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A WONDER "What "Was Done in 1 for the NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Hon. Chaun cey M. Depew has received the fol lowing letter from the Secretary of War, and has consented to its publi cation. The letter, which was written in reply to a request for information on the subjects referred to, is as fol lows: WASHINGTON, Aug. 13,1898. War Department, Washington. My Dear Mr. Depew: The great pressure of business has up to now prevented me from sending to you the statement you were kind enough to ask for, as to what had been accom plished in the way of outfitting the army for the field, the conduct of cam paign, etc. Also the chiefs of the division have been too much driven with work to complete the data re quired. One not in the midst of the work can hardly realize what an un dertaking it is to call 125,000 men into the field at one time, coming from all the States, and to have them mustered and gathered in camps on so short notice, and this, too, when ?we had scarce any camp outfit for their accommodation, all having to be pro vided for by the war department. As understood now, when war was de clared , there was no equipment what ever for the volunteers in stoie. That this was . successfully accomplished, with very few accidents, is a matter of record. Subsequent calls, includ ing the regular army, (which number ed about 27,000 men when war was declared), made a total of 268,000 men. To accomplish all in so short a time has been a ? great work. . Of course gathering this vast number of men to gether, in a large measure, unde: un trained regimental and eompany com ' manders-I mean in actual field work -the lack of knowledge as to sanitary conditions to be observed, the care lessness in not observing instructions which were furnished as to proper care of the men, has added greatly to the work of the medical department. THus, from the homes of 216,000 vol unteers has been constant and great anxiety as to what might happen* to their soldiers, and hundreds of inqui ries made by letters and telegrams have been received every day con cerning individual soldiers. The feel ing on the part of these individuals that the war department is responsi ble for the care of their men individu ally has naturally aroused sympathy ?n case of sickness and death, and has ^ created much sorrow. There is noth ing young men in robust health are so prodigal of as their health, until it is gone. Men go into camp feeling that they can stand anything and every thing, and cannot be made to believe to the contrary until stricken with disease. Every effort has been made from the beginning to furnish every . camp with ali applianoes asked for, hut of course the commanding officers in the fields are the ones who have all thc direct charge of these men. For instance, one army corps oommander has given orders and enforces them, respecting sanitary affairs, and he has to-day but a fraction over two persons on the sick list. Others have been ? Jess successful, and the consequence is typhoid and other fevers have been ?5 'bred and spread to a considerable ex tent. One regiment in the Chicka mauga Park camp has a colonel who .enforces sanitary rules in his regi ment, obliging the men to boil all the water they drink, keeping the camp .cleanly, and the result is less than 25 sick,* and his camp, too, is in as un favorable a-place as any in the com mand. Others more favorably situa ted have 10 times that number on the tick list. One of the regiments of the last call, not yet removed from itt State, sends bitter complaints of ty phoid fever. * Concerning the Santiago campaign when the ships left Tampa, they had on board three months' provisions and an abundance of hospital supplies. They had lighters to unload with at point of debarkation. These lighters were lost in asevere storm on the way. As soon as we were notified of the fact, two tows of lighters were sent from Mobile and New Orleans, which were also overtaken by storm and lost. The navy supplied us with lighters and one of these was wrecked. The array disembarked, getting off a por tion of its supplies and medical stores, and immediately marched to the front to fight the Spaniards. The great dif ficulty of landing supt lies subsequent ly, was the wind sprang up every morning at 10 o'clock and made a high surf, rendering almost impossible the use of small boats with one lighter, which was all they had left for this purpose. Of the packers who were employed, 60 per cent, soon fell sick, ind heavy rains falling every day, the roads, (if they are called such), be ca.me impassable for vehicles; pack animals had to be employed to carry food to the army, which, being ex tended to the right around Santiago, increased the distance from the coast every day, and made the task more difficult. However, the result and FUL WORK. Equipping and Caring Army. the subsequent sickness that has broken out in the army, showed the great wisdom of Gen. Shafter in mov ing forward