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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-11-09
WEDDING GIRYS.

In these days when weddings are of fire.
quent occurrence, come to our store and ex.
anime the various articles suitable for such
gifts. We have particularly rich Silverware,
from inexpensive but pretty tri1es to massive
pieces and snfs
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-11-09

The Spanish cruisers Isla de Cuba
and IsIa de Luzon which were sunk by
Dewey, have been raised and locked
at Cavite.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-11-09
Yours as eve

NJ. S. KAHLE.
We are glad to hear from our old
friend of the Lone Star State.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-11-09
@MI8ISYN.IMS @IRYS

What is home without a Clock2 Pretty
slow sometimes and likely to be behind time.
With the assortment we carry for you to Sc
lect from, at prices that will not materially
flatten your purse, every home should be
provided with a Clock New designs in
mantle, onyx, dresden, art, and alarm clocks.
Evening star., 1898-07-26

the course of time If the war lasts and the
needs for surgical and medical treatment
there continue. But perfect order is main
tanned everywhere, and the wounded are
cared for and everything works SO well
that no one would suppose the institution
rad sprung up like mushroom Steward
Whitehead has been one of those who have
labored hard to make the hospital a sue
cess
There has been no need for dfscipliue
among the men in the hospital Like good
soldiers they learn such rules as have been
established and they conform to than.
There Is lack of selfishness among them
that appeals strongly to the surgeons and
nurses The people about Old Point have
sent flowers to the sick hare from time to
time Just after the men had landed some
or these flowers were carried in and placed
where soldier suffering from a painful
wound could see them and he was told they
were for him. At that time there were but
few nurses and there could be yery little
after ton given the men In some of the
waris. The wounded soldier knew this and
looking at the mass of bloom he said:
won't you take them to the men who
have no nurseS?''
1t Is quite common for the men when
flowers are brought to them to suggest
that they be given to some one they think
is mora badly injured than they, or who
they suspect Is little homesick, as he lies
Evening star., 1898-07-26
Walking the Floor.

When business man gets to the point
where he cannot sleep at night, where he is
so shattered of nerve that il is torture to
even remain in his bed, and he has to get
up and pace the foor-it is time for that
man to bring himself up with round turn
and mental, il not physical, death.
For a man who gets into this condition
there is remedy that will brace him up,
put him on his feet and make a man of him
again. 1t is DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. II goes to the bottom of things.
It searches cut the first cause When a
man is in this condition you can put your
finger on one of two spots and hit that first
cause the stomach or the liver OF both
This great medicine acts directly on these
spots. 1t promptly transforms weak stom-
ach into healthy one. 1t facilitates the
TOW of digestive juices and makes diges-
ton and assimilation perfect. II gives a
man an appetite like boys. II invigor-
ates the liver. II fills the blood with the
hfe-giving elements of the food, and makes
1t pure, rich, red and plentiful The blood
is the life current, and when II is filed with
the elements that build new and healthy
tissues, IT does not take long to make man
well and strong. II builds firm, muscular
flesh tissues and strong and steady nerve
fbers. 1t puts new life, vigor and vitality
into every atom and organ of the body. II
cures nervous exhaustion and prostratiou
Nothing Just as good" can be found at
medicine stores.
81 had suffered about eleven years with a main
In the back of my head and back, /" writes MI.
Robert Hubbard. Of Warner. Lincoln Co. ARK
81 suffered for eleven years and spent q great
deal of money for doctors and medicine but did
Golden Medical Discovery and Improved great
iy. sent for Eve more and NOW am glad To tell
everyone that an in good health"
Evening star., 1898-07-26

