The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1898, Page 2

& THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1898. 2 e e e e e ———— e, the team. but at the same time there i such a thing as overconfidence, an Berkeley seems to have it now.” TANNER SENDS ANOTHER COMPANY TO PANA Citizens of the Mining Town Appeal Successfully for Greater Protection. SPRINGFIELD, Jli., Nov. 20.—Notwith- standing the declaration made by Captain E. C. Butler, in command of the National Guard at Pana, made to Governor Tanner that he felt abie to cope with ) the troops at his com- legation of about fifty business headed by the former M T IO | S BECINNG | 10 IPROVE Players Recovering| From Bruises. | | ¥ \ | BRENBRNRRE RS sta f terror, and | MOUNTAIN AIR BENEFICIAL e aaven AT 2d more troops to Pana 1 tringent measures to preserve the | cordingly Tanner or- THE TEAM ATTENDS CHURCH AT Bene e ded Captain Butler, w SARATOGA. A0 sl Eere mitiTine P. Wells, Fifth In- Seiien stanford’s Practice Will Continue | PERRY SUFFERS LOSS Until Tuesday Night — On | Wednesday the Men Go \ to San Jose. Disastrous Fire Sweeps the Business Portion of the Iowa cail. | PERRY, Towa, Nov. 20.—At midnight { the busingss portion of Pe: is burning, Nov. 20.—A | and the fire is beyond control. A strong ore for the | thwest wind weeping the fire down the gloom | both of Second street. Several pirit than all | large blocks are already gone, and s, Wwho now | the Fire Department seems helpless. The Downing, Clem- re Department has been ro The team nd hose from surrounding at Saratoga this morning | towns will be brought in. The fire started rned a much gayer body of men. in Mitchell's large livery barn nt in the | S0on communicated to the G d in point of | department store acros % boint °f | then swept down the mal and over toa| the residence district in center of | is Dot the conse- | town. The difference in | The Methodist Church and the Citizens’ | is ascribed to the beneficial | Bank are among the doomed buildings. avs in the mountains, The | The loss at present is about $500,000. e malaria are beginning to a e men with ains are now in such can don jacket and | 'UTE INDIANS OFF THEIR RESERVATION improve- s pow | Large Detachment of Cavalry Will Be a marked of the pla: t in the hered in th P in retreat. Bur- : meister, whose ankle a Sent After the Mal- nl.\; him considerable contents. | t il of SA LAKE, Ut v, 20 epeci undoubtedly appear in the s Lo B enadal iving day if no further accidents return | L0 riune troms o AUB. /408 . YT 1 ail | Nearly all the bucks of the White Riv are elf. 2 are in fair | Utes and part of the Ulntah Indians ndition at present and wiil un- | off their reservations, and probably a great tedly be strong by unless | many of 1 are in Colorado. Henry meet other misha second , a half-breed, who was sent out men in_good form ing agent, has so reported to with the e of the i: A laree detachment of cav- to mak warm for the var- 1 r them upon the ar- 3 ord, who left here No practice game was had to-day, the men s lr D in cneir civilian if_the Governme: suits an gh the signals of the | won't p: it bought from them they w as t. 1 can get there to ht T00 EAGER TO OBTAIN 1 PENSIONS FOR HIS MEN new play every try. in splendid condi- laying the best of ball at | ated shoulder may not ng in the game on | % P \\-nuH : considered | Captain of Illinois Volunteers Ar- us that could befall the line : ST e rested for Making False | ¢ to that of any other Returns. | man trying »“position that his ab- SNAOEAETEE cen Tmess has been made for him | ©f Company C, First Iilinois Regiment, has been arrested on charges of attempt- | ing to defraud the United States Govern- | and he nto battle with this leath- ern protect go n. In'the morning the team and the . 2 The ded the service at Rev. Mr.| ment and making rhe. e ae it Saratoga. The Sermon | Captain R, B. B, o suit the occasion and was much attention by red atnietes mustering officer. forw: In the preliminary examination b the mustering out of the regiment, it is claimed, Captaln Bolt in his zeal to 0b- | tain pensions for his men made state- | - | ments regarding their health and injuries isfled than I have | received in the trenches at Santiago which | were flatly contradicted by the men in their answers to the ustering out officer. the who T c crowded the Coach Cross looked a bit more cheerful | ps ed bench to-day. He said: “I feel a bit more sat been for some days. The men are recov- | ering from their injuries and physical in- disposition, and I think the next two da; will bring the team out of the rut. There Tath ® great 1 of team work, due| THE CINCINNATI DAMAGED. to misfortunes rather than fallure. I| 5 | shall keep the team at hard work to-mor- | Injury to the Starboard Engine Ne- | row and v, practice morning and | 5 Her Recall | afternoon cessitates Her call. ’ and the New York , 1595, by James Gor- £R R ST BERKELEY IS CONFIDENT. But Cochran Says the Tussle Will Be a Hard One. 0.