to make the attack while his men were in vigor. It was a mov ment bordering on audacity, but it succeeded, and the persistence of the attack have, no doubt, greatly dis heartened the Spaniards. The result was one of the greatest victories for the men engaged of modern warfare. The number of prisoners taken ex ceeded the attacking force by nearly two to one. When the fever broke out and the fever list increased into the thousands, it was for a time sup posed that it was principally yellow fever. The bringing of troops north at once after the surrender, under such conditions, would have been cer tain death to a vast number, but, upon inquiry, it was ascertained that very few of these cases comparatively were yellow fever, when it was at once de cided to bring the army home as speedily as possible. Everything that human ingenuity could devise has been done to succor that army-not in ingenuity of the Secretary of war, but the result of the combined counsel of those who have had a life long experi ence in th2 field. That some men have been neglected on transports coming home there is no doubt, all against positive orders, and due per haps to carelessness and negligence, but largely on account of not having the medical force to spare, (many of whom were sick), from the camp at Santiago. Many medical officers sent with transports were taken ill on the way home. To give you a little idea of the work that haB been done, I append the fol lowing: The work of the Adjutant General's department has been to muster and order to their station, to be precise, 216,400 volu nteers and 24,900 for the regular army. This, with a reduced force, as many stat? officers from all of the departments had been promoted and oidered to the field. The ohief of engineers reports an expenditure of $5,830,000 for harbor defenses, bat from the emplacements of heavy guns, mortar batteries and mines. The Surgeon General has had the enormous work of fitting up hospitals, organizing the medical eorps, employ ing male and female nurses, contract surgeons, being surgeons who are em ployed from civil life, besides those commissioned as corps, division and brigade surgeons, furnishing medical supplies and. answering the demands from all over the country and from camps at Santiago, Porto Rico and Manila. The work done in this line is almost beyond comprehension. The Commissary General had pur chased and distributed, up to August 1, 110,907,235 pounds of rations, whioh have been transported and dis tributed among the destitute Cubans. The Quartermaster General's report is too long to even give an approxi mate idea of his work. In the way of transportation to Honolulu, Manila, Santiago and Porto Rico, and return home, there have been sent 82,638 men with artillery equipment and supplies. By rail in this country there have been transported 9,700 officers, 233,962 enlisted men, also 40,582 animals, besides thousands of wagons, artillery and other quarter master, commissary ordnance, medi cal and signal service stores. The total number of articles of clothing and camp equipment distributed to the army by the quartermaster's depart ment has be sn 6,274,483, of which I can only mention a few articles as follows: Blankets, 288,739; blouses, 283,762; trousers, 406,623; hats, 334, 106; canvas field uniforms, 83,200; shoes, pain), 511,378; undershirts, 736,965; tents, 179,142, etc. The total weight of food and forage distributed daily to the army is ap proximately 900 tons. Added to this is the large fleet of transports chartered and purchased, the management of the same in con veying troops., supplies and ammuni tion. The paymaster has promptly paid the army, and is deserving of very great credit for the work. The signal corps has provided most efficient service, furnishing cable, telegraph, telephone and signal service to the different commands in the field. If you had a day or two to spare, I would like to sandwich in a little work for you. I would like to send you these statements in detail, which I think would bewilder you, if anything can. Sincerely yours, R. A. ALGER. Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, New York, N. Y. - The Government has bought 253 boats since the beginning of the war and has paid over $9,000,000 for them. The smallest are launches run by naphtha or electric engines, while the largest are transports of 8,000 tons. The Greenville Baptist Association. EDITOR INTELLIGENCER: This Asso oiarion held ita annual session with the Grove Baptist Church, situated on the C. & G. R. E. about eight miles from Green ville, of which Rev. R. J. Williams ls now pastor. This is a small but ardent church, and the generous and hospitable manner in which they entertained the visiting churohes was worthy such an or ganization. The Association convened Tuesday, Aug. 16th, and held three days. The Orphanage, State papers (Baptist Courier and South Carolina Baptist), edu cation and State missions received due attention. After the introductory sermon by D. W. Key, the subject