New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-28
r'z MAP OF GUANIcA HARBoR, PORTO RICO.

new food. There were three new cases in the
"a New-York and four in the lst Rhode Island
to-day on Monday the "a New. York fur.
nished only case. and the Is, Rhode Island
only one case To-day the 2od Kansas which is
brlgaded with the 81 New-York furnished a
case
The efforts n escape from present condl-
lions by the removal ~ some OF the regiments
several thousand yards from the camp ground
they now occupy. continue They are waiting
for the new camp ground 10 be supplied With
water from wells that have not vet been
completed OF course. no man-not oven a Gov
ernment chcmst-can guess what s1rt ~ water
tho wells Will furnish ct last The chances
however. are that II will not 10 less urvhole-
sorne than tina, furnished by the wells in camp
Alger. whose precarious flow has been 90 pro
ductive Of disease. According To a Wash.
irgton morning news0arer ~ today. The
cause Of 80 much typhoid tho surgeons
say, Ia not 50 much the climate Of tho
camp the lack ~ precautior among the
men. They exercise worry little iulgr,en, IN
selecting their drinking water not con,rlv,ng
with the regulations that nothing but boiled
water should he used" II would appear IN
credible that tho SURGEONS should nut forward
such excuses at Camp Aleer II they had rot
N.
~ thev arr not utterly unht 10 hold their com
missions. they know that thirsty soldier Is
neither goIrg to boil water nor ask whether II
has hcsr boiled before he stakes his thirst lIc
may he wrong. and yet not 50 far wrong after
MI SO long as he IS in a camp ~ instruction
far remote from tho scene Of hostlli,er and tho
emergencies OF field service he has right 10
assume "regula ,lons' to tho contrnry notwlth-
standing that the Government VIII furnish him
with pure or. at least not poisonous watcr.
SICKNESS DEVELOPED AT THE FRONT
Put there Is another and important consld-
Grafton involved. II is ore which oonceros the
effectiveness Of the troops sent - TIE front
from Camp Algrr. one OF the crack REGIMENTS
In that encampnent early IN June was the tith
Nasrnchusetts Tribune correspondent who
y,'ltcd Il ~ that time said Ia himself TINT he
hsd never scen cleaner regiment or c0n1p any
where and he had seen good many In his day
The adjective applies 70 everything abou, the
camp as well as TO the Mon themselves But
this regiment. like the Others. was compelled 10
use impure water, and careful and intelligent as
its members were. the boiling process was un-
doubleday more hon0red In the breach than tho
observance. Symptoms Of typhoid II IS under
stood. developed. and there were sevcra! caeos
before the regiment was ordered II the front
early this month The sequel IS described In tn.
following extract from The Associated Press dis
patches dated Guanica. Porto Rico July d.
The health OF tho troops s excellent eycant
among the Massachusetts men. They have hnar
packed on the Yale FOR about fifteen DAYS and
thirty cases OF typhoid fever have develonsd
among the soldiers Parker. of the 9th Massa.
chusetts. died on Friday and was buried n son "
The only Massachusetts regiment with Cor,
eral Miles on the Yale was the 9Th Other rect
ments. which Ind not had a Camp AIrer ax
perience have been kept ON Transports 10. LONG
as the 9th. and under quite 90 unfavorahls cir.
cumstances without suffering from what soems
virtually to amount. In the case OF that recl
msnt. to an epidemic OF typhoid fever
It Ia said that the site Of ran,p Arer ,,,
selected by an Army quartcrmaster who wbuo
jealous and efficient In the DISCHARGE Of rho
ordinary duties Of his otnce. had probably ncvcr
seen az many as two thousand men d,s,osad f.,
camp OF military instruction where they wer.
to remain for weeks; and 1t Is also said th,,
not even the advice Of a medical officer was
sought In regard 10 the suitability Of the sI,.