The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-18
DYING MAN SAVED
BY CHEERFULNESS
DOCTOR WAS TOO QUICK TO PRE-.
DICT HIS DEATH.
General James McLeer Relates Ora
matte Incident of Hospital During
I Civil War-After the Hour Of 8.
licked Away the Patient Grew Bet:
ter-old comrade Would Like to
4 Meet Him.
Brooklvn IA rla

/ 2 Il y
Brought together by the fate Of bat
tie in 1852 and the subsequent anguish
OF military prison, Brigadier General
y ames McLeer, commanding the Second
brigade, and a soldier whose name he
never heard drifted apart on leaving
their surgical ward and have never seen
each other since. The last words be-
tween them contained an expression Of
gratitude to the Brooklyn man for hav-
ing saved the others life.
This incident<wa related by the gen..
eral to an Eagle reporter, the reporter
telling the story merely to emphasize
the value Of looking on the bright side
fhe Man Who Was to Die.
u was aspatient in ward Of the
hospital, and after many months Of
treatment for loss Of my left arm and
fracture of my left leg in the second
battle of Bull Run, I was able to move
about with the aid Of crutch and an
apparatus to support my wounded leg
in part. a=z>
zone morning 1 was seated in the
corridor, opposite my ward, when a
young doctor in charge Of the adjoining
ward came along to make his morning
visit to the wounded under his care.
He stopped to speak with me and offer
congratulations on my ability to move
about. [ had been for nearly five months
confined to. my bed while nature was
at work in trying to repair the dam
age to the leg. The doctor invited me
to visit his ward. asked him whether
there was anything special or interest
ing there, and he replied: i
| :" Yes, we have the man with al
arm of, but I interrupted him by say
ing: We have a number in our ware
| with rrnc an1 1oue off , ..r
&" very true, said he; then, tax
ing out his watch and looking at i
for moment, he added: But thi
man will die at O'Clock tonight.
Now you may judge that ne was a yer,
young doctor, for older men in his pro
| fession are not able to fix SO closet,
the time of dissolution: However,
made up my mind to visit his ward an
see the man who would pass over tn
lines at 9 o'clock that night: =
= Il found the young. soldier in a yer
serious condition. His arm had bee
amputat cd near the shoulder by feel
surgeon, and, as this was followed b
I long ride in an ambulance and cor
sequent neglect, there was evidenc
Of great exhaustion, and, in fact, | wa
impressed with, the idea that the youn
doctor was liberal in giving him unit
9 CLOCK before passing away, as deaf
seemed to be very near to him. | sa
down beside his bed and, gently takln
him by the hand, said: 9
my friend, you are better;sI al
glad to- see this change $3.50 :
Of the immigrants. Usually engaged j
to get to Ellis island between 9 and
o'clock. They would be forced, as
result, either to lose days wages or b
denied the favor Of meeting thei
friends. The mission solves the diff
Guilty by bringing the girls to the HON
in New York, where relatives or friend
may call up to 10 clock at night. ]
j is besides, a great. boon. to- the youn
girls themselves. We're they accomm!!
of down, they would still prefes a les
:. pretentious resting place, where the
would not see around them the strane
r faces or hear the extraordinary gibbe
/ ish Of the foreigner III, .s==t
"And so the Irish girls are brougt
in a body from Ellis island by boa
to the barge office, and thence acros
Battery park to their home at Z Stat
street. Here record is taken of the:
i names, ages, place Of birth and de-
, tination. This record is kept in vel
s very valuable for future reference. Tt
l home, once q colonial mansion: has
E spacious sitting room, a clean, attra
n tive dining room, a well-ventilated do
J, mitory with lavatory,. as well as O
E fees and accommo dations for the clerg
> and servants. More dear to the Iris
e heart, it has pretty little chapel whe1
the immigrant girl may pray. Mea
are provided for the guests mornin
noon and evening. One by one they d
part, some with jovial friends, some
points inland, others to situations in r
: spectacle families. Some remain on
g an hour or two, others may be CUES
t for days or even weeks.' -
e Including those who came into IL
d United States via Montreal, the
landed in 1904, 37,076; in 1905, 54,2t
Irish immigrants. During the year 100
SO IT per cent of the Irish immigr
tion ranged in age from IA to As year
and they brought to the United Stat
d $1,092,7S1. Calculating on this bas
: the 1926 who landed in 1905 broug
$ In recent years the number Of Fri
in America! who pay a visit to the O
country and who return via Ellis islal
Is on the increase. During the year en-
in June 80, 1904, about - per cent
the steerage passengers from Irela1
o had been in the United States befol
e During the year, ending this mont
t. 1880 Irish were registered at Ell
e island. Of this number, 1926 we
g males and 20,224 were females