Mauser bullet struck Hummins it stopped
his charge on the Spaniards that will be
memorable to all those who had a chance
to witness 1t. Hummins had exhausted his
ammunition, but being right on the enemy
he used his rife as a club, knocking out
four or five Spaniards before he fell. Talk
ing over his fight at Ell Caney Hummins
remarked:
You see, we hadn't had much to eat for
four or five days, and l Knew we had to
carry that hill before We got anything more
to eat. We just had to have that HILL
Again. when asked why he put up such
a stiff fight. he said:
What You s'pose l went in the army
for? But If 1 hadn't killed them they'd
have killed me-"
Relic of War.
Private r. Pierce of Troop I, 1st Cav
airy, United States army, has a relic in
the form of a hat hanging at the head of
his bed. This hat was worn during the
fight at La Guasima by Hamilton Fish, 1t
has bullet holes through It's crown, shot
through 1t while on Fish's head Pierce
lost his hat, and this one was given him 20
wear.
Edward O'Brien of Company A. Rough
Riders. carries remarkable wound A
piece of shell struck him on the back of
Evening star., 1898-07-26

feived by Major De Witt, the surgeon In
charge. that 2l6 wounded men would arrive
1t pm on the City of Washington and
, race Of preparation began. Beds were
prepared and all arrangements for bathing
bnd caring for the men were made. A camp
kitchen was organized and orders were
kent out for provisions of every kind for
feeding the wounded. thousand details
were attended TO by a small body of men
When the transport arrived, 216 wounded
soldiers were brought ashore. their wounds
were then dressed. single doctor attend
Ing TO about 1fty cases. Many of these
wounds had not been disturbed since they
were received by the men. a week two
previously BY O'Clock all this work was
done, and the men had been bathed and
were tucked away in spring beds provided
with downy pillows. They had such a sup
per as they had not known for many
long day. There were few men in the hos
pital tents who did not sleep that night
and not a few OF them wondered, as they
lay there, whether II was not all a dream.
The next day the Breakwater brought 148
more of the sick and wounded, and on the
18th forty-four came on the Solace-
Under the Walls of the Fortress.
The hospital camp at Old Point Comfort
ts located on a site only few minutes
walk from the Hygeia and Chamberiin ho-
tells. In sight of and just below the ram
parts of Fortress Monroe About fifty pa
tents occupy the post hospital building
and $50 of them are In the tents Just back
or this building. which has only lately been
constructed. There are eight rows of tents
each row couple hundred feet In length
Evening star., 1898-07-26

having received only a hasty dressing In
the field where they had suffered the full
force Of shot and shell. A few days on
shipbOard and third of all the wounded
were landed at Old Point Comfort. to be
promptly cared for, to know the skill of
the doctor. the attention of the trained
nurse and to recover strength and health.
To-day more than half of these 400 wounded
men are convalescent and ready to be
sent to their homes, and no soldiers in the
ranks are more ready than they to shoulder
their muskets and continue the fight on
which they embarked until Spain has sued
for peace. No wonder these men stretch
themselves in their beds IN the hospital
blow In from the Atlantic and thank God
they are again on their native soil and
among friends. They haven't forgotten tho
muddy trails. the cold night rains and the
tailed Diet the long marches and the hard
ships that few men know. It is the con-
trast that calls forth their deep sense of
appreciation. Most of them will soon be
at nome. TO again renew family ties that
pave been severed and to recount to friends
The stories OF their campaigning.
Made Hasty Preparations.
The army medical officers at Old Point
Comfort are naturally proud of the work
they have accomplished In taking care of
the wounded men row in their charge On
the morning OF the 18th Of this month no
Information was received here of any i'm
mediate need for the small hospital CORPS
here TO take care of the sick There was
post hospital large enough to accommo-
uate Hlty or sixty patients, and a number
OK tents had been erected with tight board
nooring with a view of future possibilities
There were a number of iron bedsteads
with wire and hUsk mattresses, On hand, to-
getner with medical supplies. But nothing
was IN readiness to receive the wounded
AT o'clock on that morning word was re-
Evening star., 1898-07-26

