The times., 1898-08-10
PASSING OF CAMP ALGER
A Colored Volunteer Shoots a
Woman of His Race.
PURsUERS SGeuR THE WOODS
a Hospital Steward Tells of the Bad
Treatment to Which Sick Soldiers
Were Subjected on the March to
Manassas Presentation of a
Sword in Camp.

Camp Alger was stirred by a shooting
ARRAY on Monday night which nearly re-
| suited in murder.
AS a result every road and path is
guarded by provost guards and every SOL
der is carefully examined.
Several of the soid;e1s in the Ninth
Ohio (colored) battalion managed to es-
cape from quarters. and, with colored
woman, held high revelry in the woods
near camp headquarters. Two of the SOL
diers became involved in a dispute over
the woman, who sided with one of them,
and the other, after some words, drew
revolver and shot her in the right breast.
The fellow then fired at his comrade, but
missed him.
The assailant then disappeared in the
woods and has not yet been captured, al
though a search was made yesterday. The
man who did the shooting is Private
George Brown, of Company c, and his de-
scription mas been furnished to every
provost and regimental guard post.
Details of the Eighth Pennsylvania,
Thirteenth Pennsylvania, and Sixty-ffth
New York secured the woods yesterday
and last night. but failed to find Brown.
The authorities believe that he is being
hidden by friends near Falls Church The
woman was cared for by civilian physi-
clan.
| Eight cases of typhoid fever developed
yesterday The patients were placed in
the newly established typhoid ward at
the First Division Hospital, the post hos
pital at Fort Myer being already over
crowded.
The heavy rains of the past two days
| have put the camp in d terrible condi-
ton. The roads are all but impossible
and whole lines OF wagons broke down
yesterday while trying to gel in and out.
! The camp at Dunn Loring was flooded
and life was made miserable for the
| troops.
Some OF the fruits of Col. Girard's or
der requiring troops who were unweli 10
| march 10 Manassas, after they had ap-
piled for transportation, appeared yes
| terday, when seventeen men who had sue
cumbed during the march were sent back
TO the division hospitals. Seine of the pa
tients were in bad condition from exhaus-
ton and lack of food and care and il is
said TO be likely that a few may never
recover.
One of the hospital corps men who re-
turned with the patients gave a discour-
aging report of the manner in which the
sick had been treated. Many of them he
declared, were allowed to lie in bitches
along the road under the Caring sun for
hours awaiting the turning of the red
tape cog wheel which seems to nave been
made a portion of the corps machinery.
why, they couldn't have used a lot OF
yellow dogs any worse than they did thest
men, said this hospital steward IF
| -ba &c Rafg ,f
has a temperature of lO3 degrees ism
sick enough 10 be cared for without fl
ing papers, then no man ever will b,
| sick"
The patients who returned from Ma
nassas are: J. J. Crawley, Company l.
Ninth Massachusetts; Patrick Maloney
Company /. Ninth Massachusetts; Jo
seph Martin. Company l, Ninth Massa-
chusetts; Hugh Stevenson, Company E
Thirty-third Michigan; A. r. Mair, Com
pany NJ, Thirty-third Michigan; Clarence
Hldreth, Company B, Thirty-third Michi.
gan; George Boardman, Company b
Thirty-third Michigan; Elmer Janorg
Company A, Thirty-fourth Michigan
James B. Stabei, Company NJ, Thirty
fourth Michigan; William Welch. Com
pany /, First Rhode Island; Amos Reed
/ Company NJ, One Hundred and Fifty
| ninth Indiana; White, Company d
One hundred and Fifty-ninth Indiana
and George H. Mills Company H. Third
New York.
The two division hospitals were to have
been moved today, but postponemen'
has been decided on.
Mr.. R. Z. Fulton, of Syracuse n. Y.
is visiting his son, Private Fulton of Com
pany K, First Connecticut.
Hospital Steward Oehler. of the Fourth
Missouri, received a handsome sword yes
terday as a testimonial of the regard IL
which he is held by his comrades.
Each patient in the First Division Hos
pital received a bouquet of flowers from
the ladies of Falls Church yesterday
morning. The poor fellows were delight
ed with the gifts.