The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
WOUNDED WILL SURVIVE

! New York, July 2l.-ReportS received
| yesterday from the surgeons Of the var
! oius hospitals TO which were removed
the officers and sailors who arrived or
! Saturday night from Cuba on the trans
! port Olivette were uniformly TO the eff
! feet that the men We're doing well; that
| every one is expected to recover, and that
very few, if any. operations will be neces-
! sary.
| More wounded soldiers are expected to
arrive today. Commissioner Keller, of the
! Department Of Charities, received tele-
gram last evening from Surgeon-General
! Sternberg. who returned to Washington
from New York yesterday, asking him if
he could take care of ninety-nine men
who had been wounded at Santiago.
Commissioner Keller replied that he
could and Surgeon-GeneraI Sternberg
telegraphed back that the ninety-nine
men would probably arrive on the Seneca
at New York this morning.
Every preparation has been made at
Bellevue for their reception, and Commits
| sioner Keller says the hospital is able to
care for several hundred more. He tele-
graphed to Washington several days ago,
Offering the use of the hospitals of his
department. and received the cordial
thanks of Secretary of War Alger.
At the three hospitals where the greater
portion of the Olivette's contingent are
under treatment-St. Peters hospital
and the Long Island College hospital IL
Brooklyn, and the Marine hospital, at
Stapleton, S. There was a throng of
visitors throughout the day. This was
deemed the more surprising as a COM
paratively small number of the men have
their homes in New York or this vicinity,
through deep interest in the welfare of
Uncle Sans boys and most brought
with them substantial tokens of their in
terest, in the way Of deIicacies or read
ing matter. Some brought money, that
they gave TO the hospital authorities for
the purpose Of buying such articles as
were needed.
The guests OF the Hotel Castleton, at
St George. S. I. raised $500 by a sub
scriptlon. and with TINS money COM
mittee purchased 200 cheviot shirts, 200
handkerchiefs. 100 pairs Of socks, 70 pairs
of shoes. 100 half pound packages of chew
ing tobacco. 100 corn-cob pipes and 100
NOVELTIES. These articles were sent TO
DIT. Stoner. surgeon in charge of the
Stapleton hospital. with a note which
read:
''WiIl you kindly extend to these brave
boys the assurance of the hearty appre-
citation, on tho part of the subscribers,
Of the services Of the brave soldiers,
H.,
American arms? And Il is our strong
hope that each and every one OF them
may soon be restored to complete health.''
One hundred suits of Undertaking were
sent by Mrs. Stephen u. Stephens. wife
Of the county Judge OF Richmond.
Among the cash donations received by
the Long Island College hospital yester-
day. were 800 from Henry Maxwell. OF
Brooklyn; s125 from Miss Elizabeth Con-
dit and a few friends. and SO from for
mer Mayor Schieren.
Supplies OF clothing and delicacies were
sent 70 all of the hospitals by the Red
Cross society, and raiamas. underwear.
lellIes and canned soups were distributed
10 the men.
Many women offered their services as
nurses. and seven were accepted as vol
unteers at the Long Island College hospi-
tai. They were Misses Mitchell. Mclean.
Jackson, Peterson, North. Jones and Bar
ney. All ate trained nurses. Or. Stoner.
of the Stapleton hospital. has found that
his staff OF surgeons IS not sufficient 10
handle The one hundred cases sent % his
hospital andhe has asked the Washing
ton authorities for aid
The dfty-eight men sent 70 the hospi-