The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 05, 1905, Image 5
WHY THEY WON.
A Lower Mortality in the Japanese
Army from Disease
THAN IN ANY ARMY
I
That Has Ever Faced a Foe. They Had
Very Nearly a Perfect Sanitary
System and Well Equipped Hospitals
in Which to Treat
Their Sick Soldiers.
Maj. Louis L. Seaman of New York
was the central tiijure Thursday at
the convention of Military Surgeons
of the United States, at Detroit, 111.,
when he made answer to the criticisms
of his utterance made last Tuesday by
Surgeon Charles F. Stokes of the United
States navy and followed with a
paper on "The Real Triumph of Japan"
or "The Conquest of the Silent
Foe," in which he riterated many of
ids former statements and lauded the
Japanese government for its conduct
of the sanitary and hygienic phase of
the late war.
Dr. Seaman's paper was as follows:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen: The
success of Japan In the recent conllict
with Russia was clue preeminently to
three fundamental causes: First, thorough
preparation and organization for
war?such preparation as was never
made before; second, to the simple,
noti-irritating, and tfcislly digested rations
of the Japanese trcops; end third,
to the brilliant part played by the
members of the medical profession in
the application of practical sanitation,
the stamping out of preventable dis
eases in the army, threby saving its
units for the legitimate purposes of
war?the smashing of the enemy in
the Held.
"It must never be forgotten that in
every great campaign an army faces
two enemies: First, the armed forces
the opposing foe; second, the far greater
silent foe, disease.
"Of these enemies, the history of
warfare for centuries has proven that
the iirst kills 20 per cent, of the total
mortality in the conflict, whilst the
second kills 80 per ceut. This dreadful
and unnecessary sacrifice of life, especially
in conflicts between the Anglo-Saxon
races, Is the most ghastly
proposition of the age, and the Japanese
have gone a long way toward conquering
or eliminating it."
ijt. i n ' ? - ? -
maj. oeaman cited taoies or statistics
of battle records for 200 years
showing that there has rarely been a
conflict In which at least four men have
not perished of disease for one from
bullets, lie coutldued:
''But the crowning piece of lmbeci
lity was reserved for our late war with
Spain, where more than ten were needlessly
sacrificed to ignorance and incompetency
for every one who died on
the tiring line or from bullets. This,
too, in the short campaign of six
weeks.
"All of these statistics were studied
with the minutest care and detail by
the Japanese. Their authorities rec
ognizad that, in order to be victorious
over a foe like itussia, this great silent
enemy that slaughters $0 out of every
100 that fall must be overcome. And
the medical men of the army did it."
The speaker then showed the actual
figures of klllsd, wounded and sick in
the Japanese army from February
1904, to the end of April, 1905, which
averaged nearly five deaths from bullets
for one from disease, or 900 per
cent, better than the average in history.
Maj. Seaman sa>s:
"This record is unparalleled and unapproaohed
and the medical men of
the army achieved it."
How this marvelous result was attained,
Maj Seaman said was a work
of 10 years, beginning immediately after
the war with China, when Japanese
statesmen raal zdd Japan would
again have to g? to war to preserve
her independent as a nation. The
great amount of illness likely to appear
in the army was taken into consideration
and the steps for its elimination
were taken.
"With this point always in view,"
Maj. Seaman continued, "she sent her
students all over the world to study
the army systems in other lands. Upon
the declaration of war she was prepared
to house, sclent! tically treat and
tenderly care for 25,000 sick and
wouDiied in Japan alone. Twelve sels
6f main hospitals, each with from one
to live attached branch hospitals, were
scattered throughout the empire in
the chief towDS of the 12 military districts
Into which the country is divided.
"The original 25,000 odd beds were
rapidly Increased in number as the
campaign progressed, by the erection
of substantial, though exceedingly
pain, pine buildings running parallel
and so constructed that each was a
unit housing 100 patients, but connecting
series by covered walks and runways.
