The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-10-25
HOSPITAL GROUNDS NEG
LECTED.


Colonel w. +. Durhin. # the Iiuaar
ANA SiNty-trSt Indiana. said There "#r
few complaints from ms men ami
that they were generally trivial. tt
spoke especially Of the grounds OF raa
Third division hospital. saying that i-#E
had for a time been very poorly Es.t
There has. however. been a vasr #
proypment since DR.. Clcndcnnln had
succeeded Dr. Jesurum. Of the Rouge
Riders. Daily complaint had been mace
bv him. but it had apparently GoN" ##
needed. Colonel Durbin also said There
had been one or two complaints Of "a
lect of his men 1T this hospital. ana that
one of these complaints was 10 the et
feet that men who had been sent L" tae
hospital on TUESDAY last had had "f
medical attention MP to the follow
day. He had called attention t. III"
condition of affairs and the surgeon
charge Of the ward had said that le
had visited the men. but that the ra-
tients probably did not know he was a
rlvSician.
Colonel Letcher Hardin. If the S.zra
Missouri. also complained that faa
grounds Of the Third division hosr5fa.
had not been well kept. He said thar
they were bad under Dir. Vaughn. har
ter under DR.. .Iesurum and still much
better under DIR. Ciendennin. IT..
thought the army ration should contaa
more vegetables and less meat.
RED CROSS AID AGAIN.
Or, Alexander Kent, pastor If rae
Peoples church at Washington. aH#
field agent at Jacksonville for rhe Re-
Gross WAS questioned concerning the
operations Of the Red Cross at this
point. He said he had been received rer
cordially by the army surgeons. and Il
had co-operated with them. He bad
noticed the absence Of sheets and pillow
cases at the Second division hospital III
its ~arlv history. This was in mil~Hm-
MGR. AMI MANY men lay uncovered l
cause it was too hot t. use their b.aa.
ketS. He had supplied the defcierrE.
and the supply had been thorou-a|.
appreciated by the doctors. There was
also at that time q shortage Of ho-r.tI.
tents and Of food suitable to tvuha.#
fever patients. He had undertaken ~
er"~'y the deficiency and had distribute
two car loads of the necessary deli
clcies.
1T seemed" he said. .as If the haS.
tai was arranged upon n smaller ee#
than was demanded and aS q cers
Quence there was 4 constant dcuar.
upon the Red Cross to supply the de.
lency. DIR. Kent said he had hears
many complaints concerning m~i~couara#
at the hospitals. and many Of them .
pdFently well-vouched for. but they I
not generally proved weIl-fouuded whaa
investigated Replying t. Il que~tl#F
ne said he thought it had been very q
flcult 10 get medical men of euHic-a#t
administrative ability to manage @sr#
institutions aS the division hospital. b.
lore the female nurses We're secured -'.
nurses VINO We're men Of the hospital
corps. We're not capable. They were
not Intelligent as a class. and while SOCCER
Of them We're dogcedlv faithful. tae.
failed 10 meet the requirements.
FLIES N SICK MEMS MOUTHS
They did not for instance. seem ta
gard It as Of consequence if flies v,-
crawling in and ont Of a sick 1aaa-
mouth with impunity, and he had -
y many X SIX cases Of this kind a- .a.
time. Since the trained nurses had i.e
secured the sick We're better cared t-
than 1T home. He thought the G.r.
ment should send COWS 10 Cuba w.
vance Of the army III order % --
fever patients with milk.
The witness said that the principal
son for the failure Of the surgeon
make regulsition upon the Govern
Ter supplies was found in their faa"
making demands that would not Dee Is
toned. He said the contributions n.
society We're generally solicited aa.
volunteered by him. The society
paId for all the milk and all TIL.
used at the hospitals up To Septemh@r
The society had also supplied "a -.
many rubber sheets. thermoue-.r~.
tags. hot water bags. ~SyriL-t~
Since the allowance Of the sixty '