The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-03-30
PAYS
RESPECTS TO Cats
At LIVE OAK
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rupt him a secret until now?

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rupt him a secret until now?
so, when he told, at st. Peters
burg, that he discovered at Camp
Wheeler three German spies who
had been inoculating the food with
poisonous germs, and ne saw them
put where they would never repeat
that operation-it was the work of
an overfed imagination, without even
a basis Of fact.
In a speech at the Labor Temple
il Jacksonville he told how he
prayed one night, and God came to
him and told him: Cats. get out of
Jacksonville and next morning he
went to Green Cove Springs, and mat
ters were set right.
Some Fairy Tales
Likewise. when he states in his
circular that he begged around
Washington knee deep in snow for
four days, sending kilograms, etc,
you wonder at the gift Of romance
displayed particularly when the
truth is he was not in Washington at
all that winter, and there never was
q time when snow was knee deep on
the streets, much less the sidewalks
for one day in Washington, and there
is surely no need to hunt snowbanks
In which to send kilograms.
THE same fairy tale proclivity is
exhibited when he speaks of my
'idleness and inactivity and 'osten.
tatious display.
IF there is a man in Florida who
has observed my work, and knows
OF my habits, who would agree WITH
the governor, should like to meet
him. He would be rare specimen
and l could produce thousand tt
one who would disprove what hi
says.
That statement is on par will
the inference ne wishes drawn from
the language that he went to Cam
Wheeler when others were bein,
dined and wined in Washington TIL,
fact is Senator Trammell was a
Camp Wheeler the same day the gov
ernor was. and went over the cam
in the same party, proceeding theme
to Washington. and calling on tn
quartermaster general and the sur
geon general Immediately thereafte
in respect to the conditions at Cam
Wheeler.
Il was in Florida, but subsequent
ly went to Camp Wheeler, and wa
taken over the entire camp, an
through all the hospitals by Col
Banding (afterward Gen. Blanding)
and the camp commander, I proceed
ed at once to Washington and too
the matter up vigorously with tn
war department. In the meantime
had appealed to the surgeon genera
who wrote to me, Nov. 81, saying, il
response to my request: Il leave toda
tc inspect Camp Wheeler After
have seen the camp I will write 20
further on the subject. With kindes
} regards, remain, yours sincerel
William G. Gorgas,
Isn't 1t strange that the governO
waits from November, 1917, to th
time before attempting to exploit h
activities in connection with Cam
Wheeler, and endeavors to make p'
: htical capital out Of what he did?
J. it little, or be 1t much, 1t was I
/ more than it was his duty to do, ar
I it should have been regarded as
! privilege to assist in relieving Il
|; men there from conditions wifi
& were unsatisfactory, not as a ser
i ice which they should be under OBJ
\ cations to repay.
3 HE tells about the sickness a
Z lack Of supplies and the thousan
+ Of deaths which he checked-a
+ here again lets loose that imagil
K ton.
z There was an epidemic Of me-
! les-some cases having been brout
] in from Camp Pike-and some PM
& monia, mumps and other sickne
during very severe weather, and
! fore the hospitals were supplied W
= plumbing and nurses, but the
- Sanartn,ont was making every e