Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-08

SICK soldiers Is comfortable aD POSSE
BILE, and to Restore Them Speedily to
Health-Gen. Terry's Report Shown to
BE False.
Washington, Sept. 1.-Seeretary AL
ger Yesterday received the report of
Gen. 81. V. Boynton upon the state of
affairs in the hospitals at Camp Thorn
as The report is dated August 90.
The general says that his instruc-
tons were to report the number of
sick, character of illness, number of
tents, floor space per patient, the ade-
quacy and suitability of attendants,
and whether the medical officers have
discharged their duties faithfully and
with intelligence, and to make any rec
ommendation in the interest of all con-
eerned. He says that he visited all the
hospitals in the camp, without giving
notice of his purpose. Says Gen. Boyn-
ton:
An Excellent Standard for Judgment.
Believing the death list of this
camp to afford an excellent standard
by which to make sure it's conditions
as to health and hospital service, a
full report was obtained of all
deaths in the camp and its hospitals
since it's establishment the middle of
April last. The result shows a total
death list of 1913 up to the ED
of this month, when the breaking mp
of this camp began. Between these
dates. including regulars and volun-
Eeers, u, 900 troops have been in camp
I'm the Chickamauga park. The record
of burials in the national cemetery at
Chattanooga shows a total of 100 vol
anteers and two regular soldiers. OF
these latter one was killed by falling
from a railway train.
The Two Permanent Hospitals.
The report takes up in detail, first,
the two permanent hospitals, Letter
and Sternberg, and states with the
greatest minuteness the exact accom-
mediation afforded by each The first
Is at Crawfish Springs, under charge
of Mai. Carter, and was converted
from large summer resort hotel into
n hospital, receiving the worst typhoid
cases from the camp. Each patient
has abundant room, woven wire and
hair mattresses and abundant cloth
ing. The ventilation is perfect, plumb
ing entirely new and bathing facilities
ample. The number of attendants,
when all are well, is entirely satisfac-
tory, and attendants are on the way
TO take places of those who have bro
ken down.
AHerd Of Cows with Free Pasturage.
Mai. Carter has secured a herd of
COWS and has made arrangements for
pasturing them without expense to the
government He has sufficient money
from the hospital fund to buy what
ever is wanted in the way of milk, ice
and other delicacies. There has been
at this hospital full supplies of ice
milk, commissary stores and delica-
cies, such as the sick ought to have,
and the funds have enabled him to buy
all that has been needed in the way of
canned and potted goods, soups, clam
juice, sage. matted milk, eggs, kou-
miss, jellies, preserves, relishes, GIN
ger, oil, champagne and claret.
Distilled Water and Ice Made from Dis
titled Water.
The entire hospital is furnished with
distilled water and the ice used is
made from distilled water. The sewer
age of the hospital is excellent and,
contrary to persistent assertions, none
of the sewage has ever drained into
the Chickamauga river or approached
1T at any point
Maj. Carter has a corps of doctors
which he regards as amply sufficient
TO care for all the patients in the hos
pitfalls, and reports them as faithful
aud efficient in the performance of
their duties.
The Sternberg Hospital
Taking up the Sternberg hospital, in
charge of Maj. Griffin, Gen. Boynton
shows it is one of the most complete
field hospitals ever seen, according to
veterans of the last war. All the
tents are closely aoored and they are
separate; at present only four men are
In any tent, and, in addition to the
tents, there are nine large board pa
-vilions- Every tent and pavilion has
woven wire mattresses, iron bed
,steads and hair mattresses. There
are especial diet cooks, five cold stor-
age rooms for delicacies, separate re-
frigerators for each row of tents and
every proper measure of sanitation is
observed with respect to the sinks.
Further the report says:
The Whole Place fs Most Carefully Po-
Heed Daily.
''The whole place is most carefully
policed daily and the whole estab-
Gshment within and without it's per-
manent building and its tents is in the
most perfect order.
''Since the establishment of this hos
Pital everything asked for in the way
of supplies Of every kind has been
promptly furnished. Sixteen to twen-
ty-four barrels of distilled water are
purchased daily, and patients get moth
ing but distilled water to drink. From
three to five tons of ice are used daily.
Three hundred gallons of milk are
purchased daily, and $50 gallons fur.
nished by the Red Cross society.
Ordered to Procure Everything Necessary
for Comfort of the Sick. i
"Al1 money necessary for the pur-
chase of delicacies of every kind suita-
BILE to the sick has been furnished by
order of Gen Sternberg.
<'Soon after the hospital was estab-
Iished he telegraphed as follows to the |
surgeon in charge:
DO not fail to procure everything
necessary for the comfort of the sick. |
Apply to me for additional female |
nurses and for money to buy delicacies
when required
"a careful inquiry developed the
dact that all varieties of medical sup
piles req dired or asked for were fur
lnished both from Washington and
FROM medical headquarters at the
camp with the greatest promptness."
Release Burned I'm N Creamatory.
It is stated in addition that all the |
hospital refuse IL burned in q crema.