The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-20
Half of the Regiment in
the Hospital With a
Mysterious Sickness.
MAJOR BRoWNLEE STRICKEN
Good Work of the Doctors Soon
Brings the Boys Around
-Skirmishing for Guard
Jumpers.

CAMP GRIGGS, SEA GIRT, July 20,
1Ss7.-The Fourth Regiment is having a
hard time of it here thus far this week
between the wet weather and sickness.
The sickness has almost reached the pro-
portions of an epidemic n has an air OF
mystery about it. 1t began on Sunday
with a few cases, but toward evening tbs
patients became numerous enough to
cause apprehension. The men attacked
suddenly became so weak that they could
hardly stand and many of them dropped
to the ground unconscious. The ambu-
lance and the hospital corps were kept
busy all the evening removing the pa
tents to the hospital until by evening
every cot was occupied and sick men lay
upon blankets around the floor. Yester-
day morning at sick call over 200 men
were reported i'll. Among them was Drum
Major Brownlee, who RAJ attacked while
his corps was sounding ~reveille.
The turnout at battalion drill was very
slim and very few companies turned Out
more than two or three files. In the af-
ternoon the men began to recover and ap-
pear in their companies upon the field.
This was brought about by the excellent
work of William j. Parker, the surgeon
of the regiment, and his assistants, First
Lieutenants Broderick, Rector and Purdy.
An investigation as to the cause of the
sickness will be made. The men are in
clined to blame the food they receive for
their trouble, but the authorities do not
agree with them, as they receive the
same rations which were given to the
First Regiment last week and that COM
mand had the healthiest encampment ever
held on the ground.
Col. George G.. FELTON,, who is acting
as post q-uartermaster this week, is con-
siderably worried over the outbreak. He
mad a thorough Investigation of the ra-
ions and found that everything cooked
was as wholesome as possible. He makes
a dozen or more inspections daily OF the
Kitchens, mess halls, sanitary arrange
ments and other matters. Several physic-
ians and commissioned officers said they
believed the k was due to the
miserable weather yesterday, the unusual
use of arteSian water and too much troll
licking when off duty.
At guard mount a detail was put on
duty. Captain George F. Seymour, OF
Company M, became officer of the day
while First Lieutenant Frederick Stei-
gleiter, of Company K, and Second
Lieutenant Waldo e.. Gibbs, of Com
pany e, respectively became command
er of the guard and supernumerary
officer of the guard. The regiment was
able to present this evening at dress
parade many of the sufferers from
camp cholera
There is an impression among the en-
listed men thai rochelle salts or some
other ~purgatiye was mixed with the
sugar or put into the coffee yesterday
by some of the colored walters in the
mess hall. At dinner today milk was
served instead of coffee, and there was
no cabbage with the corned beef.
Yesterday forenoon a detachment OF
nineteen men entered camp under lne
command of Captain Harry c. Brinker-
hoff, Jr., of Company C. This increased
the regiments representation to 600 As
Company G has no neutenants TO ASSIST
Captain Wallace H. Vreeland, Colonel
Smith has detailed Second Lieutenant 4.
Bergen Gaddis, of Company F.. to that
command during the encampment-
Sunday night the guard regulallons
were strictly enforced, because a nuinpel
of enlisted men were understood TO have
remained in the adjacent villages after
attending religious services in the morn
ing. Al @snap's roll-call of the dozen com
nanies was ordered soon after nine O'CLOCK
and fourteen enlisted men were reported
as absent without cave. They Will prop
ably be tried by regimental court-martlal
Under the command OF L~ieutenants feteT
S Hulshizer and Frederick Eye detach-
ments were sent out to skirmish through
Manashauan and Spring Lake for the de-
linquents. No one was found
Governor GrlggS Was at tHt AhiS iah6c
yesterday and shot with sufficient skill to
qualify himself as a sharpshooter- filS
work was on the yard
range, his score for seven shots being "a
out OF a possible 80 points, as
5. 4. 5, 5. 5, 5. The Commander-in-Cnlef is
now eligible to shoot over the eight-hun-
dred and one-thousand yards ranges for
far scored 1870 points out of a possible l4o,
having made the following scores-TWo-
hundred yards, 80; t~hree-hundred Yards
81: fve-hundred yards, 81;
wards, 81. Colonel Sheffield Phelps, one of
the Governors aides-de-camp, was also on
qualified as a marksman, makin a score
Of 25 points on the two undre YARDS
range and 21 on the three-hundred yards
ange.
The detachment of regulars from Com
pany F.. Thirteenth Infantry, Y. 5. A,
were exercised in extended order drills
this afternoon, but tomorrow they Will
give an exhibition of every detail IN tne
skirmish drill movements and firings.
A session of the Fourth Regiments
court-martial was held yesterday after
noon. The court comprised Lieutenant
Colonel J. Howard Bumsted; Jr. Captain
Harry Fl. Brinkerhoff, Jr., Of Company G.,
and First Lieutenant Mortimer J.. Glea-
sen, of Company D. Thu case considered
was that of Private McAuley, of Company
G. formerly a sergeant and company
clerk. McAuley was charged with con-
duct unbecoming a soldier and gentleman
by having made certain remarks TO his
commandment, Captain Wallace N. Vree-
land. The trouble recently led to several
designations.
James c.. Young, of Jersey City. DR..
Wyiie, of Paterson, has reported for duty
as hospital steward.