Report Of The Commission Appointed By The President To Investigate The Conduct Of The War Department In The War With Spain 1900 Vol 8 Of 8 Classic Reprint

Author : United States; Commission Appoint Spain
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ISBN 13 : 9781331039365
Total Pages : 756 pages
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Download or read book Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War With Spain, 1900, Vol. 2 of 8 (Classic Reprint) written by United States; Commission Appoint Spain and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War With Spain, 1900, Vol. 2 of 8 Gen. G. M. Dodge, President of Board to Investigate tlie War Department. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith copies of correspondence relating to the operations of the Medical Department at Camp Wikoff, L. I. I respectfully invite special attention to the following letters of instructions and to copies of telegrams dated August 17: Surgeon-General's Office. Washington, August 6, IS9S. Col. William H. Forwood, Assistant Surgeon-General, United States Army, Montauk Point, I, . T. Sir: Your telegrams have been received. I had expected that the water must be pumped into tanks and distributed to the camps. I trust that the Quartermaster's Department will push this work through, so there may be no complaint of insufficient supply. I expect you to act as chief surgeon for the camp and to regulate everything. In my opinion it will be best to establish a detention camp, with a capacity of 4,000 or 5,000, somewhere near the landing place, and in connection with this a tent hospital of 250 beds in addition to the 500-bed hospital already provided for. I shall send a great quantity of disinfectants, and these should be used very freely in the sinks at the detention camp and hospital. Let us try and do this thing in snch a way that there may be no criticism of the Medical Department Apply to me for anything necessary and I will do my best to fill your requisition. Col. William H. For wood, - Assistant Surgeon-General, United States Army, Chief Surgeon, Montauk Point, L. I. My Dear Colonel: I send you inclosed a check for $1,000 to be used In anyway that you think best for the benefit of the sick in hospital. This money is contributed by the American National Red Cross Relief Committee. Be sure that you have plenty of quinine and all other medicines likely to be required and hospital stores of all kinds for the sick arriving from Santiago. I have asked to have Heizmann ordered to report to you. You will use your own judgment about assigning him to duty in charge of the 500-bed hospital. You should have tents upon the ground and beds ready to put up another hospital of the same size on short notice. The men returning from Santiago are saturated with malaria, and the exposure to the cool climate at Montauk will, no doubt. cause a large number of relapses and develop disease in those who have not already had it Keep always a surplus of tents and beds ready to put up at a moment's notice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.