The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-12

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Sent to Their Homes In Va
riOus Parts of the State-Where
the Sick Are.
Strict quarantine was enforced at
the unloading of the hospital train
yesterday morning, and the relatives
| and sightseers were most of them
| obliged to be satisfied with what view
they might gain Of the scene from the
ne1ghborhood of the engine. This was
absolutely necessary not only as a
precaution against accident to the pa
| tients and delay in the work Of the
physicians, but more especially against
possible infection. Dr. H. M. Bracken
and DR.. Henry Hutchinson, of the
state board Of health, met the train
at Eau Claire the evening before and
remained with it over night, and ev-
cry precaution was taken against any
spread of the fever. The prohibitory
measures taken were not clearly IN
derstood by the crowd, and there was
! more or less grumbling at what ap-
peared like unnecessary rules
The work Of unloading was done as
easily and rapidly as possible.
The city hospital had two anb11-
lances ready and st. Joseph's one, and.
aside from this, Gov Clough had fif-
teen carriages at call drawn up beside
the train.
The men were dressed early, and so
soon as the sun had heated up the air
bit the delicate work Of carrying the
! sick boys from the coaches was begun
Stretchers were taken into the cars in
| many instances, but some of the coach
es were built in such a way that this
was not possible, and the wasted forms
were carried in the arms of strong
nurses or police officers.
M'DERMOTT VERY SICK.
The removal Of McDermott, poor feI-
low, was exceedingly slow and pain
full. He is a very sick man, but has
every chance for recovery. While the
ambulance cases were being carried
out, the men who were able to walk
We're assisted to the carriages and rap
| idly driven away to the hotels, where
| they were registered and remained till
their trains left for the towns in which
| they resided. The Minneapolis men. or
those left on the train for Minneapolis
| to care for, came out, those of them
| who could walk about, and summed
| themselves on the car steps. There
was no one in the yards surrounding
| the train but the railway men, police
| officers, doctors, nurses and porters of
| the train
BY some misunderstanding the Red
| Cross women came too late with their
| carriages. Gov. CIough during the
| week had asked the Red Cross to care
| entirely for the 100 men who were to
| be left in St. Paul. This the local So
ciety did not feel able to do, but made
| arrangements with the governor to fur
nish carriages to convey the men to
! the hospitals and hotels, and In other
| ways assist with the work Saturday
| evening the governor explained to
| them, as to every one else, that the
! train would be unloaded at 9:30 o'clock.
| and at that hour the Red Cross car
r1ageS were on hand. But Gov
Clough had ordered fifteen carria ges of
his own, which he had personally seen
loaded, and nearly all the men had
been moved when the Red Cross wom-
en- came. In explanation, he said:
''Well, I got here earlier than you did"
DR.. Bracken said that the men had
| improved during the night The change
of climate had been felt by many al
ready. Nearly every case was reported
better after the first night spent in
Minnesota.
TOLD NARROWING TALES.
Many wild and weird tales of camp
| life were related by those who had
heard that this or that was so, but
| 10 one could be found to verify these
stories. One young fellow told of the
| frequent dissection of bodies, when the
| men were obliged to assist or stand
| guard over the mutilated remains.
| Later, these men were taken i'll from
the effects Of the experience
But the majority Of them were cheer
! full, and ready to go back when they
| should be in condition They said the
hospitals were rocky" but that no
doubt 1t could not be helped. They
| did not complain.
| Arthur Caine, Of Minneapolis said
THE hospitals were certainly in a bad
condition, but it could not be avoided.
| They were overcrowded, and, while
there was a small corps of nurses,
men had to be taken from the regi-
ments to assist who knew nothing
| about the work 1t was only what
must be expected during war times"
Maj. A. B. Cole returned South last
evening and will come North with his
regiment this week.
He looks very sick and worn and is
very much thinner than when he went
| away. He said:
1--WE have had the very best railroad
service. The trip was made as easy
! as possible, and the railroad men
! aboard did all they could for US 1 do
not know what we would have done
but for the Red Cross. 1t Is generally
understood that Minnesota has taken
better care of her men than any other
state. 1 have had to loan medicines
and instruments to surgeons of other
regiments.
I'm the Fourteenth we have only had
| four deaths, and one Of those was a
ruicide. The man ate peaches on a
\ oct. He won the bet, but he died. The
! Southern railroads are very slow. We
had a Red Cross car marked hurry"
lay at Chattanooga six days, and then
MIR. Smith, of the Red Cross society,
went down himself and personally saw