The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-09-20


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AMI rfamiur him aHl hHd fha o. a
shoi through thf pnieslan mneri' ~
his uprf Iiaa lsnhf esrapr fpr n
Insi missed bic splnal rofd lhe h0ics
ore fmal probably by q Msusai bal.
ht There Or, tsw hsrsos seen
around here thes 80 lifiie rgnis When
wp rotufn fo ths iandlus ibe i.ampasas
Dr. u0 to boz fsen ana ~r saecslsie
about our fatnrs N w. are lefi We
fael hsiior amen We sDr the i.ampssss
~ the harbof alongside ~ ths Vale
We rDN over to he p0nioon bridge hy
which ihe horses and Gsn Nile were
landed and thf l.Ampasas rrisrnF and
w. 30 pn board aud what q scene ~
see' over sAty s.ck men haze been
pat on board from che lalr aud thss
are lying oNsr the decks. aud ths
nBrses. arrayod ln thFir neal aniiorms
and caps. ATE basy washing them thc
doctors taking their umpsraiures exc
There vac wOrk plenty until midnight
ana ] have never worked 80 hard in
my life There Nore uO ordoriies 20 W
had 90 do an she WurH Of ltfunR the
men. By midnight W had Bsttled
down Into some sOrf 81 shape. q De
facilities for nursing are very poor Ne
had no fresh milk aud mad 90 use con
donsed The bee supply Mas limited
and We had very little medicine. The
Government could furnish us nothing
and What they would have done II We
had not been there Wp DO noI know.
Fully 30 per cent OF the SICK must have
died. When J ilnally turned iu that
night my legs and feet acbed 20 that
could not sleep. The next day l27thj
We rejOiuod greatly 10 have . detail Of
ten men TO help "a. The work WAS
largely the same a. On he first day
some Of the cases were very bad, de-
lirious, and had 90 De watched careful
~. DR. Miller proved himself 10 be-
brick. He bad the responsibility Of
seyenty-tye sick men on him aud met
Il splendidly. DR.. NOgel aud Williams
both left ~. The nurses worked
splendidly. especially the German
nurses, who are strong. careful and
Intelligent. One poor fellow died ia he
morning. There was considerable fr-
ing every night Ia the picket line.
Night before last ! had Just gotten
sOundly asleep, after tossing about la
a prOiuse perspiratiOn for an hour or
50, when ] was called out by Dr. Mil
Ter 10 help him. Twenty-eight men
had been sent over from the duchess,
| transport, aud they kept us busy until
4 a. ~. The second death was Just AT
dinner time "A man from the Sixth
Massachusetts. lie made a good fight
but was too far gone when we got him.
| From deliriDm he went into "A state OF
coma. ] had charge Of sewing him up
Ia the sheets and had several soldiers
10 help me, but they felt repugnance
at handling dead body aud I had "a
do nearly all the work myself The
files are our greatest torment. Thsy
are thick, and sting as ! have neyei
before known them 10 do. We lief
Guanica this afternoon and arrived a
this beautiful place, Ponce. about two
hours later.
On Saturday, the 30th. We got vi,
more men from the Comanche. that
makes l23, 80 we are pretty well crowd.
ed.
Sunday, the 3lst, went ashore In the
afternoon with Henry. Charlton and
several nurses. We found the port
and a town OF q lot OF plastered houses
warehouses. etc, and the whole place
lcrowded with soldiers and munitions OF
war We had a merry time bargain
ing with hack men and the efforts OF
several wOuld-be interpreters made
matters worse. We finally agreed on
one Spanish dollar go cents United
StatosJ head Of Ponce, three miles
distant and return. The horses seem tC
be a cross between a mustang and O
Shetland, but they move right along
The people gaZed at the ladies OF ouI
party and showed their politeness by
profound bows.
Al a grocery store We bought a lO
OF chocolate and had "a crowd Of tow
people watching us. ! ate three larg'
mangocs and found them good. Al |
cafe we had delicious native coffee will
real brown sugar.
| The British Consul sent us a bag o
, lines, which were fine. The banana
were small but delicious.
. On Monday y. m, Aug. LIST, Charlton
aud ! went ashore for dinner AT tn
Cafe Francois, where our French cam
, into good play. We got on board on
4 steamer which started on immediate
G ly, and were glad 10 go, ON account q
= our sick men rs some had been o
). board for a week
b Wednesday, Aug. 3rd, at 2 a. m. ma
v died OF typhoid, after making a sand
o fight for life. We carried him forwari
e and | tied heavy pieces OF iron abol
e his waist, and 10 his kness ana ankle
u and scwcd him up In his sheet. n
J. bright moon light streamed down NJ
II on the dead man. The ship was goi1
r along at a good rate, gently rolliD
d and the soft tropical breeze BLOWN
e at s a. m. we had the burial seryic
+ The body, covered with the flag, WI
o laid on u grating, and balanced on II
d rail. The ship stopped and a sma
y knot OF nurses, soldiers, and sailol
l. gathered around, while Dr, Miller rea
l. the burial service, At the words ~
a consign to the deep" the gratiI
re- was tipped MP, the body slid on slo,
Is ly, and fell with loud splash into u
Jr sea The signal bell rang again--tl