Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-08-27
ALGER KEPT BUSY.
10 Writes a Letter Telling why
Things Went Wrong.

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s'eio eo"s"oe' N'~ y
diers TO Observe Sanitary huiea-rienV
Of stores sent TO Santiago, but
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new YORK, aug. s~-oneu.eoy m'
Depev has received tho foiiowing leu
ter from the secretary OF war and has
.r,..ct.d a., 10. qualification. IL was
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Writtcn III ruby W fed"e'' ava
formation:
My Dear Mr. Dopew: The great pressure OF
business has up 10 now prevented mo from
sending 10 you the statement you were kind
enough to ask for, as to what had boon accom-
piished in the way OF QUILTING the army Tor
the Geld. tho conduct OF campaign, otc Also,
the chiefs Of divisions have boon TOO mucn
driven with work 70 compile the data required
One not In the midst OF the work can hardly
realize whit IN undertaking IL Is to call iso.ooo
men into tho field ut one time, coming from oil
the states, and 10 have them mustered ana
gathered In camps on no short notice. ana THIS
too. when we had scarcely any camp outnt 10.
their accommodation. all having 10 be provided
for by the war department.
As you know. when tho war was declared
there was no equipment whatever Tor the vol
unteers In store This was successfully no
complishcd. with very few accidents. rs n mat
ter OF record Subsequent calls, Including tno
regular army (which numbered about H.U!
men when war was declared). made total Oh
e56b00 men, To accomplish oil In 30 snort
time has been great work.
Thus from the homes OF sio 0oo volunteers ma
been constant and great anxiety rs 70 whns
might happen 70 their soldiers. and hundreds
| OF Inquiries. made by letters and kilograms,
have been received every day concerning In 1.
dividual soldiers The feeling on the part OF
these individuals that the war department 10
responsible for the care OF their men individu-
ally has naturally aroused sympathy In case Oh
sickness and death. ind has created much sor-
row.
Every effort has been made from the pes,n-
ming TO furnish every camp with oil Appliances
asked for, but OF course the commanding ON.
| GERS In the field aro the ones VINO nave airecs
charge OF these men For instance, one ermy
corps commander has division orders ana en-:
forces them, respecting sanitary AFFAIRS ana
he has to-day but traction over Two %. ccne
on the SICK list otners nave NOT oeon suvses.
| full and the consequence Is that typnoia anu
other fevers have been pred anu spreaa W =
considerable extent one regiment IN tno
Chickamauna camp mas co'ohei VINO chio'oes
sanitary rules In MS regiment, oohS,hk sno
men 10 Doll al the Whtcr thev uinA. nooP'ns
the camp clean. and the result Is tnat tnero org
less than ID SICK, AND inc camp 700 u in ~
unfavorable place as any IN .no oou.inn..
Others moro favorapiy situatea nave .cn ''nl.s
TINT NUMBER on the s,ck US. ono y, 'no .ot :.
ments OF the last cail, NOT YET mossu v ,aa.
state. SENDS bitter complaints Oh ypnou io.e ~
Concerning the Santiago campaisn' Wnen Tug
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months provisions anu M apuhunncc VI nus,
pital supplies They had lighters 10 unioau
with o. point OF oeoarka.lon' ineso ns"'' ;.
were lost In severe storms on the way AZ
| soon as we were notified OF the fact TWO lows
OF lighters were sent from Mobile ana new Ut
leans, which were also overtaken by storms
and lost The navy supplied US with lighters
and ono Of those WINS wrecked The army aus
embarked, getting OF portion OF It's supplies
and medical stores and Immediately marcheu
70 the front TO fight the Spaniards The great
difficulty OF landing supplies subsequently was
because OF tho wind. which sprang up every
morning ut ten and made high surf. render
ing almost impossible the use Of small boats,
with one lighter, which was oil they had lefs
| for this purpose.
OF the packers who were employed. % per
cent soon fell sick. md heavy rains falling
every day. the roads Uf they could DO called
SUCH became impossible for vehicles Pack
animals had TO be employed TO carry food TO
the army being extended To the right around
| Santiago, increased the distance from the coast
every day and made tho task more dificult
When yellow fever broke out and the fever
list increased into the thousands It was for
time supposed tna. II was pl,n',pa.y yVm ~
FEVER Inc bringing u uo"p, sosn s'.,Ss~
after the surrender, unacr suen oo ns, ,.n,'