The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-28
FINE HEALTH At FERNANDINA.
ONLY NINE CASES or SICKNESS
AMONG 800 MEN.

Ladies of the City Organize to Coop
crate with the Surgeons in Look
ing After the Sick-sheIIed Streets
OF the city a. FnvOrite Drill
Ground for the TrOopS-CommHnd-
ers of the Third and Fifth Ohio
Not Looking for Orders 10 60 TO
Porto RicO-Omcers Rent Cottages
on the Beach.
Fernandina, Fla, July 27.-surgeon Os-
wald OF the Sixty-ninih New York; Sur
| seon Schelenberger of the Third. Ohio,
Surgeon Berkhard OF the Thirty-second
| Michigan, and Surgeon Love Of the Fifth
Ohio were seen in a group to-day. and
they report about nine cases of sickness
in the entire camp of about 1870 soldiers,
ali Of which are suffering principally from
malarial fever, with a few cases OF
measles. The surgeons say this sickness
was contracted at Tampa, and is now be-
ing worked out of The men Most of the
sickness exists in the First Florida Reg
iment
The ladies have organized and will CO.
operate with the surgeons of each resi-
them with such food as they should have
while in the hospital.
The different regiments are having their
companies drilled each morning. They
have been since their arrival devotng their
early morning hours 20 cleaning up the
grounds until to-day, when the Thirty
second Michigan sent their companies into
the city, and they were drilled on the
hard shell street. which is preferable TO
the hills at camp. II is also treat for
the ladies who rise early to see them, and
as a company passes a residence they are
always lined up by a smiling lieutenant
ana salute the fair ones who line the pi-
azzas
The commanders of the Third and Fifth
Ohio do not credit the report that they
viii be ordered to Porto Rico, as was re-
ported to-day in a Washington dispatch.
They have, however, received no orders
as yet
The Second New York Regiment arrived
to-day from Tampa and has been unload
ed and taken its place on the camp ground
Al o'clock tonight the men are still
raising tents and hauling their supplies TO
camp
A number of officers, including Col
Terms of the Fifth Ohio, have taken cot
tages on the beach. Their wives will join
them here and a pleasant and happy sum-
HlSi Will DC enjoyed by tncu.
FISHING is a popular pastime among the
soldiers many OF whom are seeing the
ocean for the first time
Material for The erection of large ware
houses IS arriving and a large force of
mechanics will be put to work tomorrow.
The buildings are to be completed in three
weeks. These warehouses will be used
TO store government supplies in for the
army.
Gen. John B. Gordon, the Confederate
veteran, and his daughter, arrived here
to-day 10 see Gen. Coppinser but as Gen
Coppinger has not yet arrived he left on
the train tonight for Tampa. Gen Cor
don did not register at his hotel and saw
no one.
Gen. Lincoln is expected to arrive soon.
His headquarters will be to the north of
camp, making a headquarters on three
sides of the general line, with brigade
headquarters on the south, Gen. Carpen-
Ter on the west and Gen. Lincoln on the
north.
The big government wagons rolling over
Fernandina streets are slightly cutting
them up and the city is kept constantly at
work placing new shell.
Long lines of freight cars are arriving
every day bringing large quantities of
stores and equipage for the army Regi-
mental drill and dress parade has not
been INDUCED in as yet by any of the reg
iments.