The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-06

Edward Langley accompanied by his
mother returned Saturday from Chick
amauga camp, Ga, to which place they
were called on a most sorrowful mis-
sion, to attend the burial of an only
brother. Clarence, who succumbed to
typhoid fever Friday morning, Aug.
&c. The only intimation his brother re-
ccived, was telegram Friday evening
stating his death: no particulars were
given. Mr.. Langley fastened to Chat
tanooga and only reached the city two
hours in advance of his mother. there
to meet her and break the distressing
news.
The mother residing in Butte City.
Montana, had received a telegram OF
the serious illness of her boy and at
once started for his bedside. and con-
sequently did not know of his death,
until the meeting at Chattanooga. AL
though the son had been seriously ill
two weeks. no word had been sent.
Young Langley was only 90 years of
age, six feet, was a fine specimen of
physical manhood and while at col
lege fine athlete.
He enlisted from Butte City, Mon
tana, with Colonel Grigsby's Rough
Riders and soon became a great favor
lite in his troop. He graduated from
the University academy at Alameda,
California, and was student at Pur-
due university. Indiana. At the time
of his enlistment he was in business
with his uncle in Butte. He was in
tered at the national cemetery, Chat
tanooga, with military bonors.
PERSONAL INSPECTION.
Mr.. Langley personally inspected
| Chickamauga camp, where so many
comrades of his brother lost theii
| lives. He says:
THE papers throughout the country
| have mninlized the direful scenes
rather than have exaggerated them
| Things were in a most deplorable
state. One could never realize that al
this stage of civilization such terrible
sufferings of gallant fellows would bt
! tolerated. Ones heart could bleed fol
the poor, emaciated, shrunken form:
wandering from tent to tent, in theil
dazed, forlorn and pitiful state.
THE men have been literally starv'
ing. l took breakfast at Colone
Grigsby's mess, but only ate a few
mouthfulls, the food being so poor
and this was considered princely far'
as compared to what the privates re
ceived. The men are 10th to speak o
their experiences. 1t was marvelou!
to see men suffer with little or m
complaint, when things could be so diff
ferent. You may read of the pang
Of war, but these thousands o
poor fellows have suffered ten
fold the amount of actual service. A
the division hospital the only nurse
were comrades taken from the ranks
Young men, some of whom had neve
been in a sick room in their lives
Think Of three or four overworked sur
geons endeavorinE to attend som
hundred patients in a single divisio
hospital, besides administering to tn
wants of scores of patients able t
walk.
SERVICES REJECTED.
Thousands of young women tina
have graduated from training school!
offered their services to nurse back
life these poor dying soldiers, but thei
offers were rejected. True, several {
the larger hospitals, the Letter an
another, have efficient service wit
female nurses; but the many divisio
hospitals have been entirely neglected
For weeks the ranks were 50 terror
lied by the facts. coming from the hos
pitals, that hundreds of soldiers cor
cealed the truth of their own extren
illness and attended to regular dut
rather than be reported sick, and sci
to what seemed to them certain deaf
"rThe public should know at once IL
; dark chapter of terrible infamy tn;
, has made the very name division ho
pitar a source of fear and agitatic
to the poor soldiers who cannot, WI
dare not, complain for themselves"