The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-03

lation of st. Paul should be laid up I'M
fit for duty, what a hullabuloo there
would be and what a searching inquiry
as to the cause, to say nothing of the
serious inconvenience to general bust
ness that would result
But II per cent is just about the per-
centage of sickness in the Tenth field
battery at Fort Snelling-or it was
yesterday and this in spite of the fact
that local paper yesterday morning
used the name of an Officer to back a
denial of the report that there is that
much sickness at the fort.
Then Tenth field battery is 120
strong, rank and file. There are three
officers and 1T non commissioned Of
ficers and men. OF the III non-com-
missioned officers and men, thirteen are
on the sick list. There has been one
death. This reduces the active strength
of the battery to LOG.
The Sick List.
The following are those on the sick
list:
Corporal Arthur.
Private Fleure
Private Coe.
Private Kirkwood. 3i,4-.fo
Private Clark.
Private Hardy @@4f
Private Payne.
Private Woollett.
Private Perry.
Private MAYER.
Private LySle.
Private NunnalIy.
Private Smith.
In addition to these Private Cone died
on Thursday last, and his remains were
sent to Florida Saturday morning.
Inquiries made at the post yesterday
ELECTED the fact that there has been
between so and rs per cent more sick
ness this winter than there was for the
same period last year. This, it is stat
ed, is not due to any existing sanitary
conditions at the post, but rather to an
epidemic of a peculiarly severe form
of what is called Influenza" which has
gone the rounds of the artillery bar
racks, hitting officers and men alike.
without very much regard to rank or
religious prediction.
While some cases have been mild.
many have been SO bad that the treat
ment is difficult and recovery very
slow, in fact, the disease is alleged to
be more in the nature of pneumonia.
than anything else.
In the case of Private Cone it did
undoubtedly develop into pneumonia,
as it shown by the fact that when the
military authorities applied to the
county officials for the necessary per-
NIT to allow the remains to be for
Warded to Florida, a medical certificate
OF death was filed, and in that certifi-
cate the cause of death was stated over
the signature of Post Surgeon Kearns
to be pneumonia.
Artillerymen Are Susceptible.
The men Of the Tenth battery have
naturally been more susceptible to at
tacks on account of the fact that thew
nave not recently been accustomed to
severe winters. They were through the
Philippine war and also served in
China during the Boxer uprising, and
the various changes of climate are
bound to have a perceptible effect I'M
til the men become acclimated.
The stables where the Tenth battery
horses are kept are tbout three-quar-
ters of mile from the mems quarters.
Ihey are situated in the Northwest
corner OF the reservation, the inter-
vening plain being swept by the Bit
terly cold winds that blow during the
winter months. These cold breezes
were particularly felt during the latter
part of December and the first of jan
uary, when they amounted to a biz
zard.
The men turn out for the stables at
1880, and after cleaning and feeding is
over, they have to exercise the horses
Tor an hour or two out of doors in or
der to keep the animals in proper con-
clifton. Once a week, on SATURDAYS
there is general inspection. Some of
those who have been i'll claim to have
taken cold While going to and from the
stables and exercising.
Living Conditions Bad.
In the buildings where the men Of
the Tenth are housed the ceilings are
very low and the windows very small.
Heat is obtained from huge coal stoves
in the center of the little rooms. Each
room contains six to ten cots, placed
side by side, very little space being
available for moving around, and un-
der such conditions it is impossible to
have proper ventilation, fact which it
has been suggested may account for a
good deal Of the Influenza it being
a well known fact that persons living