The times., 1898-07-29
CALL FOR IMMUNE NURSES
Surgeon Generals Circular
Meets With a Hearty Response.
MANY VOLUNTEER SERVICES
The Soldiers at Camp AIger Grow
Restive Under the Existing Innc-
fIgity and Serious Trouble Is said
to BE ImEaineRt-Goy. Tanner and
the War Department Loci, Horns.

An official circular from the surgeon
general of the army was sent to every
regiment at Camp Alger yesterday call
ing for iInmunes to volunteer to- go to
Santiago and nurse the sick.
Immune nurses are sadly needed. but
already too many have offered their ser
vices in the Second Army Corps alone.
When the circular was read TO the boys
they simply jumped at the opportunity
to get to the front and within a few
minutes after the Seventh Illinois had
heard the news the whole regiment vol
unteered their services.
The boys will have to go as regular hos
pital corps nurses, but they are so
anxious for action that they will go in
any capacity. Private Anderson, Com
pany A, Twelfth Pennsylvania. was the
first nurse accepted. He has had yellow
fever, and cannot get to Santiago quickly
enough.
Trouble is brewing in the ranks at
camp and it IS not improbable that a
serious break viii occur unless something
is done to keep the boys quiet The
troops are simply disgusted with the long
round Of miserable loafing. Unlike NJ
cawber. they tire of continually waiting
for something to turn Up and where a
man was censurcd a few days ago for
criticizing superior officers his remarks
now find sympathy everywhere.
As pay day approaches the fear of
I ,f,
! Increases.
! The boys have sworn TO 80 home or
! u shot in the attempt. They have been
! backed up by the bulk Of the Thirteenth
( Pennsylvania, who Will join them in max
/ ing a break. Col. Coursen will pace .
strong guard all around the quarters on
and after pay day and will issue ball
cartridges. with instructions to shoot
| down any man who fails to halt after
/ having been warned three times.
The Sixty-iifth New York are also ready
for break and claim they won't stand
) this business very much longer. In the
I event Of Col Welch rendering his res
/ iguation mutny is sure 10 ensue.
The troops OF the Ninth OHIO tcolOred)
Battalion have been grumbling because
/ of the recent order which details them
! for permanent duty at corps headquar-
| ters Last night, after dress parade Ma
| jor Young addressed his command. ex-
pressing his sorrow al the remarks he
! had overheard and stating that the men
! were better here because they would have
! yellow fever instead of Spaniards 10 fight
/ II they were in Cuba. The men cheered
] their popular commander and all are re-
signed TO wait for a time.
There will be not times in the Seventh
] q
! difficulty between Gov. Tanner. OF llli-
nois. and the War Department. Some
1 time ago Major Eben Swift Of the Sec
/ ond Battalion resigned, and the vacancy
! was not filled until last week. when Gov.
! Tanner Of lilionis appointed Major G. 9.
! Bellew TO the command. Major Bellew
was ordered to Camp Alger, but the War
Department took issue with Gov. Tanner
and stated that under the new rules
there could not be three majors in one
regiment. and that Lieut.. Col Moriarity
should command the Second Battalion.
Governor Tanner then grew warlike
and disputed the right of the department
to dictate who should command a bat
talon in an Illinois regiment. and has
sent Major Bellew on TO succeed Major
! Swift At present Lieut. Col. Moriarty
commands the Second Battalion. and is
hardly likely TO throw up his command.
/ What Major Belew will do when he ar
rives armed with authority from Cover
nor Tanner. remains to be seen. The boys
expect a nice, warm time for several
days.
A court has been appointed TO examine
regular army officers for promotion. The
court consists of Major Cooke, Lieut. Col
Roberts, Lieut.. Col. Duvall Lieut.. Col.
Girard and Corps Inspector EdgeTly.
/ Three regular army officers have already
Hyyai amir
ton They are Major Z. F. Ladd. Lieut..
| Col Burnham. Fourth Missouri and
| Lieut.. Ahern.
Two new cases Of typhoid have shown
| up since yesterday. The patients are
| Private Charles S. Grace, Company f,
! Sixty-fifth New York, and Corporal John
1 Clute. Company A. Sixty-fifth New York.
First Lieut. F. H. Wilson, of Company
! Z, Sixty-fifth New York who went home
on a furlough a few days ago, has been
reported seriously i'll with typhoid, which
developed as soon as he reached his
! home in jamestown. y. Y.
Inspector Gen. Perry belmont, of New
York has arrived al camp and is pleased
! with his new quarters with Gen. Butler.
Major Belmont calls his tent his house.
and thinks that its construction was mar
velously rapid He is the glory of the
division orderlies, as ne never requests
any cndnSe out OF len ana twenty -uD4ldT
bills. The last sentry who did duty in
| front of Major Perry Belmont's tent tells
a story that on Tuesday night he called
his post regularly and each time caused
! Major Belmont to stick his head out of
| the tent and peer anXiously around The
sentry still paced along and a the proper
| time sang out, Post number 8, 10 O'Clock,
! and all's we'll" Then it was Post No 5,
| II o'clock and alls WELL Finally, at
midnight. the sentry howled with a fog
siren voice, Post No. 3, L o'clock, and
! als WELL This was the finishing touch,
! as Major Belmont stuck his head out
/ between the tent flaps and. after eying
! the sentry for a moment, said, 81 am
much obliged. my good fellow, but don't
! want TO know the hour. / have a watch" I"
The hand of the Twelfth Pennsylvania
has received a set of new instruments
and viii now meet all comers.
Sergt Garrison and Lieut.. Reifsnyder
of the Twelfth Pennsylvania hospital
corps, have gone to Newport News on
a pleasure trip.
Lieut. Col. Clements yesterday COM
pleted the examination for non-commis-
stoned officers. Forty-eight new corporals
were appointed under the new muster of
1O5 men to a company.