The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-21

duty of tho hospital corps was TO lane
mp . lIst nm Sn} HEa gsBSSTSS nj Settb sse the ssr &SedHP
cal Department at Washington nor It's repre'
sentatlves in Cuba had anything to do with The
landing Of troops. theT equipmcntsand ratlops
'front.' n That f6S t" Was aSn. Skaters business. IS
had ab ,TS% SssSssfs d nlnnlGSnbisd IL 9 qsiisG To @ aSSi
a. rsagITemsnts; B But never tSS Tn asSTd sh9t Ss fot
hi" own s~Sortc5mines over to. the Medical De-
portment. And 1 think he is fully Justified IN
Eesenting any attempt to he'd mn MN T Ieog sn,1,s
@ft Was, Of Course. very difficult to land sup
edge OF the VdiiRlcuites can appreciate the hard
work and sometimes the danger, q getting
reached the shore without getting wet and
often e whole 69Ht,ood ~ w tSnir s BE- Ssen 1s { IN
wharves. only the one hastily constructed
little pier. scarcely more than a platform.
against this pier with a force that threatened
safer TO land ]sSnarely on tho beach. accepting
I %IiR %s.6 Se eSrs al ana our ski SGG Snd h tSe te P %e esa s6sS
assf fRoG SsSsRs' Of irS sfeo Pso isndsd ! b SII y5, only ~
eso 5Sna SSdf' Gem emu sRSItsr " SossompiiisRh:
~ waT states az 'G as tso result tn q h Ss0If SSesy
tieation OF the condition Of. transports bringing
NJ sick and T tSs tsrefSl sP eon ISit on n 81 the eo snR,
where our ahips had no shelter and always u
high surf, made The landing Of troops, supplies.
cult. and there IS no doubt much iheonySnience
and spiEeTing were thereby eaHsed that were we're
when the point is that only hospital spp
5pa Ilss worfh aH 1fiSsinEb been enough iands Cd the he ot pSif
the army through until the surrender, when
the balance OF the, cargoes was LANDED at the
were landed. or course; the hospital supplies
by hard work and perhaps some danger. along
with q little good management.
erou Tns that taltq Il was sf impSss rs e * faad Supplies on fae
and eyvesntusiliiti carried back to Tampa. .ih,the
sick and hundreds q wounded In the hospitals
direst need.,days when most Of the hospital
supplies .nnSIat Of t he army sgrrS SsrS stu want intact Sos on the me
i iis tyf S% 4 % % %ssssHaFF, NY SYs s ~ SS%s s .ds SSs:S sSS 1ss
said a rood many things about the
Red -Cross.some things recently over his
f %s,os. s'f BaS %e om M = any i9pF re sSsSsn t to the fnso fact
bandaRes. medicines. ice. and pretty
the 6ospitaIs. It was the Red Gross, not
the Medical Department. that most, promptly
Siboney and at the front. The Surgeon
General, however; finds no room In al his long
f Iefte cur fS Sold & sin a c T6sa f L SEEMS Sss 9 to mo Se eGe
time must. come, soon when personal feeling
and prejudice and the very small things which
great duty to suffering men; ,
some people. who believe ,hS pd IN the divine Inc
State state'! OF Texas iai" was ordered to siboasy by
special Providence. Probably Gen. Shafter
t as0T t6 q Miss whe Barton he made oa s h.s 6ssPer 5Siy aP 3,
ITont. It was 9 O'clock in the, evening when
fhe m snai Worked f9R Raff the s'f niRSt getting Saf sn up
from the hold, and at daylight on
on tho w 1aS sspP MSic SEeF ae !anq sSa naq
authorized Misc Barton to seize. and, started
Ier the front; Miss Barton, with al the force
ioubtediy. there were Quantities q hospital
sSRP have T benz ees in f[1WR sssSinsto S1i for a1f al I The Goo %
they did just then.
,h I'VE eG Were fortunate som Ate u Gu6 5seeiy tRsgt s9 SaIes Ssi NJ
very greatly about landing our supplies. And
4 may say also that that i p,o every r inst instance IsH,s oSpr rad ad-
n eSrses " VENT Sas i Z Ss Tie e! cuban sTS ai hssp iaS a aad 9aSss
General Castillo. over to. thank Miss Barton
iST 6S'p fi1 nsair Ras p sSpSt l Ian dFIGn!y s to Miss
advised working in the early morning.
on this advice. from that time on the
york OF landing supplies from the State OF
o'clock in the forenoon. This gave Ave or six
hours esie, S Of fSirly NJ gm %sln water sGa and ID made EpGsI much gSa
IF the most efficient. energetic men Of the force. |
who also understood Spanish. had charge Of
iozen Cuban men to get barrels. boxes and
bags Of supplies, up from the hold Of
he sn aP i shore. 'h These S9atS G;ubs ana w %alGed
we'll because they were wei, fed and had a
R5seGe o to sleSs GcE in ~ son me so sbi0 hSey Sp SGFnfE on
he h Change S' from hunger f"E srp and hiding in the
woods, and they, obeyed every order promptly
we'll and were quite indifferent to the ele-
.ents. But with ell the effort to accomplish
starting in at. daybreak. it was slow work
ship.. 1IGniortunateiy for the army. but for
beach. MIR; Warner got permission to use
Cuban crew stopped the biggest leaks and kept
The pontoon afioat, by balling i on every trip. It
ie eeteG and we romptIy Sgiasvvee'oMn Mr. 70 Warner a sGp Ky
title Of Commodore Of the Pontoon Squadron
IS a slight reward for his tact and diplomacy in
much as one Of the mall boats.
:. With the exception of two days. when the
State OF Texas wont over 10 Jamaica. for ice,
we landed, supplies every day from, June "a
until July IL, the day of the surrender. when
he Red Cross ship had the honor. by ADMIRAL
5ampson,s permission. Of being the first to sail
INTO Santiago harbor. where in a few days her
,argow was landed on the pier. think the men
and women who did so much against such odds
10 feed the sick and wounded and tho starving
refugees fully deserved the honor.
One night the little pier that had become
very shaky. vanished from R~ight-swept Off by
he surf, The nextmornipg when the He'd Cross
place for them to land. We stood on deck and
with some anxiety. the little boat
ossed about by the surf, as it neared the beach.
Finally a big wave drove the boat in, two OF the
men jumped, out and held / II whilo another
ollowed and carried the five nurses, one
ttter the other. IL his arms, through the surf
1raye. ,self-sacriacinR,, and uncomplaining
lnder oil the hard conditions down there. as
men. But they are the women nurses whom
he Surgeon General cannot forgive for doing
heir duty SO splendldly. because, through no
ault Of their OWL. they were at the front in
tteed OF the rear Of the army. They are the
.entrados. the only American trained nurses