The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
TYPHOID FEVER
IS NOW RAGING
At HONOLULU
There Are III Cases in
the Hospital.
KING LEAVES 1850 SICK MEN
CAMP OTIS ABANDoNED-CAMP
M'KINLEY MOVED.
The First Detachment of the New
York Regiment Will Leave
Honolulu Next Week for
This City.

Major General Merriam yesterday COM
pleted his report Of the administration OF
the Department of Hawaii This he will
forward to the adjutant general at Wash
ington this week. The report contains
some very interesting statistics as we'll as
some pertinent suggestions made by Gen
eral Merriam.
The latest report from Honolulu to this
department shows that there are 3l2 pa
| tents in the general hospital at that
place, and of this number there are Ill
cases of malignant typhoid fever The re-
port is from General King. He sailed for
Manila on the 10th of this month, leaving
at Honolulu of his command of expedi-
tionary forces $50 in the general hospital.
This number is of course included in the
entire number now in the hospital.
General Merriam in his report gives 1t
as his opinion that the city of Honolulu IS
thoroughly infected with typhoid fever.
bly due to the men that were sent from
here with the disease, who were taken or
the transports at Honolulu and put in his
pitfalls there. While he does not so state,
General Merriam gives the inference that
in his opinion Honolulu is thoroughly
unhealthy place and not fit for the en-
General Kings departure abandons
Camp Otis, and General Merriam says 1t
will not be again occupied by troops
Camp Mckinley has also been moved to
new ground and every possible sanitary
precaution taken to insure the good health
of the men.
The first detachment of the First New
York Regiment will leave Honolulu next
week on the Australia. and the second de-
Alameda. If the last-named transport
cannot bring all the members of the re-
naming detachment, those that are left
will come on the Scandal When the first
detachment arrives here it will go into
camp at the Preside for about a week
until transportation to New York can be
arranged for. The second detachment
will also go into camp at the same place
for a few days. General Merriam thinks
that the entire regiment will be forwarded
from San Francisco in time to get home
to eat their Christmas dinner.
The case of Private Aubrey D. Howard,
Battery A. Third Artillery, who deserted
up for trial before a general court martial
some time next week. The soldier is now
confined in the guard-house at the Pre-
sidio, and is new. to the service He was
recently arrested In Woodland by the
Town Marshal, where he had returned to
his home He was wearing his uniform at
the time According to Towards state
ment when he arrived In Alaska he began
to suffer with rheumatism, and he says
he would die He claims that he thought
that if he returned he could report to the
Preside for duty. One day he took French
leave and came home but forgot to report
to the Preside at ali. so that at present
he is soiourning there in the guard house
waiting for his trial.
Private Tuthfll Of the engineer corps,
who was judged to be insane. was taken
to the sanitarium at Washington, d. c.,
on Monday under a guard OF five men.
The cases of Sergeant Charles Clarke.
Battery B. California Heavy Artillery,
Lime Point charged with INSTRUMENTATION;
Private Henry Hadler: charged with de-
sertion and Hospital Stewards Spillinger,
charged with disobedience Of orders, and
FITZGERALD, charged with drunkenness on
duty, were all tried by the general court
martial yesterday. Their sentences have
10 go To the department commander for
approval or disapproval before being made
known.