The evening times., 1898-06-16
SORE ARMS At CAMP ALGER
Enforced Vaccination Makes
Trouble for the Soldiers. -
PROVOST GUARD ASSIGNMENTS
Any One Who Applies May Have .
Squad of BluecOats Placed Over
House. stand, or Even a Road.
New Recruits COmil.E in-QuestiOn
of PHsses.

Vaccination continues to be the bette
noir of the troops at Camp AlSer. Nine
ty men in every hundred are Sroaning
around with their arms barred to the
shoulder and their systems feverish. Some
of the arms are in pretty bad condition
and require constant dressing, but the
boys manage to get around and live
through the ordeal.
Over 100 arms are dressed daily by the
Sixth Illinois Hospital Corps as the re-
suit of vaccination six weeks ago. while
the regiment was camped at Springfield,
Ill The vaccine seems to get into the
system and to make sad havoc with all
of the organs. The boys will not welcome
vaccination again SO gladly as before this
experience.
Full battalions from some of the regi-
ments have been detailed on provost
guard duty, and, as result. the drilling
of the regiments is delayed. Any person
applying for guard may have one post
ed over houses. stands and even roads
so that a large number of soldiers is al
ways out on duty.
The new recruits are still coming in rap
idly. They will De uniformed and equip
ped as soon as possible, and many Of
them are going through squad drill today.
Cavalry tents are being used to shelter
some of the recruits. while others share
hunks with their equipped comrades.
ReQuisttions have been sent in for tent
age. ard the Eighth Ohio has already re-
ceved load of the canvas houses.
The question of issuing passes is being
argued on all sides. Some of the COM
manders think that the passes are being
abused by the men and have shut down
on them The boys think IL is bad enough
to have TO return to camp within four
hours without being deprived of their
liberty altogether.
The Sixth Pennsylvania boys learned
that their petition to be placed in active
service was received by Secretary>-Alger
today and will be acted upon at once
compromise has been effected on the
bes" Qu=''' n. Fac soldier is now allow
ed not more than two bottles per day of
the coveted beverage
These can be obtained only from the
commissioned officers. and naturally.
none of the beer is ever allowed to lie
long enough to grow flat.
The present outline of Camp Alger may
be changed. as the bulk of the troops at
present Is lost in the woods. At least ten
OF the regiments could be drawn up with
in mile of headquarters. thus saving
space and making matters handy for ev-
erybody concerned. The Third Virginia
Is now four miles down an almost impass-
able road. while the Michigan and Kan
sas regiments are buried three miles in a
mass of forest. There is room Tor these
camps near headquarters and the change
no doubt will be made.
Capt Fellows, of Company F, Thirteenth
pennsylvania, failed to pass examination
for entrance TO West Point yesterday and
the Thirteenth is very sad as a result.
Col. Girard is Smooth>n6 matters down
In the regtmentai hospital corps by m
pointing members of each corps to some
Imaginary office in the division hospital
This famous institution is now weighed
down with Importance and fancy titles,
put many OF the ward drinking cups still
go unwashed.
Col. Hoffman. of the Eighth Pennsvl-
vanfa, bears a remarkable resemblance to
Admirai Dewey The coloners friends
have been congratulating him.
Col Oppenbeimer. of the Eighth Ohio
Hospital Corps. is the busiest man in
camp. He is twenty-seven division hos
pitals in himself and is never satisfied
that patient is doing we'll until the tire
less colonels hands have remade the
bed. washed the dishes and the patient.
and hunted up thousand little delica-
cies for use.
DR.. Garrison, of the Twelfth Penusyl-
vania Hospital Corps, has started house /
keeping. His tent now contains a Dress
er, washstand, bureau, library laborato- |
ry and ice chest
The boys of the Fourth Missouri are |
beginning to enjoy life in their new |
quarters. and If they are not compelled |
to move again within a few days may
get settled down. Their camp is hand
Eomely hedged in with screens made from
boughs
The temperature was slightly lower to-
day. and hard drilling was continued Ri
fle-pit practice is being worked with |
splendid results.