The herald., 1898-08-28
WITH MATTERS CONNECTED
WITH THE WAR
CARE OF THE SICK SOLDIERS
Proves a Problem Which the Authori-
ties Seem Not at All Able
to Solve


| tiers in connection with the war. The pay
department has a big task before 1t in set
ting with the troops and officers in the
final muster out. There must be an ac-
counting Of all government and each mus
ter roll must be complete and satisfactory
to the accounting officers of the govern
ment before there can be final settle
| ment. The clothing and purchases by the
soldiers will have to be looked up and bal
anced by the pay officers before final pay.
| ment is made. All officers who have charge
Of government property Of any kind must
account for it before they can receive final
discharge. The ordnance officers are busy
preparing for the reception and disposal OF
the arms of the. SOLDIERS and blanks and
papers are being made ready. Officers
| from each branch Of the service will be de-
tailed to go to the State camps, where the
final mastering out occurs to receive the
government property, make final payment
and give the soldiers their discharge.
Chickamauga Victims .
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. ga train consist
ing Of nine sleepers arrived in this city today
having on board 1862 members of the First
Second and Fifth Missouri Volunteer Regi-
ments, who have been laid up in the hos
pitfalls at Chickamauga Park suffering from
fevers and other camp ailments. The home
coming Of these soldiers, many Of whom are
on the brink of the grave, was pitiful
contrast to their outgoing, just few months
ago.
Twenty-one Of the men belonged to the
First Regiment, whose station is ST. Louis.
They got of here and went to their homes.
Men from the other regiments whose cases
were considered serious, were sent in am
balances to various hospitals In the city,
where they will be carefully nursed. The
remainder will continue on their way to
their homes in different sections of the
State today.
Nurses Overworked
NEW YORK, Aug 27-Some of the nurses
in the general hospital at Camp Wikoff
are suffering from dysentery, and orders
were issued today that they be given more
time to exercise. battle and rest. More
nurses arrived today, and ten will reach
camp ready to take the places of those
overworked and all that are needed here.
There are three male and three female
nurses in each ward during the daytime
and two on duty at night. When the Eighth
Ohio was landed nearly 300 reported sick
and were sent to the hospital, but 1t de-
veloped that 10 of the 'sick" men were
only suffering from hunger.
| When these men were fed they were
able to leave the hospital They repeated
stories. of .hardships encountered coming
up from Cuba and said 1t was almost i'm
possible for them to get food. One hundred
and fifty men in the general hospital were
allowed to go on sixty days furlough to-
day. as they had improved.
Soldiers From Santiago
NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-The United States
cruiser Harvard arrived this morning from
Montauk. where she landed SIS men Of the
detained for disinfection. ,
| The hospital yacht, The Red Cross, ar
rived from Camp wikoff with fifteen ty-
phofd fever patients for Roosevelt Hospi-
| tai.
| The transport Leona arrived from Mon
tauk after landing over 500 soldiers of Shaft
er's returning army.
The transport Mortera, Captain .Hanlon,
arrived this morning from Montauk, where
she landed 312 men Of the Twenty first In
fantry from Santiago. The Mortera was
formerly Spanish Cuban coasting steamer
and became prize to the United State on
'"e - Sa".aso'
| 0"o rooo supplies
NEW YORK; Aug. N-When the trans
port fucatan reacneo the pier today and
began to discharge the six companies of the
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