The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20

DuTkoOn- hNJOT, lnalaIeu tnnb FRANK DO taken
to camp. twelve miles further. The man died
n bid ySS i eyer hear any complaints against
Yes. sir There, we're complaints Of bis lack
What truth Is there in the various COM
pants Which were written 70 the carers about
Flow sbou. the tatementsst that = r. IypSh,
a graduate Of Yale, and Private Renner were
S SnSnG attST%ar rdNi dfited IN in mi The so dIVlsion h SSsaitsf.
and in the case of Renner the flies crawling in
his mouth and nose as he diedg"
newspaper clipping which looks like the
III anything OF the kind had happened 1
would have heard OF it. 1 did not hear about
a. " VIA the then; do you think wa" the cause of
was Ht that 't tRo. H mem aid fSan knows eSS R %S!n 70 S9 Srse
pare the food they got and that the drainage
SinSSf were put too close 70 the sleeping and
Mics Margaret Garrard OF Forrestown, N.
j., who was an independent worker among the
zone bad feature I observed at Montauk was
the. presence OF myriads Of flies. The stories
Of flies have not been exaggerated"
To IhM sRs lS soSId hi I'VE S eSGI3, DONE do you think.
Insect powder or fly paper might have re-
duced the number OF flies. and netting might
have Preysntsd them from annoying the pa
p you think insect powder or fly paper
could have reduced the number Of flies appre-
Gladly in open %tents?"
No. perhaps not"
And wasn't It necessary to have the tents
openI, to give the invalid soldiers plenty Of fresh
,''ot course the soldiers had to have fresh
WAS there anything else which you OBJ
much Of my work was in giving food to the
Long island Railroad. which is only a onee
horse affair. was not ADEQUATE to transport 30
Did you hear any complaints from the reg
mo. sir. They or the volunteers. either. did
Il h eou al yoR Re dPG SEEING iney IT, su Bnt t6ey were SOL
enlisted men. after all the TODD about physical
| saw twenty-five or thirty who were under
1s years old and one boy who was under 16
IVA It POSSIBLE. do you think. for the ex-
aminers. TO have told the, correct age OF some
war. said they were older than they really
There, was no excuse for not having, been
able TO tell the age of those boys. They should
have been at school instead Of at war"
Was the nursing adequate?"
after Aug. Ii. but sometimes when a man was
to be moved from one ward to another two
on ofa! q cot ifi ike a sack sHS Of m iS% a a pa''n' o0"n
What do you think was the worst feature
II think the worst thing was the lack Of dis
cipllpe in the admission, OF strangers to the
Newspapers and chewing gum we're sold every
day In the hospitals bought a paper every
S qssor u to ths Show %s' Ghe There a y soidi e1 S ssstf In t6 Ss
a friend could fnd a soldier was to make a
that any physi ia in New YORK city could
have managed the hospitals better than they
things, we're much better after Gen. Wheeler
Charles Edwards. a professional nurse. who
went to war as a private In the Seventy-first
Regiment, but who was promoted to be Sec
ond Lieutenant of Company H on account of
the field OF battle. said that he thought there
was not enough psoyisi9n for caring for the
men who were subsequently stricken down
with. fever were not properly. guarded from
"yo%rindHlsen!Gfs in feed while in a GoGyalesi
for four weeks after / got fever" he said. but
that, was the very, best treatment for me. I
the ignorance Of the men themselves in eat
ing too much after they were able to get up.
jacks which must have weighed a half pound
apiece; he was Just getting over fever. and
from 'p him and. f { ts ehs te saved his lEiff e' them
And right here l want to say that. in my
opinion. the volunteer ladies who acted as
nurses did more harm than good. Their in
~tentions were all right, but they did not ac-
complish their purpose. They themselves
had everything they wanted-soda water.
ginger ale. champagne and chicken. They
SYM athized with the men. and after the vol
selves they would go around to the sick men
and ask IL there was anything they wanted.
OF course the men craved everything in the ma
ture Of a delicacy. and who could resist chick
en-. The volunteer ladies in the goodness of
their hearts would give the men all they want
ed and the next morning would wonder why
SO many died in the night. I'm not saying
anything against the ladies'. They did the
best thev knew how. but they didn't know
how am a trained nurse and ! know that
more deaths occurred in camp and in the hos
pitfalls from too much eating than from too lit
tie. eau bring plenty of men to corroborate
IT is unnecessary, Mr.. Edwards" said Gov.
Woodbury..
After Lieut.. Edwards left the stand there
were no more witnesses In attendance and
half an hour later the commission adjourned.