Corporal Daum received bullet through
the fieshy part of his arm. The bullet then
passed In front of his chest, making four
holes In his shirt but doing him no further
harm.
Private Fred w. Warren of Company A,
$50 Michigan Volunteers, has both bones
OF his right forearm broken. the bullet that
did tnat work being fired by Cuban, who
probably carried a musket that had been
given him by Uncle Sam. Private Warren
had been stationed to guard spring OF
water, which was used for drinking pur-
pose. He was to see that It was not con-
taminated In any way. A Cuban came
70 the spring to wash, and Warren ordered
him away. The Cuban moved or and War
rem thought all was well, but turning he
saw the man raise his gun and he received
ball IN his arm. The Cuban was probably
incensed at being driven from the spring.
and. not understanding the sentry's ey.
PLANTATION, sought revenge.
There L. No Color Line.
No color line Is drawn In the hospitals.
the black soldiers being scattered through
out the wards. No objection to this prac-
Evening star., 1898-07-26
AMONGTHEW WOUNDED
How Soldiers Are Cared For at Old
Point Comfort.
SCENES In THE HOSPITAL TENTS
Enjoying Comfort After Prvations
of a Hard Campaign.
QUICK CURES EFFECTED
QUICK CURES EFFECTED

Special From Sta1 Correspondent.
OLD POINT COMFORT, Va, July "a 1898.
Never before in the history of this set
tlement has its name been thoroughly
exempIified as since over 400 wounded SOL
diers arrived here from Cuba and found a
haven of rest that has proved veritable
heaven TO them. Thrown together in a
great army. regular and volunteer, from
every walk of life. they had participated in
scenes that would have tried the soul of
the veteran campaigner. From the solid
comfort OF the barracks the regular SOL
der had gone out beside the volunteer from
the ease of home life and in many cases
from luxurious surroundings. They had
been landed in tropical Island rendered
desolate by continued warfare and infested
with a foe well trained by centuries of war
like discipline and entrenched everywhere
in formidable positions. They went with
a strong purpose and with scant food and
Insufficient equipment. but they marched
through the defiles of broken country
fOrded streams and pushed through a tan
gle Of tropical underground and over trails
knee-deep in mud. Conquering at La Qua
siulA. where the Spaniards were stationed
Under the protection of the forest, they
captured position after position by des-
perate charges until their indomitable will
threatened the destruction of Santiago.
They We're weakened by privations forced
marches and incessant labor in the trenches
they threw up by night. while they fought
as long as the day lasted. Fatigue and Ill
ness did not cause them to falter, and they
rested only when they had achieved sue
cess.
Comfort After Privation.
After this Hfe-to-life struggle the men
who were wounded in battle were brought
back to the coast, most of their wounds
Evening star., 1898-07-26

news for Old Point. where great apprehen-
sion has been felt lest there should be a
spread of that disease. The hotel pro-
prietors here have perhaps been more
alarmed over the situation than any one
else, because they feared the magnificent
climate of Old Point could not draw peo-
pie here IL yellow fever patients were
known to be in the vicinity. 1t is to allay
TINS fear that other wounded from Santiago
have not been landed here but have been
taken on to New York, where there are
better facilities for isolating and treating
such cases should they be found to exist on
shipboard. If the hospitals here receive
more patients they will probably be from
Porto Rico after Gen. Miles has secured a
foothold there. Every one agrees that the
climate OF Old Point is a magnificent one
Evening star., 1898-07-26

