The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-20
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| Camp Meade. Pa. Incoming regiments
have swelled the list of typhoid cases here
until at present there ARE over 100 patients
IN the division hospitals suffering from
the dread disease. Every effort Ia bolug
maze to combat the fever Tho Red Cross
society has doubled he size of wards for
accommodation Of this class Of cases and
there arc thirty five nurses in camp attend.
ing the most serious ones
As fast as patients are able to leave camp
dheyare sent to hospitals in nearby towns
To-day fifteen patients were sent to St.
Joseph.s Hospital, Lancaster. Tomorrow
thirty five others will be shipped to the
Good Samaritan Hospital at Lebanon.
Among the sick in he Charity Hospital
Norristown are Hugh A. George, u morn
Der o. The First delaware Band; Robert
l. Erkins, OF Company q. First Delaware
and Robert NJ Ewing, Company A. First
Among tho soldiers admi ted to tho Har.
rlsburg Hospital to day were: NJ. Mitchell,
Company B, George MacKlim Company
D, First Delaware, Intermittent fever, and
Corp. John W. Oakcs, First Delaware,
liberated scalp.
Chief Surgeon Girard has given orders
that hereafter he religious denominations
OF tho soldiers admitted to hospitals must
be ascerthsned IN order to summon q min.
lister of their faith when there Is Il cert ain.
ty Of death. The chuplains are doing eff
fective work among the sick IN the hos.
pitals.
An officer OF tho First Delaware stated
to-day that Former Colonel W.ckersham,
VINO resigned his commission because Of
continued ill-health and is now resting at
Asbury Park, N j., with Ms Wicker
sham. was DESTROYS of getting back into
the volunteer service In less responsible
position than colonel. He would prefer
Inajorship in the First Delaware.
Major Boyd was al tucked by a member
OF the Fourteenth Pennsy lvania, who had
grievance against him, at the Common
wealth Hotel the other day and slightly ill.,
jured ON the ann. He had incurred the
soldiers onmity while in command of one
OF the companies on provost guard. Major
BOYD has been able to attend to his duties.
To-day Major Crawford's battalion OF the
Fifteenth Pennsylvania relieved Major
Townsend's battalion OF tho First Della.
ware from provost duty in Harrisburg,
S'eclton and Highspire. The Delawa.
reans liked their work and much desired
TO continue Oh another three weeks, but
Provost. Marshal Patterson did not want
to show Partially. Captain LanE, Of Com.
pany Is, First Delaware, which patrolud
the heart Of the CITY, was busy this after
nooon instructing Captain Gamble, his
successor, as to the districts to bu covered
by his men. Thers Was II talk of charges
being preferred against Captain Lnuk and
Detective Taylor, of the local police do.
partment, for entering u house In town
aftera horse thief without tho owners
consent, but no action has been taken as |
yet. Tho officers laugh at the threat.
Colonel Gordon and Major Boyd, of the |
First Delaware hayo received their COM
missions and assumed tho duties of their 1
Offices.
Chief Surgeon Grard has recommend
ed to Surgeon General Sternberg that
mosquito bars, head nets and blickskin
gloves DO made part of the regular
equipment Of the men in the army who arc
going to Cuba, Porto Rico ard tho Philip.
pines Colonel Girard thinks thai II every
effort is made to protect the men against
infection by mosquito bites the material
diseases in the sub-tropical climates will
BIO greatly lessoned.