The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-10-04
OUR PORTO RICO TROOPS
Alarming Increase of Sickness
Among the Soldier Boys. d.
THE REGULARS AND VOLUNTEERS

| Whlle In the Former the sickness
Averages ONLY Ten Per Cent, I'm the
stxteantb pernsvIvonta Eortv-stx
Are y" 'ne 9loh ''is''
! Ponce, Porto Rico. oct. At ia the
we'll prounded and almost rrantr,ous
! ori,,is., 20 A. a., - q -
..-.1.,.,.I -. - -, 9''''' u ~
NNiiieiioaH army III forto hlco that the
cohultloh OF the volunteer FORCES mere
necessitates their removal north. Sick
ness Is increasing, and has been in
| creasing during the past four weeks
at an ALARMING ratio rbo ,ict, rorort
| shows oyer . zoo 4, ho,ri+,i, 90 g.,
| ,,,ortars o,,+ 30 , t,.aI l.s-...., -
IN Ooo ,,er--tb,t ts - Or ,,a-, 80 -
the troone arc an tho sict, IIst rhis
boy,o,,,r doae ,,rt ,,,,o,, +tat tto,a t
| on oeeaat,,,o ,,+ua,,.r.t, 20 zoo -, 1,ta
.ol1io,.., ,,i.,t,,,,,.rl,1 g.. IL t,-,,t,i.
| &c az ror ATT, az, A., ,,i,,, .oss, l,,t 30
ten Incanabla NJ sarI,ice and if ordered
! to dutv ara olrooet ir,,ariob,,, bocl, IN
| the bosnitaI within a few, davs The
| medical officers have found tbot the
! oo,,,,oi,,oor,+s do r,+ 80 ,,,a,,,,,,,I,,
oe,,,,1t ro,l,,e,, ttoi,, ,.rl,a..l, T., 80,
oIi,,a+o ord eor tti- ,.oo--lsr, +ta,, aro
80. 90 -, ~, ''l'9 ms 49,. - -
N,IiiL7 , ~ -. .ii % o' 10. -
slOiI' Se'ei"' "uiiule Gu i1"'ins 9'SiS
20 % 'ie l"N' C'''. - 10
,.7pS ~. -, ~ , a.
~ 'ilI uio.i i.4
49, - ~ W. ie5 uidi iI.i""'iS iIS iii'etS9'
.ne aiiu 'ilS n
-, " % ~ ~ ~ - -
S,.I., - - -.
',., SIeIl rI.3, y,,,i
80 ~ rinS 1I,iaaori, a5
/ c,,.toa,,tt, Ial,,.i,.,.t. =. a,,a,,a,,,s oa
no., oa,t ~ tha ia,t ,,a,,,a7 t,,,, T,,tara
tba oorditiors 90 t,a ,,,o1,,t 80 sioi,
| ,.r,,o,,t ,t,,,.', = ,,,1,,ol,,.r,,e 20 te =. ~,
| ci.+ao,,tI, Ia,,r,,t,,t,,a,,ia 80 40 a., ~
| rrhtrd yv,soorsI,, o. taIe 90 +narl
t,-ll ..',..y4' II. Ia ~, -
@ WIN nc 80
t,,,,l-eIl. g.. 90. g. , 80
aIe ltI ul,ii' lTi & uu.y anu . a LEN
80 "itL'i '..'i a. ~ - INV i i,'o
.t,. "a t't uP ~ 1tlOoii.Io' Ca eiio
SI Sui'iii't VI Nv ',''A lo"el - ""o
iou'iu l"a' ~ "Vu'u w IN ~ p~oosiDio ~
- ~ w. liz 80
! - ~ y, ~ ~ - '9' ,..,..- &,
.,'1- iIi.I,i =; tt,o
'iis , te
49,, 49, to +ha faat thot tba forr,,a,,
a. i b ~ IL - 80 g., +t,,,,,sal,,os
NIost of them ara veterans who under
| -, ~ ,,,1os of boaItb IN co,,,, and
| tboi, o0icers fro,, tho verv outset have
enforced With untirinr energy the sani-
tarv Negotiations so necessary for tbe
nreservation of health. Rut more than
that tho rngulare arc making solderin,
busirees Tbev ala not enlist for the
war but for i've vears and thew loot,
unon their oeeiqpment for service In
|
,oo1,o +ho hoet of Tho situo+ior
Tba yo1urteers on tho othar hand on
uetod for two I,aors h,t y,itb the al
most ,,niverea, axnectatton that thew
would he mustered out when the war
closed Almost to q man they desire to
oo howe ord ever eince tho nrotocoI
voc sio,,od tbo,, hove Ii,ad IN the daily
bona of beinp recalled For davs thev
+oIl,ed Of notbinp e1sa Honeeiclyness
depressed their snIrjts and made them
eaev victims Of the naIarial climatic
conditions II js said that some of them
who ala NOT foI sicl, na+uraIIv actua1-
Iv evnosed themselves 70 the wet or
ate freely of tropfcal fruits. despite the
regulations that thev might become I'll
and he sent home Some il IS alleged
even faigued sickness and n1ite q
number of these succeeded I'm their de-
| signs
| Trba o+bar dow q ,,ur,be, of ,,ar fro,,
ono of the rapimants who had been or
dared home 40 convaIescents came into
ponce ahead NJ tbefr wagon train sing
inc laughing and making merry at the
nroennct of their release some were
college athletes They anneared 70 be
moro canabIn Of service than hundreds
NJ the soldiers who remained and one
of the regular army officers in Ponce.
,,non Looking them over suggested
Ironically that thev should stop at New
york on their wav home and nick up
q faw nrizes for throwing the hammer.
nrttine the shot etc at the Caledonian
eauae
The worst feature of the situation is
the steady Increase in the number Of
tvnhoid cases which reaches over 400.
the tvnboid fever In the army. most of