The evening times., 1898-08-01
new CASES N.IIPHgD
Nineteen Men at Camp Alger
Stricken Since Yesterday.
GOSSIP AMONG TnE TROOPS
The Well Sunk ut Dunn Lorlnx for
the Use of the Third virxiufa Has
Been Condemned-The Twenty
Second south Carolina Regiment
La Coming. $3.50

The epidemic Of typhoid fever is still
spreading at Camp Alger.
| Nineteen new cases developed yester-
day and were sent to the Fort Myer
hospital This makes a total of seventy
seven cases in four days. 1t Is probable
that one patient in ten will die
| The patients sent to Fort Myer from
the First Division Hospital yesterday
| were:
Privates J. C. Fighter, Company G,
| Twelfth Pennsylvania: ]. L. Schwer,
Company G. Twelfth Pennsylvania: H P.
Mccarthy. Company G. Twelfth Pennsyl-
vania: H. F. Harris. Company G. Twelfth
Pennsylvania: Simon Long Company G,
Twelfth Pennsylvania; William Pierce,
! Company A. Twelfth Pennsylvania; II. P.
Laughner. Company B. Twelfth Pennsyi-
vania: Edward Hines. Company G.,
| Twelfth Pennsylvania; w. p. GiiiIer,
Company L. Sixty-fifth New York; w. G..
Marion, Company d. Ninth Ohio: E. H.
Treat. Company H. Twelfth Pennsyl-
vania: Corp. E. H. Rice. Company Z,
SiXty-tifth New York: G. J. Book, Com
pany F. Seventh Ohio: s. o. Connor,
Company X. Eighth Pennsylvania. and
W. II. Fleming. Company Z. Third vir-
ginia.
Among those I'll with typhoid today are
Chaplain Weaver. 159th Indiana, and
Chaplain Sherman. Twenty-second Kan
Sas.
Lieut. f. s. jennings Third New York,
is dying from typhoid at Fort Myer His
friends have been notified of his condi-
ton
The First Brigade. First Division. will
hold a general muster today.
Private waddell. Company H. Fourth
Missouri, will probably lose the sight of
one eye which was poisoned by vaccine
The town council of Falls Church has
passed a resolution thanking the boys of
Company A. First New Jersey. for their
efforts in saving life and property at the
recent fire in that town.
The general court martial has Imposed
the following sentences: Private s. g.
Merrill. Company l.. Twenty-second Kan
sas. $ fine and confinement to company
street for thirty days: Private D. Dow
ney, Company F, Third Virginia, so fine
and confinement for three months: J. E.
Bay, Company A. Twenty-second Kansas.
s. fine and ten days confinement; Prf-
sate c. F. Davis. Company F. Third Vir-
g.n.a, six months hard labor and dis
honorable discharge from the service.
Services were he'd in all of the resf-
ments yesterday. The Y. M e A. anu
Salvation Army held special meetings
First division headquarters Will be
moved today and the work OF removing
the hospitals will be begun. One ward
will be transferred each day.
The well of the Third Virginia at Dunn
Lorine has beeen condemned and this
command Is now without water. No other
troops can be moved to the new location
until wells have beeen drilled for the
men already there.
The Twenty-second South Carolina
Regiment is en- route to Camp Alger.
The colonel and one of the majors of this
command were in camp Saturday select
ing a site for their troops. They were
shown around camp by cot coryell, of
the Twelfth Pennsylvania. and were de-
lighted with the new quarters.
The First New Jersey and Sixty-ffth
New York will not move to Dunn Loring
until the end of this week.
The band of the Fourth Missouri has
received new set of instruments, which