Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-07-29
TO FLEE FROM FEVER.
Skaters Whole Army To Be
Shipped Back Home as
Soon as Possible.
GENERAL Is TO DETERMINE WHEN.

Entirely of Immunes-Mortuary Re-
port for Wednesday, More Than 1000
Now Sick - Alger Worried Over the
situatisn-CoL Culver Defended Against
His Detractors-Sailed from Newport
News for Porto Rico.
partment last night posted the follow
Ing from Santiago de Cuba: Condition
for the 9th: Total sick, 4,122; total fe-
Yer, 2.ls3, new cases, S22; cases fever re-
turned TO duty, 5i2
Deaths-Private ]. H. Farrell. COM
pany H. Ninth Massachusetts, volunteers.
at Siboney, yellow fever; Corporal
Thomas Robson, company d, Twenty
fourth infantry. Siboney. yellow fever:
Private William H. Byers. company D.
Seventeenth infantry, cerebral apoplexy.
tSigneGl "SHAFTER,
Major General"
How Army Surgeons Explain Matters.
Secretary Alger is deeply concerned
over the welfare of the gallant troops
under Skaters command. now en-
canped on the outskirts of Santiago.
The health report shows a surprisingly
large number of cases of sickness. but
army surgeons authorize the statement
that these figures are misleading in a
certain sense. and that the situation
may not he nearly so bad as they would
seem to indicate. The slightest ailmenr
OF the most temporary nature suffices
to place a soldiers name on the sick
reports which. in their present shape.
would not distinguish between
such a case and one of mortal illness
The inference is that many of these
cases in Skaters camp are of trivial
nature. but go to swell its grand total
of sick and wounded.
Skaters Men TO Come Home.
Notwithstanding this mitigating fact
Secretary Alger is going to remove the
soldiers at the very earliest opportunity
to more healthy cline The time for
their removal is left to General Shafter.
the only limitation placed upon him be-
ing that he shall not delay the home
ward sailing of his troops beyond the
moment when it shall be safe for them
to leave Santiago. having regard to the
fever conditions. Meanwhile details are
being made Of troops to supply the force
that shall garrison Santiago SO long as
ii shall be found necessary to continue
troops there. This force will be made up
almost altogether Of immunes Skaters
, army will occupy a splendid camp
ground on Long Island
Still Nothing from Miles.
No word came from General Miles
yesterday and the war department as
sumes that he is pursuing his advance
across the island Of Porto Rico towards
San Juan. They attach little credence
, to the Spanish account of a battle at
SaUca. resting confidence in the belief
that when the facts are known it will
be found that this was a victory of the
usual Spanish type resulting in the COM
, plete achievement Of the object Of the
American commanders. Considerable re-
| Inducements are now arriving to sup
port Miles and before the week is over
/ the campaign there will be in full swing
F, NOTHING THE MATTER WITH CULVER
His Disgruntlsd Soldiers DO Him Great
! Injustice-Men still Kicking.
Washington. July 29-The war de-
, partment officials declare most positive
| ly that Colonel Culver. of the Fifth H.
linois volunteers at Chickamauga, is an
| innocent victim of Misrepresentation
1t is reported from Chickamauga that
because this regiment was turned back
| from the Porto Rican expedition many
| men had deserted, the morale of the
| regiment had been destroyed, and the
| failure to secure active service had
: been charged up to the secret efforts of
| Colonel Culver to keep it from going to
! the front 1t is said at the department
! that as 4 matter of fact the colonel
! has been the victim of circumstances
! over which he had no control.
| When the Fifth Illinois had been Or
! dsred 10 Porto Rico delegation of In
! diana people waited on the president
! and presented the fact that although
/ there We're three Indiana regiments
| fully equipped and ready for service
none had been ordered to the front. It
| happened that of three Illinois regi-
ments available two had been sent for
| ward in advance Ct the Fifth. so that
| the department felt obliged (to avoid a
. charge of discriminatory to substitute
, one of the Indiana regiments for this
! particular Illinois regiment With this
| order Colonel Culver had absolutely
nothing to do and did not know that it
| was in contemplation
| ChiCkamauga Park Ca, July 29.-Tha
! disappointment Cf the Fifth Illinois at
| being turned back Wednesday after it
| had marched to Rossville has so dis
heartened many shat they have no fur
Their ambition for military life. Colonel
Culver denies any responsibility for the
| orders calling the men back to car1p.
| and claims that he was anxious to 90
! with the regiment to Porto Rico. Hav-
ing twice been shifted from brigades
that were ordered TO the front the Fifth
Illinois naturally feels greatly irritated
and although the men were much more
tractable yesterday they were by no
means PLACID.
Private H. J Reedsr. company 4.
Fifth Illinois. died at division hospital
Yesterday after two days Of great
agony The unfortunate man few
days since ate poison root he dug I'D in
the woods. mistaking il for sassafrass
SAILED AWAY FOR PORTO RICO.
Most OF Gen. Haines' Brigade Leaves New
port News-Grant's Next.
Newport News. Va. July 2s-with
the exception of the Fourth Ohio regi-
ment the Second brigade OF the First
. army corpS in comma .d ~ Prse Con