—Serious damage to the starboard engine of the | | | | innati will probably occasion her re- has | BERKE Nov. 20.—Berkeley - S 5 o s call to the United States. No towing willbe shown enthuslasm before, but never In | yecessary, as the port engine is in good | its history it reached such a pitch as | condition to make the passage. Captain_James St of the transport ngeles, returning from Gibara, will 4000 Mausers and heavy ordnance of the Epaniards from Guantanamo. e adherents of the blue t week at the State Uni- | one series of rallies, oOla graduates, who | followed h¢ in in years gone by have sauntered back to the campus to urge the team on to its work, and to help ghare in the tremendous outburst of col- lege spirit. A feeling of confidence has e on the wearem of the blue and been ells. speeches and ki e Nineteenth Body Recovered. TOLEDO, Nov. 20.—After two months | of search and the recovery of eighteen dead the grain handlers at the Union Elevator found the charred body unknown man to-da neither teimorary mishaps to | dicated him to vers, nor the resiraining influence | man, and it is suppos S of the coach can shake in the least d ng the elevator at the time of the ex- | Cochran, , does not thi plosion. i — - In an intervi Killed by an Explosion. 2 BUDAPEST, Nov. 20.—A dispatch to gether too confident over this matter, and | the Pester Lloyd from Nikolaleff, Russia, fails to ses that the game will be one of | at the confluence of the Inmul and the | he hardest it has ever played. Stanford | Dug that twenty-one persons hav v to improve at least a hundred per | been Kkilled there by an explosion in a nksgiving, and unless the | 10cket factory. improve accordingly there is not | S5 Siuch hope for s Nothing but the| oo Devi Dr ane Dead. 2 most faithful, consclentious work on the | BELFAST, Hov. 1L-Rev. Dr. Kene art of the ted will glve us any chance | s g | grand master of the Belfast Orange, died When asked about the condition of the | to-day from a stroke of apoplexy. men and the work they were doing, Coch ran said: The men at present seem to be in ex- tion. With the exception of e se playing is now out of the ion, all the players are quite ready al struggle. As to the work I feel quite satisfled with it. | t il the genuine footbali | i hort year, and | much to learn. I be- 14s started in the few LEADS 70 HER FATHER'S ARREST Continued from First Page. | | d be a mere question of is alread of i . Ot interest ed up in ect upon | i | have come there in no other way than | | by use of hard rope. The contusion | was in the shape of successive red | lines, corresponding to the rope’s threads. The act of stragulation was | most probably done after death had already set in. “I regard the condition of the head | as in every way accountable for what Famous has happened. The rest of the body | ite leOges French China was quite normal save for the super- ‘In dainty pink primroses and |ficial part of the skin and the mult ple bruises whica mar it from head to clouded gold handles. Newest | foot. I cannot be certain whether the shapes | marks on the neck were made a short 5 time before death or not—most prob- Tea, Dinner, Salad, Berry, Roast and Soup Sets ably afterward.” The physicians conducting the au- Everything attractive Redsonable prices Gireat Americanimport'g Tea Co, fore some clew was reached as to the fate which the young girl met. It was conclusive that she had been foully | murdered by two severe blows upon the | top of the head. An examination of the brain failed to show any traces of men- tal derangement of any kind, as was given out by the father the morning of 861 Market, 0y. Powell 705 Larkin St. | the tragedy. On the contrary all signs e ;fimi" i s e e st | pointed to’an uncommon degree of in- 208 kearny 5 2008 Fillmore St. telligence. To her school friends, who 148 Nonth St 521 Montgomery Ay, | Were few, and to the neighbors’ chil- 2510 Mission St. 1190 Ken%ucky st, ~ | dren in the vicinity she seemed subject 3006 Sixteenth St. 3283 Mission St. | to_no special mental unsoundness. . 855 Hayes St. 52 Market St. But the state of the ‘“skull cap,” or the upper hemisphere of the skull, éx- | plained the whole mystery. There, on | each side, were two dark places, each | about two square inches In area. A | hasty examination revealed the fact that opaqueness was due to the hemor- i rhage of blood vessels within the bat- OAKLAND STURES: P .1053WashingtonsSt. 131 San Pablo Ave. 917 Brofldwlg‘- 616 E. Twelfth St. < 1510 Seyenth St. ALAMEDA—1355 Park St. SAN RAFAEL—B St. near Fourth. Write for Catalosguce OF HALF A MILLION : | the injuries here were all skin deup. { were entirely superficial. | been hastily squeezed | rop | Brandes under arrest. | cealed it. | grabbed the stick from her and struck | her with it. | on Saturday. | this is the most cruel of all. | where he acts as patrolman and night | and _burglars. | club houses, | would be subject to indiscretions on the | This system of blackmail he has lately | g:8882883888&82838888!283&H&Sfififi&fi&&fifi&fifi&fifi&fisflflfifi n"NBURNN 3 % One Woman K Inju killed outright and were seriously injure It is thought the to ignited gas, but t an anarchist plot. G ERNNNEREENNERNRER TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN A PARIS CAFE Other Persons Seriously PARIS, Nov. 20.