The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-19
DEATHS FROM FEVER.
Two Members of the Thirteenth Reg
iment cumbed-Remains Are
Being Taken Home.

Special from Staff Correspondent.
Camp Alger. Va. July 1S.-The
first deaths in the regiment oc-
Private Charles w. Tallman, Of Com
pany H, succumbed to typhoid fever
at Fort Myer hospital after a two
weeks illness. He was a resident of
Carbondale. his father being T. NJ.
Tallman, of Church street. He was
enlisted June Z, 1898, at Scranton, COM
ing down with the second batch of re-
cruits. Soon after his arrival he be-
came i'll and for a week before he was
sent to the hospital he was on the sick
report. the regimental surgeons caring
for him in his quarters. When the ty-
phoidal symptoms developed he was
sent to the division hospital and from
there he was removed. July 6, to the
general hospital at Fort Myer.
Word of his death was received at
brigade headquarters by telephone at
O'Clock this morning and Captain
Corwin was Immediately notified. He
communicated the sad intelligence to
the unfortunate young mans home and
asked what disposition should be made
of the body. The deceased was twen-
ty-six years of age and r-married.
THE SECOND DEATH.
The news of Private Tallman's death
had only started on the rounds of the
regiment when the alarming announce
ment came that another of the Thir-
teenth's men had fallen by the dread
typhoid He was Private Walter q.
Porter, Company d, resident of Moo
sic, and son of Isaac Porter, a driver
TO, the Moosic Powder company. His
death occurred at O'Clock this morn
ing. On July he was sent to the
division hospital and three days later
when symptoms of typhoid developed
was removed to Fort Myer.
1t was not thought that his condition
was serious and the shock of his death
was on this account the more severe
he was 20 years of age and had been
member of Company d since No
vember S, 1897. When the regiment left
for the front he was student in the
Scranton Business college.
The remains of both men were sent
home tonight at 1910 in charge or
squads from their respective COM
panies.
ANOTHER MAN MISSING.
Company p has another missing man.
Friday night last, Private Fred Rudge
hetook himself off without leave or the
formality of saying good bye and up
To the present writing has not returned
or disclosed his Whereabouts. Ever
since the granting of furloughs has
been in vogue Rudge has been trying
to secure the privile ge of going home.
lie produced a telegram announcing
that his wife was seriously i'll, but an
investigation showed that this was not
SO and the application was refused.
Another telegram came a week later
begging him TO come home as his wife
was dying. A telegram w8s sent to the
police of the West Side precinct ask
ing that the matter be Investigated.
The answer came that Mrs. Rudge
was perfectly well.
Last Thursday a third telegram came
signed by Dr.. G. Il. Reynolds stating
that Mrs. Eudge was dangerously i'll
and advising that her husband be al
lowed to come home. The previous
fake kilograms led Lieutenant Colonel
Mates to the conclusion that the last
one was forgery and this, coupled
with the fact that he is under arrest
awaiting charges affecting his honesty.
caused the lieutenant colonel to decline
10 consider his application. When
1tudge saw that he could not secure the
much desired furlougk, 1t is supposed
he decide to go anyhow and that he
will return possibly and take the con-
sequences.
EXTRA CARE TAKEN.
Because of the six cases ~ typhoid
fever that have broken out in the Thir-
teenths ranks extra care is being ex-
ercised by the regimental surgeons to
protect the health OF the camp Yes
terday the "peach-sprout" well, which
Is only twelve feet deep, was ordered
closed by Major Keller. This was not
done because the water was unWhole-
some but simply as a precautionary
measure, II being thought best to con-
hne the men to use OF the water from
the deeper artesian wells as long as the
supply is plentiful Major Keller is
positive that the typhoid that has de-
veloped can not be traced to any un-
sanitary conditions about the camp or
20 its water supply. He is inclined To
the belief that the patients were pre-
disposed to the disease from the fact