The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12
TH1RrY-EIGHr BODIES RECOVERED.


Thirty-ejght bodies were recovered to-
day, all of them being In an advanced stage
of decomposition.
This afternoon the body of Miss c. A
Christman, a foreign Missionary from New
Orleans, who was on the express train when
the flood swept it from the track, was
found. On her person was found draft
for S275, a valuable gold watch and small
amount of money and some jewelTy. The
body was embalmed and held to await the
order of friends.
The health bulletin issued to-day is, with
few notifications, repetition of yester-
days. There were no new cases admitted to
the hospitals, and ali the patients are re-
ported as convalescent. There are no con-
tageous diseases, except two cases Of
diphtheria already reported.
THE cO8fNIssARIES.
After to-day all the commissary depart
ments will be in charge of Col. j. L. Spang-
Ter, assistant quarterInaster general, with
three assistants, Lieut.. Beam, u. s. A,
and Quartermasters Brown and Albree of
the Penn, ylvania National Guard. There
will be two post commissaries and eleven
district commissaries each in charge
of commissioned officer, assisted by two
sergeants. Their duty will be tl fiud out
the needy and make a list of them aud
make request on the quartermaster gem
eral for provisions and distribute the same
as fast a. possible. 1t is the intention to
gradually induce the citizens to take hold,
and as soon as possible, the entire commits
sary department will be turned over to the
citizens.
10000 WILL HAVE TO BE FED.
Col. Spangler estimates that 10000 per-
sons will have to be fed for about fifteen
days. After that time the money disbursed
hv tho 20 ,l,.fo Tror nd .hav
some other business enterprise, will reduce
this number by 5000 or 5000. He calcu-
lates that to feed this number would cost
$500 per day if the supplies had to be paid
for. This calculation does not include
laborers who will be self-sup-
porting. Gen. Hastings, no takes COM
mand tomorrow, wishes it understood
that ''we want no idle, curious people here.
We want no sightseers and in fact want no
one in town who has not some business
here, nor will they be permitted to remain.
We propose to have everybody who is here
work. 1t is no time for play or pleasure"
His first effort will be to secure free flow
OF water through the channel of the river,
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Yesterday DR.. Beale and nine other citi-
zens of Johnstown, identified as they sup
posed, the body of young Mr. Austin, a
prominent business man. They had Just
nailed up box containing the remains,
and were starting it to the cemetery. when
they were confronted by Mr.. Austin, who
had been carried away down the river.
This only serves to show how difficult iden-
tification has become, and why it is probable
that within day or two the morgues " i'll
be entirely done away with, and bodies
buried at once. Quartermaster Baker
started out four men to-day to canvass
Johnstown proper, in order to classify those
needing provisions. Tonight the men
turned in 1,1S7 names, and the city was
not nearly all visited. Quartermaster
Baker says surprising amount
of need was unearthed. Clothing
is needed very generally. A great many
ladies we're found whose families were really
suffering who had failed thr ugh a sense Of
delicacy to apply for aid. The humiliation
OF seeking relief is removed by the system
now being introduced. The expectation is
that food and clothing which has been going
in large lots to undeserving persons will
now go to the more respectable and retiring
class. There is no doubt that provisions
have been greatly misapplied in this way.