Whipple barracks. Arizona; Lieut.. r. NJ
Brookheld I'd Infantry, to Atlanta Ga /:
capt o. NJ. Lissak, ordnance department
70 Newport News, Va: Maj. c. S. Walton.
paymaster' 10 Porto Rico; Capt. c. NJ Rig
ley assistant quartermaster to Porto Rico:
Maj. Ogden Rafferty,. surgeon. 10 Fort
Hamilton, n. Y; Maj. n. II. Henry. sur
geon. to Fernandina Fla: Lieut. N g
Lansing. Signal Corps. TO Fails Church
Va; Acting Assistant Surgeons r. F. Ced-
oings. S. p. Green, J. s. Kennedy A. II
Simington, c. II. Fischer and A NJ Brown.
TO Santiago de Cuba: Acting Assistant Sur
geon Edwin Barry. to Falls Church. Va;
Acting Assistant Surgeon z. c. Field. 10
jacksonville. Fla; Lieut.. E. ]. Barrett %
Volunteer Engineers. to Honolulu: Mai J.
T. Dean, ordnance officer, to Chicknmauga !:
Acting Assistant Surgeons L. S. Bird and
]. r. Hicks. to Washington, ID. c; Acting
Assistant Surgeon II. l.. Brown, to the
steamer Olivette; Acting Assistant Sur
geons G. A McHenry and ]. h. Tackett, 10
santiago de Cuba; Lieut. Chas II. Smith.
81 volunteer Engineers, to Charlotte N
C.; Acting Assistant Surgeon II. p Wilkin-
son, to the steamer Olivette: Acting Assist
ant Surgeon Baen Street, to Atlanta. Ga :
Lieut.. Col II. c. Egbert. 9th Infantry, to
Fort Thomas. Ky: Mai. c. NJ. Robertson
surgeon. TO Fort Mcpherson. Ca: Can't J.
Cook, commissary of subsistence. to duty
on the staff Of Maj. Gen. Wade; Majs g
L. Heizmann. surgeon; ]. NJ. Thompson
24th InfaI try: Capt. E. r. Wilcox 9th Cav
airy; Lieut. Hamilton Rowan, ID Artillery
ana Lieut.. VIM. T. Llttebrandt. 1th Cav
airy; now on detached service. have been
ordered TO return 10 their proper stations.
Mag. {. r. Parke, surgeon. has been as
signed to duty with the "a Army Corps, at
Falls Church, Va.
MAI @. II. Penrose, surgeon. has been
ordered to report to Maj Gen. Wesley Mcr-
INIT, at Manila. for assignment to duty
Lieut.. Col. Albert Hart SUN, surgeon. has
been ordered to resume his duty as chief
surgeon of the department of the lakes.
Capt. III. ]. Yates, I'd Ohio Infantry:
Lieut.. III. c. Leonhardi, 9th New York In
fantry; Lieut.. II. V. Allen. I'd Nebraska In
iahtry, and Lieut. NJ. NJ. O'Sulivan. 69th
New York Infantry have resigned
Oh1cers of the pay department have been
assigned to duty follows: Mai n J.
toote, at Atlanta; Majs. b. c. Kenyon and
r. e LORD, at San Francisco; Mai Ralph
Hartzell, at Denver; Mai T. A. CuInminss
at st. Paul; Maj E. A. Biegalo, at Chi
cago.
Evening star., 1898-07-26
THE BICYCLE SQUAD.
Maj. Sylvester Names the Officer. =.
Form 1t.

MAJ Sylvester Names the Officers tn
Form 1t.
MAJOR sylvester announced this AFTER
neon the list of policemen detailed for duty
in the bicycle squads of the several pre-
cincts, as follows:
Precinct No. HI r. Warren. + r
Simpson. H. w. Cover. H A. Dodge.
Precinct No. 2-J. A. DuvalI, J. E. Barnes.
Precinct No. &c. 8. Cats, L. w. Charl-
ton.
Precinct No. 4E. L. Lake, A. J. Head
ley. F. M. Cornwell. j. W. Robertson.
Precinct No. 5-W. H. Heard, G. w.
Mason.
Precinct No. &C. L. plemmons. 8 D.
Gibson.
Precinct No. Frank Burrows
Precinct No. 81. A. Mcdonald. r A
Foley. "a
Precinct No. CIV. Emerson. J. q John.
sten. r. Vanderschaaf, B. F. Vermtliion
As printed in yesterdays Star, Major SyI-
vester has adopted no uniform rule for
the working OF the men mounted on bi
cycles. but has left that matter for the
liectenants to settle. In some Of the nre
ciEcts the Heutenants will endeavor to
have one or two men on duty all the time
while in others only day duty may be re-
quired. 1t is the intention of Mayor SyI-
vester to have a bicycle at each station at
all times for use in cases Of emergency.
Evening star., 1898-07-26

