The Mena star., 1899-03-23
The Board Concludes That the Pres ent Rations Form a Suitable
 Diet for Soldiers.
WANT TO CONTROL TIE QUARANTINE.
Negotiations Pending Between the Nation al Government and Savannah, Ga, to Have the station Controlled by the Ma rine Hospital service--Summer Camps for Troops to Be Maintained.

Washington, March 20. --Abou the middle of February Secretary Alger appointed board of army officers con. sisting of Col. Woodruff, assistant commissary of subsistence at New York city; Col. Smart, assistant sur geon general, and Capt. Craig to in vestigate and report upon the present emergency ration of the army. The board immediately met in New York city and entered upon its work. It con- sidered the matter of providing rations in every detail, depending in large part upon the experience of our army dur ing our operations against Spain in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines in reaching a decision. After nearly a months session the board has reached the conclusion that there is no necessity for a change in the pres ent ration, as 1t comes up to every re- quirement and forms n suitable diet for every soldier. The emergency ration as it is now constituted consists of the following articles: Ten ounces bacon, i6 ounces of hard bread, four ounces pea meal or the equivalent in any approved material for making soup, coffee, roasted and ground, two ounces. or tea one-half ounce, sacchar. inc four grains, salt sixty-four hun. dredths of an ounce; pepper four-hun- dredths of an ounce and one-half ounce tobacco
 Want to Control the Quarantine.
 Washington, March 2s.-Negotia- tions are pending between the na- tional government and the Savannah, Ga., city government by the terms of which the city quarantine station may pass under the controfof the national marine hospital service. The mayor is favorably disposed towards the transfer of authority, believing the health of the city would be not less safely guarded and that the local tax payers would be saved $20, GOO year. the present cost of the quarantine. The negotiations are the outcome of the detention of government transports from Cuba with soldiers. Arrange ments are being perfected whereby all soldiers from the West Indies will be stopped at Fort Pulaski, IA miles down the river for disinfection and deten- tion and if the quarantine station passes into national control there will be no open door policy for incom- ing vessels from any infected port.
 Summer Camps for Troops.
 Washington, March 22 Secretary Alger has come to the determination to maintain summer camps for the United States troops in the southern states and the delegation of Georgians who called upon him yesterday to se- cure that object will be so informed. It is also the intention to maintain one of the camps in the neigh borhood of Atlanta. The only condition is that the present Georgia quarantine regulations which operate so as to prevent the movements of troops absolutely demanded by the mill itary needs of the case shall be adapted to the requirements. The number of troops to be located at any one camp will not be large for it IS said at the department that only about 15, 900 soldiers will be so located, but there is likely to be much chang ing around among the men. Troops returning from Cuba are to be de- tained in the Georgia camps about 20 days at least before being sent to their homes or to the northern posts.