The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-28
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Morris and / proceeded 20 the head
quarters 0f Col. T. ~. Barber. of the
First New York Regiment. After ex-
planning the object OF coming I pre-
senied the letter from Gen. King.
which Col. Barber rsad. he claimed
that ali had been done which WAS
practicable in the way OF diSinfecting
the privy sinks and that nothing more
was necessary. We, however. proceed
ed % inspect the places. The frst
privy sink that we visited was one
which II was stated was used only at
night. which, while il was not in as
bad condition as the sinks at Camp
Otis. was not in very good condition.
the reason being. that the material
used for filling in the sink was the
coarse, lumpy clay and stone which
had been thrown out in digging the
sink. This material was composed
largely OF hard Jumps. varying in size.
and formed partly OF clay and decom-
posed stone. lime or sandstone.
/ stated that the fine surface soil I'd
be had in abundance all about the
place was much to be preferred to this
lumpy. hard material. and urged that
the frequent application of the loose.
dry earth was probably better than
any other material which was avail
able.
Passing on from this night sink. we
went on To a place near the location
OF the sinks at the Engineers camp,
where a number OF new sinks had just
been dug in the form of narrow. deep
trenches. for the use OF the men of
the FIRST New York Regiment. as all.
or nearly all. OF the old sinks had been
filled up with earth and were not open
for inspection. In this row OF new
trenches the first two excavations,
which were at the highest elevation.
had been made in good soil. and the
material thrown out on their banks
consisted OF dark loan The other
new sinks. OF which there were quite
= number along in a row. were dug I'm
soil very similar TO that in which the
night sink had been excavated. and
the material thrown out on the hank
was OF the same lumpy material
As we approached these new sinks
DIR. Morris and I were a little In ad-
vance. and Col. Barber. with Cod. Rub
sn and another officer. followed a
short distance behind US. As we came
To the sink pits i stopped and as Col.
Barber came up. pointed out the quail
fty of the soil which had been thrown
ont from the first two excavations and
contrasted IL with the others. which
were so lumpy and hard. and said.
There. that soil Is the kind I mean.
that Is different from what has been
used at the night sink" Thereupon.
and without further comment. Col
Barber, in a violent manner. said to
me: n will not allow you. Mr.. Smith.
to- come TO this camp to- treat me like
a God damn fool" and continued with
some other violent remarks. I was st
a loss TO know what he meant or how
/ had occasiOned him onense. and at
tempted TO say so. I explained that
/ had not intended to- cause offense.
that 1 did not understand him. He
then went on to say that he knew the
difference between soil and that other
lumpy material, and IL didn't require
me TO teach him that. ] said. Colonel,
/ have not intended to cause you Of
fense, was simply explaining the diff
ference between the two kinds OF soil
OF which had been speaking" He in
terrupted and said that they had been
using that dark soil all the time.
said, Why, Colonel, the night sink
which we just examined certainly had
that hard. lumpy material thrown in
il and not the dark soil" He there
upon continued TO talk in a violent.
abusive and prOfane manner. and
would accept no explanation. ! then
said: Colonel. ] supposed that 4
was addressing a gentleman" Where
upon he made a sudden advance to-
wards me as IL TO strike me and said:
God damn you. IL we were not in the
camp would knock you down" About
this time DIR. Morris stepped up and
demonstrated with Col Barber and
said. Don't strike him. Colonel. don't
you know he has got a broken ARM.
/ then said TO Col. Barrier. your at
tack upon me is entirely unjusufiable;
/ have not intended TO insult you or
cause you any offense- II l have in
suited you in any way / am sincerely
sorry for Il, for ] have had no such
intention" After that I went o.. with
DR.. Morris and continued the exam
ination, finding the privy sinks in the
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