Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-09-01
CAMP WIkoFF TO BE FULLY IN.
NESTIGATED.
TEN DEATHS ON TUESDAY
lr. Sen Sounds Note Of Warniag-
Eminent Chicago Physician Says
Conditions VIII Gradually CIR W
Worse Instead of Better Typhoid
Germs Carried to Ponce,

New York, Aug, 81. Tea soldiers
died at Camp WikoN Tuesday They
wer,; Char o. u, Cnapin, sergeant
refused; Fred lsuellcr, Sth infa try,
typhoid fever; - Murphy, ID caval-
ry, acu'e uraemia; unknown solaier.
acute uraemia; William II, n wcomb,
slst Infantry. typhoid fever; I'm G,
Trouthard. Sth Ohio, ptrnicious ma
laral fever; Earl lmm,er, Sth Ohio,
typhoid fever, Victor Il, Join, 81 in
fan,ry, dysent ry; w. A. Marshall,
LIST Ill.,, died In detention hospital,
Private Waldron, Isl III, typhoid
yer, did In harbor on ira sport
Berlin.
The transports Berlin, San Marios
and Specialist arriv at Camp Wtko6
Tuesday carrying soldiers from Cuba,
The h rlin had $50 men OF the LIST
ll'iO lis infantry, OF whom l60 wera
sick. The San Marios had S9T mon on
hoard, % cf VIII m wor, sick. The
Specialist carried companies A OF the
I'd fiery, A OF the LIST artillery, +
of the 4th artillery, and L o! the 9Th
artillery, Thtre werN IFS men In all
and only two of them wor' sick,
The tug c. L. Raymond left the
river Tuesday loaded with dc ieacies
a d medicines for the 1T llli0ois at
NJ ntank Point. The tug was char
tered by several men from different
parts of Illinois, VIII met IN Chicago
to look af er tn interests o. the r.
turning soldiers from their state.
Camp Wiko0 is to he Investigated.
Gen. Wheeler has orllr,d Gen Add
bert Amts. chief ut stan on GeA.
kent's stan, to conduct the inves l.
Eall II H. was given almost auto
cratic powers, Wheeler ordered
him to get at the bottom Of III the
thiEgs which have been complained
of. The subjects Ames Is to inyestis
gate are: Why Is the general condi.
ton of the camp SO poor| who IL re-
sponsible? What troops were sent
to the camp before II was ready to
receive them? Why, since the:e was
but one railroad leading into the
camp, were boats not used to carry
men and provisions from New York
city? Why were needed medicines
not ordered or il they were ordered,
why were they not distributed? why
we're the transports allowed to lie In
the harbor without supplies and relic
being sent out to thcmP
There Is dissatisfaction among the
rough riders They are not satisfied
with the terms of their muster-out,
They wanted to be trelted as the re-
niainder Of the volunteers, Tie reg
ulars. officers and men are also dis
sat isiied and want to be sent back 10
garrison posts and stations. The
coming of President Mckinley Is anx-
iously awaited. An effort Will be
made TO get the president to SANCTION
changes which even Secretary Alger
was not asked to make.
DR.. Sem thilks that within y
month every parsoa suffer ng from
typhoid fever In the camp vii nave
&C .vered or have died, and by the
time c ndItions begin to look as II
they had improved tn re Will home
the period OF greatest danger Ihe
precautions taken are aim st useless
according to DR.. S mn. According 10
DR.. Sem III men who went from
Chickamauga and other camps to
orto Rico wera already In the first
stages Of typho d yer before their
departure fyr the West Indies. lie
saws that the germs nd begun u
pr pagate In their systems. II the
m could have gone home they
would have escaped, but bsing ex-
posed to the hardships OF the cam
peign they easily succumbed. Or.
5 enn thiak' the best thing 10 DO y
u hurry the tr ops away from Mon
tauk and reduce the camp just as
rapidly as posslbl DR.. Brow, VINO
f. the executive head OF the hospital,
diff rs with DR.. Sem, and says that