The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-23
RIO JANE|RO
BRINGS MANY
SICK SOLDIERS
Eight Died on the Trip
Across.
ALL TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
MOST OF THEM ARE SICK WITH
FEVER AND DYSENTERY.
List of Those Who Returned and of
the Men Who Died While
on Board of the
Vessel.

The Government transport Rio Janeiro,
with 1872 sick soldiers on board, arrived
at quarantine Yesterday morning from
Manila The vessel left the Philippine
Islands six weeks ago. and came by way
of HongkOng and Nagasaki. DR.. q. w.
Daywalt of this city, one Of the assistant
surgeons that left with the First Califor-
MIA, was in charge of the sick soldiers re-
turning on the Rio Janeiro. He gave the
men the best of attention and they speak
in grateful terms OF him. Eight of the
soldiers died at sea. and all of these were
consigned TO the deep with the eXcep-
ton of three, whose bodies were en-
balmed and brought on for burial. II. II.
Stube and F. J. Fiske of the First Cali
fornia Regiment, died upon the voyage.
The remains of the latter were brought
here for burial.
AS soon as the quarantine officers had
made their inspection of the vessel the
sick were taken on the Government boat
Mcdowell and transported TO the Pre-
sidio wharf, where they were met by the
ambulances from the Division Hospital.
Major Matthews personally superintend-
ed the unloading Of the sick and their
transfer to the hospital. About thirty OF
the soldiers were able TO walk from the
wharf to the hospital The majority of
the men are sick with fever and dysen-
terry, and Of the number that returned
only a dozen are considered critically III.
Some of the soldiers are recovering from
wounds received in the battle OF Manila
while others are men whose discharges
from the service are about up, and they
have come home for their hnal state
ments.
AS soon as 1t became known that the
sick soldiers were at the Division Hos
pital a large crowd Of civilians and sol
diers began to gather TO talk TO those OF
the men who We're allowed to go out me
boys were kept busy answering questions
and injuries made for frlenoS VINO are
still at Manila. Every man had differ
ent tale to tell, but on one subject they
are all agreed almost to a man, and that
is that they have had enough of Manila
and the Philippine Islands. Some have
stories TO recite of hardships and suffer
ing from a lack OF sufficient and proper
food to eat, while others deny this and
say that they had an abundance. The
men brought back with them many pets,
including a number or monkeys, canar1es
and other curious birds.
THE DEAD.
The following is list of the men who
died on board the Rio Janeiro. en- route
from Manila to this city; ,,r-,,
Battery, oct II, typhoid fever; body en-
balmed and brought to San Francsc9
PRIVATE II, LOUIS 3d. ID; PAA AS
bercjIlar laryngitis; buried at sea.
PRIVATE FRANK w. TUCKER, Com
pany c, Twenty-third United States In
iantry, Oct. l. typhoid fever; buried in
SERGEANT JOHN A. GLOVER, Com
pany A, First Nebraska, Sept Is, pneu.
monia complicated with acute purulent
iPRiVlIATE HENRY A. ,sTUBE. Com
pany F, First California, sept y dysen-
Terry and acute pneumonia; buried at sea.
PRIVATE EDWARD S. FISKE, Hospi-
tai Corps, Sept. &C. general debility and
dysentery; body embalmed and brought
PRIVATE ELLIOTT j. ORDwAY.
Company H, Second Oregon, Sept; g.
phoid fever; body embalmed and brought
TO San Francisco.
Shortly after the Rio de Janelro left
Company G., First Idaho Battalion, disap-
peared during the night. A search of the
entire vessel failed to reveal any signs
man was supposed to be mentally de-
ranged and the supposition is that he
got up in the night and in wandering over
drowned, OF that he committed suicide
by jumping through one of the port
holes.
First California Corporal w. r: Hanna,
Company l; Privates G. Asmussen, Company
A. II. d. sydney. r. Cutler. H. B. stube.
pany NJ; F. w Manning. Company G.
First Colorado-sergeant George Small, Com
bard Company d: D. E Rice. Company F; e.
L. Warner. A. G. Baker. Company II; G v.
Mills Company l; ]. j. Doyle, H w. Briggs.
Company l..
Idaho vounteers-Privates James w Fergu-
SON. Company T.; William Munson Bernard
Dillon. Company F; Lang Carlston, Company
H.
Battalion of Observation-Disclosures G. ". Hal
lett and G.. G. Rogers, Company a.
Third United States Artiery-Corporal Henry
Stocl5neth, Battery H; Privates 8. W. Plat
and Philip Kitchener, Battery l.; John F.
Sheedy Battery G. r. F. Cox. Battery X.
Fourteenth United States Undergraduates
J. Harrington. Company c; Willis Reichard.
Company L Elmer G. Bonham, Company G.
Eighteenth United States Infantry-I'rivates
c. O. McBryant. Company b. Charles Hern.
Albert E. Daily, Harry G. Rohr Company c;
John O. Hupp, John L. Tevis. f. Knapp, Com
pany f; Isaac M Hamel, Company F; T. NJ.
Crawford Company H.
Twenty-third United States Infantry-Corp0 oral
A. d. Murrey, Company d; Privates Harry
Booker, r: r. Parker. F. W. Tucker. c. 4.