The San Francisco call., 1898-08-03
Due to the Loading of Sick Sol diers On lily Supplied
 Transports.
War Department Orders an Investigation of the
 Medical Corps at Santiago .:.@:-:..@~ de Cuba

: WASHINGTON, Aug. ?. = General Sherman truly said War Is hell" Nor is 1t always at the battle front. Just when peace appears to be in sight E troubles are coming thick and fast and the War Department is likely to bear the brunt of them. Typhoid fever is epidemic at Camp AIger and the medi- cal department at Santiago Is to be ln- Nestigated for loading sick and wound ed soldiers upon lily supplied trans ports.
 Even ito the loo6ers-on in Vienna" the shameful condition of affairs at Camp Alger is not surprising. The or der that went out to-day for the Iinme- diate disbandment of the camp had
 been anticipated by those not i'll the . charmed circle of the War Department, for from the first it was realized that the camp site was lily chosen. Even the authorized statement that the E1,000 troops. in camp were to be reviewed here on Saturday, August $, by the President could not put stop 10 the reports of a widespread increase in the fever epidemic.
 Only yesterday the announcement was made of a postponement of the re- view for one week on the ground that the troops were to be given preliminary practice in marching.
 Now the veil is torn aside. Camp AL ger is to be broken up immediately. Five thousand of the troops are to be sent to Porto Rico. Secretary Alger de- uies that any of these soldiers are to be sent to Manila, but another Cabinet officer said tonight that the situation in. the Philippines was very grave; tuat Aguinaldo's course was exceedingly + harassing; that the administration was sorely disappointed because Mer- ritt and Dewey had not taken Manila last Friday, and that endorsements would be hastened to Merritt
 Some days ago General Butler took the bit into his teeth and moved his division to Dunn Loring, six miles rom Camp Alger, where he thought his troops would be comfortably fixed. To- day, however, it appears that the camp at Dunn Loring presents almost as many objectionable features as did the old camp. All the wells but one sunk so.far have been condemned. The eX- ception Is that used by the Eighth Pennsylvania It follows. therefore. that seven regiments of infantry must all rely on one artesian well for drink ing water. The situation is further complicated because one of the drilling machines is now disabled. Finally word had been received at the corps head quarters. that some of the regiments at Dunn @Loring are on unhealthy ground. It is Impossible to dig sinks, for in stance, for the First Connecticut with otit striking water.
 :. : To-day's typhoid record includes two deaths and forty suspected cases.
 The troops that are not to embark. for Porto Rico will be immediately sent to Gan. near Manassas, Va, This place is about sixty miles south west. of Washington. on the Southern Railroad, and is in a healthful region. Secretary A1ger will not make known what troops are to be sent to Porto Rico because of the enormous pressure for changes publicity would create. :. The sight of a wagon load of rude collins passing through the streets to the camp to-day may have been the straw that broke the camers back-the camp must be moved at once or there soon would be nothing to move.
 At last the War Department will make an effort to fix responsibility for the dfspatching to the United States of transports loaded with soldiers, and