The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-23
TO GO TO FORT SMELLING
CAMP ISOLATION WILL BE
BROKEN UP THIS MORNING

and X Will BE Sent First, the
others Following as Rapidly as
May Be PracticabIe-Yester
Was a Bad Day for the Fever.
AT last the Fifteenth is moving. At
O'Clock this morning, or soon after If
there Is no hitch in proceedings, Com
panies K and F will get under way
an0 march to the Fort Smelling reser-
walton. All day yesterday the camp
of the detached battalion was a scene
of hurry and hustle In the early
morning battalion drill was held. and
the marching orders were read to the
men.
Never has the Fifteenth received
more agreeable orders than the ap-
proVal of the suggestions made in this
telegram:
Adjutant General Washington D. c.: Re-
quest authority to camp my regiment on
to Fort Smelling reservation. Sanitary con-
ditions here cannot be made satisfactory All
SICK with typhoid fever can be removed to
hospitals in st. Paul and Minneapolis as
easily from Fort Smelling as from here. Be-
command will result from change. State
board OF health eoncurs. Expense of move
will not exceed $50. '-'0''
Harry A. Leonhauser.
Colonel Commanding.
1t was very welcome news, and the
men showed their approval as far as
military discipline will allow. Indeed.
the quarantined companies have been
penned up for so long that the soldiers
are getting exceedingly restless under
the restraint. AT the same time, the
rank and file believe that the fever
Will never be stamped out at Camp
Ramsey, and they have seen so many
of their comrades fall OUT that they
are completely discourag ed.
q hn,, ~
rived for Companies F and K to break
camp and arrange their possessions
for disinfection. In less than an hour
all the prisoners and hospital order
lies, under the direction of Steward
Frank Gallager. were at work washing
blankets, to the number Of $50, in a
solution of bi-chloride Of mercury to
slaughter any germs that might be
lingering there.
The tents were all taken down and
spread inside out upon the parade
ground so that the sun and air could
reach them.
Last night the men of the two COM
panies slept in the south half of the
building used by the commissary de-
partment. They were early taken
down and every one given a bath,
while his clothing and all his baggage
was thoroughly disinfected with for
maldehyde gas. In fact, nothing was
left undone that would in any way help
to dislodge the dreaded typhoid germ
The remaining two companies at
Camp Isolation, NJ and H, will be dis
infected in the same way before they
are allowed to start for the fort. What
will be done with the other battalions
has not been fully determined, but the
medical staff is bound that the fever
germs shall be eXterminated
AS rapidly as is possible the COM
panieS will be marched to Smelling, but
whole hp
disinfected until the end Of the week
The march will be made with blank
cts, haversacks, canteens, gums, bayon-
cts and cartridge belts. The route will
be determined by the conditions pre-
vailing, but in all probability will be
along Smelling avenue to Summit to
Cleveland to the fort. The march will
probably be made in between four and
five hours, including halts for rest at
the end of each hour.
At the fort the Fifteenth will not be
quartered in the barracks, but will
pitch their tents on the old rifle range
on the road leading to Minnehaha
park and Minneapolis, and about half
a mile from the post headquarters. The
troops will be on a high table-land with
splendid drainage and fine water but
best of all near enough to both the
Minnesota and Mississippi rivers for
frequent bathing. The camp will be
Spread out over a large area. company
streets are to be fifty feet wide while
the battalions VIII be separated by one
hundred feet. Maj. Hands battalion
of ''reconcentrados' will be kept a lit
tie longer in quarantine until the doc
tors are certain that they have finish
ed the typhoid fever.
The hospital tents will have an eX-
cellent position in a grove of trees.
Lieut.. Dewey, chief engineer, and
Adjt. Catlin will lay out the new camp
They had intended to commence the
work today, but the adjutant was I'M
able to get away. In the absence Of
Adjt. Catlin, Lieut.. Elliot will act as
regimental adjutant.
The first night on the new ground
the men will sleep under shelter tents
All baggage will be transported on
wagons Quartermaster Coe by skillful
management has made the rations in
the hands of the companies come out
about even. so that there has been lit
tie repacking to do. Yesterday just
enough provisions were issued to tide
the cooks over until the move
The usual amount of sickness pre-
vailed yesterday throughout the camp
Fifty men reported at sick call and six
new cases of fever developed during
the day. Thirty-three fever patients
Were sent TO Minneapolis hospitals and
In anticipation of the removal Of the
camp all new cases will be sent In
each day. Those who went in yester-
day were:
Walter Beck Michael Koran and F. w.
Pond, of Company A; G. T. Deadly, o. ].