Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-03
ON LAND AND SEA.
Bits Of News from Our Gallant Soldiers and
10 Sailors. '7s

Lieut. George Cooper. U. S. NJ, has
arrived in Bath from Washington. and
will remain with his family in that city
during part of September.
Lieut.. Luuci IAN Stacy 81 the Twentieth
Infantry regulars is very ill with ma
larial fever at the residence of his
brother. DR.. Clinton Stacy, Gorham
He arrived from Cuba a few days ago
Otto Fisher. son of ]. H. Fisher OF
Lewiston, left Tuesday for Annapolis
to enter the naval school. Mr.. Fisher
but the term has only just begun on
account Of the war.
Brig. Gen. Royal T. Frank has been
assigned to command temporarily the
Third Army Corps. formerly COM
manded by General Wade, the latter
having been relieved to become a
member of the Cuban Military Com
mission.
Private o. p. Hackett of G company
LIST Maine Regiment, who has been
confined in the City hospital in Boston
suffering from poisoning from eating
canned tomatoes, arrived at his home
in Biddeford, Wednesday evening. He
is still very weak, but is on the road
to recovery.
Ezra Colcord of the Maine Signal
Corps, formerly the night telegraph
operator at Newport. is now in quar-
antine in New York and is expected
to be at home in the course of the next
ten days. Mr. Colcord has been to
Cuba with the corps and has seen con-
siderable of the active service of the
war.
Mayor Lord of Saco, has received
word of the death of his cousin, Will
liam Saunders of Salem, Mass, in a
hospital at Santiago recently. The
young man was a member of Roose-
velts troop of Rough Riders and was
with that troop in the campaign. es-
Gaping Spanish bullets to be stricken
with fever.
Charles Matthew. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Marcel Matthew. Pennington,
who was appointed as druggist in the
army, few weeks ago, was sent to
Santiago. where he was soon taken ill
OF typhoid fever. He was then carried
to Tampa, Fla, where the disease ran
its course without fatal results and the
patient is now recovering.
Among the sick privates who re-
turned from Santiago in the 9th Massa-
chusetts Volunteers was Austin Dun
par, private, Company C, who was
born in Castine. He was a clerk by
occupation, and lived in West Rox-
bury. He was unmarried. James T..
Dunn, private. Company c, who was
born in Portland. was a plumber by
occupation, lived at IL Heath avenue.
Roxbury, and was unmarried. He was
rs years old.
The many friends of Maj. r. r. Ul-
mer of Rockland. will be saddened to
learn that he has been much worse the
past Few days and his physician is much
discouraged. DIR. O'Neil. surgeon of
the LIST Maine Regiment arrived on the
40 train Thursday highland a consul
tation was held with DR.. Alden of this
place. They Immediately went to the
nome of Maj. Timer upon arrival of
the train. DR.. O'Neil cared for the
SICK man when he was first taken and
II was thought wise to have him con-
suit with DR.. Alden. At a late hour
thursday night Maj. Timer was a little
more comfortable but in a very criti-
cal condition. His pulse was very hi;;,;
ana his stomach in a very bad condi-
ton. DR.. ONeil will return to An.
gusta on the early train this morning
-Rockland Star.