Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-03

ess-Quittinx MOntauk; Soldiers
Would Rather Die at Home Than
Suffer In SantiagO-The Suffering
Ninth-War News and Notes.
Washington, S'pt. IA detailed
statement is made by General Boyntoh
of his investigation VI the hospital sit
uation in Camp Thomas made by dlrec-
ton of the secretary of war. thlcka-
manga is one OF the camps. where. IL Is
alleged, acknowledgement existed ana
needless suffering was endured by the
troops. both sick and well. The general
in his report, takes up hrst the
two permanent hospitals, Letter ana
Sternberg, and states with the greatest
minuteness he exact accommodation
afforded by each. The first is at CraW-
fish Springs. under charge OF Major
Garter, and was converted from sum
mer hotel into a hospital, receiving the
worst typho d ca as from the camp.
Each patient has abundant room, with
woven wire and hair mattresses Inc
Plumbing is entirely new and the bath
ing facilities are ample. The number OF
satisfactory and attendants ale On the
way to take the places of these who are
broken down. Major Cater has secured
a herd of cows, and has arrangements
for pasturiHg til IN without expense to
the governme mt He has sufficient money
from the huspita luLd to buy whatever
is wanted in tha way OF milk, Ice ara
other delicacies. There have been at
this hospital full supplies OF ice, mix,
commissary stores and delicacies such
as the sick ought to have, and the funds
have ena bled him to buy all that has
been needed in the way II canine Il ana
ported goods. soups, ciain juice, sag,
matted milk Eggs, koun!ss, p!est rye,
relishes, ginger, oil, appolinaris. cham
payne and c.aiet. The entire hospital is
furnished with distilled water. and the
ice used is made from distilled water.
The sewage of the hospital is excellent,
and, contrary to persstt mt assertions,
none of the sewaga has ever drained into
he Chickamaugu river OF approached
ii at any point. Major Carter has a corps
OF doctors which he regards as amply
sufficient to care for all the patients in
the hospital and reports them as faith
fu and efficient in the performance of
their duties.
Taking up the Sternberg hospital. in
charge Of Ma jor Dlffen, General Boyn-
ton shows that it is one OF the most COM
plete tie Id hospitals ever seen, according
to veterans of the late war. All tn tents
are closely hoored and they are separate.
AT present only four men ara in any
nd in .il fn Ia IL I. ~
are nine large board laviiiuns. Every
tert and pavilion has woven wire mat
tresses, iron bedsteads and HAIR mat
tresseS. There ATE especial diets, five
cod storage rooms for delcacics, sep
arate refrigerators for each row of tents,
and every proper measure of sanitation
is observed with respect to the sinks.
Further, the report says: THE whole
place is most carefully policed daily. and
tn. whole establishment. within and
without. its permanent buildings and its
tents, is in the most perfect order.
"Si,ce the establishment Of this hos
pital. everything asked for il the way
of supplies of every kind has been
promptly furnished. Sixteen to "a bar
els of distilled water are purchas d
daily, and patients get nothing but dis
tiled water to drink. From three to
iiv4 tons of ice are used daily. Three
Hundred gallons of milk are purchased
daily and $50 gallons furnished by the
led Cross society. All money nece ssary
for the purchase of delicacies of every
kind suitable to the sick has been fur
nished by order If General Sternbe rg.
Soon after the hospital was established
he telegraphed as follows to the ST.: geon
in charge: Do not fail to procure ev, ~
necessary for the comfort of the sick ,
Apply to me for additional female nurses
and for money to buy delicacies when re- |
CURED
careful inquiry developed the fact |
that all varieties of medical supplies re-
quired or asked for We're furnished. both |
from Washington and from medical
headquarters at the camp with the
greatest promptness. 1t is stated in ad.
ton that all the hospital refuse is
burned in crematOry, and. according
to NJ jor Diffen, all but 1000 patients now
SICK in the entire camp could be safely !
moved. The diseases are more of a
typhoid malaria character than the .
typhoid fever strictly the death rate be-
ing very low.
1.-THE first division field hospital, in
charge of Major Drake, Is fioor-d with .
planed lumber, ani It, Is as clean as Dos
sibl., being scrubbed with carbOlic acid .
and treated with bichloride of mercury
every other day. All the patients ale on
cots, ard never have been on the ground
for any length of time. None of the 60
cents allowance per man for delcacies
has been used. as it was not needed. The .
report says Of this hospital: There have
been in this hospital at various times
l6l patients from the Eighth New York
volunteers In a great many cases it
was difficult to tell that anything was
the matter with them. Only 10 percent
Of the sickness from this regiment was
reported as in any way serious. and
when it was rumored that the regiment
was to be sent home, several of those in
the hospital asked not to be sent. but to
be allowed to remain throughout their
cOnvalescence
The next hospital inspected was the
third division hospital, first corps in
charge of Major Thomas Clark. Here
the attendants were found sufficient,
though I'm the earlier days there We're
not enough surgeons or after dants. The
grounds We're in excellent condition the
tents clean. most of the tents hoored.
and all foe I'D between the cots. For
time the hospital was a week behind in
obtaining its medical supplies hut this
Priest Scores Secret Societies.
Milford, Mass. Aug. 29.-Father Cud.
Thy, whose O. years service ranks him
$ the oldest Catholic priest i'm the United 4
tates. spoke Sunday against the Irish p
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