—A terrific explosion occurred in the Cafe Champeaux, under- neath the Havas Agency. A woman was illed and Eight red. eight other persons d. : explosion was due here are rumors of BRRRNR NN NRRRRNRNN RN NNNNRERNENENS BRENNERNRERERER RS tered region. Other parts of the skull| were perfectly sound, in strong contrast | to the place where blows had fallen. A consultation of the docters present reached the conclusfon that Lilliar Brandes met her fate¢ at the hands of some person, who had killed her by in- flicting two mortal blows upon the head. Attention being directed to the neclc the idea of suicide by hanging was speedily dispelled. Dr. Buteau found o signs were present beneath Lhe skin's surface to show that anything had clutched the neck severely enough | to point to strangulation. The marks Dr. Buteau s of the opinion that the neck had by some tight the pressure remaining on but a short time. The physicians to- gether agreed that the soft apren, which it was stated the father had cut in taking the body down from the bed- post, could not account for the condi- tion in which the neck was found. On hearing the result of the autopsy the District Attorney held a short con- ference with Sheriff White, as a result which it was decided to place W v of m innocent of the charge made 8 me of murdering my little girl,” id Brandes after his arrest. *“These charges have been trumped up against enemies in order to ruin me by my my busin . They have had me ar- rested before, but have never been able to injure me, as their charges were always groundless. This time they saw their opportunity and by making this terrible charge against me expect to break down my business. No one will want to hire me as a watchman now, as people will always point at me and say, ‘He was arrested and charged with murdering his child.” This will be sufficient to break up my business. “I came home on Saturday morning and went upstairs to bed. In a few minutes my wife called me and I dressed hurriedly and went downstairs. 1 found my daughte- hanging to the bedpost, being suspended with an apron. he was still warm 1. hen I cut her down and laid her on the bed. I did pot wait a moment, but hurried away for a doctor. When he came she was beyond 2. “The child was simple-minded and we were always in fear she would kill rseif. We found a knife secreted in her bed to-night, At certain times she was violent anddifficult to manage. She would steal knives, razors, money or anything we had about the house. he had trouble with her stepmother last Wednesday. I had $15 in the house with which to pay a bill. We missed it and accused her of taking it. She finally dug $14 out of the earth in the back yard, where she had con- We insisted on her giving back the remaining dollar and she fin- ally did so. On Wednesday evening she guarreled with her stepmother and struck her with a stick. Mrs. Brandes In the scufile that followed the girl fell down the stairs. If there are any bruises on her head that must have been the time she received them. “I had determined to send her away to a girl's school and she was to leave She may have brooded over this and determined to end her life. She was always hard to manage when the moon was full, it seeming to affect her very much. I blame the Richards family, colored people, who live next door to me, for this trouble, They and some political enemies of mine are responsible for this charge against me. “My wife is subject to fits and con- vulsions and I am afraid this will kill her. She may take her own iite. I have had more than my share of trouble, but As God is my judge I did not kill my lttle girl. I would give my right arm to have her with me now.” Brandes’ reputation in Berkeley, watchman, is said to be of the very worst kind. It was rumored, soon after his arrival there from Sausalito, that he had been driven away from the lat- ter place by enraged citizens, who re- garded his presence as a general nui- gance in the community. It is affirmed he soon began to work a policy of blackmail upon the residents of the university town. As self-appointed pa- trolman and night watchman he levied sums of §1 and $2 upon each house in the neighborhood for the ostensible purpose of protecting them from thieves He would represent the condition of the town to be thoroughly unsafe and extort monthly pay for ser- vices accordingly. Most of the resi- dents with whom his occupation brought him in contact regarded him as a nuisance, and paid the toll he ex- acted more for the sake of being rid of him than anything else. His plan of