Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-30
MEN ARE MUCH BETTER OFF
TINE CAMP NEEDS A DRAINAGE system.


New York. Aug. so.--Medlcal officers
A, Camp wikon. Montauk Point. deny
that lherp have been deaths at the
camp hospital fronn yellow fever The
tao men whose death here yesterday
vas aid to be attributed 10 the disease
named we're according tothc surgeons
IN ehhrre. victims OF pcrnlclous ma
hflsi fever which those unfamiliar
r,,A fever frequently diagnose a. the
aus. Or. Nicholas Sem. assistant
surr,dn general. u. =. A., IL quoted ~
sayar today at Camp wikor. "in
Justice 70 the camp | want 30 say that
ainii, none df the sickness among the
flldisrs ~ 10 the present ume.and none
q the deaths, have been due 10 the
conditions which now prevail here or
have In the paia. sickneaa has been al
most entirely limited 90 fcvers con-
raci,d In the sough and the death rate
would have been much more than now
had he men remained IN the South In
Girad " being brought here.
THE change 81 climate lessrned tho
snecis Of The fsvcra and Improved the
condition Of tho men. A. a consequence
The only sickness which can be- attrl-
bui1d 20 this camp IL dyrcntery, or
Lesser troubles which may have been
caused by lhe change OF dlet or water.
$50 far mons u the fcveru have been
indigenous 20 the camp. but II the men
n'maln they will certainly b. attacked
with TYPHOID fo,rr. This viii be due to
the germs which they will get In the
wafer
To make this place healthy W.
rhould have al system u drainage
Which would carry away all these
Fefnik hat n buiid such would cos, a
large sum. owing TO the extent OF the
camp
Several hundred cots arrived last
night and flrlA morning were put In the
different hospitals. There IL now
enough room 70 accommodate an the
Ark. COnyaleacunts are being dis
chlrFrd daily from the hospital and
thllr places arr being taken by the sick
from The transports.
Mr. Katharine 1fngicy. president Of
ne International brotherhood Theos1-
falsi aoclrty has established relief
tent about three quarters ~ milo
fum the Montauk pont depot. Thcrc
an four female and seven male nurses
n attendance ana there are twenty sick
N the tent II In a place where a fur
burned soldier may stop on his way
% ihe depot 10 secure something 10 eat.
rfaiia
MI NJ. $. Ban OF Chicago Is hero
lok.ng for hor son. Dleloync ". Bell
~ 4 = a.. a..
vas alflcknn In cuba with fever. and
vas taken 20 the hospital at Sih1nry
~ was % have come north on the
caiann but suffered from a relapse
ana was len behind. Mrs. nell has as
yei learned nothing ~ 10 the where
nlnuiH " her son
Ihr following deaths were reported
Charles Chapn, sergeant. Second
Massachusetts,. typhoid fever.
Frederick Snellcr, Company N.
.lghih regular infantry. typhoid
- Murphy. Troop II, Second United
States cavalry dyaentery.
W. w. Ncvcomb. Company II.
INeniy'nrni infantry. and n man
NO. name il AZ present unknown. dy-
Tho Transport San Marcos. which
na.hll NcN York on Sunday, arrived
msllhuk Point with her complement
hAaf volunteers from Cuba. The
n.lNil hfflln n'fl reached Montauk
I'm lQiay with the First Illinois
volunteer Infantry.
DIED or TYPHOID.
Atlanta. Ga.. Aur. so-rirst lien,
John > bradley. n the Flr'h infant,y
ohd today " typhoid fsver IN me zen.
~ hospital ~ Fort McPherson.
reu bradley was formerly with the
i,sssIl'thn Infantry at Nlrt Mo
r1,,, anl on being pr1maiod 10 the
,vhs. linai that command at Tampa,
bn,,,,,s, y. e.alI1ficd the fever. He was
Thsw hFhgrson ten days ago.
EUR r',a,,,nhhi ~ a brother Of Asst.
on The ha,,i, ih,llr o. volunteers now
"''NAl ship Relief.
GOOD NEWS.
mrrs -D@'n won. Aug. sO.-Dr. wyman.
Service hs!n q The marine hospital
low fevef n'eflNed encouraging yel-
and Gafvsa, both from Key West
new claos ma a.. ~ no former place no
Tour DAYS ani 1h.,Fsbpgd within the last
A. 'nser eases exist NV ' an, rh MA
Ln on5 XIV eaaea reported nj DAVE
srlln@, hr quaHniine esthhIished
II d conti.s mas been raised. but
whore M ,rd AGAINST Fort Point
"' troops afe auartered.
n. ''|''I' Nonhorne.
~ 1TTls ,E Colo. Aug. ao-A .neclai 10
Col. i n rom Cheyenne. Wv. saws.
fantry A. anhorne Of the Eighth In.
Ing "A bis Tour o'clock this morn
rhsnmatI.n nome at Fort Russell d
horne hsd ~. IVY me heart. Col. Van
Tsr i rer the cast TO-DAY 'a ~ rain1n 20
I'm ' ~ after a leave OF abssnre FOR Tor
OF an acelde.9 recover from the effeci
OF cub, ''' %. q, on cupboard IN the coast
flrst espea,,hhe Eighth sailed with the
after Il arrissa heul 60 Cuba. shortly
board ,l'l s' a eonniiaties Of otIlee p" an
hls shin In 'p White returning 10
hpon whIes = violent storm the ladder
'A Col yanhorn waa climbing