Great elasticity was gained by
this simple form of architecture, for
wards could be tacked on indlflnltely
Within the limitations of the property
ar?a.
One and a half years after the
commencement of this war, or on the
6th of July, 1905, the 12 great milltary
home hospitals possessed a normal
capacity of 68,263 available beds.
" On this same day, however, only onehalf
of them were in use, or, to be exv
act, there' were 28,561 patients in hos
pital. The apparent hospital overpreparedness
suggests that the Japanese
themselves failed to realise what
marked 6uoocsses would attend the enforcement
of their new code of military
hygiene and sanitation, as applied
for the tlrst time In the field. ^
44Whether the medical department
prepared this immense hospital system
for sick or wounded Is of little
Importance; the fact, however, being
that when the ghastly cortege from
Mukden did arrive in Japan in April
there was hospital room for every disabled
aian of the thousands and thousands,
and instant medical attendance
and care and nursing ready and wait
lug.
"The pharmaceutical side of these T
military hospitals is an auxiliary machine,
working in perfect harmony
with the whole. Like the field service,
it is indisputably responsible for
all the medical and surgical supplies,
and Issues them upon requisition of
the doctors and surgeons. Besides
this the department is responsible for
all sterilized milk, washing of band
ages and rerolling, disinfection of bedding,
and the making of chemical y
tests of urine. "Every
hospital throughout Japan
and every base and Held hospital In H
Manchuria has Its bacteriological lab- 1
oratory. t
"Too much cannot be said in en- c
thuslastio commendation of this side
of the service. Undoubtedly tne pains c
taking researches have been the means a
of saving thousands of lives by fore- 11
stalling possible epidemics, and sav- *
ing Individual life by prompt determi- 1
natlou of the trouble. No man suf- 8
fers from temperature but whose blood P
goes under the microscope. Malaria is h
malaria, and typhoid is typhoid in the ^
Japanese army. Diseases are uot P
guessed at, as they were in Cuba, the
Philippines and South Africa, where s
often for a full week the physicians 13
attempted to diagnose cases by bleight 1
of hand and trick of eye. d
"The limits of this paper do uot u
admit of more than the merest referonce
to the splendid system of sanlta- e
tiou followed in the Held. Sutllce it to
say that during the campaign txteuding
over a year and a half, with from ^
800,000 to 000,000 soldiers undergoing *
the severest hardships and privations K
of active service, there are in the 1
Japanese army 36 men out of every 8
100 who have never reported at sica
call; 36 men who never saw the inside 9
of a hospital or were sick in quarters, w
a record absolutely unparalleled. The t
war has taught many lessons and de- *
U t"Vr* unrl iwu i? irlnn lis ?111 ?
uviv;bu uicvujr lUCAia 111 iUiilltOlft Hi I 11 - ^
tary, as in mailers surgical, in surgical
technique, or in the after-treat P
ment of the wounded and sick, the 14
Japanese have taught the foreigner 0
comparatively little, but In the tield ^
of sanitary science and dietetics they *
have demonstrated, what has never a
been done before, that preventable
dismasts are preventable. n
''They have pres< rv*rl their armies t
for the legitimate pi rp ?sds for which a
armies are enlisted; loo killing or onqueriug
of an open enemy in the tield, v
instead of having four fifths of its a
mortality victims to the silent foe.
"It is against thisdreadiui scourge, e
this needless sacrifice, that the Japan- *
ebe have made their hardest light and 1won
their most signal victories?vie f
tories that will redouud more to their &
credit than even the expulsion of tue
Muscovite aggressor. *
"A dispatch received in London on ^
September 21 from the Tokyo cor res- 1
poudent of the Loudon Standard, giv- 1
Ing the statistics of the war to tnat ij
date, reports; a
"'Killed, 40,180; died of wounds, a
10,970; died from sickness, 15,000.' ^
rn ui. . ' < . ? - 1
aui? percentage 01 ueain to blueings ?
