The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-28
VICTIMS OF FEVER
0GNIRAL SKATERS LATEST
REPORT
THE YELLOW JACK INCREASING
Cubans Leave Guantanamo Cheering
the Soldiers and Are Cheered
in Return
Associated Press Special wirs

Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON, July 27.-At 10 o'clock the
war department posted the following:
SANTIAGO DE CUBA. July 2.-Adju-
tant general of the army. Washington: Re-
ports Of yesterday show total sick. S77O; to-
tai fever cases. 1924; new cases of fever $50;
cases of fever returned to duty, 5SS.
Death list for yesterday at Siboney: First
Lieutenant J. A. Babcock. Thirty-thlro
Michigan. yellow fever.
William Francis Poore. Company D, First
District of Columbia volunteers, typhoid fe-
yer.
r. H. Mahoney, Company D, Twentieth
infantry. typhoid fever.
Corporal Charles E. Wangle, Company E.
Twenty-fourth infantry. yellow fever
Civilian teamster. E. G. Coba, yellow fe-
yer.
Moore Stuart, yellow fever.
Privates Albert Burgunde, Company G,
Sixteenth infantry. malarial fever, and
Charles Clemmens, Company H. Thirty
fourth Michigan, malarial intermittent fe-
yer, both with regiments.
Deaths not previously reported: Privates
Brooley, Company c, First infantry, dys-
. EMERY, July 18th; ]. Lame, Company G,
Mcclellan, Troop A, Second cavalry, yellow
fever, July goth; w. E. Hamil Troop A, Sec
ond cavalry, yellow fever, July Goth; An
drew Johnson, Troop F, Second cavalry, vel
low fever July goth; Walter Wischman.
Troop e, Twentieth infantry, yellow fever:
Harry Atkins, Company I. Second Massa-
chusetts nostalgia, July 25th; colored SOL
der, name unknown, July 21st. at detention
hospital.
SKATER, Major General.
Cubans Leave Camp McCalla
PLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo Bay.
Cuba, July q. p. m.-(Copyrighted, 1898.
by the Associated Press.) All the Cuban
troops at Camp McCalla were transferred
this morning to Caimanera in the Samoset.
They will camp there awaiting orders. They
rather expect to go to Santiago.
The parting between the United States
marines and their Cuban allies was attended
= with quite a ceremony. guard was drawn
up and the Cubans shouted. viva Amer
icano," "viva Cuba libre.' and viva Nc
Gala"
1t is generally conceded that they have
been OF great service to the marines. The
latter remain in their original camp.
The preparations of the fleet continue
without incident. The Vixen, with General
Howard and number of army nurses went
to Santiago this morning. General Howard
arrived on the Niagara. The Marbehead
picked up thirteen submarine contact mines
in the upper Guantanamo bay yesterday.
All were covered with barnacles and wera
harmless. They had been in the water since
April 9th.
Juragua Pest Hole
DIVISION HOSPITAL, CAMP JURA-
qua, July 25.-"There are 200 yellow fever
cases here and at the front today. There
will be thousand If we are here two weeks
longer"
This was the prediction made this after
noon by DR.. Sem, the government yellow
fever expert, who, with DR.. Gutierrez, IS
looking after the health Of the army in
that particular line. The bolt of fever has
fallen out of an apparently clear sky. Three
cases were discovered four days ago. There
were twenty the next night Now there are
200 DR.. Senn's estimate of 1000 in two
weeks seems conservative in the face Oh
these figures.
Dr. Gutierrez said today: II cannot 7ay
that the fever is of mild type but there has
been only one death so far, though there
have been two cases Of suppression and two
of black vomit symptoms, supposed to mark
only the last stages of desperate case. All
four OF these. however, seem to be doing
well. The usual course in an epidemic Is
mild beginning with low death rate followed
by more violent cases, more of them and
higher mortality; then a gradual decline,
both in number of cases and their violence.
Il should say that in this campaign we
will have an apparently lower death rate
than usual, but 1t will be because we will get
nearer to true figures than in an epidemic in
large city. Here every suspicious case will
be carefully noted and 1t will practically be
impossible foc even mild case to escape
detection. In city many of these light cases
are not reported and are similar to malarial
fever, hence the yellow fever death rate
being taken from among only the more vio-
lent cases, is made to appear higher In
proportion to the number of cases than 1t
really is. 1t cannot be denied that there will.
be great suffering, but the detention camp
Is being put in the best possible order and
the men will receive the best treatment
possible
Inspecting Relief Ships
NEW YORK, July 27.-Surgeon-Gen
eternberg Of the United States army held
an extended conference with a number of
army and contract surgeons in the medical
supply depot at the army building, among
them being Lieutenant-Colonel j. Morris
Brown, Major Torney of the hospital ship
Relief, Major William Arthur and Dr. Doth
of the Health Board.
The conference was devoted almost en-
tirely to the discussion of special regula-
lions to be adopted with regard to the ar
nd