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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-12-03

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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-12-03

The DRAWBACK to noble ancestry
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-12-03

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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-12-03

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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-12-03

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The herald., 1898-08-29

digging trenches over which to place thei,
camp kettles, dug up human bones, and
one perfect skull was on exhibition in the
Seventies section of the camp several days
before an officer noticed it and made the
boys bury 1t. The third section was also
hole used as a dumping ground for the
old race course stables. Again a few loads
Of sand were spread over the rotting filth,
and then 1t was ready for Uncle Sans SOL
diers.
Filth and Disease
Here, on this mass of corruption, lived
the soldiers, while the fog blew in and
drenched them day and night, often two
days going by without a CLEAN of sunshine.
Here they shivered and breathed the poi
soned exhalations coming from the filth
hidden beneath the wet sand on which
they slept.
AS I said, they protested. but 1t seems 10
a man with head and human heart that
no protest should ever have been needed.
The men in command of soldiers are sup
posed to make the care of their men their
first duty, the welfare of the men their
first consideration, but it wasn't SO with
the California boys. Other commanders
protested, and their regiments were moved.
but the Seventh stayed in Death Valley,
with acres of room to spare al the Preside.
The men of the Seventh were only flesh
The herald., 1898-08-29

fog-soaked tents. and on a cold
rubber blanket laid on the wet sand, many
Of them with but one pair of blankets to
cover them, the boys would try to sleep.
The men say Colonel Berry knew the con-
dftions, but If he ever tried to remedy them
they never found it out
A Camp Of Death
And the camp. The officers who Sc
lected the site of Camp Merritt and the Of
ficers who allowed their men to stay there
without an open, vigorous and continued
protest, such as Colonel Berry is never
known to have made, are certainly guilty
Of culpable negligence. to call 1t by no
harsher term. The soldiers have differ
ent name for their neglect-one that sug-
gests the epitaph on the tombstone ia
mark the victims of that camp of DEATH
| Camp Merritt was in three sections as
marked in the accompanying picture. One
section was until recently dumping hole
for the garbage and offal of the neighbor-
hood for squares around. This fostering
mass Of corruption was hidden beneath a
few loads of sand and then rented to Uncle
Sam for camping grounds. Adjoining IT
rhe plot was used until few years ago az
Chinese burying ground, but the owner
tore down the wooden headboards, leveled
off the place and rented 1t 10 Uncle Sam
as a camp site. So close to the surface
were the bodies buried that the men, in
The herald., 1898-08-29

IT haven't reported sick. would if
thought l would be sent to the regimental
hospital, where Major Choate could care
for me; but they say its full, and III die
over there" pointing to the general hos
pital.
why do all the boys dread the genera
hospital so?" asked.
Because Of the way they are neglected
and treated there and because lowering
his voice. all the men who have died in
our regiment have died over there. Major
Choate has saved his men. I've got some
quinine and money to get more, and guess
I'll be all right,
In another tent in the same company
there was young fellow. thiniy clad, who
had high fever and a cough. He, TOO, had
failed to report sick. What kind of officers
are they who can let cases like these es-
cape their observation?
Who Is to BlameP
The question of blame will be one here
after to be definitely fixed. The men in the
Seventh blame Col. Berry for their misfor-
tunes. 1 did not see Col. Berry, although
tried to do so, in spite of the fact that !
had been told would have my trouble for
nothing. He was not in camp on three
The herald., 1898-08-29

