The times., 1898-07-04

tAs ~ SSAN-
brate the Fourth.
D. star-spangied. Yankee Doodle, Hail Columbia.
Happy Land,
! Keep a-yel.in' an a-hootin' an a-pumpin' at d
bard;
Fur we're goin' { join Pop Shafter, an were
goin' ( pump some lead;
An where Garretson is workin' der'll be lots
o Spanyards dead;
So wot tell d we fur d bloomn Morro
ioiats:
Wen we lands at Santiago we kin give the
reg lars points
Tho we're on'y rookie dubs,
An Old n. C. homeguard iuhs.
We amt tumpin' on lyres,
Ner amt sonnies of sircs;
But wen fight der'l be Spanyards where d
devil lights d fires.
Lays of Camp Aiger.
Col. c. V. Hard, of the Eighth Ohio.
received notice from Washington late
last night that his command would leave
for. Santiago today.
Troops A and c, New York Cavalry,
have received orders to prepare for i'm
mediate moving.
One hundred and seven degrees in the
shade was the maximum temperature at
| Camp Alger yesterday. At p. IN. the
thermometer registered 1G3 degrees.
Hoti The very air scorched the throat
as it passed into the lungs The boys lay
around more dead than alive, and while
even the excessive heat had a humorous
side, there was much suffering,
The officers hugged the shade, and
sought relief by divesting themselves OF
almost every stitch of clothing and lying
around in hammocks or cots. Many of
them had their orderlies supply them
with wet sheets which they used as cover
ing.
One hundred and eighty cases of heat
prostration were reported during the day.
Some of the boys simply fell over like
logs, but the majority of them stood the
heat wonderfully well, some of them even
/ daring to indulge in game of ball dur
/ ing the afternoon.
The hospital corps was kept on the
rush all day with litters and ambulances
/ None Of The cases is likely to prove seri-
Gus.
The following order was issued on Sat
Urday respecting the Fourth:
Headquarters Second Army Corps.
/ camp Russell a. AlEer Va. July ,. 1898
/ General ordersNo. %:
- Monday being the i23d anniversary
Of the Declaration of American Inda-
pendence all military duties and exercises
/ and fatisues. except necessary guard du-
4 ~ and police. viii be suspended for the
day. Division commanders will give spe-
ciaI instructions 10 avoid danger OF fire
/ and injury TO persons through the use of
/ fireworks.
BY command of Mai. Gen Graham:
&C. 5. ROBERTS.
''Adjutant General"
Some Of the regiments have made greas
| prepara tions to celebrate the day Blank
cartridges viii be issued and fireworks
purchased so that there will be noise
4 enough in camp
The Sixty-tifth New York will have a
grand flag raising with addresses by
| congressman Mahany and Alexander.
Chaplain Fisher will read the Declaration
/ Of Independence. The citizens of Buff
falo. y. +. have furnished the material
for big feed fer the boys; also small
mountain Of fireworks.
Congressman Olmstead OF Pennsylvania
will present the Eighth Pennsylvania
with magnificent flag today and Col
Hoffman will see that the boys are well
fixed as far as celebrating goes.
Nearly all of the regiments will hold
| athletic games and entertainments.
Services were held in all of the regi-
ments yesterday Many of the chaplains
spoke in a patriotic mood and stirred the
boys up. The Eighth Ohio held services
at Y. NJ c. A tent No l.
The former chaplain of the Sixth Illinois
resigned some weeks ago. and his place
had not been filed up to yesterday morn
ing The services have been conducted
by Private ]. w. Ferris. of Company D.
who has been referred 10 as the fighting
chaplain, having thrown up call to en-
list as private, Yesterday morning Mr..
Ferris received his commission as chap
lain, and preached in that capacity. He
is popular among his comrades who are
greatly pleased at the choice.
Chaplain Rick offieiated for the Twelfth
| Pennsylvania and spoke earnestly advs-
ing the boys, among other things, to send
the bulk of their pay home Private
Maffette sang several solos and music
was furnished by a guitar and mandolin
club organized among the boys.
The Seventh Ohio and First New Jer-
sey held joint services. Chaplain Life of.
ficiated.
Four more typhoid fever cases were
sent to Fort Myer hospital yesterday and
| the alarm has increased. One of the pa
tients is Private Fred Wilkins, of Com
pany II. Sixth Massac chusetts. This is the
thirteenth case from this company in one
week.
The board appointed TO investigate the
causes of the fever have reported as fol-
lows:
The board, after investigating and
looking into the source of the water sup
ply OF the cavalry camp, find that of the
eight cases of typhoid fever developed il
the command since its reaching here
four We're contracted before leaving home
as they developed in few days after
coming here. The four cases contracted
while in camp are the direct result with.
out doubt. of carelessness in drinking wa.
ter while on practice marches or doing
orderly duty about the camp. The boarC
is prompted to this finding because the
water used by the cavalry command while
in camp is either boiled or is water thai
has been shipped from New York and
| certified to as being pure"
The following eases were sent to Fort
Myer Hospital yesterday: Sergt. j. w.
Patton. Company a. Seventh Ohio; Pri-
Yates Orrin Sherwood. Company B, First
New Jersey; Ed Lockhart, Company NJ
Seventh Ohio; John Purcell, Company c,
Ninth Ohio Battalion; p H Christie,
Company g, Sixth Illinois: John McGill
Company D, Thirteenth pennsylvania; B.
F. Blake. Company E, Thirteenth Penn
sylvania; Ed Thomas, Company c, Thir-
teenth Pennsylvania; c. Stickney. Com
pany B. Sixth Illinois; w. B. Allen. Com
pany L, Sixth Massachusetts; A. L. Lin
strom Company D. Sixth Illinois: Geo.
". Baggy, Company II, Sixth Massachu-
setts.
Trooper Orrin B. Henshaw, of Troop c.
New York Cavalry, met with a painful
accident yesterday He was kicked in the
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