The National tribune., 1902-05-01

it. What l got for this Sunday was the
regular quantity issued every Sunday.
got the ration business fixed up right the
first day, and found that the blame of
short food rested on the nurses. | got
down TO 'worli-reading, medicine, and
looking after all of the sick and wounded
myself. ! left none of this to the nurses.
| left a memorandum on the medicine
stand at night, showing the hours for the
nurses to wake me, so that / could wait
on the needy myself. / remained in
charge of this ward, and part of the time
of Ward 3, and but four men died in
Ward and none in Ward 3. / studied
medicine hard, and the men, as well as
DR.. Stone, called me Doctor Sometimes
was put i'll charge of serious cases in
other wards DIR. Stone became very much
attached to me and / to him. | had not
been long in charge until DR.. Stone asked
me if the sick got enough food. / told
him that | thought it could be improved
by making ont requiSition for the
amount and kind Of food needed He CON
Guided before he did this that he would
come and see what we got for dinner that
day. He came, was satisfied with the
quality, but concluded that the variety
and quantity could be added to with adj
vantage. Next day he ordered certain
vegetables to be added. These we got. In
a few days he ordered double ratiOns for
about a dozen men who needed extra
nourishmcnt, as they were recovering from
an attack of "Andersonville" as ii pre-
vailed in the barracks He told me that
he expected that they might not furnish
this. and that | must not issue the dinner
until he came. We got the dinner, but
the double ratiOns and extras were not
furnished. He came and noticed the
state of affairs. He then went out and
brought the Steward in, and asked him if
that was the dinner he ordered. The
Steward replied NO" for DIR. Silliman
had instructed him not to fill the extra
ration item. He told the Steward to 90
and get the ratiOnS. no matter who told
him not to furnish them. This led to n
war of words. until DR.. Stone told them
that he would have what he ordered. or
he would report the matter to Washing
ton. He said that he had ordered exactly
what the law and rules of the War De
partment allowed the Federal soldiers. and
that the law and the War Department
expected and required that those who had
the Confederate soldiers in their care 10
feed and look after them the same as if
they We're Union soldiers, except that they
must deprive them Of their liberty. Speak
ing for himself, as a man. he said that he
wanted 10 see ms whipped, but in the alb
sence of our kindred and friends he in
/ tended to take their part in attending to
our wants as sick men as far as Law in
his power and TO the extent OF the law as
applied TO the case. His protest had the
effect of producing the food.
After that we got the double rations
without any difficulty.
Dr. Stone gave me acquisitions fOi
brandy and whisky by the quart, with one
fresh milk punch every day. and left the
use of il TO my discretion. | did not. MOI
do | drink. | gave the nurses dram
every morning and to the sick at all times
when needed or requested, being careful
/ TO prevent intoXication.
/ The fame of this ward soon spread
/ among the men, and when they got SICK
| they wanted TO come in Ward T. | am
not writing anything in this TO boast
intend TO tell the truth about Fort Della
ware.
! CONFEDERATE NURSES STEAL FROM PA
TENTS.
The other doctors began ordering deli
cacies for their wards, but found that the
sick did not get them. | was advised one
day by DIR. Stone to lay in a supply fol
two or three days, as on the morrow the
whisky TO be issued would contain quinine
the object being TO detect who were drink
ing that intended for the sick. The next
day about II o'clock the hospital was full
of drunken nurses. They were dismissed
| Those men who were drinking that which
was issued for the sick Confederates were
COnfederates themselves. They had ne
excuse for this, as they were beautifully
taken care Of by the Yankees.
had six hrSt-class nurses, all true reb
els, for Dr. Stone said he had no use for OF
confidence in any man who would deser,
his flag on either side. He said plan who
would stick to his flag under the hard