The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
Alarming Spread of Disease Among
Troops In Cuba.
NO FEARS OF EPIDEMIC
SIXTY-oNE CASES IN FIRST
DIVISION ALONE.
System of Underground Sewers Is
Being Constructed - Volunteer
Regiments Returning to United
States-General Gomez Will Assist
General Brooke.

Havana, Feb. 2S.-The Seventh army
corps, in which only one case of ty-
phoid fever developed last month, now
has sixty-one cases-twenty-fo in the
First division, of which twelve are in
the Second South Carolina regiment,
and thirty seven in the Second division,
nearly hall OF which are in the Forty
ninth Iowa regiment. There have been
five deaths this month from typhoid III
the Seventh army corps.
III the First division there are nine
ty-nine cases of malaria, in the Sec
ond division ninety-seFen. Chlef sur
geon keah has no approximations OF an
e-iden1ic.
Sanitary precautions are vigorously
observed, underground sewers are be-
ing laid, and the main pipe connections
VIII be completed some time during
March.
The Two Hundred and Second New
York regiment is ready to break camp.
but will not leave for Several days. It's
departure will depend on the arrival of
the transport MlnneWaska at Havana.
All the sick of the regiment, seventeen
in number, have been sent TO the hos
pital ship Missouri now in Havana
harbor. These include the seven or
eight so-called yellow fever cases, now
convalescent.
The Second brigade, consisting of the
South Carolina, and Illinois regiments,
have returned from ten days OF practlce
marches in fine form.
The throwing of packets of flour by
the maskers during the jollificatioI re-
Gently was stopped by the city police
and the American guards on Major
General LudloW's order La Discus
sion, commenting on this, says:
While hour-throwing is a bad Gus
tom, General Ludlow did not forbid 1t
on the previous days of the carnival. 1t
happens that he drove down to the
plaza where it was possible for him to
get flour on his clothes, and because
this happened he became indignant and
ordered il stopped
The transport Chester is due to arrive
at the end of the week, and will return
10 Savannah with four batteries of the
First Maine artillery.
The Minnewaska left Santiago on the
23rd for Newport News, with the TWen-
ty-third Kansas regiment, and will
probably come here next. The Third
Georgia regiment win leave Puerto
Principe as soon as TRANSPORTATION can
be obtained.
General Gomez did not visit Governor
General Brooke today. The latter is
awaiting the rolls of the Cuban army,
WHICH dfe HcCCSSdIJ III GITdHSlUS Inc
contemplated payment. The position
of General Gomez here, as defined in
his conference with Robert p Porter,
is a helper of General Brooke in Cuban
affairs. 1t is doubtful whether the rolls
VIII be forthcoming before the end Of
the week
The Cuban assembly met this after
noon, but inasmuch as the report of its
Washington commission is long, and
has not been digested by the members,
the assembly adjourned in order to give
them time for consideration.
General Gomez's two sons, now in
Santo Domingo, are expected here in
May.
Private John f. Peters, Second Hi
nois regiment, applied for his discharge,
but the order from the secretary of
war really discharged John j. Peters,
company G, Second Illinois regiment.
The latter objected, but was dismissed
and furnished transportation. Private
John Il. Peters, not having obtained
his discharge, will reapply.