The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-10
SICK SOLDIERS STARVING.
Hospital Not Even Supplied with MIX
for Fever Patients.

Miss Fanny Morgan Walcott, who is
working to help the sick soldiers near
ola Point. has written letter 10 MI s..
ID. T.. purcell. OF This city. giving saa
picture OF the condition oio tho SICK a2i-
dlers in the hospital there.
From her letter the following extracts
arc taken:
Conditions at tho hospital are so de-
pl0~lbIe that Mrs Armstrong feels we
ought not % go on with the work here
until we see if the government cannot
be- made 10 Go more than Dc is doing
now and 90 that end we very much
wish YOU could eel d. letter from cover
nor Tyler TO the President The account
OF two days will give you am idea OF
what we have had TO meet here. 1e7-
tsrday when we went TO the hospital
we found the sick from the OLDHAM dofly-
siX I beIcsoI. being brought DID besides
many typhoid cases from the tAlcka-
mauFa troops just arrived a- Newport
News.
There are COO men at the hospital and
We have been sending anywhere Iroin
twenty 20 thirty gallons of milk sup
plemented by from twenty-five TO thirty
five taken hy tho hospital and yesterday
we were met by Dr. Fogg who SAID.
"The fever patients are starving Tor
want of milk Last night one OF the
nurses came 20 us from the 'Lampasas
az the recommendation OF DR.. Cottreu.
~ the hospital They had l4 typhoid
and malaria fever cases on board ana
not C-Op of milk, although Dr. De WIZ
had been notified OF their arrival az
least two days in advance.
As We were leaving the camp we Wefe
called t0 hy Dr. Bell who begged rs ID
give them stcriiizers on the ground that
il would save the lives ot some Of tho
typhoid cases.
This morning wo went on board the
"Iamuasas' and liz is hard 10 believe
what they say of her-that She is the
best Of the transports That nave oeen
sent here. 10 g. the Seneca and Concno
story over again and ] believe that OF
every TRANSPORT that has come in here.
Besides the regular ships fare on the
.Tamuas1e" which was. " course. un-
suitable for the sick. the nurses tel as
thev had nothing bat eggs. condensed
milk and such pOrr.dge as could De
made from oatmeal. The milk made a
good many of the men sick and out
0f the nine who died in Ponce haroor
and ON the voyage north several couil
have been saved hy proper food.
The ice gave out before fhe ships ar
rival the medical supplies were entirely
Inadequate and they had 20 drink con-
deused sea water The sickest or the
men were lying on the after deck and
the smell 90 leew1rd was sickening 80
that I can hardly imagine how % must
have been below in accommodations
that had last been used for mules ana
horses.
Local help has been declined. In one
case the services ~ certincated tram
ell nurse offered gratis, and in another
that of two doctors ia the nelghnornood
in good standing who would have done
snvthlnp to help in those nrst re"
devs when some Of the men lay three
days before proper attention could be
oiven 10 them Later, conditions were
i,,,~o,.4d hv the arrival Of trained
nurses. bit even now z1any OF the nurses
have TWO wards and there are q Few
len altogether 20 hospital attendants.
we have sent large quantities. Of sheets.
r.farnas and towels. supplied many Of
fha wards with ice coolers ice chests
and lock boxes for supplies clothed and
given transport atom 10 some twenty or
thirty conyalescents who should nave
boau out OF the camp days before ana
MOI exposed 90 the unnecessary danger
OF drinking ont ~ the same glass as
tvnhcid patients. and besides sent large
oy.rtifie, OF milk daily Including the
donation OF $50 by the Colonial Danes
obtained through you the hospital has
received through us gifts 90 the value
az nearlv fgC10 Mrs Armstrong now
hesitates TO ask people for the large
sums necessary 20 continue ms work
IL in any way the government can De
forced 10 do &c. and to this end desires
the letter 10 the President. In the mean,
time nobody would be willing ~ see sick
men starving for want vi milk and We
shall continue our work.