The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-23
THE OREGON RECRUITS.
H. l.. Holgate Upsets Oregon
ian's Story About Measles.

JNCA,1p MERRIAM, Sept. 16, ,1s9S.
.ED1ToH GAzETTE:-A big gun near oe
rs doomed at supper time yester- Nv Nv
dov. and soon after lot ol whlle "a
dressed cavalrymen rode swiftly W. w.
bv us and up the opposite NIL. N. NE
Then an orderly came into our ~, rn
camp and delivered orders ior us 80 -
10 turn out at once to fight lire IN =
the Preside fort, and in live ;. -.
minutes 175 Oregonians were on IL IL
the road with companies and bat q e,
tol;ens from several other reSl .
ments. There were a thousand y
men ia the hastily summoned lire -
hrieade and the sight was a - -
stirring one. -,
Before theboys reached the brow
~ ,ba hill. word came that the fire {
was out. Then they bout faced d d
and ran all the way to camp.
This was perhaps not very !;
int erestlng incident, but it VIII
serve to show the Oregon recruits
are not the diseased and decreplt
..rooEies" that certain published
t ct tatements would lead one TO
believe.
Some of the reported causes Tor
complaint are absolutely rld'cu-
o Ions. For instance it is said that
Il the wind blows up the dust hcre'
which is quite true, but which Is Il
" verv common place phenomenon
= and one for which the military
q cannot be held accountable:
~ Secretary Alger has been held
, by many journalists Responsible
:, for all the real and supposed SINS
!, - Of omission and commission oil
II everybody and everything con
Oh nected with the American HIS
n pano war. Surley that is sufficient
10 without blaming him for one OF
Id Natures provisions. And besides
II. the authorities here do what they
C. can to prevent the dust by sprlnk-
IL ling the streets daily.
do Then it has been said that the
es wafer here is "absolutely flithy.
pc The people Of San Francisco use
We the water and while it is not the
is coldest in the world, yet If great
al. city of American civilians can
-o- stand it for years, American sol
of diers ought to be able to put uE
ne with it for a few months.
he The published statements IN 'he
IN Orenonian concerning The nature
al of the sickness i'll camp, claiming
~ that the reported eases oil so
- called'' measles "are not measles
W t'e but something shametully worse,
&C. are talse and slanderous Ill I'D
lho extreme. Any person with
oSe grain of common sense ought l
know that the army medicS
nat authorities have 10 reason TO his
IA represent the nature OF dlseas
ION and every reason to correctly teri
ntl- every case. The sick repoI
ame books of the Oregon rTcrul
leut are kept by myself and L accon
nany the sick men each day
the field surgeon. | am Ill
nosition TO know and do kno
that not one Oregonian who hi
bacn in the hospital has bee
u d there on account of sickness lnde
tor. icate to mention. And only nv
the c,s.s of tn. kind of which IL
'un- Oreconian charg d was general
camp have reported to the lie
cam surgeon. The reported cases
cir measles are measles. The
you ported cases of mumps are munI
too The reported cases OF malaria a
Orc m alarla.
ring The governor and AdjutaAt- ge
nv eral Tuttle were down to see
ca The closest scrutiny failed TO d
no cover to them any cause lor COZ
,ors, nlaint or any serious complain
>ora, / supp >se however that the part1
- - who insist that we are dirty, d
- ~ p ha reputable, diseased and disorder
1.a~ - ~ will claim that Our visiting o
a'oi' cials were hood The
~ was a time when a vlsl' ii'
'.,-'' ., these gentler'en would ha
li1 , helped US greatly and sent us
MS cur way to Manila.
ei'i Not that we are c0nteht 10 81
ID II here, for the boys are very de-
1ther Gus of Joining our regiment, go
ople, Honolulu, or go home. But
treatment here is all that
teVer could ask.
takes Friends at home have Doubt
we'll. read the account of the killing
with citizen by a Tennessee sold
,lieve 1t is unfortunate that the -v
a de- worst element and character
, but if it can be called character
, was of southern blood should be
than freely advertised by few dlsl
,,dent utable soldiers Of tho reglm
.,ar,, while the many splendid
pleasing phases pass unnotl'
There are so many fine men am
,:, I:n the Tennesseeans, and their g
aiiNt 1o4 erosity, hospitality and brav
el.cl are so noticeable, that the
'lciie0' repute the regiment suffer Is
ce 1o1 gretable. The acting major OF
mentS Oregonians is Tennessee lieu
ant, which perhaps accounts
= our interest in the men from