The times., 1898-07-15
THE NEWS At CAMP ALGER
EXuberant Demonstrations Over
the Surrender Of Santiago.
MUSIC, YELLS AND V0LLEYlNG
yankee Doodle" Sung in Two Hum
drcd Different Keys "Marching
Through Cuba" "a Popular Parody
-Becruits Needed for the Second
Army Corps Hospital Service.

The surrender OF Santiago was fittingly
celebrated by the troops at Camp Alger
yesterday. 1t was blue" day and the
troops were nearly, dead from ennui.
when Gen. Graham flashed the following
message over the wires to each regimen
tai headquarters:
Gen. ToraI agrees to surrender. which
includes the whole of eastern Cuba.
''HEISTAND. Adjt. Gen.
In less than a minute after the receipt
of the message. the camp was on fire with
enthusiasm. The troops yelled, howled
shrieked and cheered until the noise was
deafening. They fell into line in rag-tail
parade and marched through one an
others camps The bands seemed to vie
one with the other as 10 which could pro-
duce the most noise in a given amount of
time. Blank cartridges were issued and
for an hour the camp rang with volleys
of shots.
Company mascots were paraded around
with great pride, as IL they. too, had
played an important part in causing Gen.
Toral to throw down his arms. Yankee
Doodle was sung in two hundred differ
ent keys. and with as many variations
and Marching Through Cuba" replaced
the song about the old familiar trip
through Georgia.
The celebration only lulled for supper
and was continued until bed time. Even
after taps" a stray celebrant might be
heard bowling in discordant strain. This
is the day we licked yez."
The cavalrymen seemed to take the
news in an altogether different light.
Il guess that ends our chances of get
ting to the front" they said, but it's
good news, just the same. =.
Nearly 800 men are needed to complete
the hospital corps of the Second Army
Corps, and for some reason ii has been
decided TO recruit the whole number in
Ohio. The following special order was
issued yesterday:
Headquarters Second Army Corps,
July IA. 1898.
Special Orders No So
Under the authority conferred by Cen
eral Order 56, A. G.. o.. Washington D.
c., Capt. William L. West, Seventh Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. is appointed acting
quartermaster and recruiting officer for
the hospital corps OF the Second Army
Corps. and will proceed to Marietta, O..
on recruiting duty in charge of the fol-
lowing recruiting party: Corporal w. c..
Rambo, Company A. Corporal ]. D. Gist
Company B; Corporal D. ]. Hanger, Com
pany c; Corporal Theo FoIger, Company
d; Corporal H. B. Hano. Company E;
Corporal H. D. Moore, Company F.; Cor
poral F. E. Ollie, Company G.; Corporal
Charles England, Company H: Corporal
w. III. Myers, Company I; Corporal
Charles Lake, Company *; Corporal J. A
Wilcox. Company L; Hospital Steward
c. c. Schambra, Company NJ; Hospital
Steward F. E. Sockin.
,r,sti Al,
over Southern Ohio. and locate a local
rendezvous. In selection of recruits
Capt West will be governed by the phys
ical standard for infantry recruits
In regard TO professional qualifica-
tions, Capt West, being an M. D.. will
duly convince himself of the professional
fitness of the applicant.
by command of
MAJ. GEN. GRAHAM
CARL REiCTIMANN. Asst. Adj. Gen.
The recruiting party lert here yesterday
and will not return Until the desired
number Of recruits have been obtained
A rule went into effect yesterday, re-
quiring the Second division hospital to
look after the measles patients from that
division. Heretofore all such cases have
been placed in an Isolated ward in the
First division hospital. Yesterday there
were seventy-four cases in this ward i
The regular surgeons are none too well
pleased with the new rule, as they had
requested the same thing for months
when they were overworked without hav-
ing any attention paid to their plea.
The officers at corps headquarters are
laughing over a two-Sided joke and they
are still in doubt as TO whether the laugh
is on them or on pie company. Since
the order prohibiting the festive pie
went into effect, the makers of pastry
delicacies have been using every effort
to have it countermanded. as Camp AL
ger formerly used several wagon loads
of pies each day, and. of course. was
place to keep close to.
Yesterday morning the agent of a big