and pillow cases from the hos
pital; that DIR. ForwoOd, the surgeon
in-chief. hns never made any arrange
ments to provide hot water for bath
ing the patients In his hospital. These
most important provisions will be
looked after Immediately
The press dispatches last night told
you that the secretary of war had de-
cided 1t was not necessary to rouse the
soldiers out at 8 o'clock in the morning
so long as there were no Notifications
to build and no shooting to do. He has
issued an order by which the boys will
be allowed to sleep until $50 O'Clock
hereafter. and they are very grateful
to him for 1t.
The Red Cross people are delighted
at the recognition General Algar has
given them. He has not only person
ally thanked every Red Cross and Re
lief Association representative upon the
grounds, but has repeatedly commend
ed them in the presence OF army sur
geons who have made their noble work
difficult and subjected them TO many
annoyanccs. He has gone still further.
and In the presence OF DIR. Forwood,
the chief surgeon, has authorized Mr..
Howard Townsend. the director Of the
Red Cross Society here. to draw on the
commissary department for anything
the Red Cross Society believes to be
necessary or comforting to the sick. DIR.
Forwood's hair stood on end when he
heard this proposition. for up till now
he has merely tolerated Mr.. Townsend
and his noble associates as unavoidable
nuisanccs.
1t will thus be seen thar the moral
effect OF General Alger's visit upon the
camp and upon the soldiers will 60 IL
good way to counteract the Indignation
that has been awakened by the suf-
ferings and mlsmanagement here. He
has certainly done everything that hu-
man power could do 10 remedy the
evils that had existed and supply the
soldiers with the nccessaries and the
comforts OF life. The starvation stories
and the failure to furnish proper sup
plies for the transports will be revived
by the death OF Willie Tiffany. and will
come right home to the President by
the treatment OF the Eighth Ohio,
which r. landing from the transport
Mohawk to-day. That regiment comes
from his own vicinity and two COM
panies from his own town. Two Of his
ncphcws are prlvatcs In company T..
The soldiers assert that they have been
fed upon putrid ratiOns and otherwise
suffered from neglect.
An interview with ex-Sccretnry Sher-
man In the morning papers will aggra-
vatc the situation, although his nni-
mostly to Secretary Algcr Is not dis
gused. The President must order an
Investigation and fix the responsibility
before the fall elections and before
Congress has n chance.
have many letters inIuirlng why II
Is necessary for the public TO contrib
ute money to support the Red Cross
and the relief associations and to sup
ply nccessaries to the sick and wound
I'd when the government has appropri-
nted $500 co. 600 to pay the cost OF the
war. The medical officers say that II
IL not neccssary-that the government
supplies everything that IN needed for
both sick and well soldiers through the
commissary dcpartment-but at the
same time they explain the regulations
are No strict and the formalities re-
uuired are so complicated that few sol.
diers know how TO avail themselves Of
this provision. For example. every sol
dicr is allowed 20 many rntions = day
and can draw those rations In money
II he does not want the food, and with
that money he can purchase from the
comm!ssary wines. jclliCH or any other
delicacy that his appetite may crave.
Hut there IL no one to run back and
forth between the hospital and the
store TO obtain such things
for him, even II he were aware that
they were subject TO his order. and
none but soldier OF experience could
properly MI out the necessary reQuis-
ton. 1t is claimed that the regulations
that govern the drawing Of such ra-
tionx must bc severe In order to pre-
vent the abuse OF the privilege. But
II would seem that the system must he
very defective when not one man out
of the 1,+OO In the hospital at Camp
Wikon has been able to enjoy what the
government, has provided for him.