| sent them supplies Of heavier underweal
and these fortunate ones divided up witt
| their less fortunate comrades who had M
purse but their own to draw upon. Be.
Sides the boys expected to sail on the very
| first transport 10 Manila and with regi.
mental pride they went down in Their
pockets and bought the brown duck uni.
forms which the war department selected
for use in the tropics.
Camp Merritt, the Horrible
Week after week went by; troops from
the east and north and far-away southern
states arrived and expedition after ex-
petition sailed away and the Seventh was
stM left in camp. But not in their camp
at the Preside. They were turned out of
their comfortable quarters there, although
first on the grounds, and taken into per-
feet hell-hole of disease, sink of filth
where the fog wet them to the skin all Of
the night and much of the day and where
when the sun came out there arose from
the damp ground adisease-breeding stencil
from which there was no escape.
Now the men did need supplies, did need
overcoats and heavy undershirts and fan
mel overshirts. did need more blankets and
better food and more of 1t. In vain they
appealed through their company officers to
Colonel Berry, but no notice was taken Of
their appeals or protests until at last hui
man nature could endure It no longer and
several companies In the regiment openly
revolted against the quality and quantity
of the food being served them.
Perhaps Colonel Berry was, up to that
time, unaware Of the condition of his men.
He may not have read his mail, but he
heard of the food proposition through the
newspapers and he remedded the evil. See
ing that their colonel could aid them # hi
would. the men began to protest to him
concerning the lack of clothing and the site
Of the camp. There were only eight mill
tary overcoats in the regiment and these
the men who owned them took to the guard
house in order that some of the sentries
might at least have little protection from
the chilling fog as they marched up and
down shoe-top deep at every step in wet
sand doing sentry duty. AS day approached
the cutting wind would drive the chill into
the marrow of their bones, and
when sentry duty was over, tired.
cold and wet, they crept to their
The herald., 1898-08-29

shirk the blame for the Seventh not going
to Manila and for its being detained in
Camp Merritt. Since the officers will not
answer questions, the men have to be de-
pended upon. While Alger is blamed
more than anyone else for the failure of
the regiments going to Manila, Colonel
Berry is not spared. The men say that
they were kept by Berry in Camp Merritt
and other powers that be by making pro-
test against the men being left in Death
Valley.
Senator Whites Letter
In trying TO aid the Seventh the follow
ing correspondence took place between
General Corbin and Senator White with
reference to the Seventh regiment, which
will be of interest.
On July 18th the following telegram
was sent from Los Angeles:
LOS ANGELES, July 26, 1s9S-Adjutan mt
General H. c. Corbin, Washington, d. c.:
Much feeling with reference to Seventh
regiment, now at San Francisco. Criti-
cisms extend outside military circles. If
possible kindly aid in procuring permission
to sail. STEPHEN M. WHITE"
ing reply:
WAR DEPARTMENT, Addutant Gen
erals Office Washington, July rs, 1885,
Dear Senator White: The copy Of the en-
closed telegram indicates the action taken
on your dispatch of today.
Sincerely yours, H. c. CORBIN."
WASHINGTON, July %. Ills p. M
General Merriam San Francisco, Califor-
MIA: There is great pressure being brough.
to bear upon the department for the ship
ment OF the Seventh California to
the Philippines. Secretary Of war
would be glad If you can do so with
due regard to the rights of others
land plans already made to hasten the de-
parture Of this regiment.
"(Signed) H. c. CORBIN.
"Adjutant General"
Just what "the plans Of others" may mean
is left to conjecture. but from all that can
be learned, neither Brig. Gen. Otis nor Col
Berry has overexerted himself in his eff
forts to get the Seventh to the front.
But, whether the Seventh went to the
trent or not, there was no excuse for the
mems being left in Camp Merritt to waste
away and die with disease, and somebody
The herald., 1898-08-29

