Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-09-08
BOYNTON'S REPORT.
Brief Account Of the Generals In
spection Of Camp Thomas.
HOSPITALS IN Good CONDITION.
Some OF Them for Time Were Behind II
Securing Medical uppliss-Hospitai At
tendants Faithful WOrksr~-Nsws-
paper Reports Reckless and False

tendauts Faithful Worksra-Nsvs-
paper Reports Reckless and False
Washington, Sept l.-Secretary Al
ger yesterday received the report o
Gen. H. V. Boynton, upon the state o
Affairs In the hospitals at Camp Thorn
IS The report is dated August 20
He says that he visited all the hospi
tails In the camp, without giving notic'
Of his purpose. Says Gen Boynton;
Believing the death list Of this camp h
snord an excellent standard by which to meas
ure us conditions as to health ana hospl :.
IN tho camu anS ,s h "u s,uce i,s estab
lishment the middle Of AprIl last The result
shows a total death list Of 1914 up to the ssb o
Inls month when the breaking up o. .hl
rcgays and .n' , u " ~" ,roon
have been in camp in the ChIckamauga park
The record Of burIals in the national cemetcr,
OF CHATTANOOGA shows total OF lso volunteers
% SsS bu ivs, a'' 0'
TaLipo I'M tha starnharr hosni,.,
In ohanao r. M.; C.;ms d. pamn
ton shows n 10 ono =, tho most ccm.
nIots ALA osn;t.ls ava, oson accord,
Inc IN votorans ~ ,ho las, ,ra, Tho
renort saws. Tho whols rl.eo ia most
carsfullv noIiced dailv md tho wholo
establishment is in The most perfect
order Since the establishment az thi,
hospital everything asked Tor in the
wsy OF supplies Of every kind has been
promptly furnished. Sixteen to "a
barrels Of distilled water are pur.
chased daily and natients Get nothing
bnt distilled water 70 drink From
threa n Avo TONS ~ ;oo asa rsod ao;Iv
Three hundred gallons NJ milk are
purchased daily and 100 gallons fur.
nished nv the Rcd Cross societv All
money necessary for tba nurchase NJ
delicacies Of every kind suitable 10 the
sick has been furnished hv order nj
Gen. Sternberg careful inouirv do.
veloned the fact that all var;etiss ~
medical supnlies reouired or asked for
were furnished both from Washington
and from medical Headquarters at the
camp with the vreatest nromntness
iii stated in addition that all ths
hospital refu.e ia burned In a crsma.
,orv and occordi,r 70 MAJ rr,mn oil
OF Inc 200 patients now sick in the an.
tire camp could be safely moved. The
diseases are more of tvpho malarial
character than Of tvnhoid fever strict.
". the death rate being verv low
shout eight per cent Of the worst
cases.
The report SAWS Of the First division
bospital in charge 81 Mai Drake that
in times when the bosni,al was crowd.
cd there was A lack OF nurses the do.
flciency being supnlied nv details from
the regiments which were not AZ sat.
isfactorv as trained nurses. IIe savs
that both the medical otlicers and the
h,sn,,ol ottardonts ot ,b;s hos,;,ol
l..p a''a1.,'' Nv '"p -. r. ~.
I'M, . ~, p'' 'o' NV '"o',
WY WIN ono,sy anu o',o'I"oy "nu
VIC oc'. 'esV Vi u. 'n'' 10 '"o"n "
.no iao' .""' % 'n""y VI '"'" ""Vo
.hUroughly cAna"s'ea 'no'n''''e' I'll"
LULU" BIC" u"'o, ''''' '"oo''
Inc next hosp''al inspected was inc
Third division hospital FIRST corps I'D
charge OF MAJ Ihoinas olark, here
tne attendants were iouhd sumciehS'
though IN the carrier days tnere were
not enough surgeons or attendants
for tlme the nospltal was a week
behind In obtaining its medical sup
Plies but TINS was before the govern
ment had collected It's medical stores
IN great q"an'i''es' for ''e las' SIX
weehS 'here mas oeoh Nv a''ncu.'y
OF every character
Taking up the last of the field hOspi.
tals. that az the Third corps. Second
divlslOn. under Mai Smith. the repor,
statas Tint tho ba ,anto aro ot nroso,t
~ II. ~,
hoV I'LL occup'c"' Vho"gh ""r'"g 'hc
epidemic OF measles they were
crowded. There were no Red Cross
nurses and detail of two ladies' from
the Chattanooga association has Wis
tied the hospital daily TO cook the
,Iohter food Tor the sick Wbe, tha
$50, - a,l A.. - -
"o'P','' was ''o".o"' ."o "u"'ov' VI
attendants was lnsuft,cient There
were also strong complaints OF the
failure tn pet medical md surgical
.u.,,;., l., ~ .ar,u d.vs h,,.us A..
o"pp"'' !" o - "",I oo'o'0 ."'
government hao oeei aole 70 turu'sh
itself and when IT was impossible tC
avoid DELAYS incident to rushing on,
.,,,.. .oo, o,,,,, ,ou.
Uen. DOynUOu goes Oh anu SAYS,