operation was an {ll-con- cealed scheme of double dealing. With- in the district of his patrol are several used by university stu- dents. To the residents generally he has been known to represent that they part of the clubhouse members, in fre- quent disturbances of the peace, and on the ground of preventing these he has levied his toll. From the clubhouse members themselves he has exacted money for the express purpose of quietly ignoring all that they might do. found it diffieult to carry out. More than once has he tried to secure an appointment under the Sheriff as a deputy constable. At one time he was successful. But the enjoyment of his official position was only shortlived, The next day public indignation forced the Sheriff to cancel the appointment, and since then he has received no offi- cial recognition from either county or town authorities. About seven months ago he was arrested for stealing lum- ber from a neighbor’s yard. Among his immediate neighbors he is said to be both feared and despised. The treatment shown toward his two children is notorious in the community. Aside from the instances brought to light, in connection with Saturday morning’s tragedy. he is said always to have treated both boy and girl with brutal severity, and to have made their CORBETT NEVER IN BETTER FORM This the Declaration of His Trainer. WILL WEIGH 182 POUNDS SHARKEY TO BE SIX POUNDS LIGHTER. Indications Are That There Will Be No Interference With the Mill by the Police or Others. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—That the 20- round bout getween James J. Corbett and Thomas Sharkey will be brought | to a decision before the Lenox Club next Tuesday night without police or other interference is now almost a cer- tainty. With the big contest only for- ty-eight hours hence, everything seems | to be running smoothly, for, as yet, not one word of protest, lay or clerical, has been uttered in reference to the meet- | ing of the pugilists within the limts | of the city. The legal authorities seem | to be prefectly satisfied that every de- tail of the Horton law governing pugil- istic exhibitions in 'this state will be lived up to by the principles. Corbett is the favorite in the betting at 100 to 80, and the general impression is that the rules governing the bout, which call for a clean break, favor him. The sailor pugilist is strong on in-fight- ing, but has yet to show any degree of cleverness at long range work, while :]h?tvery opposite can be said of Cor- ett. Another thing which good judges re- | fer to is Sharkey’s lack of control over his temper when receiving punishment. During his long weeks of hard train- | ing under the supervision of Tom | O'Rourke, the saflor has learned to | govern his temper in this respect, and great things are expected of him by his friends and lackers. No man could | have trained more carefully than Shar- key has, and the same can be said of Corbett, to whom victory means much, | Charley White, who has charge of the ex-champion’s training, is more | than satisfied with Corbett's work and | present condition. He says his man | was never in better condition than now, and, barring accident, will cer- tainly win. Corbett, White says, will enter the | ring weighin~ about 182 pounds. | O'Rourke said to-night Sharkey's | ‘weight would be 176 pounds. Reports | from both sides to-night were to the effect that each man is in the best con- dction physically and equally confident | of winming. The advance sale of seats has been unusually heavy, amounting to nearly $30,000. The purse of $20,000, it is an- nounced, has been paid over to the stakeholder, Frank Ferrel. SCORE OF RECORDS BROKEN BY WING SAN JOSE, Nov. 20.—John E. Wing of the Olympic Club Wheelmen of San Fran- cisco broke the coast hour record and all coast amateur records from two to twen- ty-five miles at Cyclers’ Park to-day. In the hour Wing rode 28 miles and 1089 1-3 vards. This breaks the former coast rec- ord of 25 miles and 978 yards, held by Ralph Mussey of Los Angeles, by over three miles, and is within 485 yards of the world's amateur record. The pacing was done by two triplets and six tandems manned by San Francisco and local riders and was very good, considering that many of the riders were chosen at the last mo- ment. Floyd McFarland handled this part of the eve Wing went especially for the coast amateur five, ten and fifteen mile rec- ords. The five miles were covered in 10:05, breukln% the record of 10:171-5, held by Sidney Vincent of the Bay City Wheel- men. The new ten-mile record s 20:42. It was formerly 23:31, made by Ralph Mus- sey of Los Angeles. Wing set the 25-mile mark at 52:30 3-5. Mussey held this rec- ord also, which was 58:44, The following is the official time: Time. 31:17 35 83:22 35:31 37:40 4-5 39:50 41357 8-5 44:08 1-5 46:09 2-5 43:15 3-5 50:21 52:30 3-5 54:35 4-5 56:42 58:44 2-5 One hour—28 miles 1089 1-3 yard Officials in charge were: Timers—H. D. H'ade‘x':lelt. O.DC. l%'.; C. &1. g h, g g .; J. _A. -Desimore, G. C. %J.; Szgith, Btai_ltor&. Montal Fren orers—F. G. onteiea, W B V%e!giu. g—l{,‘ ganlnel;f E. 8. lel er. i rbfi avis, Tony Lelmas, Russell Dul B R POWDER IN A COOKSTOVE. Quarryman’s Mistake Cosic at Least Three Lives. PORTSMOUTH, Ohfo, Nov. 20.