The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-11-04
SOLDIERS AT MANILA SICK.
There Were Forty Deaths Since the flrs'
of September, Mostly From
Typhoid Fever

SAN Francisco, Nov. 3.-The AsSOcl-
ated Press has received the following
correspondence, dated Manila, Octo-
Der s.
The health of the troops here at pres
ent is far from being good. notWlth-
standing the statements of the medlcal
department to contrary. At Cavlte the
conditions are very bad. There have
been 40 deaths there since September
/, mostly from typhoid fever.
One-third of the officers OF the
Montana volunteer regiment are
on the sick list, including the colonel
and lieutenant colonel, who are unfit
for duty. In one battery alone over 40
per cent of the men stationed there
have been on the sick list within
month. the officers being affected as
well as the privates. The hospital &C
commodations there are inadequate.
The supply of medicines was exhaust
ed at one time, and for days there
was nothing medically to admins
ter to the patients. The place
is unhealthy at best. The men are
CHARTERED on ground floors, where it Is
damp. and in this country especially
conducive to illness. Many of the men
worked themselves i'll during the pro-
cess of cleaning Cavite, but now SAM
tary conditions are being looked after
and an improved health record will
doubtless follow.
In Manila the conditions are better.
The men are fairly well quartered and
are being given better accOmmOda-
tions as fast as possible and it will not
now be long before all reasons for
complaint will have passed. Much of
the sickness of the past can be traced
to the overcrowding of the men while
proper quarters were being prepared.
Malaria is the most common of the
diseases among the troops. A malarial
! condition is the natural result of the
| climate and sanitary conditions which
prevail.
Typhoid fever has also developed to
serious degree. The average num-
Der of sick in the hospitals, in addition
to the number of men relieved from
duty by order of the physician, is 500.
The new cases reported to the hos
pitfalls daily average about 40 cases.
There have been II cases of smallpox
among the soldiers SO far, six of which
have proven fatal. The regimental
nh Cd hi to
washing OF the soldiers quarters
and the liberal use of cOrrO-
sive sublimate, but there Is not
| sufficient lime or corrosive sublimate,
or even a good substitute to be had.
Smallpox is always prevalent among
! the natives. many having it as children.
The doctors are doing everything pos
sible to cOnfine it among the natives.
No cases have been reported in
the past five days. The hospitals
which in the past have been nothing
more than death traps are being put
into sanitary condition. They are
abundantly supplied with food and
medicines, which are now Obtainable
at a moments notice.
Col. Lippincott has steadily refused
to give out any. information to the
press up to Wednesday, and only then
through Gen. Otis. Col. Lippincott
said: with cool weather radical i'm
prOvement is looked for"
Gen. Otis recently inspected one of
the hospitals-the convent hospital es-
tablished since the capitulatiOn of Ma
Mia. and said it was the finest hospital
he had ever visited.