The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-28
SICK FROM HUNGER
That Is All That Allied Many
of the Boys
ON ARRIVAL AT WlK0FF
AIgerBusieS Himself Hospital
wise--HoSpitaI Notes.

more tine 70 themselves n which % ex-
srcase, battle and rest Morse nurses ar
rived today and ten viii reac1 camp
Eeady to take the places Of those over
worked until al that are needed ere here.
There are three maJe and three femal
nurss in each ward during the day and
two or duty at night When the Eighth
Ohio was landed nearly 300 reported sick
and were sent TO the hospital, but :: &C.
veloped that 10 Of the sick" rea we're
only suffering from hungeC.
When these men were fed they were
able to leave the hospital They repeated
stories Of hardships encountered coming
up from Cuba. and said 1t was almost IN
possible for them TO get food.
One hundred and fifty men in the gen
e-al hospital were allowed TO go on sixty
days Through today, as they had i'm
proved.
When the transport Yucatan reached the
pier today and BEGIN to discharge the SIX
companies Of the Severun United States
infantry, which she rad brought from
Santiago, it was learned that sew n men
had died on the passage and three more
died last night while the ship lay n the
bay waiting her turn 10 unload her human
cargo.
The Yucatan had 200 sick men on board.
It is alleged that the ship left Santiago
without a sufficient quantity OF proper
food or supplies for the sick and that she
reached here without any food but army
ratlons, which the sick troopers were IN
able 10 eat. When General Wheeler
learned OF tbs state OF affairs he at once
sent n-Soard some proper supplies. The
sick men are sraI on board the Yesselt
waiting until there IS room for them in
The hospitals.
DYSENTERY AND EXHAUSTION.
There are four soldiers in St Johns hos
pital al Long Island City suffering from
dysentery and exhaustion. They were
picked up about the Long Island railroad
depot early this morning. Three came
from Camp Wlkof and the fourth from
Camp Black. Joseph D. Garreity. OF the
Twenty-first infantry, was unconscious
when found He was on his way 10 his
home in SaxonDilIe. Mass, blt when he
reached here he was too weak u walk
The other men from Camp Wikoff were
Privates John Craig and Alex Burlington
Of a Tennessee regiment. Charles Gag,
OF company A Twenty-first regiment. now
a Camp Black. was on his way 10 his
home in Jersey City. All four men were
said 10 be in a serious condition today.
The doctors think that Garrelty might
die
SICK SOLDIERS FROM wIKOFF
The sick soldiers brought here today
from Camp Wikof by the yacht RED
Cross are; Andrew Jessie, private, com
plny \. Second artillery: Frank VII
north. private. Twelfth United States in
f1ntry; James Davidson. troop B, Sixth
cavalry; Harry Lombard, private. COM
pauy F, Twenty-second infantry; Fred
Aherman. private company I. Thirty
fourth Michigan volunteers: Fred Carlson,
private, company A. Seventy-first New
York volunteers; Anglo Mcpherson. pri-
vate, company L. Seventy New York
v7+unteers; Joseph 7. Hudson. corporal.
company H, Sixteenth United States in
fanJry; Arthur X Monager. private. CON-
pa1y =. Ninth United States infantry;
Frank Hill. company II. Second United
infantry: John I. ShaIJon, private, troop
,. Third cavalry; William Gwellian. COM
. any I. Twentieth United States infantry;
Thereon Pratt, private, company X. Thir-
tee1th Michigan volunteers John Hines,
private. Third United States infantry
DOOMED TO DIE OF FEVER.
FlshkiA, n. Y. Aus. 21-Private Mer-
sitt. ofCoi0neI RO0sevelt's Rough Riders,
is very low az the home Of Ms father. /
James Merritt. az Marlborough, Ulster 1
county, having been stricken down with /
fever after he had passed through all the /
battles without q scratch. II IS thought he /
cannon live Young Merritt was living IN /
Aroma at the tine he joined the regiment. /
ALGER BESTTRS HIMSELF.
Washington, .. c, Aug. s7.-Secretarv 4
AIser returned here today from rs visit 1
o. Inspection 10 the camp at MoutauK /
Point he was accompanied by Brigadier /
=-erzls Sumner and Ludlow. OF General /
Skaters corps. who rendered conspIc-
l.5as service n the Santiago campaign. /
and 10y Colonel Hecker and Major Hop
.--ns. Of his personal staff. The secretary
-rceeded 10 the White House. where he
81 al a conference with the president in /
regard To matters Of military administra-
ton. with special reference 70 the prompt
and effective relief Of the sick and wound
e. soldiers AZ various camps.
LIST OF ARMY NURSES
Some statements made at the war de-
pzrrment today indicate that efforts are
making 70 alleviate the suffering IN tho
camps. The surgeon general reports tnat
70 % the e-ghtl day OF August there had
been sent TO Chlckamaaga camp 8. i2s cots
and b@L-teads 6-5S5 gray blankets. 7.Se9
cotton sheets and $3.50 mosquito bars.
Another statement shows the number q
nurses which have been provided Tor The
different camps where hospitals are Is.
IA
Fort Mcpherson. Ca tten en- route). Is.
For; Thomas. Ky ttve en route). g: Fort
Monroe. Va. 3, hospital ship Relief. 81.
Missouri. u, hospital train, 8; al large. I.
Key West. Fla three ordered to Hunts
vile. Ala. s.; Santiago Dc Cuba. rs; Lei
er. ChicAarna'lsa ave 81 route. IS. hos
l.tals al CaicSar1auga other than Letter.
n ro-te or on duty. I2s; Sheridan Point.
"a. >, Fernandina, Fla Ten route or on
'utyl. -; Camp Algsr. 70; Camp TIxor.
,Iortauk Point Ten rouse . ron du:v). IS.
Tampa Fla. Il; Jacksonville. Fla cen
-o1te'or on duty, 80; Porto Rico. s. To
AIS. IS
IN addition 70 the above ust there ara
yer 500 members Of the hospital co-ps
whose services are available as nurses.
TIE surSeoa general ot the army r.
,e,ved a telegram this morning from Sur
gen ireland al Aontauk Poirc saying {
nfr the steamship Catanis arrived there /
es1e-day wi-l1 S53 convalesceat patients !
ron t1e Sib7rey hospital ard ceat nine
1e2'hs occurred or ne trip. He also re-
7orts chac MAJOR George McC-ea-v. sur
ysoa- l. 5. A. 6ted on the Catania OF
ne norTlTzs q ne I'd instant from dys-
sntery following yellow fever and was
1Gr.ec II SEA Malcr Mo- rs