—By an accidental explosion to-day, George Fer- guson, a quarryman, is dying, two of his children are dead and his wife and an- 'SURGEONS = ALSO LIMITED | | perience of a military character impaired | pital corps as the service may require. H tgorflred during the war was approximately | 1 telegraphed the Governors of the severai STERNBERG'S REPORT ON THE MEDICAL WORK Sickness Due to Camp Conditions. MA.fiY CONTRACT DOCTORS EM- PLOYED DURING THE WAR. Want of Sufficient Body of Trained Hospital Corps Men Was Also Keenly Felt in the Cuban Campaign. — Specfal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Surgeon- General George M. Sternberg has made his report to the Secretary of War, It relates mainly to the work of the medi- cal corps during the war. The follow- ing are the more important features of the report; The number of medical officers, 192, al- lowed by law to the army in inadequate in time of peace. The insufficiency in time of war was met by the assignment of over 650 contract surgeons. The very small proportion of medical officers having ex- the efliciency of the department at the outset, but many of the staff surgeons from civil life showed great aptitude for | the service and speedily became of value as administrative sanitary officers. No provision was made for hospital corps men for the volunteer troops except that which empowered the Secretary of War to enlist as many privates of the hos- T'he number of men enlisted and trans- he want of a sufficient body of trained hospital corps men necessitated the detail of enlisted men from the regiments for hospital duty in several of the camps and the employment of trained nurses at the general hospitals. Over 1700 female nurses have been employed, at first at the gener- al hospitals and later at the field division hospitals when it became evident that the fiela service purposes for which the latter had been organized would have to give place to the imperative need of caring for ck men coming from the regi- | Immediately upon the declaration of war, April 2i, steps were taken to obtain medical supplies for the new volunteer army. The manufacture was expedited with the utmost dispatch. On May 3, fore- seeing that it would be impossible to have ready for the issue to the volunteer regi- menis as soon as they were mustered in the necessary articles of field equipment, States for authority to use the medical equipment of the National Guard in the service of the State until our army medi- cal supplies were ready for issue. Most of the Governors who had fleld equipment responded promptly and satisfactorily, but | unfortunately many of the State medical departments had no such equipment. Meanwhile the officers in charge of the medical supply depots were directed to make arrangements so that supplies could be immediately obtained for 100,000 men for six months. ‘Whenever the notice was received from the adjutant general's office that com- mands were to be moved or camps formed 1 endeavored to anuclgate the wants of the troops by telegraphing to the officer in charge of the nearest supply depot to forwa supplies for the stated number of men, In my opinion the reduction of the age limit from 21 to 18 years and the haste with which the volunteer regiments were organized and mustered into the service were responsible for much of the sickness which was reported in the early da"s of the camp life. All military experlence shows that young men upnder 21 years break down rapidly under the strain of war service, and every regiment had many of these youths in its ranks. Medi- cal examiners were appointed to testify to the physical conditions of each man before acceptance, but, notwithstandin this, so many men were afterward foun on the sick lists of the camps unfit for service from causes existing prior to en- listment that special arrangements had to_be made for their discharge. Soon after the newly raised levies were aggregated In large camps sickness began to Increase prosresslve]fi from causes that were so general in their op- eratfon that scarcely a regiment escaped from theilr harmful infiluence. These causes may largely be referred to ignor- nce on the part of officers of the prinei- ples of camp sanitation and their duties and responsibilities as regards to the wel- fare of the enlisted men in their com- mands. The sites of certain of the camps have been instanced in the newspapers as the cause of the sickness which was developed in them; but a review of the whole situ- ation shows that it was not the site, but the manner of its occupation which must be held responsible for the manner and spread of disease among the troops. On April 