New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-14
CAMP WIKOFF COMMENDED.
LIEUTENANT COL )NEL sMART's FAVOR
ABLE REPORT
sCRGEoN-GENERAL s7ERNBERG CALLS AT7EH
TIoN TO THE CAMPS CONDITION
SITE FOOT AND HOSPITALS


Washington Sept 1S.-surgeon-Generai Stornbere
Gals attention 10 some additional features Of the
recent report made b; Lieutenant Colonel Smart
concerning mo condition of Camp WikoN. Colonel
Smart is in charge OF the Sanitary Division Of the
Sureeon-Tenerals Office and is professor Of ny
glene in the ARM Medical School He has had
great experience in water ANALYSIS. and is regarded
as an expert. lie was sent ~ General S;cTnbers
Il make sanitary inspection II 'he camp ard
, report or the conditions The features which Cen
eral Stornbere calls attention 20 rs fol ons
The first subjec, which arrested nv attention On
'rated condition Of soma Of the men fur.oughed
ben ne IN fb. oe t2d TEG qsTe to rem0ys
Was brought TO bear on the surgeons charged with
the duty Of fprlouehins nv the niudicious entrest
les 81 friends and Of the SEX men Themselves. but
i appears to me that much grea'er care should
have been exercised IN authorizing the departure
OF certain Of these men IN tourney which neces-
ssry iny9lysd much fatigue Az hour later
explicitly forh'dding the furlopghrs # men IN
10 he sucen; to 81 remed his Oh ;e 9ue not 70
careessness. but 70 excess o. sympathy with the
ssoldier and desire 20 have him in the care Of his
CAMP SITE APPROVED
The site % the camp Is an excellent one hrnn
compact and pell.tlraired grassy sod the soil be
meath the surface being held well together in tho
intertvined roots q the srass and freely growing
annua's and forming thus surface which wears
well under foot and is productive OF neither dust
IT. dry weather nor mud in rainy weather
Here and there. IN shallow derressiors anil
clay bed which supports surface water in pools
hui in viev Of fresh breezes constantly blouin2
iarial Developments need be anticipated from these
small ponds Some ~ them in progress OF time
drainage into them and would require 70 "
drained and hlled up. particularly one on the NORTH
It's snke
The camn. q some cavalry recruits and Of II,
Fort Pond The First Division extends from this
eastward On Plain 'k G - he h. GG~4n %sp m
and well removed from then. The Second Division
and the Cavalry Division on The rolling ground n
the interior between the ocean and o large BODY
OF fresh water. Great Pond.
GOOD SANITARY CONDITION
The camps are k,p, IN .xc.en, condition. the
e.reete are perfectly CLAN all garbage is buried.
exccpf some Of me refuse which Is more con-
verientlv disro.ed ~ by burning The snks ar"
deer well protec'ed by holrfng ana 80 carefully
attended 70 az in no instance 70 constitute nui-
sance The streets Of the Infantry camps ar" from
tent 20 weahvf n fee s ~ sIalry IS p Tas a' Sv
wider AZ the camp area arc lareF 20 ~
the ID and 2prh Infantry ore TO any way crowded -
The tents OF All ne commands mr.: wcrfe Wal Val
from rs neighbors. In 4 e." cases board hcois
have been laid and lumber is be,ns delivered n
general terms the sleep or sedsac@s nlied WIZ
straw OF hay Thee. win ,taeir bienkcis srt
recently arrived are not set provided WIN bed
sacks ,.,
In the interior % many 81 the tents th"rc Is n
lack Of ,ldin"ss md sodlcry ntatncss. due 70 the
worn out condition 81 the men. The 10Th CaNalrF
was exceptionally Sood IN this respect every tent
being notably clean and neat
coMMIssARY HIGHLY PRAISED.
The kitchens % all tho commands are under
ten; flies. all utensils e>ln and wastes buried 40
suggestion OF complaint as 20 me character -
IN. TODD supply ,ould ,. elected IN any q the
regiments ice milk eggs melons. .tc. appeared
70 b. abundant IN cverv camp
The water supply - the camp and hospitals IL
taken from 2 well bout Two hundred yards from
the eastern margin II Fort Pond. \ free supply
found a. depth 81 FORTY feet below the sur
face Two strata - clay. one near the surface.
me other at n depth - TWENTY-FIVE feet separate
tho well water from surface contamination + ~
distributed BY about eight miles 81 pine. and e. on
tap in each OF the regiments Two - ~" rcgi-
m~nts the 9th and 18th Infantry. ATE provided
with Pas'eur hltcrs N their company kitchens.
The following iabIlation shows the results of
chemical examination ~ the water by myself
Thursday. september Immediately after the
samples drawn
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