Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-08-26
WHAT A CONTRAST.


charge of various departments, and his
"understrappers" have carried out his
orders to the letter. In whatever part
of the army you 60 you have no trouble
in finding out that this laundering Off
cial has showed his hand. 1t came first
when the orders were issued to put fifty
thousand troops from various parts Of
the Union in such place as Chicka-
manga Park. Why were so many VOL
unteers made to camp in such fever
storehousc rs that famous battle field.
This incompetent general also had no
test made of the water at that camp
ground. hence the boys had to drink
mud, which was not even fit for the
swine much less the gallant boys in
blue. One soldier tells that often have
his comrades been obliged in the MORN
ing torcmove the scum from the coffee,
after it had been boiled. The coffee
served to our soldiers was purchased at
seven cents pound. The sugar is
what is known as yellow beat sugar.
Many of the boys at Chickamauga had
beds on rocks. But this General In
competence has been found elsewhere
as we'll as in the circle which selected
that park for our brave volunteers. If
the stories of some of the soldiers who
have returned from the trenches in San
tiago are true, many soldier of the
regular army has not been paid for
three months. and has also been obliged
to eat poor meat and stale bread, before
more could be issued. Many brave
soldiers we are told were obliged to
make their way as best they could
many miles to reach transport bound
for the American shore. The late Col.
Fred Began of the Massachusetts Ninth,
so his physician said, was almost MUIR
dered by brutal treatment.
The story is told of volunteer who
was in need of surgical operation. and
when informed that he might 60 to the
Division hospital. he answered, "No, l
want men, not butchers, 10 work on
me-" No wonder the man made such a
statement, for we hear that for fractur-
ed limbs these physicians give pill,
and the same treatment is given for a
sore toe. Now, while number Of the
leading officers of the army are engaged
in the task of hurting bricks, in the
form of words, at each other, we look
at this ju-tly accused General Incompc-
tence, and the observe the contrast be-
tween this official and that protector OF
our rights in faraway Manila Bay, that
Green Mountain Admiral, the Second
Ethan Allen. Where in this war shall
we look for future president of this
republic? Shall it be to the shrewd
Yankee who caused the surrender of
Santiago; shall it be in the camp where
Generol Miles gives his orders in the
cabin of the New York, even though that
Acting Rear Admiral was twelve miles
away, or shall it be on tho flag ship
Olympisp
If this war is to give us president
shall it not be George Dewey, Ethan
Allen captured "Fort IT." "In the
name of the Great Jehovah and the
Continental Congress" Admiral Dewey
destroyed the Spanish fleet, and took
Manila in the name of the American
people. Had this war furnished Dewey
for every army camp, had such man rs
Dewey been in charge of the Medical
and Commissary departments, it would
seem certain that not SO many of our
gallant youths would today return to
their homes with weak step, a con.
cough, and shrunken face,
Let us give honor where it is due.
There has never been war in history
where some able man has not been
brought before the people, as result Of
The strife, this war has not been an ex-
,eption and George Dewey stands out as
he most noted man of the world today.
What contrast as compared with the
record made by General Incompetence
S the glorious achievement of this
Green Mountain naval star, the "Man of
he "Hour" George Dewey. Had the
Vermont Regiment been equipped ut the
opening Of the war, we have it from a
'eliable source that they would today
'e in the vicinity Of Manila, for it is
stated on good authority that Dewey re-
Iucs'ed that among the troops to be sent
o his aid, should DO the "Green Noun
pin Boys" for like Ethan Allen of old,
veil he knew that no bravcr soldiers
would shoulder musket in the war
With Spain than our Vermont boys.
lad they been sent to the assistance of
his peerless hero Of Manila, the wives,
nothers and sisters of our soldiers
'ould no doubt have feared for their