and blood, and 1t is just as we'll they were,
perhaps, since had they been Of iron they
would have been rusted out by the fog, but
being of flesh and blood, disease fastened
on them. 1t came In the shape of me sizes,
which was brought into camp by an east
ern regiment and the afflicted men allowed
to run at liberty until half the camp was
infected. The danger of measles when 1t
fastens upon an adult is so we'll known tina I
1t is surprising how lightly the attack of
the disease upon the troops was treated
until one or two had succumbed to the dis
ease and died. There will be many man
in the Seventh who fell i'll with the mea sizes
and recovered who will return home perma :
nently impaired in some of his senses for
life. But still the Seventh was kept in
Camp Merritt.
Typhoid and Pneumonia
Then came that dread spectre of the fog
pneumonia. 1t reached out and caught
the boys with cotton undershirts and COT
ton overshirts and without an overcoat
caught them as they kept their sentry
watch and sent them TO the hospital with
weakened constitutions, an easy prey for
death. Every day at roll call the sick
list heightened out and the list of the dead
increased, and yet Col. Berry made no open
protest against the Seventh being kept al
Camp Merritt The boys who died OF
pneumonia and measles went to swell the
The herald., 1898-08-29


camp In the country Camp Merritt wasna
worse
This is true. There are today $4,000 sic,
In an army of 154, 900 men. From Camp WI
koff Camp Tampa. Camp Chickamaura
come terrible stories Of suffering and ner.
lect to be added to the horrors of SANTIAGO
and the transports. The only army that
has escaped epidemic. disease and disaster
Is that farthest away from the war depart.
msnt and tie base OF sunn,es namely Tia
army in Manila.
B,m IT must be remembered, IN AZ Ma .s.<
ern camps were overcrowded whaIa tha
Prssidio here was pract.callv amntv IN
Camp Merritt there were never ovar 2soo
men at a time. while IN ca stern camns thara
ara from 10000 to $4,000 men. In rush.
ing tina men into camn some 4ro,,hts No.
70 he exnected hut Camn Merritt was ne,,-
or needed. was never a necessitv and, evan
hi d. IT been at one time There was nlen+v -
room at other places in he citv In iocaNt,e.
which were healthful. This fact ia horn.
out by the following letter from Surgeon
Major Choate. which certainly shows th,+
everybody knew the condition and danver
of the camp.
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The herald., 1898-08-29

1t Is just eighteen years since the first
Japanese newspaper was established, and
row there are in existence there CTS daily
and weekly newspapers and IS law and med
ical magazines, II scientific and a large
number of religious journals.
The herald., 1898-08-29

Within the last Ave years several millions
of the Pacific coast salmon have been placed
in Lake Superior. They are now frequent-
ly caught, weighing from ten to fifteen
pounds and of excellent flavor a little mild
er than that of the saltwater salmon.
The herald., 1898-08-29

1t is a strange fact that injuries to the
tongue, whether of man or animal, heal
more quickly than those Of any other part
of the system.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-12-29
FILIPINO AGENTS CON|NGCOLUNB|A MATTER AGAIN
COMMISSIONERS TO
WASHINGTON.
Intend to Make the Best Terms Posi-
BILE With the United States-Military
Cable and Telegraph.

Aguinaldo seems to keep a watchful
eye ON events. AS soon as it became
known what the fate of the Philip
pines was to he, even before the trea-
tv of Paris was signed. he appointed
commissioners to the United States.
''These commissioners" said Lieu
tenant Ben +. Calkins of the First
Montana. who is returning passen-
ger on the Doric ''were to have come
by this vessel. But for some reason
they were delayed and they will come
on the Nippon Maru. just what they
expect to do is not known very def
nitely, but they hope to get some sort
of recognition for the Filipino govern
ment They want the cession of some
of the Islands of the Philippine group
to the Filipinos or an indemnity of
some kind. They are alive to the sit
uation and want to make the most of
it.
when we left the naval and militia
ry forces were just commencing work
on plan to unite all the Islands and
all the principal places in the Philip
pines bv cable and telegraph. This
plan will involve the laying of some
cable and the stringing of considerable
wire. \ requisition for the needed
material has already been sent to
Washington. There is some material
on hand, enough to make quite be-
ginning of the work.
THE soldiers are becoming acclimat-
ed to the country. There is still a
good deal of sickness. but it is of
kinds for which the soldiers individ-
ually are responsible. At first every
body had fever, due to the climate.
Few escaped some touch of it, That
has abated now. and health rests with
the individuals"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-12-29
FIGURES SHOW THAT 2,305 WHITE
PEOPLE HAVE REMAINED.
Total Population has Advanced Near
ly 1000 During the Last Six Months
of the Year 1898.

