The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-03
Camp Cuba Libre,


troops out of the extreme South and
place them inNorthern camps.
The Secretary did not 20 into details
as to his reasons for doing this, the dis
patch says, but indicated that the COM
plants of i'll health and the. spread of
fevcrs at some of the camps was the
impelling motive
Asked il he had made up his mind IL
revocably on this point, the Secrc-
tary said he had.
1t is hoped there is some mistake about
this. While the present camp i'll Jack
sonyille, like those at Tampa and
Miami, is unhealthy, the fact is due
more to the location than the climate.
If troops are properly placed through
the South it will be found that the
health conditions are just as good as in
New England or any other part of the
country.
The unhealthfulness of the camp here
is cerainly due to its low situation more
than to the climate. But this is Il de-
feet that can and is being remedied.
The First, Second and Third brigades
now in camp Il Camp Cuba Libre, in
Springfield. will probably be moved to
new quarters within few days. Lieu
tenant Colonel Guild. inspector general,
has recommended that the camps of the
regiments comprising the above mention
cd brigades be moved but as to where
they will be located has not yet been de-
termined. as several sites near the city
are being considered.
1t has been unofficially reported by
some of the officers in camp that the
Fourth Virginia, Second Virginia and
Forty ninth Iowa, comprising the Third
brigade, will be moved to Riverside the
latter part of this week. and also that
the First North Carolina, Second New
Jersey and Second Illinois, comprising
the First brigade. would be moved to
Fairfield, near the old fair grounds.
Confirmation of these reports could not
be obtained
The First Wisconsin regiment moved
their quarters Saturday to the grounds
west of Main street and south of Eighth
and the Fiftieth Iowa finished moving
their camp to the same vicinity Monday
morning The Fourth Illinois regiment
has received orders to move to the same
site Thursday. These regiments com
pose the Second brigade. The removal
of the above regiments is being made so
that the men can get on higher ground
and the quarters will be in better condi-
ton in wet weather.
The morning paper here replying to
the published statement that the camp
is unhealthy, declares that Jacksonville
has ''thc lowest sick rate of any large
camp in the Emitted States" TO prove
this it puts together the troops at Pana-
ma Park, recently arrived here and en-
camred on high. sandy ground, and those
at Springfield. cncamped in an unhealthy
frog pond. This the Jacksonville paper
says. gives a total of 1926 men. of
which only SOL or less than per cent,
are sick.
Now, neither the News and Observer.
nor the New York Herald nor the Chi
cago Record for they have all stated
practically the same thing has ever con-
tended that the Panama Park camp is
unhealthy, but they have and do contend
that the Springfield camp is unheaithy,
and the hospital records show it.
The sick list now is quite low, COM
pared to what it has been at times since
the troops have been here. For instance.
i have known upwards of thirty sent to
the Division hospital from he First
North Carolina regiment lionc i'll oln
day. Monday none were sel' Sunday
none Tomorrow or next day there may
he II dozen. Despite this temporary good
health. there are now in The hospital
from this division between 30 anG 200
patients. to say nothing of abou3 half as
many sick in quarters and off duty
their illness not being. as yet, Of a s2ri-
Gus nature From this regimen aior Z
there are twenty-eight hospital patients,
though no new ones have been sent overl
for two days, thanks to Il cessation IN
the rains.
Among the more serious cases now in|
the Division hospital from the First
North Carolina regiment are:
Daniel Grier. Charlotte. typhoid fever.
Dennis Williams, Waynesvile, typhoid
fever.
Charles A. Torrance, Statesville, ma
larial fever.
VIM. H. Ayers, Charlotte. malarial
fever.
Eli w. Bonney, Charlotte, malaria
fever
Matt Elmore, Goldsboro, malarial
fever
Frank O'Bren, Winston, malarial
fever.
Joe A. Daniels, Goldsboro. typhoid
fever.
Adam Oxford, Statesville, typhoid fe-
yer.
William Headen, Raleigh, typhoid
fever.
Thomas Smith. Goldsboro, typhoid
fever
BENJAMIN r. Hammell, Gldsboro ty-
phoid fever.
William III. Davis, Goldsboro, no
diagnosis. ).
w. II. Mcqueen, Asheyille, no dag
nosis.
Geo. II. Cox, Concord. no diagnosis.
w. r. Saunders, Reidsville, typhoid
fever.
VIM. A. Adcock, Reidsville, malarial
fever.
A. Il. Lee GoIdsboro, malarial fever.
Robert Charles, Concord, malarial
fever.
Reden Hare. Goldsboro, malarial
fever.
j. r. Price. Goldsboro, typhoid fever.
Warren H. Moore, Charlotte, typhoid
fever.