Removing the Typhoid Cases at Camp Meade
Fifteen typhoid cases were shipped from the Second division hospital to Charity hospital Norristown. Patients from the 21st and New York Fourth Missouri First Rhode Island and Second West Virginia regiments are moved. Medical officer Girard expects more transfers to Harrisburg and Philadelphia as the hospital population of fever and rheumatism patients grows.
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Ty Associated Press
Camp Meade
Middletown
Second Division
Charity Hospital
Norristown
21St
New York
Missouri
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Girard
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
General Hospital
Burton
Panto
Red Crown Hospital
Wellsville
Samuel Crager
D. A. Rannells
Cakle
A. M. C. Johnston
Pennsylvania
E. Jauss
Howard
War Department
Delaware
Graham
Gossip of the Camp Seethes Over Fifteenth Pennsylvania Morale
Special to The Tribune reports regimental unrest as malarial fever weakens the Fifteenth Pennsylvania. Two companies already seek discharge, with officers resigning. Soldiers fault prolonged service and hope for home release while praising Major General Graham for furloughs to ease tensions.
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Twelfth Pennsylvania
Fourteenth Pennsylvania
Camp Meade
Middletown
Pennsylvania
Graham
Wickershaw
Stevenson
Delaware
Dudley
Nellis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Letter From an Engineer in Porto Rico
A. G. Baird of Dunmore receives a letter from C. R. French of the First regiment United States Volunteers Engineers at Ponce Porto Rico. He notes good health two wet camps, a pleasant view over Ponce to the ocean, and decent rations though malaria makes rest difficult. He describes islanders with stark contrasts between rich and poor, high prices, travel plans, and a road survey to be undertaken with a captain who has North and South American surveying experience.
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A. G. Baird
Dunmore
C. R. French
United States Volunteers Engineers
Ponce
Porto Rico
North
South America
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Praised for Typhoid Recovery and More
A woman from Buckingham Valley Pennsylvania recounts her child’s typhoid illness followed by rapid recovery after using Hood’s Sarsaparilla. She notes improved appetite strength and current eczema relief. She adds her husband also benefited from its rheumatism relief claims.
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Hood
Eczema
Murs
Cameron B
Carr
Buckingham Valley
Pennsylvania
Rupert of the Rough Riders Returns as Hero
Charles W. Rupert, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rupert formerly of Penn Avenue, Mason Waymart now ranching in Lone some Valley Arizona, mustered into the Rough Riders at Prescott in 1898 and rode through the Cuban Campaign. He praises his comrades, recalls camp humor, and hints at Roosevelt’s politics while visiting his Scranton hometown.
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John Rupert
Penn Avenue
Waymart
Rupert
Prescott
Arizona
Arizoma
Charles W. Rupert
Scranton
Lonesome Valley
Rough Riders
Montank Point
la Quasima
el Caney
San Juan
New York City
Hoboken
Uts
Figures That Show Span of War With Spain
A New York Sun survey converts army size 277000 into tangible quantities. It estimates 872 tons of rifle bullets in belts with Krag rifles, 131 miles of stacked bullets, 692500 miles effective rifle range, and uniform cloth covering about 644 acres for 277000 soldiers. It notes blankets $1.53 each for 922410 total and canteen and shelter costs, plus tent fabric and animal hides for shoes, with canteen and water needs.
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Army of the
United States
Uncle Sam
Springfield
Washington
Philadelphia
Moon
Oregon
Regimental Staff Appointments for Seventh Provisional Guard
Colonel Asher Miner announces the Seventh regiment Provisional Guard staff with ranks and posts. Names include Hughes as surgeon major, Weber chaplain captain, Stortz adjutant first lieutenant, Monte quartermaster first lieutenant, Wolfe assistant surgeon first lieutenant, Woods assistant surgeon first lieutenant, Fisher inspector of rifle practice first lieutenant, Shorts sergeant major, Farnham quartermaster sergeant, Nagle commissary sergeant, James principal musician, Pond veterinary sergeant, Rees hospital steward, among others.
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Asher Miner
Wilkes. Barre
Seventh Regiment, Provisional Guard
Mason B. Hughes
Bhickshinny
J. W. Weber
Sunbury
Robert PP. Stortz
Wilkes-Barre
D. Monte
Pittston
M. Wolfe
Liew- Leamant
H. H. Woods
Hasleton
Edward J. Fisher
William Sport
Edwin Shorts
John D. Farnham
Chauncey L. Nagle
Warne T. James
Soldiers Ill and Recovering Among Thirteenth Regiment
Charlies Horn of Monroe avenue is recovering from appendicitis and a mild typhoid fever. He serves in Company D, Thirteenth regiment. Hamilton, formerly an attache, now in Company B, is on thirty day furlough after a severe malarial illness. Clarence W. Carey of the city is an on sted man in Company B of the Thirteenth regiment.
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Charlies Horn
George 8. Horn
Monroe Avenue
Thirteenth Regiment
Charlies Hamilton
The
Academy of Music
Clarence W. Carey
Thin City
Carey descendant on provost duty seeks Cuba or Philippines
A son of the late Elias Carey, recently in Scranton, is on provost duty and headed to northern cities to arrest men overstaying leave. He has avoided fever epidemics and favors military life, awaiting orders to Cuba or the Philippines.
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Iment
Scranton
Elias Carey
Cuba
Philippines
Wilk
Barre
Reception for the Ninth Regiment in Wilkes-Barre
The Ninth regiment from Wilkes-Barre returns from Lexington Kentucky to be greeted with a big reception this afternoon. A march from the depot to the armory precedes a dinner. Pittston hosts a separate reception for companies C and HM of the Ninth.
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Wilkes-Barre
Lexington
Pittston
Ninth
Army Maintains War Cost and Supply Estimates
The article estimates troop travel averages 200 miles per enlisted man, totaling 65 400 000 miles. It costs 10 cents daily for regular rations plus 12 cents for transportation, totaling about 40 400 dollars daily for 277 000 soldiers. It lists daily meat, coffee, sugar, salt, soap, candles, pepper, vinegar needs and notes Spaniards’ ship losses at 224 600 000 and total war cost potentially reaching a billion dollars.
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War Department
United States
Faeneh Belief In Bent Posture Linked To Science
From the Boston Traveler a note on a superstition among the Faeneh that bending the body and lowering the head toward the womb has a claimed scientific basis. The fragment hints at cultural myth intertwined with supposed natural law.
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Boston Traveler
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