Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-28
ONLY TREATMENT 178 OHIOANS
NEEDED WAS TO BE FED.
TEN DEATHS ON THE YUcATAN
1T IS CHARGED SHE LEFT CUBA
WITHOUT PROPER sUPPLIEs.
Second Massachusetts Left 200 Sick
Men Behind When Ii Went Home
---But Thirteen Men in One
Company Were Able
10 Walk.

NEW YORK, Aug 27.-Some OF the nurses
I'm the general hospital at Camp Wikoff are
suffering from dysentery and orders were |
issued to-day that they be given more ifne |
10 themselves for exercise. More nurses ar
rived to-day, and ten will reach camp ear
ly to take the places Of those overworKeo
until they are needed for duty. There are
three male and four female nurses IN eacn
ward in day time.
When the Eighth Ohio landed, nearly 3co
were reported sick and were sent to the
hospital but 1t developed that l'o OF the
sick men were only suffering from nun
GER When these men We're fed, they were
able to leave the hospital. They repeated
stories OF hardship encountered coming up
from Cuba, and said 1t WAS almost lnpos-
sible for them to get food.
One hundred and fifty men in the general
hospital were allowed to go on sixty day
furloughs to-day, as they had improved
When the transport Yucatan reached the
pier to-day and began to discharge the six
companies of the Seventh United States
infantry which she had brought from San
tiago il was learned that seven men had
died on the passage and three more died
last night while the ship lay IN the bay
waiting her turn to unload her human
cargo.
The Yucatan had 200 sick men on board.
1t is alleged that the ship left Santiago
without sufficient quantity of proper 1000
or supplies for the sick, and that she
reached here without any food but army
rations, which the sick troopers were un-
able to eat. When General Wheeler learn
ed of this state of affairs. he at once sent
on board some proper supplies. The sick
men are still on board the vessel, waiting
until there is room for them in the nos
pitals. -
The Second Massachusetts, left behind
seven officers and 200 sick men in the nos
pitals. Altogether $50 men departed. As
,be, ,nen marrhed to the DOCK 100 men
dropped out of line. but We're aided by
their comrades. and were thus able 10
continue until the boat was reached
The rough riders will leave camp III
about ten days. tbs reported that they
win be mustered cut IN New YORK aitei
their arrival. either in Madison square oi
Plaza square. The hospital report at camp
wikoff to-day was as follows:
cases I'm the general hospital. 1,l2o. Of
which l25 are typhoid; cases in the De
tention hospital, 1.430. Diphtheria in tn'
detention hospital, four; In the generai NOS
nital. one. Deaths-Edgar r. Train. Com
many ID. Second Massachusetts,; typhoit
fever: Charles Flynn, Company e. iweiti
United States infantry, typhoid 1ever
There are four soldiers in St. Johns nos
nital at Long Island City suffering IRON
dysentery and exhaustion. They were pick
ed nm about the Long Island railroad depo
carly this morning. Three came from CAM
wikoff and the fourth from Camp Siach
Joseph d. Garrity, of the Twenty-nrst IN
fautry was unconscious when FOUND ~
was on his way to his home in SaNonViiie
Mass. but when he reached here ne wa
TOO weak to walk. The other men fror
camp Wikoff were privates John Craig an
Alexander Burlington, of Tennessee regl
ment and Charles Ogg, from Camp Blaci
was on his way to his home In Jersey CITY
All four men were said to be In seriou
condition to-day. The doctors think tina
Garrity may die.
NEW LONDON, CONN, Aug. Eth
sound steamer Block Island arrived at he
sIip in this city about $50 O. clock this morn
ing from Montauk bearing $50 member
of the Second Massachusetts regiment l
s. ", from Camp Wikoff. The men, as
rule, presented a sorry spectacle. Son
idea of their condition may be had from II
statement of them that in one compan
alone, Company H, but thirteen men wei
able to walk from their tents to the boa
Accompanying the troops We're thirteen lii
officers out Of thirty-six who left Mass
chusetts when the regiment started for Il
front.
WASHINGTON. Aug. "a report W;
in circulation to-day that Surgeon Gener
George NJ. Sternberg, of the army, hi
asked Secretary Alger to order gener
investigation of the medical department
the army.
Secretary Alger said tonight, howeve
that such a request had not reached hil
and Surgeon General Sternberg refused
say whether he had asked or intended
ask for a general investigation. He call
attention to the fact, however. that he h
asked for an investigation of the CONF
tions of Camp Thomas, Cackamauga.
There is no necessity" he said. for
investigation at Camp Wikoff. as Secreta
Alger has inspected 1t. Colonel Forwot
chief surgeon at Camp Wikoff, has h
the benefit of wide experience and he h
been given full authority to order anythi
required in the way of medical suppl
bedding, etc, from the medical supply
not of New York. Supply officers th'
have been directed to fill all his requI
tions at once without reference to the s.
reon general for his approval, so there
40 red tape .
Statements made at the war departm'
to-day indicate that efforts are making
alleviate the suffering in the camps. J
surgeon general reports that up TO
Sth day of August, there mad been
steads, 65s6 gray blankets, 1883 cot
sheets and $3.50 mosquito bars. Anot
statement shows the number Of nur
which have been provided for the differ
camps where hospitals are established
follows: Fort Myer Va, sixty-th
Fort Mcpherson, Ga, Cten en- route) fol
six. Fort Thomas, Ky, Give en- ro'
thirteen. Fort Monroe, Va, thirty-ei,
Hospital ship Relief, sixty-one. Hosp
ship Hudson. two. Hospital ship Misso
ten. Hospital train, three. At large, {
Key West, Fla. three ordered to HUI
VILE. Aia.), g. Santiago de Cuba. 1l9. Lei
Chickamauga Give en- route). IS. Hospi
AT Chickamauga other than Letter,
route or on duty. l29. Sheridan Point
2 Fernandina. Fla Zen route or on du
90 Camp Alger, 10. Camp Wikon. Mont
Point Ten route or on duty), IS. Tan
Fla II. Jacksonville, Fla. ten route ol
duty) So Porto Rico, 6. Total. SIS.
In addition to the above list. there
over 6.0O0 members of the hospital c.
whose services are available az nurs