New-York tribune., 1922-10-27

of ten for compensation had not been
put through or else they had lost them,
The atmosphere Of the hospital Ar
peared to be particularly depressing to
the men, Mrs. Mcleod said The busld-
sngs in themselves are beautiful, but
there Ia no screening anywhere. DUR
ng the wet summer months this year
they were bothered with fies all day
and coa'dnt sleep at night hecause or
the mosquitoes. which, according to one
man, sounded like bombing planes
The nurses appeared to be changed
constantly. IL the workers went one
week and found nurse on duty whom
the men seemed TO like, by the follow
ing week she would have Seen moved to
some other wing in the hospital. There
was never more than one to a ward,
even when men were dying. Any num-
her Of the ambulatory men within her
own knowledge ran away from the hos
pital, said Mrs. Macleod. This was
when they scouid stand it no longer.
She says one patient who was not very
i'll was put In bed with no interven-
ing screens between two diving men
There was plenty Of room for him in
other parts of the ward and ii seemed
direct crhelty to put him there. accord
ing to Mrs. Macleod. He said to her;
\ II 0tC ia tuC EdbSSt pGloIc otaS
here" Shortly afterward he ran away.
The overseas workers. Mrs. Macleod
saws. had tn see that ever thing they
took to Staten Island was given
stra:ght to the boys. They took them
matted milk and beef extract, which
the hospital would not supply. though
they were tubercular patients. Their
wits soon became welcome, as they
arrived laden with cigarettes. cakes
candies. bed socks, bed slippers. suits.
m sGuito canopies. paiamas, under
wear. phonograph records, citronella
ard all kinds of comforts
The hospital food seemed to distress
the sick men more than anything else,
Mrs. Macleod says. One boy who has
since died of tuberculosis of the throat
was continually given heavy, tough
chops that he could no more have
eaten than he could the plate on which
they were served, according to Mrs.
MacLeod's observation. Fresh bread
was always piled on top of stale loaves
so that it invariably had a stale,
musty taste, too. One suffering man
found 1t so coarse that he couldn't
aat it. A third soldier went out and
bought fresh bread and tempting foor
Tor THESE two sick men. No effort was
made to substitute something more
delicate when the invalid found he
could not swallow the coarse food put
before him, she charges.
On one occasion Commissioner Coler
was going through the hospital with
DR.. Kremer, Mrs. Macleod says. when
sick man pulled plate out of hiding
and hold it up to them. saying:
"Look at that. Would you give such
food to a dog?
They hurried on. Mrs. Macleod says,
without stopping to look.
Mrs. Mcleod told q story of one
bows mother who was allowed to stny
with him the week before he died She
was appalled, st what she saw.
Died, Then Doctor Came
"What would happen to my boy if
were not here?" she is quoted as
saying when she watched greasy chops
being thrust under the nose OF dy-
ing man who could not lift his head.
No effort was made to feed him.
Another incident related by Mrs.
Macleod is that of Jamaican who
did not have re ative in the world
except a grandmother living in Ja-
moica. His voice was virtually gone.
Sitting up in bed one night, choking
and painting, he whispered: "Quick!
Get doctor. Get doctor"
1t was two hours before the doctor
arrived and the Jamaican was dead.