The times., 1898-07-28
TEANEW CASES OF TYPHOID
The Fever Continues to Spread
at Camp AIger.
vi TIED BY THE ECRETARY
Dunn LorinE VIII Not BE Used for IA
Week More-Accident to Major
Pennsylvania Troops-Sword Pre-
scntGtion.

i'll about one week and died suddenly. The
body was inferred at Arlington yesterday
afternoon. Company A acted as a firing
squad
the ten new cases of typhoid are as
follows:
PTlvztes C. II. Green. Company E;
Mike Burns, Company d; C. Radlon and
Frank Tanning. Company l, First Rhode
Island; Capt. Sherman, Company X,
Twenty Kansas; Horace Pease
Company d; John Gilbert, Company X;
William BOwerie, Company L, Third
New York; John NJ Ramdale. Company
II, Twelfth Pennsylvania; Howard Mar
tin, Company G, Twelfth Pennsylvania.
Suspected cases are as thick as sore
arms from vaccination, and despite the
Efforts Of the surgeons the fever man
ages TO make much headway. There have
been thirty-slx cases and six deaths since
Sunday and-tae disease is still spreading.
The slow work on the wells at Dunn
Loring WIZ not allow Of the removal of
any regiments for over a week, and in
the meantime the work will be pushed.
The staff of the Twelfth Pennsylvania
visited the site selected for that regi-
ment at Dunn Loring last night. Major
Focht had a peculiar accident while re-
turning from the trip. One of the signal
service telephone wires, which had drop
ped, hung directly across the road lead
ing to camp and as the major rode ra-
pidly in the dark the wire caught him
| across the face, infiicting nasty cut on
his nose and nearly unhorsing him.
Private Woodson Hooker. of Company
| X, Third Missouri. has been promoted to
be second lieutenant OF Battery G, Fifth
! United States Artillery, and left for
! Tampa yesterday. Before leaving he was
! presented with a handsome sword by
several Of his comrades.
The boys of The Twelfth Pennsylvania
have been deeply touched by strange
| coincidence which occurred on Tuesday
night Private De Haas of Company b.
who possesses a remarkably fine tenor
| voice, sang TO the boys on that night and
! selected Ehe effort a song entitled
/ why Must Our Dear Ones Leave Us2'
| The selection was so pathetic and well
| rendered that some OF the troops were
moved TO tears. Yesterday Private De
| Haas received telegram from Williams
! port, Pa, stating Vhat his mother had
1 died Al $50 on Tuesday night This was
the time az which the soldier had been
singing. and the members OF the Twelfth
] believe that something more than chance
/ directed the sad coincidence and that the
/ remarkable pathos shown during t'ae rem
ditfon Of the song was really occult. De
1 Haas left camp yesterday 70 attend the
/ funeral
The Third Virginia is still mastering in
ROCKIES Only six more are needed 10
! complete the enrolment.
1 AdjJ Mitchell, OF the Third New York,
| has accepted commission as second
lieutenant IN the Fourth United States
| Artillery
The headquarters Of the First Brigade,
First Division, were moved to Dunn Lo-
| ring yesterday.
| Owing from a food of applications
| from Washington merchants for stand
| privileges in the various regiments, a
| board Of surgeons held a meeting yes
terday, and the following decision was
agreed 10 by Surgeons Wilson, Weaver
and Stunkhard and was issued in the
form of a general order:
Headquarters Second Division,
| Second Army Corps,
Camp Aiger. Va, July 25 1893.
| In pursuance of general orders Is, we
| have the honor to report:
Il We consider injudicious the use of
/ pies and other pastry. sandwiches (un-
/ less fresh and made OF good materially,
/
1 fruit Of any kind is deleterious 10 the
health Of the command, and should be
! prohibited
%. Green corn should not be allowed
10 be sold, as il is impossible to get it in
sufficient quantities and in good con-
ditlon.
.'s We would advise that no soda water
or soda pop, cider or unfermented grape
| Juice should be allowed TO be sold.
Lemonade should be allowed to be sold
/ when made by the glass in the presence
Of the consumer, and of fresh lemons.
- All stands considered in the order
should be conducted by permission of
and under the absolute control Of regi-
mental commanders, and be regularly in
| spected by the regimental surgeons, and
the highest degree of cleanliness should
be maintained to insure as perfect sani-
! tary conditions as possible.
/ - An farmers and dairymen must
first obtain permission of regimental
commanders to sell in their respective
| regiments, and should be under the in
| spection of reeimental surgeons"
This decision is final, and only one eat
ing house viii be permitted in each regi-
/ ment.
Private F W. Gay, of Company F,
| Sixty-fifth New York, whose case was
published I'm detail in The Times several
days ago, viii be turned over to the
civil authorities for trial on a charge of
! grand larceny
A mule driver in the employ of the
Government caused some excitement by
getting drunk yesterday afternoon, and
refused to drive his wagon to camp from
Falls Church. The hoys of the Third
New York who are doing provost guard
duty, procured ropf with which they
shackled the mans teet and dragged
him along the road 10 camp.
Since the decision of the War Depart
ment that Camp Alger will not be moved
out of Fairfax County, preparations are
being made to make the new site at Dunn
Loring as hahitable as possible. The
full First Division will camp on the Crit
tenden farm, while the bulk of the Sec
ond Division will remain in the present
location.
I Secretary of War Alger visited the
camp yesterday and witnessed the
brigade review in the afternoon. Pre-
vious TO the review he was escorted to
the new camp at Dunn Loring by Gen
Graham and made a careful inspection OF
the place The ground, water and sani-
tation were discussed and Gen. Alger ex-
pressed himself as fully pleased with the
| site Several OF the old camps were also
visited and the Secretary seemed greatly
panied when the isolated company G., oi
the Twelfth Pennsylvania was visited on
the big parade ground. This company
has been detached from the regiment be-
cause OF the alarming number of cases OF
typhoid fever, which appear among its
members each day.
Another batch of typhoid patients were
sent 10 Fort Myer yesterday morning
The patients were Privates Owens and