The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-30

There Were Sixteen New Cases Yes
terdny, and Private VALID, OF
Wheaton, Died at ST. LuIHe's Hos
pftal--Privnte Byhre VIII Ee
Buried at Smelling Today.
The death roll of the Fifteenth Min
nesota is increasing with terrible reg
ularity. Yesterday morning it was
added to by the death of Lewis Wald
at st. Lukes hospital of typhoid, max
Ing the fourth fatality in as many
days.
Valid was born in Norway, but has
lived for some years in Minnesota. He
enlisted IN Company L, in st. Paul,
az the age of thirty years nine months
Wald gave Wheaton as his home,
however, and Lars Larson, of Wheaton,
as the person to be addressed in case
OF emergency. AS soon as Wald's
death was reported, Capt. Gibson wir-
ed to ask what disposition should be
made OF the remains Up to a late
hour last evening no answer had been
received, and, If nothing is heard to
the contrary, Company L will give
Valid military burial at the Fort
Smelling cemetery.
Today Company G will bury their
comr6de, Peter ~. Byhre, who died
Sunday. All attempts to communicate
with his people have been unsuccess-
ful, and, therefore, he will be inferred
with military honors in the Fort
snelIing cemetery. Company G will
escort the remains to the grave, and
firing squad viii fire salute as the
coffin is covered.
-Four or five cases Of fever were
brought to light yesterday at Camp
Smelling, although the sick call was
very light The hospital is out of
grape and other fruit juices which are
very helpful in many of the cases that
are brought into the hospital. The
Red Cross society will see that any
contribution of these articles that is
left at their rooms reaches the camp
promptly.
Sixteen typhoid cases were brought
IN yesterday to the city hospital. They
were: l.. M. Browne, Company B; G.
NJ. Peterson, Company L; Joseph Col
lIns, Company H; Martin Syverson,
Company G; Zenas Hazard, Company
M; Carl Friburg. Company D; Nick
Eurgerson, Company G.; Abe Mistad,
company D; George Munich, Company
z; Joseph Eastman, Company H; ".
b. Preston, Frank K. Barclay, Com
pany c.; Nick Seward, Company G;
Arthur Rogers, Company D; Joseph
Cakes, Company A, and R. A. Claus,
Company B.
Inc most serious case Of typhoid
fever among the Fifteenth regiment
soldiers yesterday We're reported from
st. Luke's hospital, where three of the
Sick men are said to be in precarious
conditions. They are Charles Goodrich.
or Company Nj; Edward Baur and
Joseph Moffat, of Company G. These
soldiers are very low and grave appre-
tensions for their recovery are enter
tanned.
All of the soldiers at the city hos
ptal are reported to be improving, as
are those at st. Joseph's and the
Bethesda hospitals. Jacob Glenn, who
was i'll at st. Joseph's was yesterday
discharged and returned to the regi-
ment at Fort Smelling. He is still weak
from the effects OF the fever, but the
physicians say now that the disease
is we'll overcome that he will speedily
regain his normal health.
Ivan Warren, of Company H, who
was taken into the hospital Sunday
with temperature of 106 degrees, was
removed yesterday morning to the pest
hospital His temperature has been re-
duced two degrees and he is doing
Dicely.
Every company in the Fifteenth went
cut yesterday for drill in extended Or
Ger and battle formation. The new
soutine, which went into effect yester-
p.'Ju
a. M, and 4 to $50 .. m. In accord
4nce with this programme the bat
yaIions were out in the morning for an
hour and half, and the separate COM
panies in the afternoon.
Every one Of the boys had a good
time and all were sorry when the ex-
ercise was over. The afternoons work
they particularly enjoyed. The plain
about the camp was dotted with com
panies grouped as squads or extended
as skirmishers and from among the
little wooded spots that shut off the
view came the shouts of command and
the wild yells as a bold and fearless
company charged down upon some
haystack that was serving as a block
house for the Spaniards. And every
now and then scouts would appear
through vista in the trees and hurry
back, only to reappear followed by a
Whole command, which would TAD
vance by rushes being translated,
this means that part of the com
mand would lie down and fire, while
the rest would rush some fifteen PAGES
In advance and, lying down, take up
the firing, While their comrades repeat-
ed the advance-until they were at
close range, and then with a Charge
bayonets" they would get up and in
the face of whitening fire pour upon
the defenders of the little nook and
either force them to surrender or die
in the attempt. Several times, indeed.
the officers experienced some difficulty
in calling their men off, when two
companies came into q collision. But
the men had no ammunition and it
takes a hard thrust to stick a man
with a bayonet, SO the Fifteenth got