The times., 1898-08-03
Spread Of Fever at Camp AIger
TO Be Investigated.
TO FIX THE RESPONSIBILITY
Gen. Sternberg Claims That His De-
partment Is Not to Blame-Camp
junction Charges of FnvOrftism
shown i'm Selection of Camp Sites.

day and conferred with the Executive a
long while. The result was that the
President announced his. determination
to have full investigation made and to
probe the charges of neglect now current
to the very bottom.
One of the first steps taken looking to
an improved condition of affairs will be
the removal. of Camp Alger TO a more
healthful locality
The circumstances under which the
Camp Alger site was selected have never
been clearly set forth, but at the State,
War and Navy Department, where many
civilians and soldiers gather daily. there
is an undercurrent of gossip to the effect
that when the whole truth is known it
will reflect no credit on those responsible
for the deal.
The troops will be removed to a place
near Manassas Junction as soon as it
can be got in readiness The matter will
be pushed. and it is believed that inside
of ten days the change will have been
made
The surgeon generals office disclaims all
responsibility for the neglect of sick and
wounded troops which is at this time at
tracing so much attention in camps and
on board ships. If bungling work has
been done in the care of the invalids
Gen Sternberg says the blame cannot
be laid at his door.
With the single execution OF Camn
Thomas. every rendezvous now occupied
by American troops on American soil is
In shochngly bad condition. The
healthfulness of Chickamauga Is due TO
the untirinS efforts of Brig Gen. II. V.
Boynton, who is an old soldier and who
at the very outset recognized the great
necessity of having pure drinking water
for the troops. He had the product of
every well in the camp analyzed and
wherever impurities were shown he at
once ordered that the particular source
OF supply be shut off.
There seems TO be jobbery somewhere
in the selection of these camps" said a
civilian yesterday who has followed the
movements of the. army with the keen
est interest. 1T is significant that when a
proposition was made to move the troops
from Miami, Fla, on the Flagler estate,
which had proved decidedly unsanitary
Henry NJ. Flagler opposed it on the
ground that it would ruin his property
Was ever more cold -blooded sentiment
expressed by an American citizen? l
think not.
Indifference to the lives of soldiers
who are fighting the battles of their
country. or who are inYalids because
they have endured the hardships of sol
der life is becoming shame and scan
dal. and the President has not taken the
matter up a minute too soon
Camp Alger viii probably furnish 5000
OF the l5e00 men TO be sent TO re-enforce
Gen. Merritt.
Two deaths and fifty-siy pav "a Sas 1ror
the typhoid fever record at Camp Alger
yesterday.
The victims were Private Fred Fay,
Company G. Twelfth Pennsylvania. and
Private Frank Stockholm, Company G.
Thirteenth Pennsylvania The bodies
were forwarded to the homes of the dead
soldiers.
general exodus of the Second Division
was begun yesterday. The regiments will
be moved TO locations on the Falls Church
Road about half way between Camp and
the town. The Third New York moved
yesterday tc the site originally selected for
the cavalry and enjoy good water and
high ground.
1t is the intention to move the whole
division within week If possible. No
time win be lost, as typhoid is making
fearful increases in this section of the
camp.
Assis ant Adjt Gen. Richmann said yes
terday: we are taking every precaution
to stop the fever from spreading No
more milk will be sold to the troops. as
we have traced dozens of cases to this
source Whether the milk is diluted with
bad wa-er or whether the germs ema-
mated from the cows We do not know. but
the milk supplied TO the soldiers has done
as much as any other one thing TO give
the disease a hold
Some of the commands in the Second
Division will be camped near Arlington
and sites are already being prepared at
that point
Fifty-six cases in one day is a record
breaker. and the authorities are fully
alarmed. The death rate so far from
typhoid has been about 10 per cent, one
man in every ten brought to Fort Myer
having succumbed TO the disease.
The following cases We're removed to
Fort Myer yesterday from the First Divi-
sion hospital: Privates Harry Barton,
Company c. First New Jersey: Thomas
]. Rosseter. Company a, First New Jer-
sey; N. ]. Avery, Company G, Twelfth
Pennsylvania; L. L. Kaufman, Company
c, Twelfth Pennsylvania; Ben. f. Smith,
Company F. Thirteenth Pennsylvania; F.
B. Gale, Company c, First New Jersey:
Ed. Hazel, Company d, Twelfth Pennsyl-
vania; George Horney. Company l. First
HOSPITAL
Corps: F. Moore, Company A, Third Vir-
ginia; w. w. Rose. Company X. Seventh
Ohio; II. Cable. Company G, Twelfth
Pennsylvania; E. II. Cokeley, Company
G., Thirteenth Pennsylvania; William
Nichols, Company l.. First New Jersey;
G. G. Tretts. Company E, Sixty-fifth New
York; w S. Smith. Company f, First
New Jersey; Corporal II. S. Rucker Com
pany D, Third Virginia.
The following is the list of suspected
cases of fever:
ner Company X, and Privates w. s
F. and Peter Scanlan, Company
b. One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Indiana.
William Mccormick Compay A
and Percy King. Company X. and Pri-
Yates p. Clayer, Company A; William
Kelly and Frank Hyatt, Company d; John
Payne, James Whitaker and NJ Creech.
H; II. Sanner and John Smith
Company /; Jesse Rogers. Walter Avis
and Albert Parke, Company K First
Rhode Island, William Mcguire Company
A. and L. Wing and William Garin, Com
pany 1. Third New York. Sergt. James
Lamborn, Company F, and Privates Rob
ert Link, Company A: H. L. Clark, Com
pany C. and A. r. Frazer. Company n
Twenty-second Kansas, Private Reynolds.
Company f. Fourth Missouri. Privates
Demarer. Company F, and w. R. Wilson,
Daily and Dallum, Company K Second
Tennessee, Privates Sherman Kennedy
and c. A. Weston, Company a; p. j. Jaw.
sen. Company H; W. O. D. Brumright
Company /. and A. o. Embry, Company
*. Thirteenth Pennsylvania, Private E.
P. Cockley. Company C. Twelfth Penn
sylvahia. Capt. Edward h Taylor and
Privates Clarence Mills, Harry Green and
W. p. Sheesley, Company G.. Seventh
Ohio, Private w. w. Ross. Company X
Sixth Pennsylvania PrjvateS Artb,,r W.