Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-31
ALL GLAD TOBE IN NEBRASKA
Soldiers Who Have Suffered Fever in the
Camp at 0hiokamauga.
lNvALDS OF THE SECOND REGIMENT
Hospital Train Comes in with Its
Load of Patient Heroes, who EN-
press Their JOY NJ Reaching
Home Again.

The hospital train from Chickamauga,
! which left Camp Thomas with the sick be-
! longing to the Second regiment of Nebraska
volunteers, arrived in Omaha yesterday aft
ernoon over the Missouri Pacific at about 4
o'clock. The train, which was composed of
one baggage car and three Pullmans, made
good time on the run. although 1t was nearly
an hour late in reaching here. There were
/ hundreds Of people at the Webster street
| depot to receive the train and its load OF
/ invalided patriots. among the waiting ones
being numerous anxious relatives OF those
on board and some were not sure but that
some relative might be sick and be on his
way home.
| When the train came to a stop there was
a rush to the cars by the crowd in waiting,
eager to see If there were any familiar faces
/ among the returning soldiers and there was
| Just as eager rush by those on the train
| who could stand on their feet to get out Of
! the train to greet relatives. There was
| sigh of relief when it officially an
| nounCed that none of the i'll had succumbed
| to their sickness or to the fatigue OF the long
| hot journey.
! number OF the soldiers we're able, when
| they reached Omaha, to take up their bag
| gage and leave the train. Others who had
| started in fair condition were forced to
seek bed before reaching here. They all
| showed the evidence of their long service in
camp duty and this appearance was aggra
waited somewhat by the dust and dirt ac-
| cumuated in travel.
| At all of the stations where some Of the
| sick were put off in charge of friends or rel
atives there were crowds to greet the re-
| turning soldiers.
| There was little complaining among the
men. They thought the presence of the
| fever was largely due to the water they had
to drink although they said it appeared
| to be all right to them while drinking it.
| There was no criticism of anything or any
| body in particular, except the condition Of
things which compelled them to remain in
| camp instead of going to the front. With
out exception they were glad to get back
! to Nebraska and there seemed to be some
| improvement in their condition when they
| learned they had reached Omaha and were
| at least within a day of home. Typhoid
and nalarial fever was the prevailing ILL
| ness among them,
| The sick were in charge of Captain NJ. A.
| Robert, surgeon OF the regiment. and he was
| assisted by the following members OF the
\ hospital corps: William H. Lebot OF Mid
dleton, N. Y; Edward Allin OF Fairbury;
Hospital Steward II. d. Storm of Kearney;
Walter Parker Of Reynolds, G. S. Cornell.
George w. Baker and James G. Wanzer.
Roster of the InvnIids.
The following were the soldiers who came
I home on the hospital train:
G. H. Piever, company B, Ord, sick with
| typhoid fever.
! Harry s. Smith, company B, st. Paul. four
weeks sick with typhoid rever.
Frank Simodynes, company X, Wahoo.
generally debilitated.
| H. d. Beebe, company L, Stanton, Neb.,
| malarial fever and dysentery.
Joseph Wolfe, company X, Pierce, three
weeks sick with typhoid fever. ..
Charles Baysdorfn, company G, 1865
South Fifteenth street, Omaha, typhoid fe-
yer.
H. H. Bovee, company l., Norfolk mala-
| rial fever.
Charles E. Holly, company L, Norfolk,
malarial fever
A. f. Littell. company L. Pierce, malarial
| fever.
| william Newton, 2432 South Seventeenth
| street, Omaha. .....
Colt G. Campbell. 1904 North Twenty
| fourth street.
]. F. Traynor, 7O9 South Thirty-seventh
street.
Fred Olson, 624 South Seventeenth street.
George F. Stoney, 1904 North Thirty
| fourth street.
Frank Newcomb, 1921 Sherman avenue.
]. c. Arnout, 2i01 Dodge street.
| w. Raney, company s. Norfolk.
Marion James, company M, Fremont.
Charles Bittenan, company E, North
| Platte.
C. l. Knox, company e, North Platte.
Frank Ferguson, company NJ Omaha.
II. B. Kinney, company G, $40 South
Twenty seventh street, Omaha.
Colt G. Campbell, company G, 1904 North
Twenty fourth street, Omaha.
c. f. Lapache, company X, Schuyler.
Wellington Butler, company NJ, Grand
Island.
Abner e. Goodrich, hospital corps, North
Loup.
C. NJ. Sutherland, company X, Schuyler
Sergeant o. H. Mayer, company X Schuy-
Ter.
Edward Jungbluth, company X, Schuyler.
Joseph Shultz, jr., company X, Schuyler
Gerald Bednar company X, Schuyler
Charles Gossett, company b, Ord.
Fred McMinds, company b, Ord.
Edward Weare, company d. Ord.
G. E. Malin, company II. Hay Springs.
Herbert Crossman, company NJ, Grand
Island.
James A. sickler, company A, Riveriale
Oscar Z. A. HcDonald. company A, Kear-
rey.
Frank Pickrell, company A, Kearney.
f. w. Allen company A. Kearney.
James NJ. Kilian, company NJ Grand
Island
fSTueSJ ETlCRSOu, company NJ, bTdHu
Island.
OF the above about thirty came through to
Omaha, the others leaving the trains at
various points in the state from which they
could more easily reach their homes. Several
Of those who came TO Omaha took late trains
yesterday for their homes, and the others
who did not live here were transferred to
st. Joseph's hospital, where the seriously
sick will be nursed back to health and those
canvalcscilg will be allowed to rest and
recover their strength. About twelve OF the
men were in bed when the train reached
Omaha and two or three of these were so
weak they had tn be carrieu to the ambu-
lance.
Captain Baxter OF the headquarters De-
partment of the Missouri received a tele-
gram from ColcDel Bills of the Second Ne
braska last night in which the latter says
his regiment will start from Chickamauga
this morning. According to this, CAPTAIN
Baxter is OF the opinion that the regiment
will reach Omaha about noon on Friday
BurgIrrs at Mead.
MEAD, Neb., Aug. 30.-(Special )-The
postofHce was entered last evening and
three holes drilled in the safe, but the at
tempt to force it open was unsuccessful.
I6HP,ai o Se4yry,