Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-29
H0ISEFLlES TIE SCAPECOATS.
-, H.. Cold baths Were Given TO Pa
tients to "rlpish Them ON
Indignantly Denied.

c,ouanooea. Tom. oct. 2s.-The wnr
,,yestigatlnE committee spent the
sn,lre day in inspecting the site Of
-, Thomna In Chlckamauga park
.odor the guidance OF Gen. Boynton'
oo,. A. T.. Stewart. a member Of the
Ss.i,romaura park commission. and
Nr T.. r.. Belts. the engineer Of the
committee.
rh. ,nspecthn began at Lyle sta
49,, and covered all points OF interest
IN the park and nearer It's borders which
nav. been In any way involved the
,,rtr,ycrsy concerning the sanitation
q, the camp. including sternbcrg and
,.i,.r hospitals. the various springa
-, which water was secured by the
,,.,ps. Including the famous crawnsh
.,,,srs and the point on Chlckamauga
s--,k al, which the water Of the pipe
line supply was taken.
POLLUTED WATER
seseiai attention was given 10 this
latter place because Of criticisms which
b.v. been made upon this source u
no camps water supply. They found
The intake pipe submerged about
twenty fcft above the NOUN OF irlp-
me-, crook locally known as Cave
grrinr crock. which drained the camp.
Tbs charges had been made that the
,y.tsr fr0m the tributary stream had
concentrated the pipe water, being
carried hack Into it by means N cd
mi In one ease by overflow after a
ar n5ynnn and Mr.. nc,is. who
had 10Th been concerned IN the Local
don of this pipe line. admitted that
tho had boon one occasion when Cave
spfInr crfk had overlooked and bro
ten dom. thus throwing ~ water
iub1 the main stream over the intake.
bot they explained that this froahpt
had occurred ~ niHht when the pumps
were shut down and ~ water was be-
INK taken In. They called attention to
ne faridity ~ the flow ana % the
dsrth ~ the stream and urged the Inn
possibility OF Infection FROM this
rrrfHa Tho INSPECTOR listened nttcu.
lively Ia an that was said. but natur-
aly ihry were conservative IN their
etrraFIHra
Cen Wilson gave especial attention
O. ihe question A. nn engineering prob
iam and while he refused 10 allow him
feif o. be- quoted 70 WIS evident from
the Interest No. manifested and the ok
rfewI1na he dropped that he was Inn
pressed with the striking Improbable
iy ~ NOT the lmposalblity. u infcc-
ion from this source. n was also
equally evident that a majority " the
committee formed the Same opinion.
WELL EQUIPPED.
There werr many expressions n COM
mediation " The methods followed nt
ficmhorr hospital. and Con. Dodge
was heard % remark that II was "a pity
% have 90 leave an institution 20 well
equipped. They found only nfty.
t.gh' patients In the hospital and most
q those were o1nynieHcrnt Al were
huird In wooden pnvlliuua the tents
being ynCried Mai chiffon, In com.
mRnd " ihr hoHpltnl. said Il would
coon b. abandoned
Thr commission also rave attention
Ms rws Unity ~ the various camps
70 one another and the 'r.hs .H.
uon n ne sinks. The conclusion
seemed quite grugfni that many lf tt +.
regiments were thrown more closely
together Than they should bo.and Tint
ms could have been avoided. 4.
tH'r 'r tho opinion ~ a least
r'me Or The committee sufficient space
lNil FH IIi occupied Tor tho ucaim.
n'Nlinu m many thousands more of
uMW ihln were ever present here.
Many m M" sinks were ais, found 10
nave been nearer the tents than proper
lN.aH Ni 'in.'ltiun encourage. and in
m' 'aH't ihe character or tho sur.
lA,c was found ~ be- such ne IN war
lthi lhr conviction that the sinks wore
,n.I.Nrf ihnn they should have boon.
camp vs. Wv
To FINISH PATIENTs
,,Nitr concluding the inspection NJ
w ramr MAJ Oinrn, who mad boon
Nv. ihe commission before. was
49, i1 make a statement concerning
HiaIHnH 81 the hnspitli made
vermont Newspaper hy Frank A
t'l, N1n had spent slx weeks In
nl.plil nursing his brother. when
n,luiHed home he wrote an article
9Ng among other things, that ne
,m h.ifl physicians In the horpitnt
y" a'rhilniH 20 give their attention
patents who had a chance 10 re-
.f ani not 90 nurse those who
nc sure 10 die, In the presence OF
go hiitl hH ~ ihe later class.
~ mat h. had heard other physl.
,|.a instruct their helpers 10 rive ice.
Nv hiihH with the view of "nnishing
Patients Dr. citizen pronounced
NV. tll ne statements made.
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