25, 1898, foreseeing the likelihood of unsanitary conditions in the camps, I issued circular No. 1 impressing upon medical officers their responsibllity in sanitary matters and the necessity for a strict sanitary policy, particularly in the case of the sick and in the preservation of the camp area from contamination. But the necessity of the mlilitary x‘)opula- tion on the area .of these contracted camps prevented the possibility of good sanitary conditions. Camps of this char-| acter may be occupied for a week or two at a time without serious results, as in | the case of National Guardsmen out for | ten days' practice during the summer, but their continued occupation will inevitably | result in the breaking down of the com- | mand by dlarrhoea, dysentery and typhold fever. Practically nothing was dene to make the men comfortable or remedy the sani- tary conditions until these were brought o the attention of the Secretary of War by inspectors sent out from the War De- artment. Then the camps held for %o | ong were abandoned, but not before the | manifestations of typhoid infection were | rife in_them. New sites were carefully | selected, regimental camps were expand- | ed, company tentage Increased and board flooring provided. Then for the first time the troops went into camps suitable for continued occupation. One prominent cause of the increase of sickness in the early camps has been com- mented upon by only a few of our med- ical officers. ese cite the prevalence of drunkenness and of disease due to the facilities and temptations afforded by the - proximity of cities to the larger camps. They hold that if the systems of the men had not been weakened by dissi- pation they would not have succumbed so readily to the other influences which af- fected them. 1t was typhold fever which broke down the strength of the commands generally, the outbreak becoming distinctly manifest in July. Sporadic cases appeared in most of the regiments in May and June, these cases having been brought, in many in- stances, from the State companies. In fact, some regiments, as the Fifteenth Minnesota, suffered more from this dis- ease at their State rendezvous than any of the regiments at the large Federal camps. It appears from a general review of the sanitary reports already filed that the prevalence of the disease was proportion- ed to the unsanitary camp conditions ! which T have referred to. The Y abil- ity of its communication’ to soldiers {n camps_through the agency of flles was pointed out as a reason for insisting on a | sanitary policy of the strictest character. It is well known to the medical profession that this fever is propagated by a con- taminated water supply, and it i{s now | ized that the great prevalence of | isease in an vated form in the | campe of the civil war was due to the use | of surface and shallow well waters infect- ed by typhoid excreta. To prevent the transmission by, the water supply I rec- ommended the bse of boiled and filtered water when a pure spring supply could not be obtained and to enable an effi clent filteration of suspected waters to be made, fleld filters of approved con- struction were issued on my recommenda- other child disfigured for life. f blastin lives miserable with harsh blows and curses poured the contents of a can of 3 ggvs:el; “1:’:0 the cook stove, supposing it Ferguson i tion by the quartermaster’'s department. ’ CARE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED. I g AR ST | for efficient service. | transfer to the general hospital was ad- | came filled, visable under the care of the most experi- enced physiclans and able surgeons on duty with each division. Medical officers left on duty with their regiments were to exercise nmtar&r supervision over the well men and to determine whether a Sol- dier reporting himself sick should be’sent to the hospital or remain as a trivial case under treatment in quarters. The consolidation of the medical force by di- visions, implying, as it did, the reuklng up of the regimental hospitals, met wit a strong opposition from regimental med- ical officers, particularly from those who were not detailed for special service at the division hospitals. THE FIFTH ARMY CORPS. Long before this corps embarked for Cuba 1ts field hospitals were in condition Subsequent events have rendered valueless these prepara- tions of the medical department. When the command embarked on the transport vessels the baggage wagons and mules were left behind. The ambulance trains of all the divisions with a .arge part of the outfit of each of the hospitals were also left behind. Three ambulance wagons were taken apart and stored on one of the vessels. These did excellent service at San Juan and El Caney. Ten of the ambulances of tne ihird or reserve divi- sion_hospital were subsequently shipped to Cuba, where they arived July 2 and were of value in moving .he sick and wounded to the hospital at Siboney and to the hospital ships