The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-09-15
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brought to bear on the surgeons charged
with the duty of furloughng by the ingen.
ious entreaties of friends and of the SICK
men themselves, but it appears to me tha
much greater care should have been exer-
cised in authorizing the departure OF GER
tain Of these men on a journey which ne
cessarily involved much fatigue. An hour
later telegram from yourself to the sur
geon In command explicitly forbldding the
furloughng Of men unable to take care OF
themselves appeared to me TO be sufficient
to remedy this evil, due mot to carelessness
but to excessive sympathy with the soldier
and the desire to have him in the care CT
his friends and relatives.
1.-THE site of the camp is an excellent one
a firm, compact and well-drained grassy
sod, the soil beneath the surface being held
well together in the intertwined rAots of
the grass and forming thus a surface which
wears well under foot Ind Is productive OF
neither dust in dry weather nor mud in
rainy weather.
Here and there In shallow depres-
sions and ravines, the surface had been trod-
don down to a clay bed which supports sur
face water in pools, but IN view of fresh
breezes, constantly blowing from the ocean
am of the opinion that no malarial devel-
opments need be anticipated from these
ponds.
"Some Of them In progress OF time prob
ably would become nuisance and would
require to be drained and filled up, particu-
larry one on the north side of the general
hospital and between It and It's sinks.
1.-THE camps Of some cavalry recruits and
of the engineer battal.ons is on the SOUTH
east corner of Fort Pond. The first dv!s-
ion extends from this eastward on plain
skirting with Its sinks to the seward side
of the mems quarters and we'll removed
from them. The second division is on a
high, rolling ground overlooking the ocean
and the cavalry division on the rolling
ground in the interor between the ocean
and a large body of fresh water. a great
pond. The camps are kept In excellent con-
dtion; all garbage is burned except some
refuse which is more conveniently disposed
OF by burying. The sinks are deep, well
protected by buildings and also are fully
attended to so as in no instance to consti-
tute a nuisance.
"The streets in front of the camp are from
20 to 25 feet WIDE as most of the Regiments
are small. In the cavalry division they re
wider, as the camp areas are larger to give
space to the horses. Only two regiments,
the Third and Twentieth Infantry. are in
any way crowded. The tents of all COM
mands are wedge wall tents, three men to
a tent; each tent we'll spaced from It's
neighbor In few cases board floors have
been laid and the lumber is being delivered
to some regiments for this purpose; but
speaking in general terms the men sleep
on bed sacks filled with straw and hay.
These, with their blankets are clean and
summed daily Some recruits recently ar
rived are not yet provided with bed sacks.
In the interior of many of the tents there
is a lack of tidiness and soldderly neatness,
due to the WORKOUT condition of the men.
The Tenth Cavalry was exceptionally good
In this respect, every tent being notably
clean and new. The kitchens Of all the COM
mands are under tent flies, all utensils
clean and waste burned. No suggestion of
. complaint as to the character of the food