The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-14
THE DIET KITCHENS At MoNrAUM
Some Comm nts On Mrs. HoRnn's Report
To tho War Dapartment.

, To THE EDITOR OF The SUS-Sir! In your
issue Of July 2. an article headed Good
Food for Solliors" appeared. which was an-
nounced as Mrs. Louise L. Hogan's report"
OF her work at various camps during tho late
war. l wrote you few days later asking the
courtesy OF your columns for the correction OF
mistake in this article. or in Mrs. Hogan's
| report" but fear my letter did not reach YOU.
| May now again ask you, In justice to several
people. to give place to the followinR2
In tho quotation from her report Mrs. Hogan
If made to say with reference to the Diet Kitch-
! en- work at Montauk Il append some print
| cd accounts OF the work zee carried on In the
Diet Kitchen OF the Seventh Infantry. which
! was mn practical experiment for showing the
| possibilities OF a regimental diet kitchen as an
attachment to q regimental hospita or dispen-
/ sary," &c.
What the printed accounts " were have
/ no means Of knowing. but II Is certain either
that Mrs. Hogan has been incorrectly quoted.
| or that she is laboring under singular misap-
prehension as to the true state OF affairs in this
/ regiment. The facts in tho ca 40 are tIcse:
On one OF the last days Of August. tho 10Th
! I Think the seventh Infantry arrived at its
permanent camp on Montauk Point. after the
strlndng OF the Prairie on NapeaRuc Beach on
! Aug % and its five days quarantine in De-
| tentOn Camp. On Sept. the attention OF the
workers at the relief tent Of the East Hampton
Relief Corps was called to the necessities OF tho
regiment by Mr.. L. +. Woodhouse OF Burling-
| ton. VT The camp Of the Seventh was n very
much exposed and isolated one. on q high
| blum beyond tho Ditch Plain Life Saving Sta
! ton. more than milo from the relief tent, and
| moro Than two miles from headquarters. Here
| the regiment was found by our workers. their
| nrst visitors. two days after thor arrival In
! their permanent camp. with sick list OF lSS. n
, surgeon on tho verge OF collapse from ovcrwork
and illness; no ice. no milk, no dolicnte or d.
gestb!e food for the sick. very few medicines
and no wntcr. All these necessary articles
| Including large cans OF water wore taken to
them that day from tho relief tent bT private
| tennis; tho regiment had no transportation for
anything except nrewood and the regular
| ration OF bareback and canned stuff. which few
| II the men wore In condition to eat and tho
| doctor had not even been able to get horse to
| 60 to General Hospital. "a miles. to try and
secure admission for his worst cases. 1t may
! be added that he never did get horse. though
| thousands stood idle on the picket lines. and
| the sickcst men were never taken to General
| Hospital where there was no room. but were
removed by private individuas-Mrs. Living
ston Mason. Mr.. Samuel Parrish. Col. Goddard.
Mr.. Palmer and others. to hospitals at Newport
| Providence. Sng Harbor. &c.
At this date. Mrs. Hogan had been neither
seen nor heard Of at the camp Of the seventh
! supplies. and few days later Diet Kitchen
| was opened ~ the Camp OF the seventh. under
| hospital tent supplied by Mrs H. e. Armitage.
| Of Bay Shore, land not by the GoVernment as
| supplies Of every kind coming from the tent Of
| tho East Hampton Relief Corps. being paid for
from the funds Of that organization. and deliv-
her T' arrival some time o. later. and after the
removal OF the regiment to its new camp
lad and thAr OBJ ,t.
on tho very strong letters from President Nc
assuranees e that th: was o % reet
work. and was to be paid for from running
they are charged and from whose pay they have
been deducted but mils: ice: and many other
by the East Hampton Relief Corps and the
| Red Cross through this Corps. up to the date OF
the departure of the Seventh Infantry late in
on the 9th or 10th OF septembe Mrs. Won
camp Of this REGIMENT. living in a tent and de-
voting herself thencetorth. with heroic and
during the day by one or more workers from
the Tent among Whom were Mrs. Nonrse OF
Miss Lowell OF brooklyn. Miss Damon and
Miss Moore: but facing her tremendous task
Some days after the Fast Hampton Relief
Corps took charge OF the seventh. Mrs Hogan.
then on her way to Camp Wikoh for the first
Mrs Weston and Miss stim.on Sisters OF Dr.
Lewis Stimson Of New York. ~ and Miss Lowelo
sation with them. expressing her great interest
in the work. and saying 1t was lust what sho
gan soon after made her headquarters at
tho camp, Of the Seventh Infantry. ,tnl-
re%ova to them new S camp n did she ' ssay
there, and took some share IN the work Of the
Va hs ats LADY staved with hs ree
ment. devotnG her entire time and strength to
the sick and c9nvalescent men ofthe command.
performance OF her duties forced her to 60
home, Mrs. Hogan: her little boy and friend.
indeed, Mrs. Hogan had two tents assigned to
her use. one used as writing tent. where she
soldier driver to facilitate her inspections OF
relief work. and was granted unusual priv
Diet ehe"s the che %oi hn o
the seventh Infantry, and the entire respon-
Dr S s Ms T Saa M M1s H6rs o% Sn
s d9 with Hh of the hTSe
dc, with the various other Diet Kitchens estab-
S% NIP " a Mss Sn rs
'@s ns at s HSy sS
the{ ho% M been open some time before her first
Mrs Hogan would. I am sure. he tho last to
claim credit not her due. and VIII doubtless
the o OF
to claim the sole initiative in the matter OF
Diet Kitchen work At Montauk.
However pertinent and valuable Mrs Hognn's |
remarks on good food and poor cooking"
may be with regard to the regular army ration |
for men In full health; they do not touch the
matter Of n proper ration for men aick and con |
yalcscnR from tropical diseases. las was near |
ly the whole OF the Fifth Army Corps when il |
arrived at Montauk on its return from Cuba( |
chiefly because she only reached Camp wikoff |
cause had been relieved by the Efforts OF tho
Relief Societies and numberless private indi- |
viduals.
With thanks for your courtesy In giving SPACE
70 this explanation, which ia ouly due to the |
indcfatiRahle ana dsiGterested worker OF the |
East Hampton Relief Corps who, inspired by |
notheores on dietetics. hut driven solely by the |
bitter need forced upon their notice in visiting
tho infantry division when it first landed In |
August, spent time, strength and money on re-
lief work, with no hope or idea Of recognition
or reward. JULIA II. CHADWICK
East Hampton Relief Corps
EAST HAMPTON, l.. l.. Aug. 7.
Tho American Locomotive Abroad.
m NJ.