The times., 1898-08-03
PRESIDENT IS ALARMED
Spread Of Fever at Camp Alger
to Be Investigated.
TO FIX THE RESPONSIBILITY
Gen. SternberG Claims That His De-
par:ment Is Not to Biame-Camp
junction - Charges of FavOritisn,
shown In Selection of Camp Sites.

President Mckinley is alarmed by the
reports from the front and from Ameri-
can camps. and especially Camp Alger
Surg. Gen. Sternberg, accompanied by
Adjt. Gen. Corbin and the Secretary of
War, called at the White House yester-
day and conferred with the Executive a
long while. The result was that the
President announced his determination
10 have full investigation made and TO
probe the charges of neglect now current
to the very bottom
One of the first steps taken looking to
an improved condition of affairs will be
the removal of Camp Alger to a more
healthful locality.
The circumstances under which the
Camp Alger site was selected have never
been clearly set forth, but at the State.
War and Navy Department, where many
civilians and soldiers gather daily, there
is an undercurrent of gossip TO the effect
that when the whole truth is known it
will reflect no credit on those responsible
for the deal
The troops will be removed 10 place
can be got in readiness. The matter will
be pushed, and it is believed that inside
of ten days the change will have been
made
The surgeon generals office disclaims all
responsibility for the neglect of sick and
wounded troops which is at this time at
tracing so much attention in camps and
on board ships. II bungling work has
been done in the care OF the invalids
Gen. Sternberg says the blame cannot
be laid at his door.
With the single exception of Camp
Thomas. every rendezvous now occupied
! by American troops on American soil is
! in shockngly bad condition. The
healthfulness of Chickamauga is due to
! the untiring efforts OF Brig. Gen. II. V.
Boynton, who is an old soldier and who
at the very outset recognized the great
necessity OF having pure drinking water
for the troops. He had the product of
every well in the camp anaIyzed and
wherever impurities were shown he at
once ordered that the particular source
Of supply be shut off
There seems 10 be jobbery somewhere
in the selection of these camps" said a
civilian yesterday who has followed the
movements OF the army with the keen
est interest ut is significant that when a
from Miami Fla, on the Flagler estate,
! which had proved decidedly unsanitary.
/ Henry NJ. Flagler opposed II on the
! ground that ii would ruin his property
/ Was ever more cold blooded sentiment
| expressed by an American citizen? l
| think not.
Indifference to the lives of soldiers
! who are fighting the battles of their
| country, or who are invalids because
| they have endured the hardships OF sol
| der life is becoming a shame and scan
dal. and the President has not taken the
matter up minute too soon."
Camp Alger will probably furnish 5000
| of the 1900 men to be sent to re-enfOrce
! Gen Merritt.
Two deaths and ffty-six new cases was
the typhoid fever record at Camp Alger
| yesterday.
The victims were Private Fred Fay.
Company c. Twelfth Pennsylvania, and
Private Frank Stockholm, Company G,
Thirteenth Pennsylvania. The bodies
were forwarded to the homes of the dead
| soldiers.
A general exodus of the Second Division
was begun yesterday. The regiments will
be moved 10 locations on the Falls Church
| Road about half way between Camp and
the town. The Third New York moved
yes .erday to the site originally selected for
the cavalry and enjoy good water and
! high ground.
IT is the intention to move the whole
division within a week if possible. No
time will be lost, as typhoid is making
| fearful increases in this section Of the
camp.
! Assistant Adjt. Gen. Richmann said yes
| terday: I'VE are taking every precaution
| to stop the fever from spreading. No
more milk will be sold TO the troops. as
we have traced dozens of cases to this
| ha
/ bad wafer or whether the germs ema-
mated from the cows we do not know, but
| the milk supplied to the soldiers has done
as much any other one thing to give
| the disease a hold"
Some of the commands in the Second
| Division will be camped near Arlington
and sites are already being prepared at
! that point.
Fifty-six cases in one day is a record
breaker. and the authorities are fully
alarmed. The death rate so far from
! typhoid has been about 10 per cent, one
| man in every ten brought to Fort Myer
having succumbed to the disease.
| The following cases were removed to
| Fort Myer yesterday from the First Divi-
! sion hospital: Privates Harry Barton,
! Company c, First New Jersey; Thomas
J. Rosseter, Company A. First New Jer-
sey; NJ. ]. Avery, Company G. Twelfth
| Pennsylvania; J.. l.. Kaufman Company
| c, Twelfth Pennsylvania: Ben. +. Smith,
4 Company F, Thirteenth Pennsylvania; +.
| B. Gale, Company G, First New Jersey;
| Ed. Hazel, Company d, Twelfth Pennsyl-
vania; George Horney. Company l, First
| New Jersey: William Akin. Hospital
| Corps; F. Moore, Company A, Third Vir-
| ginia; w. w. Rose, Company K, Seventh
/ Ohio; H Cable, Company G, Twelfth
Pennsylvania: E. H. Cokeley, Company
| G. Thirteenth Pennsylvania: William
| Nichols, Company l., First New Jersey:
| c. G.. Tretts. Company E. SiXty-ffth New
York: w. s. Smith, Company E, First
| New Jersey; Corporal II. S. Rucker Com
pany D, Third Virginia.
The following is the list of suspected
| cases of fever:
Seventh Illinois. Sergeant John O'Con-
ner Company X, and Privates W. S.
Krause Company X; Charles Wilsey,
| Company F, and Peter Scanlan, Company
B. One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Indiana.
Corporals William Mccormick Compay A.
and Percy King, Company K, and Pri-
Yates p. Clayer. Company A: William
Kelly and Frank Hyatt, Company D; John
PAYNE. James Whitaker and NJ Creech
| Company H; II. Sanner and John Smith
Company /; Jesse Rogers, Walter Alvis
and Albert Parke. Company K First
Rhode Island William Mcguire, Company
A. and F. Wing and William Garin, Com
pany l. Third New York Sergt James
Lamborn, Company F, and Privates Rob
ert Link, Company a; H. L. Clark, Com
pany C. and A r. Frazer, Company H
| Twenty-second Kansas, Private Reynolds,
Company F. Fourth Missouri. Privates
Demarer. Company f. and w. R. Wilson.