The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-03
KANSANS ON THE RELIEF
Thirty one Members of the
Twentieth Return on the
Hospital Ship.

San Francisco. Aug. S.-The following
commissioned officers were among the
sick who arrived on the hospital ship
Relief:
Captain John F. zeiIinger, First Ne
braska; Captain William J. Watson,
Twentieth Kansas; Captain Adna G.
Clarke, Twentieth Kansas; First Lieuten-
ant John c. Macarthur, Third infantry;
Second Lieutenant Collin H. Ball, Twen-
tieth Kansas; Second Lieutenant Oliver
c. Lapp, South Dakota.
The army officers in charge of the Re-
lief are: Major A. B. Gradley. brigade
surgeon, U. S. v, commanding; First
Lieutenant George Irwin, Fifth artillery
Q. M, and A. c. s.; Captain Henry R.
Stiles, assistant surgeon, U. s. A; First
Lieutenant Weston P. Chamberlain, as
sistant surgeon, U. S. A; Contract Sur
geons DR.. c. D. Van Waganan. DR.. w.
P. Reed and DR.. Henry c. Rowland.
The various regiments are represented
on the Relief by the following number of
Hospital corps six, Third artillery one;
Sixth artillery two, Fourth cavalry one,
Third infantry ten, Fourth infantry. six,
Twentieth three, Twenty-firsI one, Tween
ty-second nine, Twenty-third two: signal
corps one, Utah artillery two, Wyoming
First Colorado fourteen, Idaho six, Iowa
nineteen, Kansas thirty-one, Minnesota
twenty-one, Montana ten, Nebraska four
teen, North Dakota two, Oregon twelve,
Pennsylvania seven, South Dakota TWEEN
ty-five, Tennessee one, Washington five,
Wyoming three. navy one. civilian one.
The following is a list of the Kansans
aboard the Relief with description of their
wounds or sickness when they reached
Captain william J. Watson, company E,
lodged near the heart; apparently well.
Captain Adna G. Clarke, company H,
bullet wound in right shoulder, right arm
useless; convalescent.
Lieutenant c. H. Ball, company e, right
Company A-terry Springstead. dysen-
terry; improving; Harry Wagner, heat ex-
dysentery, convalescent; Butler ]. Has
kins. chronic ,gastritis, improving.
Company edward R. Mcclure, rheu-
matism and dysentery convaleseent; VIII
liam B Sprague, dysentery: improving;
Corporal Frank l. Sample, bullet wound
in the head, cOnvalescent; James T. Pin
z7on, acute diiarrhea2 improving; William
improving; Sergeant Joseph +. Dresser,
acute gastritis improving.
Company D-JameS e. Ganstein. dysen-
terry. Improving; Wallace E. George, dys-
Company E-Arthur HolIingshead. bull
let wound in left hip; nearly healed, but
Company F-wf1Iiam McDougaI. bullet
wound in left shoulder, nearly healed.
terry, well: Austin R. Mills, dysentery;
well; Campbell Scott, asthma nearly well;
gastritis improving; Ernest Jordan. dys-
enteTy, we'll; William T. McGrew, bullet
Jackson A shiveiy, Chronic &c dysentery''
convalescent; William Tull, bullet wound
in right leg, walks with a. limp and must
undergo operation
Company K--AAndrew Dalton, acute mus
A. Hubbard. bullet wound in right foot;
walks. with a cane; Haven H. Graham
chronic dysentery very thin, but improv-
ing; still on liquid diet.
Company L-James w. Wilson, acute
Company MEJohn F. Quick chronic dys-
EMERY, improved. but far from well; Cor
poral Albert DoOley, bullet wound in left
thigh, healed; health considerably shat
tered