Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-22
HEALTH OF THE ARMY
Names of Those Who Died on the
Relief.
Gen. Skaters Daily Mortuary Re-
ports From characterization OF
Two Iowa Regiments.

Colonel Bradley, surgeon in charge of thu
hospital ship Relief at Brooklyn, N. Y, has
sent the following report to the War De-
partment:
Following deaths have occurred on Re-
lief during last passage: Lawrence S. Smith,
major and surgeon, United States Volun-
teers, on the 18th, remains turned over to
his brother at this port on the 10Th; Theo
Bronson, priva-e I'd Wisconsin, on the 10th;
Chas. A. Currior, private, hospital corps,
L. S. A, on the 18th; Aaron C. Sullivan,
private, 9Th United States Cavalry on the
18th; Philip Koph, corporal, 10th Pennsyl-
vania, on 18th. These four were buried at
Ponce, Porto Rico. Irving r. Campbell
corporal, Sd Illinois, on the 18th, buried at
sea; John D. Barney private, 10Th Pennsyl-
Vanfa, on the 10th, buried at sea; Richard
NJ. Stevens, civilian, packer, quartermas-
ters department. on the 18th, buried at sea
! Royal Young, private, 10th United States
Infantry, on the 10th, buried at sea; VIM
w. Reed, private, 4th Ohio, on the 10th,
buried at sea; Holland E. Thompson, pri-
waite, hospital corps, u. S. A, on the 18th
buried at sea; Chas. NJ. Ward, private, 10th
pennsylvania, on the 18th, buried at sea
Leslie X. Brown, private, 9th Illinois, on
the 18th, buried at sea; George c. Warden
quart7rmaster sergeant, 9th Massachusetts
on the 18TH buried at sea; John w. Clark
private, 9th United States Infantry, on the
N. L.,
for burial; Otto Miskel, private, I'd Wiscon-
sin, on the 10th, remains delivered to depot
quartermaster, New York, for BURIAL
Reports ON Iowa Regiments.
The adjutant general of the army has re-
ceived dispatch from Gen Fitzhuyh Lee,
in command of the It'll Army Corps, as
follows:
Replying to dispatch from Hon. John H.
Gear, Burlington, Iowa, to you, will state
that the condition of the 50th Iowa is ex-
agserated. Yesterday mornings report
shows ten hundred and fifteen enlisted men
present, seventy sick in hospital and sixty
four in quarters. The total number sick
In the hospital in the second division, to
which it belongs. is 404 out of 10,737 men
present. The division hospital is ably man.
aged and well taken care of; has electric
fans and comfortable appliances of all
kinds, and has $50 soldier nurses,
many of whom have had experience in civil
hospitals.
In addition the surgeon general has or
dered fifty trained women nurses here, who
Will arrive soon, and an officer has been
sent north to enlist $50 trained women
nurses from the large cities of the north.
The oGth Iowa has lately had it's camp
moved, and is getting along well. The
trouble at home seems to be the result of
want OF knowledge of these existing facts.
Inc 49th Iowa, the other Iowa regiment
mere, has by yesterdays report, 1,257 en-
listed men present, of whom twelve are
SICK in the hospital and thirty-seyen in
quarters. Apart from climatic summer
fevers. there is very little sickness in this
corps"
Deaths in the Fifth Corps,
General Shafter at Santiago has tele-
graphed the War Department as follows:
Sanitary report for August 20: Total sick,
ILL; total number fever cases. S21: new
fever cases, 81: number fever cases re-
turned to duty. 17s.
Deaths August 12-Prvate Robert c.
Guy, Troop D, I'd Cavalry, typhoid fever.
August 19-Private James B. Ill, Com
pany A, oath Infantry, yellow fever. fol-
loved by dysentery; Private Joseph Wal
lace, Company NJ, 9th Massachusetts, ty-
phod fever
Sanitary report for August q: Total
sick, LOIS; total fever cases, SOS; number
new fever cases, 70; fever cases returned
to duty, 100.
Deaths. August 19-Private Norman Nc
MILAN, Company NJ, list New York In
faEtry, yellow fever; Private Frank E.
Sharp, Company c. 3Sd Michigan, typhoid
fever; Private Moseley Gains, Troop B,
10th Cavalry, typhoid fever, following yell
low fever; Corporal Walter c. Jarvis Com
peny A, 10th Infantry, pernicious
n'aIarial fever; Private Richard Rique,
Company c, 9th Infantry, typhoid
fever: Justice W. HARDWOOD. civilian, acute
dysentery; John c. Wright, civilian per-
nic:ous malaria: F. N. Naftzger, Company
d, Sth Ohio, yellow fever.
August 20-Private August l.. Johnson,
Company E, 34th Michigan, typhoid fever;
James S. Smith, Company B, I'd Infantry,
yellow fever.