The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-30
FOUR HUNDRED PATIENTS.

In the Hospitals at Fortress Monroe--
 An'eresting Letter From n New Haven
 Nurse,
 Foiiowing Is an extract from a letter received yesterday by Mrs. Kerrigan, wire or John T. Kerrigan, chief mail- ing clerk of the New Haven postofice. 1he letter is from one of the graduate nurses of this city who makes her home at 54 Park street here and who was detailed to the work at Fortress Mon roe, Va:
 Fort Monroe, Va, July 23, '9S. Dear Mrs. Kerrigan: This is posi- lively delightful place. We have 400 patients which are distributed in hos pltal tents, and also in the hospital proper, which is a. new building with all the modern hospital conveniences . bach tent has twenty beds. I have , charge of a tent which is situated on the bank of moat which is back of the fort, very picturesque spot and !. the breeze which comes from the water IS perfectly delightful. In my tent are Fought Riders, cavalry and infantry. most jolly crowd It is very inter- esting to hear them relate their ex- periences. There are thirty doctors, ten graduate nurses and four volun- teers, besides q great many male nurses. There are two male nurses to each ward, one night and one day. The female nurses do not work nights. Ten Red Cross nurses female) came to-day, We ten D. A. R. nurses live in delightful cottage called Bright View, where we are treated royalty. We have to ride on the trolley four times day, to and from our meals. Our cottage is on the bank of Chesa- peake bay and we go in bathing every night or morning. This morning we went in at 6:30. The water is de- lightfully warm. The vice president of the D. A. R. War association, Mrs. Walworth, is here looking after our in- terest. She says we have the cream Of the appointments; out of 2,300 appli- cants only 400 were considered eligible, so l guess I'm in luck, This life Is very fascinating, there is so much to see and hear. You would be amused to look in on us and see all the men dressed in various colored pajamas walking around. One of my patients had an invitation to a church lawn party and he went dressed in pink pajamas. He said the ladies did not like the cut of his jacket and would make him nice pair. It is very anus ing to distribute them among the pa- tients. One will say give me a pink another will want blue, and so on Yesterday the fort band gave a con- cert on the grounds. There has been four deaths since came, one was from a gun shot which went through the shoulder into the lung. The doc tors operated, but he died on the table The other three were typhoid fever. It is very sad to see them dying when you think of the circumstances. The D. A. R. nurses who are here are from New York, Boston and one from New port (Miss Rhodes) and yours truly from New Haven.
 The men are very nice and so pa- tent You never hear a word of conn plaint, One of my patients was shot through the arm and another through the hand. Some are Ill from typhoid, sunstroke and malaria. I am getting very much tanned from the sun, but I am feeling fine. Out in the air all day long. We'll, guess I must bid you good bye. Address me at Bright View Cottage,'' Old Point Comfort, Va.
 MARY J. McCLOUD.