New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-31
TYPHOID FEVER RECORD.
TwENTY-NINE NEW CASES AT CAMP
ALGER-ONE DEATH.
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| Washington July 3O-"There have been as
| many deaths from typhoid fever among the
! troops in Camp Alger as there have been from
/ yellow fever in General Skaters command at
Santiago" said man to-day who had been
scanning the Army mortality returns. The as
sertion was a startling one. and yet there Is
, too much reason to fear that 1t not very
wide OF the mark. The number OF new typhoid
cases reported at Camp Alger to-day made a
total OF twenty nine. and broke the record. The
/ highest number reported on any previous day
was sixteen. The surgeons now divide the
the fever fully developed. and second. those in
which the symptoms strongly indicate the pres
! ence of typhoid conditions. Thus classified. the
cases reported to-day appear as follows
Typhod-Chaplan W. K. Weaver. 159th In
! diana; Chaplain w B. Sherman. odd Kansas;
| Corporal L. c. King. Company d. LIST Rhode
/ Island; Privates John Payne. George Lotridge,
II. r. Hawkins and j. x. Whitaker all Of Com
| pany II. 159th Indiana; J. Jenknson. Company
B. 33d Michigan; p Shaughnessy. Hospital
Corps. LIST Rhode Island; II. II. Sawyer. Com
/ pany L. Sd Missouri: Corporal John z. Remain,
Company A. Goth New-York.
| Suspects-Sergeants George Hall, Company G.,
| 159th Indiana; George Greenville, Company II,
I'd New-York and Edward Kirbin and Dennis
| Long. Company B. 9TH Illinois; Privates Henry
Anauer. Company c. Joseph Smith. Company l.,
and r. L. Hines. Company f. 10th Indiana;
! Harvard Clark. Company c, Sd New-York;
J. w. Clark. Company F. 4th Missouri: William
| Hassett. Company d, 9th Massachusetts,; Ray
Alberts. Company c. 33d Michigan; Robert
Armed. Company F. 7th Ohio; George w. Musser'
Company A. Sth Pennsylvania; Edward Tobin
ToIn
! Finn, Daniel Forbes and Thomas Buttiner,
! Company B, 7th Illinois
All Of these men were sent to the hospital this
| forenoon. Eleven of them have typhoid fever In
serious form. and the rest suffering from
| fever which the surgeons think likely TO develop
| into typhoid The assumption does not appear
| to be a violent or unreason BILE one, in view OF
| what has already occurred It will be noted
! that five Of the typhoid fever cases are from
| the 10th Indiana. and that the same regiment
| contributes an equal number Of suspects.
| Among the patients who have the fever In seri-
Gus form are the chaplains Of two regiments
which. with the Sd New-York. constitute the
same brigade
PRIVATE FOLKROD DEAD.
One death from typhoid fever IN Fort Myer
Hospital was reported to-day, that Of Private
Henry Folkrod, Of the 18th Pennsylvania, who
was among the patients transferred to that
| hospital early In the week. Thursday the sur
| geons in charge were reported to have expressed
| the opinion that all the typhoid fever PATIENTS
then in the hospital would recover.
| Much dissatisfaction is expressed by the regi-
mental surgeons of the First Division because
| Of the removal Of the regiments which compose
| It 10 another camp ground. Thus far only three
| Of the nine regiments have changed quarters.
| Whether the change, when effected. Will prove
| beneficial. so far the health Of the troops Is
| concerned begins TO appear more doubtful than
ever The camp ground is destitute or
| water, except as II be obtained by driving
| or boring wells. and is otherwise objectionable
| A doubt has been expressed In these dispatches
| as to whether or not the water from the new
wells on the new camp ground would be better
| or safer to use than that from the fever-in-
| fected wells in Camp Alger. The indications,
| unhappily. now are that the doubt will not be
| resolved In favor Of the new wells One Of three
| regiments transferred to the new camp. and that
| was only a few days ago. was the 81 virginia
| for which brand-new we'll has been completed
NEW WELLS CONDEMNED.
The water in that we'll has been found impure.
| and the Virginians must move to another place
| in the hope Of finding pure water. 1t will be the
| third or fourth time this regiment has been COM
! PEELED to change quarters since ii arrived at
Camp Alger early last month. The condemna-
| ton of the we'll Of the Sd Virginia retards the
| movement Of other regiments from Camp Alger'
| in one Of which-the 65th New-York-a number
| Of cases Of typhoid have developed within the
| last ten days 1t expected that that regi-
| nent would be removed from It's fever-nfected
| camp ground Tuesday, and the LIST New
| Jersey on Monday, but both regiments must
| now remain where they are, at least until the
| last OF next week. and much longer AS 1t
may take to discover. or obtain, an uncontami-
| mated water supply for the Sd Virginia In the
| mean time and as much longer as single regi-
| ment remains in Camp Alger or It's vicinity,
typhoid fever will continue It's deadly work.
| 1t is announced that the Second Army Corps.
| which comprises all the troops under command
| Of General Graham. in and Camp Alger,
| will march TO Washington next week and pass
| in review before the President the Secretary Of
! War and other high officials and dignitaries.
| This will be beneficial for the troops. They will
| be absent from their fever-infected camps two
| DAYS and Will spend two nights In bivouac at
and near Chain Bridge, on the Potomac, where
| there is abundance Of wholesome water. One
does not usually regard a grand review Of troops
| in the light OF sanitary measure. but he is
| Justified in doing so in this case. An escape
| even for so short time as two days from Camp
Aleer cannot prove otherwise than beneficial to
the troops.
TROOPS TO LEAVE MIAMI.