The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-31
SAYS HUIDEKOPER
SHOULD Be QUIET
Former Governor John Lind
Makes Remarks About SLAM
i derer of Citizen soldiery.
Scat Doctors" Record of Ineffi-
cheney at Chickamauga Is
Too Well Known.

John Lind, former governor of the
state of Minnesota and former con-
gresham from the fifth district, is
ready with an answer to Frederick l..
Huidekoper of Washington, who, IN a
recent article in the North American
Review, charges the United States mill
tia with cowardice and general lncom-
petence. Extracts from Mr.. Huide-
koper's article were published IN a
Journal dispatch last night:
Mr.. Huidekoper won considerable I'M
pleasant notoriety during. the Spanish
war, when he was surgeon in charge OF
the military camp at Chickamauga and
responsible for the sanitation. Mr.. Lind
was quartermaster of the Fourteenth
Minnesota regiment in camp at Chlcka-
manga, and therefore speaks from per-
sona1 acquaintance and observation.
ON the militia, Mr.. Lind said today:
81 regret to state that l have met
the scat doctor Huidekoper. / am
also surprised to learn that he is writ
ing for supposedly reliable and re-.
spectacle publication on the subject OF
the Preparedness of the United States
for War; and that he is said to be an
expert on military matters. Knowing
him as I do, can but doubt the value
Of his work and opinion, but will admit
that were he to prepare treatise on
"The Virtues and Possibilities of Bour-
bon,' it would be not only authentic,
but might become classic on the sub
ject.
A SCAT Doctor
IT have heard and suppose it is true
that Mr.. Huidekoper at some time at
tended and was graduated from a col
lege of medicine where students were
trained to administer TO the wants Of
human beings. His practice, however,
ny medicine, his speciality being the
care and treatment of the ills Of cats
and pet dogs In New York city.
~ met this man in camp at Chicka-
manga. He. was in charge and was
responsible for the sanitation of that
camp. He was too busy with other
things to pay much attention to his
duty, and the sickness and death that
lurked in and about that camp because
of the negligence Of the most common
sanitary rules is a disgrace to the war
and officers could not be blamed, as
they had no previous training, and the
camp was supposed to, be in charge of
Mr.. Huidekoper, who was responsible
for its sanitation. -~- -. s., = .}a-Es: !
> g s4sTheg waters, Of Chic naauga sereeh
were piped thru the camp For the use
Of the men. presumably b, the order Of
Mr.. Huidekoper. Chickamaugua is the
Indian word for death, and lit was
death to the men who drank that wa.
ter during the months Of July and
August. It teemed with malaria and
other diseases and sreaped g rich har.
vest. I do not know that Mr.sHuide-
& kQper ever exposed himself. It is a
positive fact that the: hospital drains
+ and latrines and the, camp 1a.trines
We're never properly covered or cared
for. Someone was too busy to. attend
to his duty -
y = The Citizen soldiery. -
History has demonstrated that the
citizen soldiery Of the United States
will stand against the world. There
may be things that are. not as they
should be and mistakes may have beer
made, but in my mind, it is not il
the province Of all persons to pretend
to be judges and to make public theil
opinions. A sick or dead soldier cal
do little for his country. Sanitary pro
visions are no less important than dis
cipline in the management of a cam
paign or in case of war, but 1 have
not learned that Mr.. Huidekoper ha:
treated this in his article''
Other military men who have see1
service were angry today and Mr.
Huidekoper, were he to come to Min
neapolis, would, find his reception to,
- warm for his peace and presence OF
! mind =. . T.