The times., 1898-08-04
OVER 500 CASES TO DATE
Fort Myer Turned Into a Hospital
Sick Soldiers Compelled TO March
by Order of Chief Surgeon Girard
Those Remaining Are Too Sick
TO BE Moved.

s7N~A-N--AS ANS
The following special orders were re-
ceived at midnight on Tuesday by the va
rious commands:
Headquarters Second Corps, Camp Rus
sell A. Alger, August 2, 1898
In compliance with telegraphic in
structions from the Secretary of War the
Second Division, Second Army Corps, will
march tomorrow morning in the direction
Of Manassas Junction, taking five days
rations in wagons The men will march
as light as possible. carrying upon their
persons one blanket, overcoat poncho ana
half shelter tent, haversack, with meat
can. knife, fork and spoon. tin cup and
canteen. The extra baggage of regiments
Will be sent to Dunn Loring 10 be shipped
by rail to Manassas Junction.
THE Fourth Missouri Volunteer Infant
ry Will remain in its present camp until
further orders. One officer, two non-com-
missioned officers, and two men from
each company will be left in their regi-
mental camp TO take charge of the extra
baggage and 10 attend to its shipment
from Dunn Loring.
THE commanding officer Fourth Mis-
souri, Volunteer Infantry will take COM
mand OF all detachments left behind from
the Second Division, and see that the
work Of shipping the extra baggage is ex-
pedited as much as possible.
''COnvalescents and sick will be left at
the division hospital. suitably provided
for their care and comfort. The neces-
sary guards for them and the camp will
be provided from the Fourth Missouri
Volunteer Infantry The chief surgeon OF
the corps Is charged with so much of tn S
order as pertains to the sick and conva-
quartermaster's department the necessa-
ry wagons and ambulances for the trans
portation OF such men as may be taken
sick en- route and for the transportation
of the necessary hospital supplies. tent
age for the sick and the necessary de-
tachment Of the hospital corps TO accom-
pany the division. The quartermaster' :
department viii furnish nine wagons 10
each regiment for transportation of ra-
Ticns, and seven wagons for the trans
portation Of company kitchens and Of
fcers' baggage. Two wagons viii be fur
nished TO each brigade headquarters and
four wagons to division headquarters.
by order of Major General Graham.
&C. F. ROBERTS,
"Adjutant General
The regiments Of the Second Division
were ready to move at sunrise and be.
fore o'clock the Third Missouri, FRS
Rhode Island and Twenty-second Kan
sas were on their way. The remainder
of the Division was DELAYED by a misun,
derstanding, which kept the mule team.
away from camp until noon.
The Third New York. One Hundred and
Fifty-ninth Indiana, Sixth Pennsylvania
and Seventh Illinois left camp during the
afternoon.
Some trouble was experienced owing tC
the large number Of men who were i'll with
first symptoms Of fever, and who. while
well enough to remain out of the hospit.
ais, were too i'll to attempt to march.
Some Of the regimental commanders an.
piled 10 Chief Surgeon Girard for trans
portation for these men and were refer.
red by the latter TO Gen Graham. Gen
Graham referred the colonies back to Sur.
geon Girard and said that, if the latter
decided that the men were too i'll 10 march
they should be placed I'm the hospitals
Col. Girard decided that the men Were wei
enough, therefore they had to fall into
line.
This action created much bitter com
ment among the troopers, as nearly ter
men in each company were too feverist
10 walk one mile and had TO be picked vi
ana carried IN wagons.
The First Division viii move to Manas-
sas before Saturday. Preparations have
already been made and some of the
commands viii leave this morning
Forty-eight new cases of typhoid fever
developed yesterday and were sent 10
Fort Myer. Fourteen other cases devel-
oped in the First Division Hospital be-
fore midnight, making a total of sixty
four cases in one day.
The a-
A. NJ Crosby Company d, and Willis
Deberger, Company c, First Rhode Isl
and. Privates J. ]. Bible Company d;
/ +. Brantmeyer. Company f: c. N Ad-
ans, Company l.; Frank Davis, Orris Ho-
gan and r NJ. Boltes, Company D, Third
Missouri Privates J. r. Horn Company
II. and and F. II. Nolker. Company X.
Fourth Missouri. Private d. r. Mahoney.
Company X, Ninth Massachusetts. Pri-
Yates Anthony Spencer, Company G and
James Mullen. Company F, One Hundred
and Fifty-ninth Indiana. Privates J. X.
Ramey, Company r. and c A Weston,
Company H Second Tennessee Private c..
]. Hays, Company K. Thirty-third Mich
igan- Private A. Strain, Hospital Corps.
Privates ]. Kendall. Company G; G. r.
Smith, Company X; Arthur Salter Com
pany A; William Kelley, Company D:
Jesse Smith, Company X; G. w Farris,
Company f; w. F. Wire, Company Z.
gli- f1uElLTNO ana ElItN-ElfaIn lnQl2na-
Alfred Pruett. Company II; Corp. ]. 3.
McSweeney, Company G; Private B. Di-
vine. Company c, Ninth Massachusetts
PriVates A. d. HILL Campany c. and
Robert Kinsick. Company n, Third New
York. Private b. Z. McLain. Company T.
Fourth Missouri. Private Duffy, Compa-
ny i First Rhode Island. Private R. F.
Brown, Company X, Twenty-fourth Mich
igan. Corp. II. c. Rocker, Company d.
and Private F. Moore, Company A, Third
virginia Privates Harry Barton Com
pany c; Thomas ]. ROsseter. Company
a. F. b. Gale, Company C; George Har-
ney, Company ]; William Nichols. Conn
pany !, and w. T. Smith, Company e
flrst New Jersey. Priyates L. l. Kauf-
man, Company c; Martn L. Avery. Com
pany 6; Edward Hazel, Company d. and
n. Gable, Twelfth Pennsylvania Private
@. G. Trepps, Edward JoIlie, Frank Ma
loney and Charles Lawrence. COMPANY r.
William Davis, Company H: William
lsch, Company l. and George Muench
Company L, Sizty-fifth New York VIII
liam Akin, Reserve Hospital Corps. Pri-
Tate w. W. Rose, Company X, Seventh
Ohio. Private Ben F. Smith, COMPANY F
Thirteenth Pennsylvania
The division hospital will not be moved
for at least a week, owing TO the large
number Of patients and lack of trans
portation.
There are now 30 cases Of typhoid fever
taken from Camp Alger to Fort Myer