The age-herald., 1898-04-23
MORE SOLDIERS
 PASSED THROUGH The First Battalian of the Nineteenth h.
 iantFy IN BIRMINGHAM LAST NIGHT On Their Way to Chickamausa Were Sud- denly Ordered to Mobile. MORE TROOPS THROUGH ON A. 6. s. Surgeon Davis, of the Nineteenth, Talks on the Climate of cuba-Says That With Modern Hygienic Methods Death Rate Is Greatly Reduced,
MORE TROOPS THROUGH ON A. 6. s.

The first battalion of the Nineteenth in- Birmingham last night on their way from Fort Brady, Mich., to Mobile, at TAO o'clock.
 Until an hour or two before the train arrived, it was not generally known in Birmingham that they were coming through, consequently there were but few people, compared to the thousands who thronged the depot last Wednesday to see Uncle Sam's boys pass. Those that were there were very enthusiastic, however, and the car shed resounded with their cheers. This battalion had no band along, but all the bugles got together and played as we'll as can be played on a bugle, Marching Through Georgia" This satisfied the crowd, however, and they went wild with delight.
 The whole of the Nineteenth regiment left Fort Brady Tuesday night and have been travelling ever since their way to Mobile. At Corinth, Miss, the first bat talion was ordered to go by way of the Memphis & Charleston to Chickamauga park near Chattanooga, but before the train had reached Decatur the order was countermanded and instead they were or dered to rejoin their regiment at Mobile by way of the Louisville and Nashville. Hence their unexpected trip through Bir- mingham.
 Captain c. A. Vernon was in command of the train. The other officers were Cap tain Charles B. Hall, Captain F. H. French, Captain E. D. Smith, Major William B. Davis surgeon; First Lieutenants, A. B. Foster, T. G. Hanson and B. H. Winston, Second Lieutenants, c, F. Crane, F. G. Lawton, and G. W. Helms. There were about 250 men,
 The train consisted of six cars of bag gage and seven Pullman cars full of officers and men. Unlike all the other troops that have come south, the privates and the non commissioned officers travelled in Pullman cars. Usually they are transported in tourist cars. This was due to the courtesy of General Brooks, in command of the de- partment of the lakes, and his chief quar- termaster Colonel Lee. One of the sleep CTS was the Maine" None of the men were afraid to ride in it, but on the con- trary it was considered quite an honor. The train pulled out of the depot at S:30 o'clock.
 Surgeons Opinion
 1T don't think the death rate of the sol- diers in the southern part of the United States and in Cuba will be great as Is generally supposed" said Major Davis, the surgeon of the battalion, to an Age-Herald reporter. Although we are just from a. district where there is still snow on the ground and where it is still extremely cold, our men are in such fine condition that I think they can stand the warm climate very we'll
 "Yes, it is true that more men die from the diseases to which all soldiers are sub- jected in camp than are killed on the bat tefield but under the modern system of sanitation and disease preventatves, think that death from this source will be much less than it was during the civil war The wounded are also much better cared for and are much less liable to die now than in the civil war. Modern surgery has largely overcome those dread diseast 8 which in former years made the hospital so horrible"
 More Troops Today
 It was learned in the Alabama Great Southern offices yesterday that that road expects to handle a train load of troops through this city today on their way from Fort Huachuea, Arizona, via New Orleans to Chickamauga. This road also expects to handle two trains of soldiers Monday from Mares island, San Francisco, on their way to Chickamauga. Is it not yet known at what time any of these three trains will ar- rive in Birmingham