the father bade his son goodbye. the boy
was put on the operating table, and as a
corpse, was taken of.
Bullets and pieces of she'll taken from the
bodies of the soldiers are favorite relics
among the men. There are a number of
soldiers who persist in saying the Spaniards
fired some explosive bullets, but there
seems no just ground for this charge The
is used to incase the bullets fired from
the Krag-Jorgensen rife. In some cases
the brass rim of the Mauser bullets broke
on striking a bone and considerable lacera-
ton was the result.
staff of Medical Oficers.
The hospital here is in charge of Major
Calvin Dewitt. surgeon-in-chief He is
spoken of everywhere as highly efficient.
Besides Major Dewitt the only other regu-
lar army surgeon is Captain Francis A.
Winter, who returned to New York on the
Oliyette after being with the army in the
hottest fighting in Cuba, where he had the
experience of dressing wounds on the firing
lines.
Drs. 8. Clement Claude. s. Chase De
Kraft and Oelrichs of the 1st Maryland
Regiment of Volunteers have done excel
lent work here, being on hand at the time
of the arrival of the wounded men. Major
Donald Mclean of Detroit, Mich, and Ma
jor Lewis Schooler, who has been stationed
at Chickamauga, are the surgeons in
charge of the first and second sections of
the hospital. respectively. Other surgeons
in the service here are Drs. F. Laner, Eu-
gene Hartnett, Mckay, c. H. Anderson, E.
w. Pinkham Bean Street, Weston P
Chamberlain, s. V. Cottrell, 8. M. Water
house, r. E. Bell, John s. Fogg. o. w.
Rash, E. 7. Meyer and A. w. Williams
There is large corps of nurses in the
hospital, there being four volunteers. two
of them daughters of Captain Fighting
Bob Evans of the Iowa-Miss Virginia
Evans and Mrs. Marsh, whose husband is
Ensign Marsh of the New York. Mrs.
Cushman, the wife of Lieutenant Cushman
of the navy, and Miss Candy. whose father
is one of the officials at the Soldiers Home
at Hampton. are also volunteer nurses.
The volunteer nurses pay all their own ex-
penses and receive only the thanks of
the government. They have done excellent
Evening star., 1898-07-26
there in the tent and needs cheering UP.
Patient I'm Suffering,

The patients give no trouble, and such of
them as are in pain control themselves so
that no one would suspect their suffering.
Your correspondent walked through all the
wards, but from beginning to end heard no
sound that would indicate suffering. The
fever patients and those who have suffered
from the effects of heat are about the only
ones who give evidence of almost total ex-
haustion. The fevers that prevail are ty-
phofd and malartal in character. These
cases are not isolated, the men suffering
from them being scattered indiscrfminately
among those who are wounded. There
were few cases that appeared suspicious
iy like yellow fever. and they were treated
In separate tent, where there would be no
danger of spread OF the disease should II
turn out to be yellow fever. The surgeons
In charge today said they were satisfied
these were not yellow fever cases, and the
knowledge Of this fact will be splendid
Evening star., 1898-07-26
ORDERS TO ARMY OFFICERS.
Steps to increase the Emciency
the Subsistence Department..

