The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-15
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A RED Cross NnFse's statenio Ahqli
Manila Hospitals

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Manila HospitaiR
HONOLULU, Dec Z. M SAN Ia ~
CISCO, Dec. 1l.-Tho UDitea STAR
transport, scandia. has arrlvpd hafe
nom Manila. fTom which place enc lois
November i6 She brings q number q
Omeera, nlnsty-one discharged and fqfs
loughed men and two Red CroSl IluI
sue brings the largest msii that evar
let Manila, ats sacks Tor San FElnelg-
co md one for Honolulu. Tlio slal
viii resume her voyage o. Or aDout tie
1Oth inst
Mss sShaeter. q Red Cross luglas
who went from Honolulu % Manila, ats
rivine there September 9, raturaaa
here. she makes startling oharE - - ac
the way Unlted States soldiers aEe ~
ken care OF in Manila.
Miss Schae6er made th0 toilol ln
statement for publication:
Scores OF the soldier boy9 1te VIM
in the hospitals az Manila Just Tor W.,lp
OF proper nouTishment. They laH the
government allows sixty Cents 9 day
for each patient. You can save dozens
OF lives on hve cents q DAY.
"0h, the utter WOO OF tho hospit1l9t
the helplessnesg Of them. Men -
bright, as noble as God ever made, given
up to death, hoping for It, seeking Il
taking poison, doing anything that VIII
end the despair that comes upon taeni.
Seeing nothing before them but days q
pain and nights Of Wretchednela, With
out proper food, alone, With no one to
give them sympathy orcheer. to Wrlte %
friendB to soothe the aohing bE0Ws or
nlolsten parched lips, II bV sheer ell-
duranee Of nature or obstinacy of YilAi-
tn thev do get better. there q before
them nothing but the sun more cheer
less period Of conTaieseence WITH the
probability Of a relapse, and the ola
wearineBs OF despair TO be guherod
again. No wonder there are SIX Or eey-
en- funerals a day. No wonder the deAu
house Is never empty.
nAnd outside OF the hospital, ana even
in Il, such indifferencel Petty con4iaer-
alton of rank and position, gquabnleg
about precedence, lack oe considerations
IN preseriblnF and preparing food, willis
men are dying, not merely OF heart nun
ger, but for want OF nourishment.
Il have gone through the wards day
aEter day and as spoke to this one ana
that, and they poured ont their Woes.
men who do not wear their hearts on
the sleeve. cried for the pure agony o.
their loneliness and despair, made preB-i
nant by their own way OF telling Il.
IT got Just so that could not 60
through the wards. What could do3
With the need OF care, nour1shmept and
hospital treatment, / was utterly help
less to do anything; just one cog IN the
great remorseIess grinding m1ehine,
whose material was noble men ana
whose grist was death.
II do not mean that attendants OF the
hospitals are careless or Indifferent
Many are trying to do their best. There
are a lot Of worthiness and unseifHh-
ness among the attendants at the hos
pitals. But there 10 so much ine1per-
ienee. 60 many clogs 80 those who
would do much. To think OF an ate,
tendant going through q ward With q
pail OF beet broth, ledling & out ~ the
ATTY or sixty patients indiEcrtmina tely
by the cupfulL
I'm the whole pail there Waa not
enough nO1rishment for one, even it y
were mHde OF the best material But
what It really was made OF, shut inH
eyes and refuse to imagine. In whole
ward there Is not more than one nurse
with experience and for helpers, only
one or two awkward boys. who perhaps
never saw a sick room before"