was less than one-fourth of the total
dead, which is a ?eeord not paralleled t
in toe annals of war. b
"When conteinplating these mar- P
velous figures, with what a ghastly o
and melancnoly smile the hero o? 11
Manila must recall his action in can- P
soring the cablegram of the chief sur- a
geon who had requested 5(J addiulonal {
medical cllloers and 200 more nuisis
when the hospital wards were over- 11
crowded, because such a dispatch t
would prove the faiSity of his claim t
that he had the situation well In v
hand.' Months afterwards the sur- 3
geons and nurses were provided, but
not until the horrible condition was a
intensitied, and taps had sounded the P
requiem for many a poor boy who had 11
joined the great majority.
"Perhaps the same delight may so- a
lace the contemplative commander In c
the Cuban campaign, when he recalls 0
his famous order at Tampa, directing 0
the unloading of a ship filled with L
morllnti I U n A hnjnlfnl nnn-ll<". * ? O
tuwxxvwi uuu 11\j 1 \H* i nU^pilCD lUf Dftll
tiago. and the substitution of a load c
of mules lustca:i. ?
"Or of another major general during
that war, who on being waited 8
upon by certain medical officers with 11
a protest against the use of certain u
water said, in response to their complaint:
'When 1 want your advice, 1 i(
will send for you; uutil 1 do, you can h
attend to your own business.'
"Or even if the then secretary of
war, who, when inspecting the camps
at Montauk Point with the president 1
of the United States, said on looking
at a glass of water furnished the
troops of this infected camp, and
which certain medical mon had pro- r
nounoed to contain germs of disease: e
'Why, it looks all right to me.' p
"Until the line and staff officers of h
the American army is taught the I
necessity of sanitation, and the medi- v
cal officer is given rank and authority
to enforce it, our medical department l
must remain humiliating failure. fl
Its continuance under present oondl- t
tions is no less than an evidence of a
national imbeoility." o
Typhoon. j1
A destructive typhoon swept over 0
Manila on Monday, killing five per- v
ons, injuring 200 and rendering 8,000 v
homeless. t
PLAIN TALK.
t
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i New York Baptist Minister
Calls McCall a Thief
FROM HIS PULPIT.
he Preacher Taking for His Text, the
Commandment, "Thou Shalt Not
Steal," Said the Insurance Man
Had Violated That Com*
raand by his Act.
The New York American says John
I. McCall, president of the New
fork Life Insurance Company, was
oatbingly assailed from the pulpit of
he Riverside Baptist Church Sunday
>y its pastor, the Rev. Dr. A. LiuOlu
Moore.
A demand was made for the tinaediate
resignation of Mr. MoCall,
n rl lit- ^A/ilo
iiiu , iuuuiD ULVjiaicu r* mil (JAUSIULI'
,te earnestness that the head.of the
>Iew York Life had grossly violated
he commandment ''Thou shalb not
teal" in taking vast sums of the
iolicy-holders money from the treasiry
of the company and contributing
hese funds for partisan political
mrposes.
Dr. Moore took as his text Exodus,
;x., 15: "Thou shalb not steal." His
utire sermou was devoted to drawing
he distinction between honesty and
lishonesty. His unexpected attack
ipuii the president of the New Yurk
jlfc created a sensation in thecrowdd
church auditorium.
"We all recognize," said the divine
mpresslvely, "the rights of property,
e that property great or small?the
ddow's mite or the fortune of the
reatest millionaire. This brings us
o the forgotten commandment,' 'thou
halt not steal."
"If you would always call stealing
tealiug, and a thief a thief, there
muld be less stealing and fewer
hieves. If an otttoe boy steals $100
rom the c nice In which he is employed
he is prosecuted and sent to jail;
ut if the president of the same comany
11 inches a few hundreds of thousuds
or millions of dollars from the
orporation's funds, he is hailed as a
Napoleon of finance and men will be
ound to become apologists for his
colors.
