New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-04

FERiNG At MIAMI.
The following letter from the Red Cross agent at
Jacksonville was received by stephen Barton yes
terday
/; has been my purpose for weeks to write some;
thing for your readers touching the conditions OF
they were in the carly history Of the camp would
not have 1'en IT. wSd htg snG Sos NV
shut me out from opportun ties OF usefulness. which
ror e%S pr PS ms nnd ha dshs sndure 6y the
ders were not renc!iable by IN" people; Want ot
which only the Government could al
a MSn Tes IIamn mt" u %norms " could not
be had. Tent were lacking. and even the canvas
less to sco p or N Storm U' rhe only hnr to he done
was to wait and wait under conditions unfavoiaoiH
they did only made tho need Tor tents and clothing
more conspicuous and urgent Hospital tents We're
lows. and hundred other tnnas Important to the
care OF patients Requsii;onS or the SURG ION -'en
runnins right and day but he vast demand cOhq
such circumstances that mon should suffer lack Of
needed comforts for a time ,..,..- .o,. .,s
bedding. is equally true In regard 10 Hospital sup
plies Of kind. and also Of nurses and surgeons
quae force and good equipment. IS not TASK 70
which every physician is eGua1 How imPpo sn 'b
equipment Is 80 rneagr~ ana the nurses mos'N BOY
the front The system which he holds TO oontem-
We did not nave Men 10 tikc to nursing large
", and when they do they do not join me Arn,y;
with boys who had n learn. and largely with phy-
sicians who knew not how 70 teach -.
their the sick aiwavs sure OF good &C.
gree of attention and sympathy. whether skllfnliy
superseded these. tho sympathy and care that
spring from friendship we're war.ing Hence tho
general aversion the part 81 -" solder 10 me
the present military system, and h,d TO prevail
Where
minstered opposition to II is dying out II Is IN
means but am told nv those who have visited
all the others that it is among the 5Sst sqrsG 1i
Cross in that country saia It cnsy r1nkGd irsi
among all ~ ha T6v seer on 1 nIc rco whh al"
ford nGdGrae dcgree Of sh?ae whoIt m 1r nnd
SANDY. with enough vegetation to keep down the
dust and make ne prosnec' pleasant to the eyes
spokcs Of wheel. Tho cots arc now and OF the
piicd WITH shccis and pIilowcascs and there is
ready to more II needed Tho Red Crostt
the Second and Third divisions TO their present
state Of comfort and etcicncy II has tnrnishe
and pajamas 1t has supplied ice chests cooK'hs;
ressG 5 and OG utnsh y1Fs'S BATH tn
house and kitchen and before this reaches YOU VIII
have placed electric fans in all the wards i SUP
get ton and half Of tee and seventy gallons o'
In addition TO this IT. furnishes twice week
boxes 81 lemons. cases Of eggs clam hon'I'oh S pn
meal soda biscuits. gelatine and chickens. L hrc"
times n week II supplies material for about thlIly
quarts Of Ice cream and for yaricy 81
which Mrs Rich. Of in 'ksonvillc r'gary preIIhIrs
II VIII readily he seen that the sick In our nos,
pi,al suffering from nsseG IN ,'T 6 TnsS or
their health ard comfor, = reIuvenaing hospi,ai
Waws and with the approval o. General Lee" opens
to-day n, Pablo Beach. favoriie healtn r'S"T IT,
,Se nrScn,nd 70 take ccnvacscents from the
hospital and mer who are rpni'ns D." ID cIoss has
~nr,rihuted ahlc dishes cooking utensils etc. for
80 guests. This Is grand scheme nnd II prG3pss'cy
s chr lamp Te' Mch howeve vii DEFEND upon 'hc
wisdom os the mqnaff by 9 me men camp he
not favora bic 80 self-control ana very inu." -
cnssive ,ndulgencc The percentage Of men In ne
hospital however Is no, large Less ,hn ma. ." :"
n camp 81 IS on. that is less thnn per cent
CAUSE or THE SICKNESS
When We come 10 the cause OF this sickness
am inclined TO the opinion expressed by surgeon
Byers OF Wisconsin. who was recently scn' nero
by the Governor Of the state 20 ascertain the coh'
dition and tho needs 81 Me Wisconsin reglrnen,t
He nuts imprudence in diet and regimen nrst He
finds general condtnns IN camp good WIN Irss
10 produc 'phoid and maarnl fcver man "sun,y
Dfion ~ ,he coil in some places mat be
wholesome Tho bath houfcs Instituted In inc m
q great deal Of soapy and nthy water. which low
ing In bitches through we ,anp Pun Th" use Of
lime and other purifiers does much 70 lesson t',ls
evil cannot wholly remove II ilfH''
the regiments most uufnvOTahly pIaccd III 'h's
yc.ncct I'M We been novel fresh ground
The Second Division Hospital hhd yesterday %
reported by the surgeon IN cn"tH"' "rll'! 80.
cnses OF typhoid fever. ~ Il h"i"N"i ,hnt IL.
uorc generated elsewhere and developed h"I" ny
view finds confirmation from conditions In the IhlrI
Division where the camp Is comparatively NJ" NM
The ground excellent. Tor hcr" the number OF
typhoid ca1cs is greater. and nearly al nc rnTrs
are from the Mississippi regiment w" are Ger ram,
however, that the water u noi 'h' sp" W. ,,,,,
trouble II Is artcslan and ~ Inc hheS' uuh'..S.
II ms a taste OF SULPHUR wh"rr II no"s rom rIc
hon
ments this wholly disappears. and when c"oru ,he
water is the agreeable ana "ioi'Soii' 80 ~
drank Part OF the work Of IN" R'd TOSS - W 80
mai This water is supplied cool 20 IN" whoie 'blp'
md are preparing 10 add three tons day ior M
,roons ,rnm Miami who have been ordered 10 I'M
point This will be eods"ni 70 mem, ioi os IN
have not had drop OF p" ataoe al ""o'''0
,'a 10, since they were sent TO th1t p"ini III,
I sncnt four days with them recently, ana VII, WI,
never forget the pathos Of IN" plea thh' c,iIe I'm
ali sides and from officers and men aIlk,,.. ~.
80 soLo get us out cf this IN you can. u
Sh,odiv Mr. Fagler believed IN the healthlu'nes.
", N,,,mi and tho wholcsomcncss ~ tho wafer uut
/, certainly is not agrteabl" wafer 10 ,c t,,,cier
~. o,e,ei and cooled at the hotel ana MT lhs.o.
I'd no, counted on the effect Of carrying ms ~,
mo mo- ytnacd tn The rays Of the sun through the
80, ~ ionvth Of the camp. II J. swamp wil.I' an,
carries a large amount u! v"G'thpl. m ,,r,,
,,hcn heated as II Is In these pipes II - ~ won
,ausc,tnp Even when boiled many OF .'' hhtt,hh
.rrsod ~ drink II prcfcrrinR the wei "h',. WI
nno i.e,, condemned = unwhoesohi'. - q,
orsa, mistake and has brought much uI,"'Ie np
h a., Tor these men in Jacksonville, VIII 1s,
uo,sant contrast 10 that which they INV ~,
ard We confidently expect an mp .r,nos "
pnol,h as vel MS in the comfort ot tn' , HTs!r
Field Agent Rcd cross