The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
B0YNT0N MAKES HIS REPORT.
CONDITIONS or CAMP THOMAS HOS
PITAL as HE FOUND THEM.

tails Ever seen-AlI Supplies
Suitable DeIicacy Is Procured for
the SiclS-Sixty Cents Per Day AL
lOwnnce Has Never Been Used, as
1t Was Not Needed-DistiIIed
Water Used.
Washington, Aug. 31.-Secretary Alger to-
day received the reoprt of Gen. II. V.
Boynton upon the state or affairs in the
hospitals at Camp Thomas The report
is dated Aug 20
The general says that his Instructions
We're to report the number OF sick, char
acter Of illness, number Of tents, floor
space for patients, the adequacy and suit
ability of Attendants, ana whether the
medical officers have discharged their du-
ties faithfully and with intelligence, and
to make any recommendation in the in
terest of all concerned He says he visit
ed all the hospitals in the camp without
giving notice of his purposes.
Gen, Boyton says; Believing the death
list Of this camp 10 afford an excellent
standard by which to measure its condition
as to health and hospital service a full
report was obtained of all deaths In The
camp and it's hospitals since Its estab-
lshment the middle Of April last. The re-
suit shows a total death list of 1873 Up
to the 22nd of this month,
when the breaking up of this camp be-
gan Between these dates, including reg
ulars and voluteers, fully 5000 troops
have been in camp in The Chickamauga
Park"
The report takes up in detail first the
two permanent hospitals, Letter and Stern
berg, and states with the greatest minute
ness The exact accommodation afforded
by each The first Is at Crawfish Springs
under charge of Mai. Carter, and was
converted from a large summer resort
hotel into a hospital to receive the worst
typhoid cases from the camp. Each Pa
tient has abundant room, woven wire and
hair mattresses and abundant bed cloth-
ing The ventilation is perfect, plumbing
entirely new and bathing facilities ample.
The number of attendants, when all are
WELL is entirely satisfactory, and attend
ants are on the way to take the places
of those who are broken down.
Mai Carter has secured a herd of cows
and has arrangements for pasturing them
without expense to the government. He
has sufficient money from the hospital
fund to buy whatever Is wanted in The way
of milk, ice and other dellcacies There
has been at this hospital full supplies OF
ice milk. commissary stores and delica-
cies such as the sick ought to have. The
entire hospital is furnished with distilled
water and the ice used is made from ois-
titled water.
The sewerage of the hospital Is excel
lent, and contrary to persistent assertions,
none Of the sewerage has ever drained
into the Chickamauga river or approach
ed IT at any point.
Mai Carter had a corps of doctors which
he regards as amply sufficient for all the
patients in the hospital, and reports them
as faithful and efficient In the perform
ance of their duties
Taking up the Sternberg hospital In
charge Of Maj. Giffen, Gen. Boynton
shows that it is one of the most complete
field hospitals ever seen, according to vet
erans Of the last war. All these are
closely foored and they are separate; at
present only four men are In any tent and
in an addition to the tents there are nine
large board pavilions. Every tent has
woven wire and hair mattresses. There
are special diet cooks FIVE cold storage
rooms for delicacies; refrigerators for
each row of tents and every rule Of san
itoton is observed with respect to the
sinks.
"Since the establishment OF this hospital
everything asked for in the way of sup
plies of every kind has been promptly
furnished.
"Sixteen to twenty-four barrels of distill-
ed water are purchased daily, and patients
get nothing but distilled water to drink
From three to five tons OF Ice are USED
daily.
"Three hundred gallons Of milk are pur.
chased daily and $50 gallons furnished b.
the Red Cross Society.
"An money necessary for the purchase
Of dellcacies Of every kind suitable to the
sick has been furnished by order OF Gen
Sternberg. A careful inquiry developed tht
toe Of oil a
required or asked for were furnished both
from Washington and from medical head
quarters at the camp with the greatest
promotness."'
Ii Is stated in addition that all the hos
pital refuse Is burnt ia a crematory, anC
according TO Maj. Gen. Giftin, an but LOO
patients now sick IN The entire camp, could
be safely moved now. The diseases are o.
a more typho-malaria character than ty
Dhoid fever strictly, the death rate beni
very low, only about per cent. of the
worse cases.
The first division field hosptag In charg,
of Mai Drake Is hoored with planed lum
Der and II is as clean as Is possible beni
scrubbed with carbolic acid and trea tet
with bi-chloride of mercury every othel
day All the patients are on cots anC
never have been on the ground for any
length Of time. None of the 60 cents allow
ance per man for deucacies has been used
as it was not needed
The report states that IN times wher
the hospital was crowded there was lacl
of nurses the deficiency being supplied By
details from the regiments which were
not as satisfactory as trained nurses
Cen Boynton shows that there Is a full
refrigerator capacity for this hospital
porcelain baths, sterilized and iced water
and every convenience.
In the malignant typhoid ward there
have been but two deaths out of twenty
cases in three weeks He says that boti
the medical offers and the hospital at
tendants at his hospital have undoubtedly
performed their duty with energy anC
efficiency and the best test Of all this (.
shown by the fact that so many of then
have thoroughly exhausted themselves anC
fallen sick under their labors.
The next hospital Inspected was th'
Thlrd Division hospital, First Corps, IL
charge of Mai. Clark. Here the attend
ants were found sufficient, though In thu
earlier days there were not enough sur
icons or attendants. The grounds wer,
in excellent condition, the tents clean. mos
Of the tents fioored. and all hoored be
tween the cots and In the aislee.
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