Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-08
Everyday Life in Santiago De Cuba.
Happenings In tho Nurses HouseTho hospital Rec
Cross Headquarters-Mss 5arton's Cure for
tho Pest of vernir

cheerful companiUuahip. at IL the Orst
time We have sai down 10 table In
four months said one. Actually forks
and er1Onsi' exclaimed thr -thor "A
tahe-cl0th and napkins. tool" chimed
both togl ihgr 10 was moi necessary 10
explain thas the table-cloth was the
shcet o. an army cot ana
the nupkina lmprovlrcd from an
old white cambria peitlc1at-lhry
served their humble purpose IN making
~ "a homo aa we'll az ,he finest dlmask
could have done.
Next TO the young Mlchgandera. tho
happicst boy ] knew 10 Santiago IN
Litut. Wise. lie u only 10, but has
been promoted for Eallantry and E1cs
north tomorrow True. for a month he
has been alternately burning and
freezing with calentura and looks Ike
walking skeleton. hut he explained
% me how lucky " was that his bad
day" and that Of his aide. who also has
the fover. happens TO come alternately.
% that one can relieve the other. "You
can aford O. d. happy" ! said. "bC.
cause you are going home"
'Of course / an glad to 10 home"
he replied. hut would not have
missed that nrht with my men. nor all
those experiences lu Snntlaro--not II
l had 20 leave my bones hero'"
Perhaps the most interesting place
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down near the landing | report there
eNory day, and can gain more varied
Information there In an hour. on all
manner N subjects. than could be-
found elsewhere In week. To gei ma
tcrlala Tor yolumna. one has only to
~ aiill and listen. Il is a big bodcgi, OF
warehouse fronting the wharycs. the
lower floor used Tor stable and store
rooms. the upper utilized na offices and
retiring rooms Tor Miss Barton and her
aides. From this place forty thousand
people are fed daily and hair ~ many
sick are Fratuitously trcatcd-not hy
the actual issuing Of food and medicine
from this bodcga, but here u located
the engine ~ % speak, which Keeps
the impoverished and distressed come
with their narrowing recltals, civilians
ana army oiilcuru 90 make requests, and
u thousand things afc continually do
mludlnF attention IN the proper dis
trlbuiion Of ahlp-loada % food, cloth
lnE. medicines and supplies. MlnH BAR
ton-ihnt wonderful wuman-ncema
never the least biz hurried, RULED nor
ratified" but gueH on hrr quiet. unnH-
Stunning ana always efficient way. do
Ing her appointed work with uucrrinr
wisdom and an executive ability which
would be hard 90 match. May she live
fornVcr-for when she ~ called up
which she. herself. creased
Let me glve you somc examples of
the odd things which are pcBictualiy
coming up at Rcd Craa headquarters
This morning one OF our surgeons rt-
cclvrd a letter from n minor 0iilcor IN
one ~ the camps near Santiago, which
said. For Code sake, send un some
condensed mnki
'Mfn are dying out here OF Intestinal
troublcs with nothing 70 eat but beans
ana bacon. which 10 them IL as rank
poison. 1 write a. man 90 man. In hui
msnlty'a name. II my appeal were
known. ! would be- dlngraccd."
army surgeon came IN and threw
himself down ON a chair the picture %
despair. stid he. Miss barton. do you
ever Hwcar7 Well, you would II you
were IN my shoes I have found a dozen
men In my ward today. just brought In
from camp. with maggoia IN ,halr
wuundn"
"oh, I can get them out all right" he
said In answer 10 my horrincd cxciama-
tion. but. great CeaHari think OF tho
neglect which brought soldiers 70 such
"a pass"
Another hospital doctor came beg.
cling Mlta Barton 10 give him a hundred
palamar. lie said that his Hlck men
were fairly eaten up by lice, and that
there was nothing for u but 10 burn
their uniforms and keep them IN p.
jamaa am fresh clothes could be
procured.
Miss narton had not half the number OF
garments against the burning " the
uniforms. "why. what else can We do
with thcm." said the ofiicef. you can
have no idea how bad they are-oyory
scam and crease aud nhro OF che cloth
awarmlnE with nltn and crawlcrs"
"Oh, YES. I know AN about H. she ro-
piled and then rhe sat down and gave
him an account of her experiences In
the same line 10 the civil war. Al one
time branch OF the army, long IN
camp. became 40 Infested with vcrmln
that men were actually dying Of the
pest hut we didnN burn up good
unlform," she said. II had great tanks
made and filled with the strong salt
brine from our oorned-bccf, made
boiling hot. The lousy clothes were put
IN ana thoroughly soaked. and they
came out good as now-Ho FAR an Ver-
min was concerned. To be sure" hha
added rcfectiyely. they shrank IT.
tie, 10 that knees were Inclined 90 crawl
up towards the seats OF truwHors ana
waist lines toward the arin-ptH. hut
We saved the clothes"
There was Just the suspicion Of
twinkle IN the 1filcor'a eyes as he an
swered: well. the 'ft wouldn't matter
% much a. TO get rid OF the vermln;
hut We haven't N-y beef brine In Cuba.
Maybe aea-water might b. silt enough.
but We have no kettle Tor hentlnri
neither hnve we any tanks 10 put u In,
nor materials 90 build them, as you had
10 the United states. I d0nt see how
We could. possibly apply your cure In
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.
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