of the Connie Maxwell Orphanage was presented by its able superintendent, Rev. J. L. Vase, and a collection was then taken for the institu tion, which is supported by the Baptists of the State. The Home Mission Board was repre sented by Dr. R. W. Sanders as vice pres ident for this ?tate. As Tuesday night was given to educa tion and especial attention to Furman University, we had a splendid address by its efficient president, Dr. A. P. Mon tagne, followed by addresses by Rev. R. J. Williams and V. I. Masters. On Wednesday woman's missionary work wa9 presented by Dr. D. W. Key ; State missions by Dr. T. M. Bailey, and the missionary sermon was preached by Rev. W, H. Cannada. One of the most interesting features of the Association was the attention given to temperance on Wednesday evening. This is a subject that is stirring many heards to-day, and its importance was not overlooked by this religions assembly. Dr. D. W. Key delivered a fine address on the subject. Thursday being the last day, the time was principally given to miscellaneous business. The former officers-Prof. D. T. Smith, president; Prof. S. R. Melli champ, clerk, and D. W. Key, treasurer were re-elected. Rev. R. J. Williams waa chosen associational delegate to the Southern Baptist Convention. The Association was invited and will hold its next session with Pleasant Grove Chnrob, near Greers, S. C. A SUBSCRIBES. Georgia Shaker Colonies. A recent purchase by the Shakers of land in Glynn County, this State, is but the beginning of a movement whereby Georgia will secure all the immense colony of these desirable people who now have "families" in Ohio and other places in the North and West, with fair prospects of the South eventually gaining all the Shak ers in the Union. The purchase of the Shakers to date is but the com mencement of their pilgrimage South. The representatives of this body have spent twelve months in investigating the resources of several Southern States. The outcome of this tour was the purchase of Altama and Hopeton plantations, in Glynn County. Another deal, which involved 5,100 acres in Carlton, Pierce and Ware counties, was then put under way, and since last January agents for all parties interested have been industri ously at work closing up title papers. It was an immense transaction, and many land owners were in it, but the successful closing of the last title on Saturday means that Georgia will get not only addition to her colony of Shakers already established, but also every farmer from the North and West that these people can bring down. The colony headquarters will be es tablished at Hoboken, on the Plant system, Brunswick and Western division, and representatives of the Shakers, will swarm the Northwest with the Georgia prospectus.-Savan nah News. - The old lady's advice to her daughter, when she was about to com mence housekeeping, puts the matter in its true light. "My dear," said she, "by not knowing how to make puddings and pies, you may be occa sionally annoyed, but if you are igno rant of roasting and boiling, you may be annoyed every day." The cold chills of fear nm up and down the back of the bravest man when he looks down thu bar rel of a death dealing: Win chester in the hands of a man means "shoot." Every hour and every minute raen face death in a more frequent and equally certain form death in the guise of that deadliest enemy of mankind - con sumption. Out of all the tens of thou sands who yearly die from consumption 98 per cent, could be saved. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery is an almost unfailing- cure if taken in the earlier stages of the disease. It will cure consumption and all allied dis eases, as bronchial, throat atid nasal nflcc tions. It cures by going to first principles. A man's body starves a long time before consumption attacks him. The tissues of his lungs starve for lack of sufficient nour ishment. They become inert and half dead and then are attacked by the haccilli of consumption. The "Golden Medical Discovery " restores the long-lost appetite ; it strengthens the weak stomach and cor rects the impaired digestion; it promotes the flow of digestive juices and facilitates the assimilation of the life-giving elements of the food into thc blood. When the blood is pun* and rich, old inert tissues are torn down, carried off and excreted, and new, healthy, muscular tissues replace them. It allays inflammation of the mu cous membranes, soothes the cough, fa cilitates expectoration, and deepens the breathing, supplying the system with a much needed stock of oxygen. It drives out all impurities and disease germs. Medicine dealers sell it. " I was first taken nearly two years ago with choking and aching in my throat," writes Mrs. D. Z. Moore, of Deming:, Grant Co.. N. Mexico. " I took everything I could think of and spent a great deal of money. Three doctors treated me. My throat ulcerated and I lost my voice. I could scarcely talk. The doctors called the trouble bronchial affection, and said the larynx was