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ters and wives weep around a silent
bier.
It is hard to say who was respon
sible for this condition, but there is
no doubt that g’ross incompetency
has been shown. If this were the
fault of the military authorities at
College then scalps should fall and
commissions should be rescinded. Aid
should have been secured at any cost
during such a crisis. One of the
first duties taught an officer is that
it is “always his duty under any cir
cumstances and conditions to lo^k
after and safeguard the comfort and
safety of his men.” This has not
been done.
“Libby prison with all of its hor
rors was no worse than the condi
tion of Barracks Five at College,”
said a prominent local minister yes
terday, When asked what he
meant by such a statement the di
vine unfolded a tale of local con
ditions at the military camp that
was unbelieveable. In this one can-
tonement, constructed of pine and
with a tar-paper roof,” the minister
continued, “there were over 150
sick men. Few of them had pilliws
on which to lay their heads and there
were practically no sheets. None of
them had bed shirts until the local
Red Cross supplied them.
“The poor fellows were in a pitia
ble condition. One told me that on
one occasion they had had nothing
to eat for 18 hours. The sanitary
condition was beyond description.
There was no ice water with which
they might help to abate their fever. ’
Another minister, also well known,
on Tuesady was approached by the
editor of The Eagle and asked if he
had visited the military camp and
what the conditions were there.
“They are beyond description,” ho
answered. “Last night a poor sol
dier boy died there. He did not
have a pillow for his head nor a
sheet under his body. His bed
dress was his uniform and thus he
died with his poor mother sitting
there looking on. When I went
home I threw myself on my bed and
wept like a baby at remembrance cf
the sights which confronted me.”
This is the situation that has ex
isted at the military camp at Col
lege. Someone is responsible for
this condition and some one should
be made liable for it. It is too late
for reparation. The damage has
been done and through lack of care
and attention our soldier -boys have
been allowed to die. Competent
statements from leading citizens and
members of the local Red Cross who
have visited the camp all tend to
show that conditions there have been
most deplorable.
There is no excuse for such neg
lect and those who are in charge
should be held to a strict accounta-
| bility—whether it be the president
of A. and M. college, the command
ing officer or the medical depart
ment. Supplies could easily have
been gotten form the base hospital
at San Antonio upon telegraphic req
uisition. These supplies were never
ordered in quantity enough to be of
any material assistance.
The food fed the sick was soup so
weak that it could hardly be called
by the name, bologna sausage and
fried ham. Every statement made
by the citizens they say they will
gladly back up with affidavits.
One soldier boy said to a visitor
“For God’s sake let them take us to
France and shoot our legs and arms
off, but we don’t want to die here
like hogs.” Like hogs! That’s just -
the way they have been treated.
To tell the story of the horrible
conditions as told to the editor by at
least half a dozen reliable citizens
would sicken the readers. We
Americans can not conceive of such
a situation in our midst. We can
not and will not believe that the au
thorities in Washington would know
ingly permit such a condition in any
camp under their control.
The Eagle calls for an investiga
tion in the name of humanity and
that justice may be done to the boys
who have volunteered to give up
their lives that democracy might live,
and in the name of the boys who
were allowed to die there because
they could not receive the attention
guaranteed 'h-. 'ii by the government
when they entered the army.—Bryan
Daily Eagle, Oct. 11.
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and the Eagle were so anxious to
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