The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-03-01
REGIMENTS AFFLICTED WITH
MALARIA AND TYPHOID
Many % she Soldiers Down. bu; no Ap.
prchrnaon Felt-Gomcz Arranging
For Paying Insurgents.

/ HANASA, Feb. 2S-Thc Seventh army
IcorpF In which only one cusc Of typhoid
developed last month now has 81 cases
I q IN the first division. OF which y are
/ In the second South Carolina regiment.
and q In tho second division nearly hhf
Of which are In she Foriy-ninth Iowa
regiment. There have Ocen fye deaths
this month from typhoid IN the Seventh
army corps.
| Ia thc First division there are % cases
of malaria, In the Second division %.
| Chief Surgeon kean mas no apprehen-
slons OF an epidemic. Sanitary preoau-
,ions are vigorously observed under
ground sewers are being laid and the
main pipe connections will be completed
some time during March.
The Two Hundred and Second New
! York regiment Is ready to break camp,
but vii not leave for several days. It's
departure viii depend upon the arrival
OF the transport Minnewaska at Havana
All the sick OF the regiment Il In num-
Der. have been sent to the hospital ship
Missouri, now In Havana harbor, These
include the seven or eight sn-callcd yell
low fever cases now conyalescent.
The Second brigade. consisting OF She
South Carolina and Illinois regiments,
have returned from ten days OF practice
marches In fine form
The throwing of packets OF -four by
the maskers during ehe jolihcatlon re-
Gently was stopped by the city police and
The American guards, on Major General
Lud.ow's orders La Discussion CON-
men,ing on this says
while -four throwing is bad custom,
General Ludlow did not forbid 1t on the
previous days OF the carnival. II hap
pens that he drove down to the plaza
where II was possible for him to get
Hour on his clothes, and because this
happened he became Indignant and or
derrd It stopped"
The transport Chester is due to arrive
at the end OF the week and will return
a, Savannah with four batteries OF the
First Maine artillery.
The Minnewaska left Santiago on the
23ri for Newport News with the Twenty
.hlrd Kansas regiment, and will probably
come here next. The Third Georgia will
leave Puerto frlhCipe as soon as trans
portatlon can be obtained.
General Gomez did not visit Governor
General Brooke today, The latter is
awaiting the rolls of the Cuban army,
which are necessary in arranging the
contemplated payment The position OF
General Gomez here as defined In his
conference with Robert p. Porter is II
helper of General Brooke In Cuban af-
fairs 1t is doubtful whether the rolls
will be forthcoming before the end of
the week
The cuban assembly met this after
noon, but lnasmuch as the request Of its
Washington committee is long and has
not been digested by the members the
assembly adjourned In order to give them
time for consideration.
General Gomez two sons, now in
Santo Domingo, are expo,tvd here in
May.
Private John f, Peters, Second Ill-
nois regiment, applied for his discharge,
but the order from the secretary Of war
really discharged John ]. Peters, COM
pany G, Second Illinois regiment. The
latter objected, but was dismissed and
furnished transportation. Private John
II. Peters, not having obtained his dis
charge. will reapply.