Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-01
VAR Department BUSY.
Every Bureau Hard at Work Set
Ting Up Matters Connected
with the War.
SICK MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS ARRIVE.

the First, Second and Fifth missouri
Regiments Reaches St LouIs-Volun-
teers Suffering from Hunger-SteameE
with Convalescents-Fever Cases.
Washington. Aug. 2s-Every bureau
of the war department is busy with
matters connected with the war. The
pay department has big task before
it in settling with the troops and
officers in the fin al muster out. There
must be an accounting of all govern
ment property and each muster roll
must be complete and satisfactory to
the accounting officers of the govern
ment before there can be final settle
ment. The clothing and purchases by
the soldiers will have to be looked up
and balanced by the pay officers before
final payment is made. All officers
who have charge of government prop
erty of any kind must account for 1T
before they can receive final discharge.
The ordnance officers are busy prepar-
ing for the reception and disposal of
the arms of the soldiers and blanks
and papers are being made ready.
Officers from each branch of the serv-
ice will be detailed to go to the state
camps, where the final mastering out
occurs, to receive the government
property, make final payment and give
the soldiers their discharge.
Sick Missouri Volunteers Arrive
St Louis. Aug. 2S.-A train, con-
sisting of nine sleepers, arrived in this
city to-day, having on board 152 mem
bers of the First, Second and Fifth
Missouri volunteer regiments, who
have been laid up in the hospitals at
Chickamauga park for some time past,
fro
ailments. The Homecoming of these
soldiers, many of whom are on the
brink of the grave, was a pitifu1 con-
trast to their outgoing just few
months ago. Twenty-one of the men
belonged to the First regiment, whose
home station is ST. Louis. They got
off here and went to their homes. Men
from the other regiments whose cases
were considered serious were sent in
ambulances to the various hospitals in
the city, where they will be carefully
uursed. The remainder will continue
on their way to homes in different sec
tons of the state to-day.
Volunteers Suffering from Hunger.
New York, Aug. 2S-Some of the
nurses in the general hospital at Camp
Wikof are suffering from dysentery
and orders were issued to-day that
they be given more time to themselves
in the exercise. More nurses arrived
to-day and ten will reach camp early
to take the places of those overworked
until they are needed for duty. There
are three male and four female nurses
in each ward in the day time. When
the Eighth Ohio was landed nearly
800 reported sick and were sent to the
hospital, but it developed that no OF
%1a Scio lyo
from hunger. When these men were
fed they were able to leave the hos
pital. They repeated stories of hard
ships encountered coming up from
Cuba and said it was almost impossi-
BILE for them to get food. One hundred
and fifty men in the general hospital
were allowed to go on 60 days fur
loughs to-day as they had improved.
Steamer Arrives with Convaiescents.
Washington, Aug. 2S.-The surgeon
general of the army received a tele-
gram this morning from Surgeon Ire
land, at Montauk point, saying that
the steamer Catarina arrived there
yesterday from San tiago with 353 con-
valescent patients from the Siboney
hospital and that nine deaths occurred
on the trip. He also reports that Maj.
George McCreery, surgeon United
States army, died on the Catarina on
the morning of the 23d instant from
dysentery following yellow fever and
was buried at sea- Maj. McCreery was
a native of New York.
Suspicious Fever Cases.
Washington, Aug. IS Wyman.
surgeon general of the marine hospital
service, has received a telegram from
| his assistants at Galveston, Tex, stat
| ing that the army surgeon in charge
| there considers three fever cases as
| somewhat suspicious He has isolated
| them and has taken the precaution to
| burn their clothing and bedding.
| There are few new cases also at Key
! West which may turn out to be genu-
| inc yellow fever, but they have not
yet sufficiently developed to warrant
| a positive statement in regard to them.
| stapIey's Law Partner Severely Wounded
Wichita, Kan, Aug. 2S.-At a Chris
| tan Endeavor social here some hood
| lums interfered with the guests. Earl
Evans, law partner of the republican
| candidate for governor, w. E. Stanley,
| Alfred Lewis and Walter Vincent I'M
dertook to drive them off when the
hoodlums used knives. severely cutting
| Evans, whose wounds are dangerous.
and badly injuring the others Four
| boys have been arrested
Earthquake Shocks In Santiago.
Santiago, Aug. 2S.-Four earthquake
shocks were felt here between 11:1O