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Nearly One Sixth Of Gen. Law
tons Force at Santiago
are iii.
LEAVING CAMP WIKOFF.
the Troops-ReguIars Being Assigned
TO Their Respective Posts-Fiftcen
Typhoid Fever Cases at Camp
Nieado.-Few Cases of Malaria,

Washington, Sept. lS.-Sickncss among
the triops OF Gen. Lawton's command at
Santiago is increasing. Nearly one sixth
of his force is now on the sick list al
though the number of deaths is not great
Gen bawton's bulletin of the health con-
ditions of the American forces at Santiago
received at the war department tonight
follows:
Santiago Dc Cuba, via Hayti,
Sept. Is. !.
Adjutant General, Washington: Y
Sick. 1222; fever ST. new cases, 90; re-
turned to duty, 30i.
Dcaths-Uiustafsen John, sailor, typhoid
fever, Sept. Is: Edward Harris, corporal,
Co. l. 9th United States volunteers, yell
low fever, Sept. la Arthur Bassey, pri-
vatc Co. -, 9TH United States Volunteers,
yellow fever. Sent. Is; william Diltmat. .
private, Co. NJ, 9th United States Nolun-
teer infantry, fellow fever Sept. 49, Otto
Sefeldt, private, Co. D. 5th infantry ma
larial remittont fever Sept. Is; Michael J. |
IC'brier, FIRST lieutenant, Co. A, 9Th infan- |
try malariai remittcnt fever; james /
Burke, Co. f. 9Th United States Voun- |
teers, bilious fever. Sept. 16. /
LAYTON, Major General"
400 SOLDIERS LEAVE.
New York. Sept 1S.--Thc military camp |
at Montauk Point. Long Island, will soon |
I
Wikoff reached this city to-day on the
transport Chester and the ambulance boat
Shnnecock. The troops brought by the
Chester being n fair health, were placed
on trains in New Jersey and are now on
! their way to the posts assigned to them
in different parts of the country The
men of the sixth L. s. infantry will do
duty at Fort Thomas at Newport, Ky,
and the tenth U. S. infantry Is proceeding
to Huntsville, Ala. Batteries A and &,
/ first artillery, will do duty until further
orders at Hilton Head. Port Royal s. C.
/ The transfer of the men was rapidly ac-
complished. When the transport was
made fast to pier Al. North river. to-day
several big floats carrying baggage and
stock cars came alongside The luggage
of the soldiers. the cannon and the horses
were transferred to the cars while the
members Of the two regiments and of the
two batteries were being loaded on ferry
boats. The sixth infantry was sent Via
the Baltimore and Ohio and as soon as
the train was made up the baggage cars
were coupled to it and the men were on
The tenth regiment which Is travelling
via the West Shore railroad, was handled
in exactly the same way. The two bat
teres were shipped via the Pennsylvania
railroad.
The ambulance ship took Us soldiers to
Jersey City, where they were transported
to the hospital train in charge of Surgeon
,.
was to convey them to Philadelphia. The
| Shlnnecock crossed the North river and
landed 26 sick soldiers and n GONZALES
cent members of the army, the former be-
| ing sent to st. Vincent's and New York
hospitals.
SITUATION AT CAMP MEADE
Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa. Sept IS
Fifteen typhoid fever cases were ship
ped from the second division hospital this
evening to the Charity hospital in Nor
ristown in special car The patients
were from the 20lst and 202d New YORK;
4th Missouri. list Rhode Island and ID
West Virginia regiments Chief Surgeon
Girard believes the sick do better in city
hospitals than in tents and has arranged
to snip more away tomorrow to Harris
burg and Philadelphia hospitals. There
are lI5 fever and rheumatism patients in
the general hospitals and they will be
taken away as rapidly as they can be
moved.
! Private Burton ID. Dante. Company X.
Sd New York, died in the Red Gross hos
pital to-day of typhoid fever and his body
was shipped to Wellsvile.
/ Corporal Samuel c. RACER, Company ~,
I'd Tenn, ssce, also died of congestlve
chills at the regimental dispensary, after
brief illness.
Detailed reports have been received by
Col. Girard from the various regimental
surgeons on the health of their regiments.
They report very few malarial cases and
in the regiments where this malady mas
been greatest 1t ST on the decrease. Most
of the cases of typhoid fever and malaria
have been brought here from the camps
in the South and Camp Black, New York
Col. Abbott of the 1st Rhode Island, is Sc
riousiy i'll with typhoid fever at the home
of a friend in Middetown.
The 18th Minnesota has moved on the
grounds vacated by the 18th Pennsylvania
which starts tomorrow afternoon for it's
home station for muster out. The Mime
sofa regiment takes the place of the 18th
in Gen. Gobin's brigade of the first divis-
ion. Chief Quartermaster Howard says
the 7th Ohio, which has received orders to
muster out will hardly get away before
Thursday. This will complete. for a while
at least the movements of troops from
camp. There is a strong probability that
the l4th Pennsylvania will be the next
regiment to receive orders to muster cut
owing to the trouble among the officers.
FOUR DEATHS AT PORTO RICO.
Washington, Sept. 1s.-In dispatches to
the war department tonight Maj.-Gen.
Brooke reports four deaths among the
American troops at Ponce, Porto Rico.
His first despatch follows:
Ponce. Porto Rico. Sept is. Sis p. m.
Adiutant General, Washington:
Three deaths to-day-D. c. Brace, A,
Third Wisconsin, typhoid fever; Morton
! Bentley, C. 18th U. s. infantry, typhoid
fever; Frederick Indie, C, 18th U. s. in
fantry, malarial fever
, BROOKE, Major General.
! A supplementary despatch from Gen.
Brooke reads:
Ponce Sept. IS. s:i5 p. m.
Adjutant General, Washington:
Died Sept. lG, Frederick s. Phelps bat
terry B. Fifth artillery, not before re-
ported BROOKE,