Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-23
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sure wrought upon by the exposures
made through the press compels thcmi
Even when the proper procedure Is be-
gun. to have u gone along with In 30
snall-piccd and Inadequate a manner
that thousands DE % actual want or
neglect before ihe aid reaches them.
and that. too. IN land warming with
every needed thing and tccming with
capable hands and willing hearts only
waiting 60 b. SUNNI ned. is situation
40 outrageous. showing a syatcm OF
lack ~ Il 70 indefrnsiblc that 10 re-
quirca an effort 90 believe that u has
occurred under the acvia " ;nc Amcrl-
can nag. Bui % has and is a state Of
things that the soldier ala not cuun, on
when he turned hIs back upon home
and friends and stt his face rcsoiutely
TO the front.
The Developments which have been
made ~ reason Of she proceedings ~
the war investigating commission are II
a nature 90 excite the sternest con.
demnntion. snmc n the practices On.
eir,hed by ihc Witnesses were cruel II
not barhafoua In their wan,onncss and
others utterly lnhuman. Thai these
were not systematic Il ~ course. but
that they were common IL unienlable.
u was a. plain 40 the universal light
% day. long before the declaration of
war. that the United States would have
20 subjuglie Spain hy military force.
Even when the Maine was destroyed.
an event which all recognized AZ the he-
ginning Of the conflict. there was am.
pie time within which to have brought
the commissiflat ~ the army up to
condition N practical perfection and
provided hospital accommodations ana
stores In plenty, 80 that when our ilrs,
blow fcli upon the enemy on hls own
aoli all would have been In readiness.
Instead of this nothing was done an the
tocsin ~ war was rounded and actual
hostiutics had begun. when shaf,cr
teleEraphed to Washington for sddi.
tional hospital ships and assistance. q;
caused a gloom Ike a pail 90 fall upon
the land. not because dead and wound.
ID In great numbers were not counted
on. but the disclosure " the terrible
fac. that the army was no; properly
provided Tor before setting foot upon
the foreign shore was more than they
had ever thought was possible.
The war was short hu, terrible. our
men forced thr pace and brought the
enemy 10 his knees almost before their
people at home could rcaiiEe u. In spite
% their bad treatment. the soldiers "
she United states In all ways and AZ all
times dld their. whole duty and fully.
fairly and aduarciy upheld their coun-
try'a honor. Drawer. better men were
not az Thermopyiie. not at Balakiaya.
nor anywhere else In ancient. medieval
or modern lines. They ala their duty
regardless of the shocking dereilction
at home iooklnR a. they had . right to.
for better things when the work was all
over Hut they found worse thing.
They were subjected 10 such treatment
that by comparison The hreas,lng 81 the
lchdrn hallstorms around Santiago was
q holiday paf.lme, Starvation. neglect.
incompetent supervision and many 9th
cr evils constituting CHASTITY train
were tho portion ~ many u them. II
la mostly over now. hu, was awful
while 10 lasted. Ana IN contemplation
~ u an W are not permitted % have
The Mitigating thought that Il was the
lesi W. could 90 under ths clrcum-
stances. Such a state ~ things can hard.
ly ever be- permitted 90 occur again.
! shofidgh.cdnrua and fiyorltism IN a.
serious a matter may be tolerated Tor
/ once. because there H. no escape from
! 70 after the nghting has begun ami the
Z country IL in whirlpool ~ agitation
and Increasing preparation Tor the
struggle. but another such occasion
must be- attended by circumstances and
conditions Improved by the forcknowl-
edge derived frrn experience. Besides,
this ls America ana We are an Ameri-
canf, 20 whom such transactions as
those disclosed by the war inyestiga-
ton are no, acceptable AMI will not b,
tolerated when Il Ia possible to proven,
them,