The population of the Islands has
been actually increased by 6,715 since
July 1st.
Yesterdays Star gave the figures
for those who arrived in Honolulu
during the last six months, but no no.
tice was taken of the departures. To
arrive at a proper estimate of how
much the population has increased,
really, from outside, and not consid-
ering births and deaths within the
limits of the territory, these must be
taken into account.
The total arrivals as stated yester-
day, excluding soldiers, amounted to
9,45S The total departures during
the six months under review amount,
with the allowance made, to 2,743, Civ
ing a net addition to the population of
6,715. Now this is for six months on
ly, but certainly marvellous six
months in the history of the Islands.
At the last census, taken two years
ago, the number was 109,040. This in
crease alone would raise the popula-
tion to nearly 10000, and for the 9TH
er eighteen months it is not out of the
way to estimate 1000 increase, taking
into consideration births and deaths,
so that the population. must now be
about 100000.
Of this increase in population from
without. Americans and Europeans
can claim "A large percentage of perma-
nent settlers, for of 4,049 who came to
the Islands, 1,744 returned, leaving a
residuum of 2,305 whites in residence
OF the Japanese, 4,110 arrived in the
six months, and COG returned home,
leaving an increase of that nationality
of 3,504. On the other hand, 1,299
Chinese entered, and 1893 returned to
their country, leaving COG as an addi.
tion to the population from the Celes.
tial empire.
The influence of annexation is seen
in this. There has never in the histo
ry of the Islands, been so large an in.
fiuX of resident whites as has occurr
ed during the last six months. II
means that the white man sees his
way to making a living here and the
process of growth in the Anglo-SaXor
and Lati, sections of the community
will be by no means slow.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-12-29
BUSINESS MEMS MEMO.

Thursday, December 30, 1898.
Sealed tenders received by Minister
of the Interior until noon, December
81, 1898, for the construction of road
from Haehue towards S. Kohala.
Sealed tenders will be received by
the Minister of Public Instruction un-
til Monday, January 2, 1899, for two
room school house, at Waiakea-kai,
Hilo, Hawaii.
Sealed tenders received by the
Minister of the Interior until noon of
January 3, 1899. for the construction
of Il road from Honolua to Kahakulon.
Maui.
Sealed tenders received by the Min
isterof the Interior until noon of Jam
uary 3, 1899, for the construction of a
from Nahillu landing.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-12-29
CUSTOMS AND TARIFF LAW
WILL THEY APPLY TO HAWAII on
JANUARY FIRST.
Leading Authority Conjectures That
Such will be the Case-EXpected
Changes.

There has been no end of street dis
cussion this week on the question of
whether American tariff laws would
be extended to Hawaii at once, or at
the beginning of the fiscal year which
is July 1st.
A man in a position to know as well
as anybody else is author of the opin-
ion that January 1st is the date Sc
lected by the administration.
"If it were not So" argues he, "the
bill extending the laws would not
have been hurried through Congress-"
A report has gained credence in the
United States that local parties were
importing large quantities of certain
foreign products to escape the high
American tariff when it is put into eff
feet. However false the story may
have been it will doubtless have the
effect of Fastening matters.
The change will mean great deal
here. There will at once be a revolu-
ton in the customs department For
eign vessels will be driven out of the
trade between Honolulu and the coast.
American goods will be landed with
out inspection, as if from Island ports.
There will be no searching of San
Francisco and Seattle trunks.
In place of a decrease, however,
there will be an increase in customs
business. This will be the first Ame-
rican port reached by Oriental and
Australian steamers. Their invoices
will be examined and they will be all
searched here. All the care exercised
at San Francisco will be transferred
to this port.
The general opium law will apply at
once with other tariff regulations.
This prescribes a duty of So a pound.
The opening of a channel for the adj
mission of the drug to Chinese, it is
believed, will put an end to Snug
Cling. 1t is not believed that there
will any longer be money in the bust
ness.
An official authority does not believe
there will be a change in the person
mel of the customs house. Mr.. Nc
Stocker will doubtless be the collector
and general head, although he may
have "coacher" from the states fol
time. The rank and file will either
be accepted holus bolus into the civi
service, or given year in which tc
qualify.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-12-29
STOCK EXCHANGE

