New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-25
FEVER IN CUBAN CAMPS.

TWENTY DEATHS FROM TYPHOID IN THE EIGHTH
CAvALRY-sICKNESs IN PINAR DEL RIO
Havana April A-There have been twenty deaths
from typhoid fever among the members OF the stn
United States Cavalry. stationed at the city OF
Puerto Principe and 100 all told, are report
ed The persistence Of the disease cannot be ex-
nlained The camp is pitched sloping ground,
about three miles from the town. ana the tent
floors are fully thirty-sx inches above the ground
The water Is taken from a creek that flows through
the camp but none OF 1t is used until II has been
both filtered and boiled. All camp refuse is ere
ma tod each dav The tent floors are displaced once
every twenty-four hours and the sites exposed to
the sun and disinfected with lime Captain hickey
of the Governor-Generars staff. who recently VS.
tied the camp described II as the best camp ne had
ever seen Nevertheless despite the extraordinary
precautions taken the fever steadily increased until
a few days ago. Now there is a turn for the better
and the convalescents outnumber the new cases.
On the other slope Of the ridge the 18th United
States Infantry is encamped. and there Is not a
single case OF typhoid in the regiment
One hundred and ninety three out Of eleven hun
dred enlisted men in the city of Pinar del Rio are
sick. There fifty-nne cases of malaria. though
forty-hve Of these are of a mild type. Eight com
panies of the LIST Infantry and four troops Of the
18th Cavalry stationed at that point. but owing
10 the prevalent sickness IT lonesome camp
and the men are discouraged.
One hundred Cuban cavalrymen are drilling near
but why is puzzle.
The decree regulating criminal procedure, now
in preparation, extends far beyond the abolition OF
the practice of incommunicado. 1t calls for q pub
lie trial of the person accused. directs that he
be informed Of the specific charge he must face
and entities him to hear all the testimony affect
ing the case. Procedure in criminal trials will be
made to conform to American law, although the
Jury feature is wanting.
General Fernando Freyre de Andrade, whom
some of the local papers name as General Brooke s
appontee for the Attorney Generaship Of the new
ly created Supreme Court, has really not been con-
sidered in that relation by the military admins
tration. President OF the Cuban Military A.
senbly ne produced a very unpleasant impression
upon the Americans
Last night a contingent OF rural guards under
command Of Sergeant Agripno Mendez. en'Oun-
tered six mounted armed men near Cooma. In the
Province of Pinar del Rio. The sergeant called
upon the brigands to halt, but they refused ana
opened fire. which the guards returned: a bullet
passed through Sergeant Mendez's hat irhicting d
scalp wound. All the outlaws escaped .
Twenty-Five bodies OF Cubans, machetcd by Mar
cisco Fonsdeviela. Spanish Mayor Of 'iuanabacoa
during the war were exhumed yesterday from
various secret burial places and reinterred with
appropriate ceremony. at the Guanabacoa Gene
terry. 60
been appointed superintendent OF the Departlheh
OF Corrections.
Major Charles G. Treat to-day received orders TO
join his regiment, the 5th Artillery In the United
States
The naval training ship Essex, now on cruise
in West Indian waters. arrived here to-day.