Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-08-31

vernon county Medicai Society anC
is Published by REQUEST.
To one who has enj wed the luxurie.
OF country prsctitioner," life in camI
Is not so miserable as many may sun
pose. We are living here ms body and
ara jolly, good natured sort of people
who have come as regiment number
ing fourteen hundred men, to show our
loyalty Of heart and hands to this, our
own beloved United States
B~ing situated st Camp Doupla,
many advantages have we over oih-r
camps 10 this and adj rin ng states.
what, you ask, are so NJ of the advan
tAges of our camp?" Allow me to ans yer
by giving brief description OF the
reservation. The military reservatio- !.
known as Camp Donglas, lis in the west
central part Of juneau county, and in
all contains nearly seven hundr d al d
tlfty acres of ground. TIE surface is
level and the soil of sandy loan; very
marc rain causes 40 Inconvenience from
mud Many trees cover the ground.
Situated to the e,st is the cannon an
rlfl range, and on the extreme east rise
the abrnp', rocky cliffs towering ov-r
the surrooadiog pl in Thus has nature
furnished range for the Wisconsin
soldiers, nnsurp .ssed by any in the
United States.
Ia regard to the sanitary andi'ion of
our camp, can say it is of the bast, an
much Gaze is taken in keeping things at
the present high standard. A we'll
arranged system of water works is made
nse of in cleaning the vaults, bath
rooms, sprinkling, etc. Dr. Seaman. of
the hospital division, lectures twice
week TO thu Off ,ers on the methods of
keeping camp in a clean condition
Decayed traits, spoiled meats and cans
are not allowed in or near imp Semi
weekly ali tia men are required battle,
there bang two well arranged bath
houses at their disposal No dirty
clothes are to be found about the tents,
all soiled linen must be washed imme-
dlately after casting aside. For your
own information, [ shall give briefly an
o1tline of the hospital and it's division
as found in the United States army. A
surgeon general stationed at Washing
ton, with he cooperation of the eeueral
in-chief, has charge over, and directs
The movements of the entire corps. con-
sistirg of four surgeons, ranking as
colonels, ten surg 10 ranking as lieu
tenant colonies. These are stationed
at as many different points in this
country, also at these diff4re forts and
reservations are stationed nearly one
hundred and fifty surgeons, who rank
as m j0rs, captaine aud lieutenants
These officers. in turn, are stationed bv
about seven hundred and fifty stew ard
and they personally direct and over see
the movements OF the rank aud file of
field bearers, and on them falls the
brunt of the clerical work, the amount
of the last mentioned duty being OF such
magnitude AS TO be almost beyond the
comprehension of those not familiar
with the minuteness of detail necess 4ry
in reporting each and .ry case brought
to their attention. These stewards are
usually thoroughly teamed nurses, most
of them being gradual IS of soma repu-
table training school or they ere gra6u
a. and licensed physicians or pharma-
cisVs. A division hospital is here organ
lied and is under the charge of Maj )r
King. Our hospital is not permanent
organization, it taking at least FIVE ragi
ments with five Thousand men to estab, |
ish hospital corps.
You would be surprised on going to
the hospital some morning to see the
large number of men who r-pora AS sick.
Fixing the regiment as whole, there
is but little sickness This is due no
doubt to the excellency of the drinking
water and we'll arrange ed drainage. How
ever, there is nach illness caused by
exuosnre, the "shirker" is the one YOU
will observe reporting at the hospital,
for this is the only manner in which he
cau escape drill Berg at the hospital
the other morning, L CHANGED to hear
one of these 'shirkers'' ia consultation
with DIR. Seaman. The keen eyes of
the d 5ctor had pierced him out and the
questions were being hurled at him,
met nwhile bis ailments were decreasing
from araging fever with severe head che,
until rs l. st resort he stgmm red out,
an y-my bowels, have hgvn't moved for
for as rs many IS twenty twenty-four
holrs, either" Drill" thunder5 the
doctor, twill move you and in the proper
direo ion" Then they have class o.
patients not Sd easily reached, who have
rheumatism and sore feet. You readily
zee the doctor here has a class of patients
who correspond most favorabiv with
orr dead beat" friends
At tia guard house are formed, every
twenty four hours, three different reliefs
Of men, each relief numbering sixteen
men. These do guard duty, being on
duty two hourf, walking the beat" and
then "off duty" four hours. A story is
told of one of the guards, (to b. sure
he was fcom the Emerald Isle, who saw
the officer of the day approaching, and
not kn"w;ng The exact words TO call out
the guards, halloed with that peculiar
expression, Turn out the whole push,
here comes the main guy SUPP Jsedly
it was the same guard, who having
halted man at night gives the chal-
lenge, "Who is there?" The man halted,
beiog no othar than his tent mate,
answers, "a frerd with a BOTTLE" to
which the guard retorss, "friend with
b title, advance and pull the cork"
Arranged in rows are the companies
tents, there being about twenty three
tepte for a company. At the front of
each row are stationed the two tents
occupied by the company commanders,
and yet in front of these are the maj )rs |
and colonies tent. The mess tent, stu
atel at the rear, is large enough TO seat
fifty persons and the m ssss are served |
10 two squads Ia all there are some
three hundred tents, each tent being |
occupied by four or FIVE men, as the
amount of rooms needed demand. Every
man has now his full uniform, a gun,
two blankets, canteen, knapsack, frying
pan and his personal b. lpngings. The
tents are regulation siz9, seven fe t
by seven feet square; need [ add the
tents are much crowded, having given |
the above Information For beds, the
men are allowed two s. arsely filed ticks
to tent. Though our food be rot of
a PIE and ks affair. yet we have plenty |
of The best and most wholesome food |
A five days ration general Y consists of
the following: Beef, pork, tomatoes,
potat PES, bread. bans, sugar, coffee,