The Red Cross : in peace and war . Till-: PHYSICIANS AND NURSKS OF THE ORPHANAGE ANDCLINIC IN CUBA AND THE CUBAN CAMPAIGN. 573 borne through by American troops, a lesson was learned that went fartoward the surrender of that city. I happened to know that it was not without some very naturalhome criticism that General Shafter persisted in his course in the faceof the time-honored custom of hostages. One can readily under-stand that the voluntary giving up of prisoners, officers at that, in viewof an impending battle might seem in the light of old-time army usagesa waste, to characteriz
The Red Cross : in peace and war . Till-: PHYSICIANS AND NURSKS OF THE ORPHANAGE ANDCLINIC IN CUBA AND THE CUBAN CAMPAIGN. 573 borne through by American troops, a lesson was learned that went fartoward the surrender of that city. I happened to know that it was not without some very naturalhome criticism that General Shafter persisted in his course in the faceof the time-honored custom of hostages. One can readily under-stand that the voluntary giving up of prisoners, officers at that, in viewof an impending battle might seem in the light of old-time army usagesa waste, to characterize it by no harder term. It is possible that noneof the officers on that field had ever read the articles of the Treaty ofGeneva or fully realized that that treaty had become a law or that theircommander, possibly without fully realizing it himself, was acting infull accord with its wise and humane principles. The main talk of the camp was now yellow fever. On Mondaynight occurred one of the most fearful storms which I have ever seen—rain, thunder and lightning. Our tent had been well protected an
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