Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-22
DIGGING UP EVIDENCE.
..,,,,,o, Arrive at Atlanta and Proceed &c
Explore.
=. TAYLOR STARTS FROM BEGINNING.
.,s,,. sent from Jackson''iie M"
MANY 80, who Were No, In
CONDITION to he Moved

.t..ta Ga, OCT. al
A'"'' commission arrived herc
'e'u.,'''s southern railway today az !"
over ~" nd after calling upon Gen
, o'nIa in command Of tn. ,. aepar.'
~ proceeded to Fort Moi "' =. A.
i n,"' ,riy work to be done mere ,sn
The Ou,. , with the hospital at 'he
conn, ~ ...,,i,ers separated into par
fort ~. rach Tor the purpose y
ties OF ~ yarlous divisions OF the ~
Ns.uns u" Thcv found the paitayhH
fuilu'M mad been transtotin'u ~, Nv
Of he .,Is and .n1twithsthhul"e
h0spwl " get. the wards were ul'
thc lll w.. comfortable ana warm
found W now gg2 patients In the lnsu-
Th,l. ard many of them are o''''"
recent ,,,rlrsioners talked With sur
ln- ,r,osa and patients. ints w,
seo.s,.rsd mo complaint run va. M"
,rd the nurses staten ~. and
var constantly FiuNts ~ n,,,n.
NoiN w.. ,o the decrease IN the nun
los y"l. ,,,.,,e They also visited the
Dor Z" II the c1nvalcscents WIN
mess h. NJ, dinner. and the diet hleh-
thrl W. 5l,yrr was being prophf'u,
20 WHY tho mon In the mc.4r"pnl
Th'l l.',t,. .uupled with FOOD anu
nhuh.an' - Il with relish known
rniu',lns ~ Who have Just recovered
fr,in typhoid icvef' ...,,t,od only
Inc ,u..., here. They were MAJ.
~ Taylor. surgeon In charge OF
l,lalr ,''.1i military hospital here ana
i.,.,,,,lgB Both appeared at the az
.,g session " the coihnil.Alvh'
WI Taylor related the history OF ",
f.-,ttri ffum itH Inception. hc Hlu
IA, recently he had had no ulin,ul.g
n securing supplies. 49, ne hhu ~"
~, ,..rf. blanche a. purchase them.
.-tts authority had not, however, be'h
~, mill the iat ~ August. whereas
F. t-t been asked FOR no early nh tho
ss,b IA June. lie had. IN the beginning
IA M camps history, had couHidrrnhlf
Er.nitv In getting regulations nllni'
ei,b,urh he had M difficulty In getting
tb.m approved by the authorities AT
me- r.aulrition made on the 10Th Of
u.y and another on tho iith u juno
80 nnt hoen entirely fllcd until very
,.sentiy These acquisitions had been
made urdn thc New York supply de-
I'D white ail THAT were made on the
M Louis department had been
promptly nllcd one hundred ana fix.
,e.s clts ordered In the beginning 81
IN season had only arrived a day or
80, since. aud they were not now
rr.iaH Dr. Taylor had. On account
n tbo delay In nlilnR those acquisitions.
b.an compelled 90 call upon the sur
g.,n general Tor portion ~ his spec
r.ai fund. and had thus prevented any
,uHarlnr among patients. Among the
fsr4rtmpnta lu which there was delay
b delivery was bed linen.
pr TayIar said he had found the
trcssnt c1mmutntlon 81 GO cents a
day more than sufficient 90 furnish
f.id fof the sick men. and he Expressed
the oplrlon that 70 cents day would
b. funioleni flr the purpose N supply
inr Tod. " Taylor stated that n large
portion " ME- patients had been re-
celyed from Tampa. but that some had
come from jacksonville. CMcknmnugn
and other points Hc also said that
many had been mt here who worp not
20 condition o. be- removed, ns many ~
them we're typhoid fever patients, and
IN such clrrs ffponc wa a prime ne.
ccaaiy Many patients had died soon
after their arrival.
cHAPLAiN's STORY.
Rev. Oryille J. Nave. post chaplain
NJ Fort Mcpherson. stld h. had visited
every patient whn had been In the hos
r.ial. and ihai h. had never heard n
single complaint from q man who was
ruafHHH' ~ hlH reason. while, on the
cuu'nry, b. had heard many express
lon " rrrliude and commentator
- ihe excellent conduct % the hos
pinl
Mr Nave expressed the opinion that
IN ihe conduct OF military hospitals
Enoally there was too little oarc oi
ihe clothes and other property of pa
Vents Tha custom IL 90 puT a slick
mahf clothing under hi pillow when
~ sn'.rs e. hospital. and Mr.. Nave said
~ ne man often never again sees
=. Hihlnr or articles thu may be-
lrit 10 ihe pockets iic had known 81
many lnsiancoa IN which men were
lnufhi here wlth no clothes except
muf nighishlrts, and he himself had
llfel, through private help. no fcwei
tln loo nuts Tor such men as had Loaf
DIR clothing
In a. word. the thlevlng which ha,
N'n gQlrg IN, and the petty prcula.
u,m which have been practicod upon
tAlrf.'' said he. "0ftlmes by thoii
,lnfilfa. has been one OF shc siddesi
l.liufra ~ the war" While tho bndlti
patients We're carefully guarded
llnf property was not, yet these artl,
e.i, we've often, the chaplain said. very
AN,l 20 the patient IN caHc " hi
recovery, and 20 his friends and rula'
Nts % case of his death"
NJ plying 20 question from Gen
Nuiln, Chaplain Nave said he hat
more of the surgeons az the hos
'as under the Influence ~ liquor, hu
~ 20 suillccut extent 20 inbrfor'
sh TOE proper performance OF thell
IN commlsslon loft AZ II O'Clock Ia
t'shi Cor Admission.
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