and transports. Of the property and supplies carried to Cuba, a portion was not available for service at the time it was needed—to wit, on July 1, 2 and 3, when the wounded from El Caney and San Juan were coming from the front for care and treatment. This was because, in general, no 0pportunity was afforded to land the medical prop- erty. Earnest efforts were made by med- ical officers to have supplies at the front with the troons. During_and after the battles at El Caney and San Juan there was an insufficiency of tents, cots, bed- ding and medicines, due to the causes stated, but all the hospitals were well 1 work. tion of Santiago the troops at the front broke down rapidly under the fatigues they had undergone and the malarial influences to which they were exposed; but by this time an ample supply of tents, furniture, bedding, cloth- ing and medical stores had reached Sibo- ney, totgether with a corps of trained nurses and a force of surgeons, who were sent to duty at the yellow fever hospitals, being immune to the disease. Meanwhile, to relieve the pressure in the field hospi- tals, such convalescents and sick as could bear the journey were sent to the U nited States on’ transport vessels. This was an emergency measure to relieve the ho!rl- tals at Siboney and permit of the transier 1o them of the men who were sick in regi- mental camps. The transter of troops from Santiago to Montauk Point was also an emergency measure and the re'at {e- sponsibility of exeluding yellow ever )r||- fection from eve: rnn:gorl rested on (he medical officers who had charge of the embarkation. Had !hez; failed in this duty the effect would have been disastrous dur- ing the voyage to the men on shipboard and the risk of importing the disease into this country would have been greatly in- creased. It is needless to refer at this time to the complaints of starvation which appeared almost daily in the newspa e&s during the occupation of Camp ‘Wikoff, for it is now generally understood that the weakness, prostration anemia and emaciation of so many o the results of malarial, low fever from which tl as a consequence of climatic Influences an Santiago and Its neig and subsequent city. TROOPS IN THE HOME CAMPS. The method of hospital organization in these camps was practically the and there was muc| equipped for surgica fter the capitulal typhoid and vel- he army suffered ly in their history. Dt In few instances with the material and supplles for their medical care; but they brought sick men with them and these re- quired immediate care. Provision had to be made for division hospitals in view future fleld serv curing men for service as cook sters, ete. kept in campaigning conditions; that is, the tents were neither framed nor floored until the increased prevalence of typhoid fever attracted attention to their crowded condition, when the object of their exist- ence became suddenly chsnfi school for fleld service to a hospital for the treatment of a local outbreak of dis- ease. Special diet kitchens, under the management of capable indlviduals, were opened at most of the hospitals. Money for this purpose was sent to them by me from funds contributed and placed at mv disposal. Money was also sent directly by individuals and representatives of aid so- cleties, and the Red Cross committees supplied quantities of ice and milk, chick- ens, eggs, lemons, etc., pajamas, night shirts and other articles of hospital cloth- ing were provided by the Red Cross and other aid societies. Subsequently the or- der placing the commutation of the sick soldier’s rations at 60 cents rendered these | hospitals independent of outside assist- ance. About July 20 the troops for the invasion of Porto Rico embarked and sailed. The field hospital accommodation with this expeditionary force was ample and the supplies abundant. TROOPS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. The precautions taken to secure a good sanitary condition on the vessels prior to embarkation and the sanitary supervi- sion exercised over the men during their long voyage must be credited to the ex- cellent condition of the troops at Manila. The want of hospital corps men was the main cause of the failure of chief sur- geons to establish their division hospitals promptly instead of organization for field service, their time being occupled and their energics spent in endeavoring to procure the necessry’ men by enlistment or trans- fer. After a time, when sickness invaded hospitals be- the camps and the division f the troops were its exposure to the d to_infections of hborhood pending to the surrender of the same, similarity in the con- ditions affecting them and corresponding- Regiments reported of e and for regimental hospitals in view of the immediate neces- sity: Chief surgeons, officers and divisions began the organization and equipment of thelr field division hospitals and ambu- lance companies, but they were met at the outset by the apparent