Steps to Increase the Efficiency of
the Subsistence Department.
Under the provisions Of recent act of
Congress for increasing the efficiency of
the subsistence department the following
places have been designated as important
depots to which officers of that department
ere assignable to duty for the purpose of
purchasing and shipping subsistence sup
plies: New York city, with Col Chas A.
Woodruff in charge; Cincinnati, Lieut.. Col.
]. j. Clague; Chattanooga. Maj. F. E. Nye;
st. Louis, Maj. w. L. Alexander; Chicago
Maj. Owen Smith; Atlanta, Lieut. Col E.
q bravo; Tampa. Maj. A. o. Smith; San
Francisco. Col w. H. Barton; Jackson
vile, Capt. J. H. Duval; Miami, Capt A.
v. Niskern; Dunn Lorine, Va. Capt John
Little.
Capt. George B. Davis, commissary of
Subsistence. has been assigned to duty as
assistant to the conimissary general with
the rank of colonel
onicers Of the army have been assigned
to duty as follows:
Capt. D. u. Mitchell. 15ta Infantry. to
Evening star., 1898-07-26

tice has been made, for among the men
who faced the heavy firing in Cuba. to have
been wounded therais tqa be knighted in an
order of nobility that ,demolishes the color
line Among the wounded there is no one
known in the hospital as "Stonewall Jack
son. of the oath Infantry. Hummins lived
in Philadelphia before his enlistment and
is magnificent specimen of a black man,
enlisted in the regdIar army in the latter
part of April and qknew he would have
some fighting to do. 1t was at Ell Caney he
was wounded. bullet fNrrowing his skull
on the top of his Head The BAN entered
the skull sufficiently to break 1t for a
distance of about four inches, but didn't
go low enough to he fatal. When the
Evening star., 1898-07-26

and intersected by streets, on the sandy
soil of which board walks are laid Hy-
drants are placed along these streets, so
that pure water brought in pipes from
Newport News for Old Point Is abundant.
Outside of each tent is large corrugated
iron can for refuse, and a complete sewer
age system has been put into operation for
this little city of white tents Four days
ago a large kitchen and dining room of
frame was completed and all the men able
TO leave their beds go there for their
meals. The site of the camp is on a slight
elevation The surface drainage is per-
feet and after a rain the sandy soil is
dry in very short time. The city of tents
SO quickly put up is regarded as perfect
from sanitary point of view.
The tents are comfortable as a costly
hospital building. The spring beds are three
feet apart, and at the head of each is a
crCdely constructed shelf or shelves for the
effects of the sick occupant, and on each of
tf EN-, III the patient Is a smoker, tobacco
and pipes are placed so that dsvotees of
the weed can while away the tedious hours
of the day and evening by indulging their
Pet habit.
Read Magazines and Newspapers.
There are magazines and newspapers ga
lore through the tents, the wounded men
taking the greatest interest in reading war
news This supply of reading matter has
been donated, coming from all parts of the
country. The wounded soldiers live in their
pdJaInaS, lOunSlng on their beds or STROLL
ing about the grounds in them. 1t is d
queer sight at meal times to see the men
file out from the tents and go to the din
ing room arrayed in vari-colored pajamas.
Most of them can walk without difficulty,
though perhaps fourth of the whole num-
her hobble along on crutches or use a
stout cane.
Your correspondent made a trip through
the hospital tents before noon Oranges
were being passed about for the wounded.
In one row of tents a nurse, arrayed In a
white wash dress and trig cap, was pass
ing along with large box of tooth brushes
inquiring If any of the men needed these
means for dental cleanliness. Occasionally
a wounded man would hold out his hand
and receive brush
Any one who should make trip through
these hospitals expecting to find an assem-
blage of detected and morbid men would
be greatly surprised. Throughout the tents
there Is an air of cheerfulness and now
and then self-appointed humorist will per-
petrate joke or witticism that will call
forth bright retorts and laughter all along
the line.
WelI-Regulated Hospitals.
In a general way the hospitals are con-
Quoted on approved plans that can be found
in operation in the best of such institutions
but exact uniformity in methods does not
exist In all the wards. There has been no
time for hair-splitting over rules and regu-
lations that will doubtless be brought to
uniform system throughout the wards