"The commandment "Thou shalt
iot steal" should be branded in lttors
of tire in the olllce of evory bank,
nd life insurance company of the
and aud in the heart of every man
mo haudles other people's money
nd property."
Dr. Moore then electrified his hearra
by his scathing invective against
Resident McCall, of the New York
jife. In doing so he quoted largely
rom an open letter that he mailed to
Ir. McCall ou Saturday.
"I have read the testimony of John
L. McCall, president of the New
fork Life Insurance Company," said
)r. Moore, "and from reading that
estimony I have concluded tnat be
as arrogated to himself the power
nd right to use the investors' money
t his own discretion, unmindful of
he fact that the money so used bejngs
to othefrj.
"Upon what ethical grounds does
his man base his right?" cried the
muster, serving in a niuciary caacity,
as a L)u?tee and not the own
r, the testimony of Mr. McCall, with
Ls unblushing confession of misapropriatlon,
in..representation, ndsi&nagement
anrl possible speculation,
eveaiy his manifest moral unfitness
jr the responsible position that he
olds, an oflice which he Las discredled
and betrayed. Ortice is a sacred
rust, anil to betray that trust is the
rorst because the meanest kind of
teallng.
"Tne actions of John A. McCJali
re flagrant violations of the lirst
riuoipies of honesty and are utterly
Qdeft sible in law.etnics and business.
' I unhesitatingly atlirrn tuat nis
ctlon in taking vast sums of the pollV
holders money from the treasury
f the company without authority
tlier than his own, and devoting
hose sums to partisan political pur
oses, was a gross violation of the
omaiaridment, "Thou Shalt Not
teal."
"That money was stolen just as
urely as if ne had placed his hand
i tne policy holder's pockets and til
Lied It from them."
The minister then quoted the foljwlng
verse, which i? embodied in
Is letter to P/esidenf McOall:
in vain men call old notions fudge
And bend the conscience to their
dealing;
'he Eighth Commandment will not
budge
And stealing will continue stealing.
''That money wrongfully taken, so
umor says, was undoubtedly employd
either directly or Indirectly In
rostituting the ballot and debauohag
American citizenship," continued
)r. Mo >re, as he pounded his pulpit
rith emphatic earnestness.
"Thus wrongdoing Is ever .produclve
of wrongdoing, and the moral Inuence
of such men as MoCall and
hose associated with him in the mangement,
or rather mismanagement
f the New York Life Insurance Com any,
will inevitably result In a deady
harvest of wrongdoing throughout
ur land. With many, a premium
rill be placed upon dishonesty, and
rlth others, business Integrity will
teoome an empty name.
1
"I am convinced that the testimony
of Mr. McCall has proved his moral
unfitness fer the responsible office of
president of the New York Life, and
from this pulpit I demand that he resign.
That reslnation will he in the
interests of tho company in particu'ar
and of morality in general.
"1 am a small policy holder of the
New York Life, and Ills my profound ,
belief that John A. McCall ought to
be oompelled to restore the funds he
has removed from the coffers of the 1
company, or he ought to bo arrested t
and Incarcerated. ;
"There is an universal Inclination
to steal, loth among the rich as well (
as among the poor. There are two
sorts of stealing; personal and official.
Under the first head are catalogued
unfair bargains, unfair wages, mis
representation of goods, the evasion
of taxes, refusing to pay outlawed
debts, Idleness and dependence. The
sluggard Is the very prince of thieves.
"Official stealing Is the very meanest
sort of thievery, since It concerns
the stealing of other people's money.
The revelations recently made of the
mismanagement and dishonest methods
prevaliiug in tho big life insurance
companies have astounded this
country. Men regarded as representing
ail that Is best In the business
world, politics and finance have fallen
like shattered idols.
"Tho monopoly of any commodity
or a combination formed to put up
the price of the necessaries of life Is a
iiagrant form of stealing. Many
monoplles are organized robbery. Men
determined to raise or lower the price
of stocks or to water stooks ou the
declaration that tlio earnings Justify
it are thieves.