Dividends: December 30, Inter-Ts-
land, per cent; December 81, c.
Brewer & Co., 1 per cent; Hawaiian
Agricultural. 10 per cent; Eva, 2h
per cent; Waimea, per cent.
Bid: Eva, $50; Hawaiian Sugar.
100; Kahuku, 120; Oahu paid up, 14O:
Olowalu, 120; Pacific Sugar, 225; Wal
mea, 120; Government SIS, 100; Gov
ernment SIS, 95; Postal Savings AZ s.
90; Oahu Railway bonds, 100.
Asked; Eva, 26O; Hawaiian Sugar
1865: Haiku, 255; Oahu, assessable. 95:
Oahu, paid up, $50; Waimanalo, 100;
Hawaiian Electric, 200; Postal Savings
as. 100.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-12-29
INCREASE 0F POPULATION LUMBER IS VERY SCARCE.
DEALERS REPORT A SHORTAGE
OF MATERIAL.
Unprecedented Demand Decimates the
Supply-Shipments are AnXiously
Awaited.

There is a great scarcity of lumber
in the Honolulu market. For some
weeks dealers have been very short
and IA famine" has threatened. The
Chinese lumber concern in town has
had the largest supply, having receiv-
ed shipment just before the short
age came. Levers d Cooke were re-
lieved by the arrival of the Skagit a
few days ago. In the words of MEM
ber of the firm, Wilder & Co. haven't
enough lumber on hand to build dog
house.
THE unprecedented demand caus-
ed the shortage" said a lumber deal
er this morning. The last six
months have formed a busy period
among the builders. Houses of all siZ-
es and kinds have been going up, and
the strain upon the lumber market
has been greater than the supply could
stand.
Though not generally known the
lumber for the military barracks at
Camp Mckinley was all purchased
here. Not foot of it was imported
by the government. The lumber that
was brought by the Charles Nelson for
the United States government was all
used n the construction of stables at
lwilei, and for odds and ends at the
camp. When the 2SO,0OO feet arrived
by the Garonne, the barracks we're
nearly completed with Honolulu ma
terial. | was told by an official a few
days ago that that lumber would very
likely be sent on to Manila
Wilder d Co. had bad luck with one
shipment, which precipitated their
shortage. The Klikitat, which left
the Sound in November with a full
cargo, struck storm when roo miles
down, sprung a leak. and had to put
back. She was repaired and is now
fourteen or fifteen days out. Other
lumber cargoes are nearly due. If
good time is made by them the first
of the year may witness a different
state of things.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-12-29
ITALIAN CAPTAIN CALLS.

Captain Giovello of the Italian
cruiser Etna called upon President
Dole in the Executive chamber this
morning. He was accompanied and
introduced by Italian Consul f. A..
Schaefer. With the president at the
time were Minister Cooper. Minister
Damon. Attorney General Smith and
star officers Colonel Soper and Major
Potter. During the pleasant informal
part of the interview, lasting about
fifteen minutes, Captain Giovello stat
ed that he had visited Honolulu twice
before.
After the call upon the President.
the captain and consul drove to the
United States legation at Waikiki and
called upon Minister Sewal. They re-
turned to the city at noon