badlv affected. I was almost dead with consumption.' My neighbors thought I would not live a month. I began taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. From the first, I commenced to improve and now have as good health as ever. I owe my life to Dr. Pierce." This War and the Last. I am asked by the World to give my impressions of the campaign against Santiago. First, it must be remem bered that with the exception of Scott's campaign in Mexico our coun try had never engaged in a military enterprise which involved the trans port of troops to a foreign land. Therefore it could be hardly expected, with few officers who had had experi ence in handling such expeditions, that the matter of transportation could have been carried through without any misha]). Taking it all in all, I think the ad ministration, General Miles and Gen eral Shafter deserve great credit for conducting the Cuban campaign as it has been conducted. As I look back over the short butin all vital respects most successful cam paign I am impressed with the enor mous amount of hard work that has been accomplished with but few acci dents or mistakes. I have been asked many times how the fighting compared with the fighting in our great civil war. It impresses me as being different in many respects. In the civil war we fought at short range, 200 or 300 yards, and even much closer than that. There was a dense smoke and a loud roar all along the lines of both armies. But in Cuba, with our long range rifles, the firing commenced at some 700 or 800 yards. I advanced on the line of the First Regular cavalry. The regular officers, who were thoroughly trained on dis tance, directed their men how to adjust the sights of their rifles and their men fired with the precision of skilled marksmen. The matter of marksman ship has been a special matter of in struction in the army for many years: Again, at these distances, although the Spaniards fired in volleys, their was no smoke, or very little, from their lines, and the distance was such that the sound was very small as compared with the roaring noise that accompa nied the battles of the civil war. The greatest evidence we had that the Spaniards were firing at us was the whistling of the bullets all about us and the dropping of our men, killed or wounded. Probably the first man killed on the firing line was Private Stark, of the First Regular cavalry. He fell in the road right before me. I looked at him and could see no wound. It was a strange experience and quite new to me to see men fall, hear bullets whistling around us, yet to hear but little sound from the enemy, and see no smoke, and more than that to see no wounds in the men who fell. I told the men near me to unbuckle Stark's belt and then I saw that the bullet had passed through his belt and probably through his Body. I could only, see a very small spot of blood where the bullet had entered, but the Spanish bullet being only 27-calibre the place where it entered was not perceptible. In the civil war the bullets were so large that they tore great holes, and often during the battle the roar of mus ketry and artillery was so great that I could only know that a cannon within a few feet of me was fired by seeing the smoke or fire issue from its muzzle; the general volume of noise was so great that the additional sound of one cannon going off close by made no dis tinct impression. All that is changed with the new style of ordnance and rifles and the new ammunition.-Gen. Joe Wheeler in the New York World. Fortify the body to resist malarial germs by putting the system in per fect order. Prickly Ash Bitters is a wonderful system regulator. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. _ Why Latin is Used by Physicians. "I don't see," said the man who was leaning against the drugstore counter, "why a doctor can't write his prescription in English, instead of Latin." The druggist said, "You think, I suppose, that the doctor writes his prescription in Latin so it can't be read so easily-so the laymen can't steal his trade and learn what he is giving him. But that's all wrong. In the first place, Latin is a more exact and concise language than E g lish, and, being a dead language, it dues not change, as all living languages do. "Then, again, since a very large part of all the drugs in use are botani cal, they have in the''pharmacopoeia the same names that they have in botany-the scientific names. Two thirds of such drugs haven't any Eng lish names, and so couldn't be written in English. "But suppose a doctor did write a prescription in English for an unedu cated patient. The patient reads it, thinks he remembers it and so tries to get it filled from memory the second time. Suppose, for instance, it calls for iodide of potassium and he gets it confused with cyanide of potassium. He could safely take ten graius of the first, but one grain of the second would kill him as dead as a mackerel. That's an exaggerated case, but it will serve for an illustration. Don't you see how the Latin is a protection and a safeguard to the patient ? Prescrip tions in Latin he can't read, and con sequently he does not try to remem ber. "Now for a final reason. Latin is a language that is used by scientific men the world over, and no other lan guage is. You can get Latin prescrip tions filled in any country on the face of the earth where there is a drug store. We had a prescription come in here the other day which we had put up originally, and which had since been stamped by druggists in London, Paris, Berlin, Constantinople, Cairo and Calcutta. What good would an English prescription be in St. Peters burg?"