The evening times., 1898-07-20
CAMP ilGER's sick LIST
Fifteen Of ihe Poisoned Soldiers
Dangerously III.
FORTY ARE OUT OF DANGER
Pcnnrylvania Cavalrynsen Not to
Be Sent to the Front-A Mid
night MISREPRESENTATION Tillman
of the ThfEd virginia Escapes
From the cqGuardhOuse.

Fifteen Of the men of Company A.
Twenty-second Kansas. who were pois-
| oned by eating old meat at Camp Alger
yesterday are s,iIl in a very serious con-
! dition. The other forty, while far from
being well. are now out of danger. and
are being cared for in the Kansas Y. n.
c. A. tent. which was converted into a
temporary hospital.
The cause of their illness was ptomaine
poisoning. and the surgeons are surprised
that the whole regiment has not been
laid up. More care will be taken in is
suing meat to the men i'm future.
The three troops of Pennsylvania cav
airy. after long, anxious wait. have
practically been informed that they will
not be sent to the front. but will remain
at Camp Alger as long as the camp ex-
lists. The troopers are greatly disap-
pointed with the decision, and have de-
cided to forward a petition to the War
Department, praying that they be sent
to the front. If this does not have the
desired effect nearly half of the troopers
will seek transfers into commands likely
to get orders. Many of them will go into
the Eighth and Thirteenth Pennsylvania
Infantry, buS. as they say. infantry is
lots better than staying in the cavalry.
and not seeing any fighting"
The Pennsylvania cavalrymen are a re-
markably clean, intelligent set of boys.
Many of them are from the best families
in the State. and 1t gals them to think
that they will not have a chance to dis
n Oh hA h,f AGalI
Private II. S. Tillman, of Company l.
Third Virginia, who was in the guard
house awaiting trial for desertion and
obtaining money under false pretenses,
escaped yesterday afternoon and is still
al large. Tillman- went to Richmond Va
on a two days furlough and remained
away until a guard was sent after him.
and he was brought back a prisoner 1t
was also discovered that he had written
a bogus draft on Capt. Willard. of Com
pany i. and If he Is recaptured Camp AL
ger will be made so warm for him that
he will be glad to seek refuge in a mill
tary prison.
What nearly resulted in a free fight oc-
CURED on Company d Street. Sixty-fifth
New York. last night Some Of the boys
tried to have a little fun at the expense
of Col" Green. by initiating him into the
pleasures of a rough house. tent Just
after midnight. when col" Green was
peacefully dreaming of Porto Rico. the
boys of the company lined up in their
army patamas and ran past Green's tent.
Each man carried something which he
dropped an the PROSTATE sleeper and in
few minutes the latter was buried un-
der a small mountain of tin cups hats.
belts. shoes. ponchos. bayonet scabbards
and old clothes. When Green realized
what had happened he set up a howl
which shook the hills. and starting out
began TO pound the first man he en-
counterei Two or three others took
hand and a dozen others tried to see fair
play so that when the guard came around
he found the whole company banging one
another in good style. The affair was
hushed up. but no more jokes will be
attempted on Colonel Green
Four men were discharged from the
Sixty-hfth New York yesterday owing to
physical disability They were Privates
e. H. Kline, Company D: John Davis.
John Rechin. Company NJ. and w. ]. Hine
of Company B., -
Private Gfllhllian. of Company l.. First
Rhode Island. who was stabbed with a
bayonet by Private Friend, of his COM
pany. IS rapidly improving and will soon
be back in quarters. Friend will be tried
for assault when Gillfillian recoyers
Ihe First Connecticut arrived late last
night, and has been stationed at the
new camp at Dunn Loring. The men are
spiendidly equipped and are recruited up
10 the full strength. Colonel Rurdett is
in command with Lieutenant Colonel
Hammond.
Maximum temperature today 90 degrees
Great humidity.