"New Y >rk may or may not be a
gay summer resort, but It is certainly
a watering plac3. Wall Street is lo
cated under the sign of Aquarius,
judging from the volume of wate;
that Hows from it.
"Old fashioned honesty has been
supplanted by new-fashioned dlshon
esty, and untruth has taken the place
of probity; but the Ten Command
ments of Jehovah will never be out
grown, for the Decalogue must abide
as the stanch and imperishable frame
work of society."
KILLED WITH CLUilS.
Two B?vh Fight for Thoir IjIvor
With Hugo Haglo.
Courageous and ferocious to the
1?Vit". u54.^1 n an A morlnan nmrln 'Piiau.
day fought two boys and a dog, his
talons tearing the clothing of the boys
and ripping the lldsh of the dog. The
scene of the encouter was neai Vails
burg, N. J. Felix and Elwin Hitters,
aged twelve and thirteen years, were
on their way home from a hall game
when the huge bird swooped down on
them from the sky, his beak open,
his talons set and ncek feathers ruffled
for attack. So swift was the
eagle's decent that the boys did no',
see it until their dog, )olping with
feat, scrambled out of the clutches of
the cruel claws. The animal's Hash
was torn, but he go^. away.
Angered at his failure, the bird
rose a few yards in the air and agalD
swooped?this time at the bo} s. Time
and time again they struck the great
bird with their baseball bats, each
time knocking it back, but never
heavily enough to main or kill It, and
with every repulse the creature returned
to the assault with redoubt d
determinat ion. For ten minu'oes tin
battle raged. Then, by a lucky stroke
one of the lads felled the eagle to the
ground. Even then it still fought
them, but the dog seeing his recent
enemy laid low, regained his courage
and attacked it, getting for ills palm
several more gap'trs from the ugly
talonB. Finall , ti eagle being al
most exhausted. rn? 1/ the boys hit
It a blow that Icilu ' ! r d they car
nrri it now, wn?;r? v s measured
and showed slx^y-six inches f:o:n tip
to tip of its wings,
Will 1'akt) .V(ljr IVlllO.
The Rev. Dr. William Leach, of
the Chicago Fulton Street Methodist
Rpi.scopal ohurch, In his sermon Sun
day made a spirited defense of the use
of tainted money for religious pur
poses. Calling down the blessings of
heaven o.i rich men who distribute
"soiled wealth," he cxpra sed his regret
at not being possessed of money 1
gathorli g talent, and declared that it i
takes a wise man to acquire wealtn
"The cry of 'tainted money' is almos>
criminal," he declared. 1 I will
no devilish means to make money for
God, but I will take all the money I i
cm get from the devil and pub It into ,
G d!y work. It is no longer tainted
when touched by heavenly hands,
would like to turn th3 devil's barrao*
into Christian hidwarks "
Hettl<-rH Murdered.
A succession of individual murder .
of settlers in German East Africa are
reported, and in many quarters the |
prospect of a long and costly campaign j
are being reckoned. The character
of the situation is indicated by the
announcement that the resignation of
Maj. Gen. Leutwaln of his appointment
ah governor of the colony has
been accepted and that the governor
designate, Ilerr von Lindequlst, late
Qerman consul general at Cape Town,
will assume office during the month
of October.
Voted It Out,
aq election was held in York county
Tuesday on the question of remov
ing the dispensary at YorkvlUe, the
only one in the county. Eight hundred
and thirty seven votes were polled,
706 being against the dispensary,
and 131 In favor cf its retention.
Yorkville is the home of Senator
Hrloe, author of the law under whiob
dispensaries are being voted out of
the various oounties in the state.
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Best cook wood you can get.
r have headcjuavters at the
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Major General Corbln, cabling to
the war department regarding the reont
typhoon In Manila, sayB that a 1
of the officer a and six passengers ou
board theLayte, the government coast
guard boat, were loet. The dispatch
adds that temporary shelter posts at
six points were destroved.
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