Wouldn’t See a Reporter
Asheville, Feb. 14—Colonel W. H. Lysten, commanding officer
at the United States General Hospital No. 19 at Oteen, when told by a reporter
that a dispatch had been received here from Washington telling of a complaint
made by two sick soldiers at the hospital regarding the food, not only refused
to listen to the dispatch read over the telephone, but hung up the receiver in
the reporter’s ear in the most discourteous manner. The telephone operator at
the central exchange at the hospital, when called back, said that the officer refused
to talk to any newspaper men after 10 o’clock at night.
This is not the first time complaints have been made to the
Congressmen and Senators from this state at Washington regarding the poor food
served the sick soldiers at Oteen, who are considered by many people as special
wards of the Christian people of this city.
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