Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-23
THE SANTIAGO CAMPS
Description Of Their State Early This
Month.
THE SOLDIERS use OF QUININE
Money Values and Rates the Cause
of Dissatisfaction.
RELIEF OF SUFFERERS
Correspondence of the Associated Press

Correspondence of the Associated Press
SANTIAGO De- CUBA, August 3.-The
camps of the United States troops are reg
ularly laid out or the low-rolling hills that
lead up to the mountains north of the city,
Good water is at hand; the country is open,
and the sites have been chosen with a view
to the best drainage practicable. Never
theless, the army lives virtually in the
mrd.
The daily consumption of quinine Is enor-
NOUS One regiment of some 425 men uses
5,40O grains day. Many of the men do
rot use the drug, but among those who do
thirty grains a day is an average dose.
Early in the morning, as soon as the men
have breakfasted. corporal of each troop
brings its sick to the regimental doctor
The complaints are practically the same in
all cases-pains in the back of the head
persistent diarrhoea, sleeplessness, fever
and delirium at night.
The rains out there among the foothills
seem to be heavier than here in town
Never a day passes without two or more
sharp tropical downpoCrs, generally during
the afternoon. The morning and middav
sur Is herc7, and its only redeeming fea-
ture is it's use in drying out the damn
blankets and clothing Yet the months Of
hardest rain are still to come. Senfenber
and October bring downpours lasting a
week at time.
The Food is Good
The food he men now get ia good and
abundant. The commissary department
has successfully met the task Of transnort-
ing rations for the men from the wharve.
to the camps, a distance of six miles ana
aided by contributions from the Rea Cross
Society. our soldiers happily have enough.
Ibis 1act as surely helps them to retain a
OF
The national relief commission bas actad
along the same lines as the Red Cross So
ciety. It's Philadelphia branch was aJIo,ted
otooo cubic feet on the steamer Resolute
tributtons This space was filed with MO
visions and sdelieacies, reading mailer
Clothing and pajamas. Four Thousand dol.
lars IN cash was also to hand for expendi-
ture as the accompanying committees saw
MT. Colonel Gibson United States army re-.
tired has been I'M charge Of the disfrihu-
tion from Santiago; and he has adopted an
excellent method. :, AS the reports of the
surgeons or the oinerent regiments come
to his notice. he sends to each regiment a
consignment of delicacies, food and cloth
ing. based upon the number of sick men
reported; and in this way he established
communication with the different doctors,
who can supertntend the actual handing
out of the comforts sent from Philadelphia.
No Courts in Session,
In former letter the writer called at
tcMtion 70 the fact that there were no
civil courts in operation in Santiago. be-
cause the Spanish judges had declined to
foreswear their allegiance to Spain and
to try causes in the name of the United
States In this connection the following
from the Espectador is Interesting:
eve are informed that the gentlemen
who composed La Audiencia del Territorio
have resigned their posts. Inasmuch as