impossibility of se- nurses, litter bearers, ambulance drivers, team- As a result the hospitals were ed from a o] tions for fleld service had to give place to the immediate ne- cessity of caring for the sick. The divi- sion hu!xltnls became expanded as at Sib- oney and Tampa into base hospitals, with g‘nfi{lmsed needs and lncreaseg Tesponsi- es. GENERAL HOSPITALS. Up to September 30 eleven general hos- pitals were established and fully manned and equipped. These had a capacity of nearly 7000 beds. At the same time cer- txin post hospitals having good accommo- dations were used for the treatment of army cases generally, without alteration of their officlal status as post hospitals. My report Yresems tabulations compiled from monthly reports of sick and wound- ed recelved from May to September, clusive, and representing a strengtit pre: sent of 167,168 men. These give full partic- ulars. There were 1715 deaths, of which number 640 were occasioned by t):;sxhold fever, 97 by malarial fevers and 3% by diarrhoea and dysentery. The death rates for May and June, .46 and .70, were not in excess of those of the army in time of peace. In July the rate became some- what higher than that of most well-cared for cities, 2.15 per month, or the equiva- lent of an annual rate of 25.80 per thou- sand living. In August it became exces- sive, 4.08, equal to an annual rate of 48.96 per thousand. In September the influence of measures taken in July and August.to improve the health of the army becomes manifest in the falling of the death rate to 2.45, or the equivalent of an annual rata of "20.40. The same progression to an acme in August, with a sudden fall in September, in various ratios are ven under the specific titles, typhoid fever. malarial fever and dlarrhoea and kindred diseases: This is_exceedingly gratifying and must be credited, as stated, to the sanitary measures adopted, for our expe- rience in the vivil war demonstrates that in the absence of these measures the high ratio of August would have been contin- ued for many months to come. From ta- bles of absolute numbers and of ratios by which the incidents of sickness and mors tality of the regular troops and volunteer troops may be contrasted, it will be seen that the exposures of the regular troops in the Santiago campaign gave them from June to September a higher death rate than the volunteers and that the rate of the latter for August, the month of max~ imum_mortality, hwas 3.(%2. !;s compared ith 5.83 among the regular troops. & \'()L"NTEEI'L‘R RELIEF WORK. My guiding principle throughout the war has been that relief, waen needed, should be promptly accepted without ref- erence to the source from which it came. The relief_afforded by the National Red Cross at Siboney was promptly accepted by the surgeons on the spot, but it is evi- dent that it was entirely inadequate to meet the emergency. This association has had full authority to send agents and sup- plies of various kinds in a most liberal manner for the use of our ueld hospitals. Other organizations which have rendered very valuable service are the National Relief Commission, having its headquar- ters in_Philadelphia, and the Massachu- setts Volunteer _Aid Association, with headquarters in Boston. Both of thesa organizations fitted out hospital ships, which were placed at my service for transportation of our sick from Porto Rico, and I take pleasure m tetifying to the valuable services rendered by the yacht May of the National Relief Com- mission_and the hospital ship Bay State of the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid As- sociation. THE, MEDICAL CORPS. tention to the effi E P! by the medical f the army in the itions which_ the of the service have made necessary for them to fill. FATAL RAILWAY DISASTER. Brakeman J. U. Lewis Killed in a ‘Wreck Near Dunsmuir. DUNSMUIR, Nov. 20.—A fatal rallway disaster occurred at an early hour this morning three miles east of Delta. The regular westbound freight train No. 20 had a pair of car trucks off the rails and while the crew was engaged in replacing the car on the track a special freight train overtook it, crashing into the caboose. It left the caboose in halves on the boiler of engine No. 1573, Thomas Fraser, engineer. Brakeman J. U. Lewis was in the caboose. He was fa- tally crushed and died while being taken to Delta for medical aid. The track was gleared for the Oregon express without the aid of the wrecking crew. Death of a Stenographer. HAVANA, Nov. 20.—W. W. Mohun, one of the stenographers attached to the United States Evacuation Commission, dled last night of pneumonia. The re- mains were Interred at the Colon ceme- tery. O Stranded Steamer Floated. LONDON, Nov. 20.—The British steamer Southgarth, Captain Perch, before re- ported stranded in a dangerous position on Diana Bank, has been floated, and is anchored at Gailipoli. i e | Mrs. C. Burkhardt Paralyzed. 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