The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-22
General Mckee Says that with Such
Heat There Cannot BE Very
Much Drilling.
FIRST OFFICIAL INSPECTION
MADE BY GEN. M'KEE AND STAFF
AND GOVERNOR DURBIN.
The Latter Is as Enthusiastic IL II
Were His First Taste OF Mill
itary Life.
Frustrated by Heat.

Private George Case. Company X. Third.
Corporal o. Z. Putney, Company f,
Third.
Private Frank Sloot. Company B, Third.
Private Frank Brinley, Company f,
Third.
Private Charles Askew. Company K,
First.
Corporal Frank Bethel. Battery c.
Private Elmer Schuenman, Company X.
First.
Private Cameron Pressler. Company G.
Third.
Private c. w. Potter, Company d, Third.
Sergeant F. S. Snider. Company d. Third.
Private n. ]. Walltense, Company *.
Third.
Private +. w. Davis, Company F, Third.
Private o. H. Small. Battery c.
Private Elmer Schrader. Company G,
Third.
Sergeant d. w. Oliver Battery n.
Corporal M. l. Macnett Battery c.
Bugler Simeon Kline, Company E. Third.
Private Grover Arnold, Company 1,
Third.
Second Lieutenant w. S. Brubaker. Com
pany IL, Third.
Private j. Smith, Company B, First.
Private John Rankin, Company y. Regi-
ment not given.
Corporal Gene Dumont. Company and
regiment not given.
over thirty-nve prostrations, due TO the
excessive heat were recorded at the camp
hour last night. OF these twenty-five &C.
Cured during the brigade review which be-
gan at 6:l5 p. m.
The review was held in the open field,
which is the race track inclosure. and the
regiments had scarcely been brought into
formation before the ambulance was called
into service. From the time the first case
was picked UP Lew Brennan, driver of the
ambulance was kept busy for twenty min
utes speeding his horses from one end of
the long line of troops to the other gather
ing up the disabled soldiers as they lay on
the ground.
Most of these cases were Of a mild nature
and some of them had recovered and left
night. One case. however, the name OF
which the hospital officers refused to
divulge, assumed a serious aspect, the pa
tient becoming delirious until about mid
night, when a change for the better set in
Lieut. Col. Wright. chief Of the brigade
medical staff said at midnight that there
was not a serious case of illness in the
camp.
81 found" said Colonel Wright, "or
questioning the patients, in a great many
cases they had eaten articles of fooc
brought to them by friends from the out
side, and in almost every case of prostra
ton the patient complained that hi:
stomach troubled him. 1 think that the fac
that the review was held so soon after
mess, combined with the intense heat, fur
nishes an explanation for all of the case.
of prostrations."
The most intense excitement prevailed in
the camp for several hours after the un
timely end of the brigade review. Owing tt
the unusual activity of the medical officers
the Widest sort OF reports circulated In tn'
camp and extended even to the city. Ther.
was a well-dehned rumor that several mel
had died and that there were over 100 pa
tients in the various hospitals in the camp
Colonel Wright was greatly distressed ovel
these reports and instituted thorough in
vestigation in order to find out if they haC
any foundation in fact. He discovered tina
there were not to exceed forty cases of i'll
ness on the grounds, with no prospect o.
any case resulting seriously.