The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-18
WORST OF IT SEEMS OVER
FEWER TYPHOID CASES DEvEL-
OPED YESTERDAY
light Sick List Put All the Boys In
Good HumOr-Hope That the
Epidemic Will Soon Subsfde-
Pay Day Brought Something Be-
sides joy and Coin With It
"Non-COnls" Discovered the Fact.

ray lay brought Something be-
sides JOY and Coin with It
"Non-COEns" Discovered the Fact.
A turn for the better occurred yes
teroay in the fever district Hopes
were raised accordingly in the breasts
OIL commander and private of the Fiji
teenth. Only six men were sent away.
They were Thomas O'Phelan, Compa-
ny e; Jesse Doan, Company I, who
went to st. Mary's hospital; Ralph E.
Grave and c. H. Gravell Company A;
George Siiker and Carl Buttchau, Com
pany ii, to Asbury hospital, both of
minneapolis. Something like a dozen
ar inmates of the regimental hospital
whose sickness has not been thor
oughly developed as yet and some of
Whom may not have typhoid. This
morning those cases which are consid-
eIeu suspicious will be sent away.
Inc doctors entertain strong hopes that
enc worst is over Still there is an I'M
spoken dread that it may be but the
iull before the storm. The light sick
list put all the boys in good spirits.
and the paymaster's visit put spirits
into some of the boys. Consequently.
times were better than usual in the
vicinity of the guard house
Pay day, like the quality of mercv.
fell alike upon the temperate and In,
temperate. Non-coms are made of the
same stuff as privates, and they can't
carry any bigger loads of tamarack
than their comrades of the ranks.
Scme of them didn't ascertain the fact
until yesterday. They will realize it
that they fell from grace. However,
IL the charges made against the prison
ers get no heavier than those shown
yesterday, there will be no serious SEN
fences pronounced at the field court
senator Davis, accompanied by his
iegai partner. F. B. kellogg, went out
TO camp Ramsey yesterday afternoon
and looked the situation over. The
gentlemen seemed satisfied at the ap-
pearance of the camp. They STAYED
Tor mess with the staff, and attended
the review of the Second battalion un-
oer MAJ Hand in the evening. Sena-
tor Davis joining the major at the re-
viewing point and saluting each pla-
toon and the colors with all the grace
or an old-time soldier. The senator
expressed himself as much pleased at
the showing made by the men. It was
something of revelation to him to
see green boys from the country six
weeks ago handling themselves and
their pieces as one would expect sea-
soned soldiers to do. The boys feel that
they ought to have a chance to show
what they can do in real army life
before they are mustered out, and ev-
cry hopeful sign for foreign dutv Is
carefully nursed. Every officer or en-
listed man who has a pull is working
10 the end that they may go with Lee
Lieut.. Hubbard writes Capt Dolan that
the climate at Panama camp is not at
all bad. The nights are cool and the
dSYs not too hot. He says that both
Gen. Lee and Gen. Hubbard have re-
quested that the Fifteenth be given
u them. Lieut.. Hubbard says that
Gen. Lee asked him some very pointed
questions as to the equipment. train
Ing and military qualifications of the
FIFTEENTH on the eve Of his departure
from camp Panama for Washington
He may put the case so strongly to
the administration that his request
Will be granted. That wouldn't he 60
bad for the boys
NO civilians except newspaper men
are allowed through the lines at the
detached camps. The boys who are
we'll are beginning to fret under the
comparative inactivity of their life
and Maj. Hand has promised them
some drill for today Some hot work
at base ball was INDUCED in yester-
day. Men Joined in the game who
hadn't touched ball for twenty years.
They We're little rusty, but they got
warmed UP, and were ready to give
the kids pointers before they Quit.
Lieut.. D. D. Tenney is acting adiu-
tant of the quarantine battalion, and
sergeant McInerny is acting battalion
quartermaster. The camp was wild
ened and heightened yesterday, so that
the boys are not so crowded as they
We're. But few passes are issued to the
men OF the quarantine camp and onIy
Tor urgent reasons are they given.
The guard at the detached camp
yesterday was:
Capt Leonard officer of the day; Lieut.
Bennett, officer of the guard; Sergeant Camp
Dell, Company K, sergeant Of the guard.
FIRST Relief-Corporal Rohrer, Company F;
Privates Lowe, Leet, Lowe, Kuntz, COMPANY
F; Melyard. Drake, Company K.
Second Relief-Corpo1al Johnson COMPANY
II; Privates Burnell, Bother, Cartwright,
Company K: Abbott, Company NJ; Holton.
Edwards, Fitzpatrick, Company H.
Third Relief-Corporal Frober, Company M
Privates Clark Votel, Steindorf, Sfith. G M
pany N; York, Eastman, Company II; Ncr-
man, Company F.
Bugler-Sicotte
Outpost-Corporal Robert Price, Privates
Ziemann, Stap!eton. Company NJ; Nelson.
Company F; Dahlberg May, Company n.
The remains of Private Everett Calvert CT
Company IL. were laid away in the govern
ment cemetery at Fort Smelling YESTERDAY
The funeral was attended by Capt Dolan and
a detail OF six OF the members of the com
pany, who acted as pallbearers. The sery CO
for the dead was read by Chaplain Turner.
The ceremony simple. A neat G. fin
was furnished by the government, and flowers
were given by the company. Thus the first
soldier of the Fifteenth to give up his life
for his country sleeps many miles from his