-^^ York Herald. - Mr. A. C. Wolfe, of Dundee. Mo., who travels for Man sur & Tibbetts, Implement Co., of St. Louis, gives traveling men and travelers in general some good advice. "Being a Knight of the Grip," he says, "I have for the past three years made it a rule to keep myself supplied with Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and have found numerous occasions to test its merits, not only on myself, but on others as well. I can truly say that I never, in a single instance, have known it to fail. I consider it one of the best remedies travelers can carry, and could relate many instances where I have used the remedy on skeptics, much to their surprise and relief. I hope every traveling man in the U. S. will carry a bottle of this remedy in his grip." For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - Any man who imagines he could keep house better than his w:.fe is foolish if he ever mentions it. SODA WATER AND ist Sundries Hill-Orr Drug Co. Phone ISTo. 8. SUMMER GOODS AND FRUIT JARS. BUY A STEEL RANGE, ASBESTOS LINED. YOU save r?0 cent, in fuel, and does not heat up your cook-room by 50 per cent, as much as the Ca9t Stove. Iron King and Elmo is the best cheap Stove you can buy. I have a large lot of nice DECORATED PLATES of imported Goods, in va rious patterns, tbat I am running off at Bargains, as I will not carry the pattern any longer. Now is your chance for nice Goods at a Bargain. I am agent for the BRENNAN' CANE MILL (self-oiling) and EVAPORA TORS and FURNACES, To save money buy a Cane Mill and make your own molasses. I can save you money by you having your SMOKE STACKS for Engines made by me. I am still Buying Hides, Rags and Beeswax. GLASSWARE lower than you have ever bought. Give me a call. Respectfully, JOHN T. BURRISS. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS fOUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD "CASTORIA," AND "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADEMARK. /, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of "CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does now bear - on every the fae-simile signature ofO^^A^?^^ wrapper. This is the original "CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought ^ on the and has the signature of wrap per. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company, of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President March 24,1898' JJ ^ y Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in gredients of Avhich even he does not know. "The End You Have Always Bought" BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF '4 ' Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. THC CENTAUR COMPART. ?T MU BRAY ?TRITT. HEW YORK CtTT. . CEYLON AND INDIA TEA IS WHOLESOME. 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Please give me a call before purchasing your Groceries. Thanking all for past favors and soliciting a continuance of the same We are yours to please, G-. F. BIGBY, THtT?LD, RELIABLE Furniture Store! - OF - ??, F. TOIJI?T %% ^ON Still in the Lead ! They have the Largest Stock, Best Quality, and Certainly the Lowest Prices ! OTHERS try to get there, but they miss it every time. New, beautiful and select Stock of Furniture, &c, arriving evaay day, and at PRICES NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE. Here you have the Largest Stock ; therefore, you san gst ;utt what you ?vant. Here you have the Best Grade of Furniture ; therefore, you san get Goods that will last. Here you have the very LOWEST PRICES ; therefore, you save good big money. HST Come along, and we will do you as we have been doing for the laa forty years-sell you the very best. Furniture for the very lowest prices. The largest Stock iu South Carolina and the Lowest Price in the Southern States. New Lot Baby Carriages Just Received, C. F. TOLLY &> SON, Depot Street, Anderson, S. C. ^THIS IS NO FAKE ! ~ That Jewelry Palace - OF - WILL. R. HUBBARD'S, WEXT TO F. and M. BANK, Has the Largest, Prettiest and Finest lot of . . . XMAS AND WEDDING PRESEN1S IN THE CITY. Competition don't cnt any ice with me when it comes to prices. I don't buy goods to keep. I want the people to have them. Gold and Silver Watches, Sterling and Plated Silverware, Jewelry, Clocks, Lamps, China. Spectacles, Novelties of all kinds. Rogers' Tripple Plate Table Knives $1.80 per Set. A world beater. WILL. R. HUBBARD.