Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-03
SANTIAGO De CUBA In WAR TIME.
r, Horrors of War-sufferlng and Death to Some.
bedys Encouragement.


amount. are at present unable 10 do al |
having shipped thoir gold Tor atfoiy A. |
spain and Jamaica. The i1eil mer-
chants, though eager 60 purchase IN.
American cargocs that are now In inc |
harhpr. htgltate 10 do an. fearing thHt
when TIE uld-tlme duties are nboi.
ishcd. they viii have TO dn.
pose Of the goods OF heavy loss
IL shakes the confidence To-
friends AZ the outset They c1uu1t un.
derstand Why the United States should
maintain the same eNtultnuatH uutIUH
which led 10 the war aEunst splIu-
especially az time WlUn starvation
! 81 abroad In cuba. Thus hundreds oil
/ families uf the better class, whu aro
not yet destitute enough tl 1ack char.
! ny. mrs prevented by shalt.rr action
| from supplying thomeolves with foli.
Fancy the steamboat uar1euFCrs be-
I Ing Obliged. unexpectedly OBJ remain
/ two or tnree werkf Ia MS poverty
stricken. fcvcr-lnfeated tJWni
1hoTe who desire 10 "h1lrl" ON the
I veaeri-auth0iud "a mile or two out boz
I the bly -.iniy do 30 at the rate 90 80
per al m. nH long na Hurpl.n hold out
and may go ashore Whenever they lk
I unless quarantine Intervene hy paying
the customary huat-chufgC ~ % cent?
each way. There ura two rNfi club.
who're mon may live, n ch enough
besides several tlcndnH. ur l0F-cllff
restaurants. which demand high class
prlcfa for D., ufpft food. Even the Citl.
sens, ordinarily 30 h1sptahle. are Roo
/ poor since the long war, in entertain
guests and therefore che traveller
] without Tlruty Of scrip ln bis purse
finds himself IN the condition 0f Oh.
Son 81 Man. without whrro i1 lay Hia
head one OF tho phlmdNlrhlI's plHson-
I gers nCrprrated huge Joke on HIM
naif firing of steamship fnr. ne
thought be- would try q change ashore
and said 90 hls foiluw-HufIUrHrl. Gen
tichcn, I am going 20 town Co get a
square meal. who will Join hsG'
Forum itely for his puckctbook no.
body uccfHtod the Invitation. Having
hoard that the clubs were rNucuslvc.
ne did not patron.z, either OF them.
but went to a modest restaurant and
ordered such a mont nH would cost DO
the United States about % cents. 10 be
sure, some essentials were lacking.
Huttor. ~ course. was not expected
and there was neither milk, bread, nor
relish" ~ any sort. he had re- broth.
stew OF odds and ends chunk uf
boiled beef roarlhly horse nr dogl.
half pineapple and a cup of hli.rr
r1ner. with brown sugar and the hIll
Tor this aumptuoua rcplat was exactly
Your correspondent has met with no
SUN trials. being safely housed In Red
Cross hoadquartcrs. Miss Barton and
her stan are comfortably cainhl lfh.l
IN picturesque. woll-furniahcd old
casa ono on the nufHt IN Santiago WHOSE
owner-a wealthy scotchmnn, now in
Eurono-kindly PLACED 70 az hrf dis
pnrhl Here they sleep and eat, but
their days. from carly morn tlll dcwi
cyr." arr spent in the storchounei
down near the waters edge Galley
slaves never work harder than %
those ladies and gentlemen. ~ every
body knows. they not only give thNli
time ana nrrvicOH without salary, hut
have abandoned positions % pruml'
nenoc. ease and profit for philanthropy
sake,
thinner and palcr since I bldo then
rood-hye last spring In Havana. and
I an iudrnuuhlr change OF expression u
apparent In their faces When ! men.
: toned Il 90 Miss barton, she saidi -.
you remember an old poem BY Mira
! HrmnnH. about the death ~ the How.
/ crs7 | have forgotten the exact tltlt
and even the words; hut after the XIII
, Ing frnHis 81 autumn the last rnfc' nc'
counts for her changed appearance hy
saying That the has Hooked on death .
Surely. N horrible HrhtH and sad
experiences leave their Impression ON
0
reason for the alteration. Lot me tell
you fcw unvhrnlahed truths In thf
I fowoat possible words
SURGEON General sternbcrR announced
In the beginning that he had NJ
use Tor "wnmfn'a work and wonrn'l
tears, and only the other day roltcr'
Rted that he ara not want any fc'
male nurses In tho army. Therefor
he has opposed the Rcd Cross 10 every
way. refusing 20 permit Il 90 follow Tho
army iils own plan OF caring for SICK
and wounded soldiers may be well
enough In theory, 10 TAX about in
Washington but for practical use on
the field ~ battle II has l.rn wocfully
demonstrated 20 be- of no use whatever
An army on the march In HtranFa
| country, cannot carry along ample Ia
cIiltlcs Tor hospital work. 10 be made
available when most nccdrd-durlna
and Immediately after nm enlargement
This h the peaceful province ~ thf
Rcd Cr0ss-tO follow closely In tho rear
protected by the treatS from the hui
let's OF both Ffmlcs; ana had u been
allowed 10 do % IN Cuba. thousands NJ
precious lives might have been saved
The stcrnhrrgnn theory IL directly -,
sponsible for az least half OF the 5000
deaths which have occurred since July
and--to say nothing OF the hundred.
now dying from subsequent unnecra'
aary hardship and exposure.
Although discouraged In every way
: by the heads Of the army the Rod CroHi
perrlsted In following a. closely AZ pos
slhle. and so-thnnk heAvcn'-thc sup
ply ship State OF Texas, happened 20 b,
nolr when the FIRST great battle oc-
CURED. You have heard how our boys
went Into the flght hungry, hlw thcy
lay In the trenches for two Gays almost
without food. and how the wounded
were afterwards ordered % make thcli
way 20 the rear az best they could
Men with desperate wounds had 70 waih
or crawi-perhapa a mile, perhaps i've
or six mile-in some cases ten or nfteer
mlleH-not over good, smooth roads, hul
over a wild. rough country, where thi
trails were rendered almost impossible
by daily rains and heavy army wagons
Those who were least Injured, assisted
their comrades. aud hundreds died by
/ the waysldc. Had not the sternherglar
theory been lneXorable, the Rcd Cross
woulf have been promptly ON hand Win
ambulancea. equipped with every con-
yenienco. and the first hospital camT
would have been close by the held OF
battle. Those Of the wounded who lived
TO roach the place DESIGNATED, were at
tended to as rapidly ana efficiently M
possible. by the half dozen army sur
geona who had nothing nt hand for
their awful work. Some o. their lnatru'
menta were In their pockets, but amos
thotics. hAndagts. medlelns ana food
were enflrfiy larklug,aud 30 insufficient