Arizona republican., 1898-09-02
ALGER AT nONTAUk.
How He Undid Red Tape and Made
 inc Soldiers Happy

New York, Sept. 1.-The Sun prints the following in connection with the visit of Secretary Alger to the camp at Montauk Point:
 Major Brown could scarcely contain himself for happiness. He says that General Alger has removed every ob- stacle in the way of establishing the finest military hospital in the world in this camp. In less than week, he says, there will be perfect system in the hospital, and 1t will be difficult thing to pick flaw anywhere.
 General Alger didn't spare anybody during his tour of the hospitals. Mo- ticing some municipalities under one tent he called the attention of sur- geon to It. That sort of thing must cease right away" he said sharply There is no excuse for it." In five minutes there was a squad of co1ored cavalrymen filling in the puddles with dirt.
 Noticing that the sinks were only about twenty yards away from the rear of all of the hospital wards he i'm mediately gave orders that they be
 
 a hollow some distance away. Having some difficulty in finding out who cer- tain sick men to whom he talked were, he ordered that cards be prepared at once with the names of the sick men and that their condition be placed on the cards each day. He also ordered that a large book be kept in the hos- pital office with the name and full par ticu1ars of each patient on record in it, and made many other valuable sugges- tions which will tend to make more comfortable the sick men and more systematic the work of the hospital.
 Once during his rounds a number of surgeons complained to the secretary that there was a lot of delicacies at the railroad station that had been direct ed to the hospital for the sick men, but which it had been impossible to get to the hospital.
 And why?" asked General A1ger.
 "Both the conlmissary and quarter master have declined to do any cart ing on the ground that the goods are stores"
 well, I'll attend to that" said the secretary, and he sat down and wrote a few lines to the quartermaster with the result that the delicacies were all up in the hospital an hour and a half later
 And now" said the secretary with a smile as he watched the goods being distributed, whenever you want stuff brought up from the depot i'll future just notify the quartermaster and think he'll attend to it.'
 Passing through the aisles between the hospital wards, General Alger met a sickly looking soldier attired in pa- jamas and walking along with the aid of a cane. He stepped aside and saluted as General Alger came up, but the secretary Of war walked up to him and said:
 Who are you?"
 T am Corporal Boldt of the Thir- teenth." said the soldier.
 Well, corporal. you look pretty sick. Were you in the f,ghting?"
 "At San Juan, sir.''
 And would you like furlough?"
 Indeed. sir, I would I think I'd get well if I could get home"
 Well, you shall have one," said the secretary, and an hour later Corporal Boldt was on his way home with a thirty days furlough in his pocket Be- fore the secretary went away from the hospital he ordered double rows of guards around it, and reiterated his statement to Major Brown that he should have anything an,l do every thing he wanted from now on.
 The rest of General Alger's day was spent in various parts of the camp. He went over to the Second Massachusetts camp again and told Colonel Clark not to issue any more ten-day furloughs to his men, but to make them all for thirty days. Then he called on General Young, who is slightly i'll and con- fined to his headquarters. after which he went to General Wheelers tent and met Senator Hoar. While the three tieth infantry. which had just been landed from the Yale came marching up the road General Alger immedi- ately left the table and went to the brow of the hill to see the men. As Lieutenant Colonel Harbach, who led the men. came by General Alger called out, "I'm glad to see you" Colonel liar bach saluted and all the men behind him marched past at arms port. Gen eraI A1ger removed his hat and kept it off until the last soldier had passed. Then he turned to General Wheeler and remarked: "Those boys look badly" He seemed very much affected at the ragged appearance of the men. As a matter of fact these soldiers were the best looking lot of white men that have landed from transport here.
 SKATER RETURNS.