Evening star., 1898-08-19
FEVER SHIP RELIEF:
She Brings l53 Typhoid Cases to
New York.
TEN OF HER SICK MEN DIED At Sea
One Was Major Lawrence Smith
of Philadelphia.
THE WOUNDED ON BOARD

NEW YORK August 1e.-The United
States hospital ship Relief has arrived here
from Porto Rico with sick and wounded
soldiers. passing Sandy Hook at II 80 am.
The Relief left Ponce on the 14th and
Mayaguez on the 18th instant. She carried
24S sick and wounded soldiers from Gen.
Miles army
Ten deaths from typhoid fever occurred
on the voyage. Nine of the victims were
buried at sea. The body Of Maj. Lawrence
Smith of Philadelphia, surgeon, United
States volunteers, who died at sea August
ID, was fnclosed in a metallic coffin and
brought here.
Four deaths from typhoid fever occurred
on the Relief while she was lying in Ponce
harbor. The bodies of these four were
taken ashore and buried. They were Philip
Koph, corporal, Company K. 10th Pennsyl-
vania; Aaron Sullivan, private, Troop A.
9th United States Cavalry; Theodore Bron-
sen. private. Company A, I'd Wisconsin,
and Charles A. Currier, private, United
States Hospital Corps.
Buried at Sea.
Following are the names of the nine men
buried at sea-
Richard M. Stevens of Texas, packer;
Charles M. Ward. private, Company c, 10th
Infantry; Holland Thompson. private, Hos
pital Corps; Royal Young, private, Company
F, 10th Infantry; Leslie r. Brown, private,
Company B, 9th Illinois; John L. Barney,
private, Company A, 10th Pennsylvania;
George Wenden, quartermaster sergeant,
Company c, 9th Massachusetts,; w. Reed,
private. Company K, 4th OHIO; Irving
Campbell, corporal, Company c, Sd Illinois.
The total number of cases of typhoid
fever on the Relief, including those who
have died, was 167, and the number aboard
of her when she arrived today was 153 The
Relief also brought twenty wounded men,
including three officers, the most of whom
were shot In the battle near Mayaguez on
August TO-
The Wounded Men.
The names of the wounded are:
First Lieut.. Joseph c. Byron, Sth Cav
airy, on Gen. Schwan's staff, wounded in
foot; First Lieut.. John P. Haines, Sd Ar
tillery, wounded in chest; First Lieut..
Charles Hunter 1st Artillery, wounded in
the thigh Corporal Amos Wilkie Com
parry NJ, 18th Infantry. wounded near spine;
Sergt Willard H. Wheeler Company A..
11th Infantry. wounded in chest.
Private Harry f. Assick Company f, 11th
Infantry, wounded in leg; Private Arthur
Sparks, Company c, 11th Infantry, wound
ed in thigh; Private Daniel ]. Gray, Com
pany NJ. 18th Infantry, wounded in leg;
IrlNate James sanders, musician, 1Ith In
antry, wounded in leg: Corporal Joseph
Ryan, Company A, 11th Inantry, wounded
in leg; Private Paul ]. Mitzkie, Company
E, 11th 1nantry, wounded in leg.
Private George Curtis, Battery D. 9Th
Artillery, wounded in chest; Private Will
liam Rossiter, Company G, 11th Infantry,
wounded in neck; Corporal John ]. Bran
ming, Battery d, 5th Artillery, wounded in
wrist: Private Samuel Frye, Battery D,
9TH Artillery, wounded in chest; Corporal
John L. Johnson, Company D, 11th Infan-
try, wounded in leg.
Private Henry Garrick, Company E, 11th
Infantry, wounded in elbow; Frank G..
Frank. Company C, 10Th Pennsylvania
wounded in thigh; Private Theodore Lubold
Company 1. 10th Infantry. wounded in
elbow; Private George Whitlock, Company
c. 10th Pennsylvania, wounded in thigh.
The following officers. suffering from va
rous kinds of fevers, also came on the
Relief:
Assistant Surgeon Charles A. Robbins
9th Illinois. typhoid fever; First Lieut..
Charles Green, I'd Wisconsin, remittent ma
larial fever; First Lieut.. Frank Dayton,
9th Illinois, remittent malarial fever.
First Lieut.. Joseph Showa1ter. 6th Tili-
nois, remittent malarial fever; Second
Lieut.. Ralph Sherman, 9th Illinois, remit
tent malarial fever; Maj. Morris F. Cowley,
surgeon, 4th Pennsylvania, typhoid fever;
also Capt. Arth hur Lee, British military at
tache, intermittent malarial fever.