Show CHRGES DENIED Shafer Sis th Mobile Was Not Ovcrcrowde Waahingtcn Aug 2LSome com pInt ached the war department concerning the bad sanitary conditions 1 a the transport Mobile which arrived 4 Montauk PoInt a few days ago from r The ship It was charged wan Clcrowed and the sick on board were 2vt propery or adequately pro vided for The department communi cted with General Shafcr on the subject sub-ject an1 in reponse to the dispatch ret4ved the following planatiol SLntagp Aug 21 lSSReterrlng f tf our telegram about overcrowding thE Mobile jj r captain reports that lahd zs SIC wa going to Port IHco Ill could carry OoJ men and could Cii comlirmhl thclcfoe did lot conster a Low less than 1700 too many The ship was carefully inspected inspect-ed by a board of officers and Dr Ives a member of the board states i was not overcrowded Accomodatons for officers were however somewhat de fcIent The large number of eats can probably be accounted for by the f fact that this brigade tool nearly alI theIr sIck with them greatest care has I I been taken in this respect Transports I have been loaded with from 200 to 300 I mon less than the same shIp brought I down I Signed SHAFTER Major General I HEALTH REPORT Genera Shafers daily report of the health conditions of the troops at Santiago San-tiago receIved at the war department tonight follows Sanitary report for Aug 21 Total sIck 105 total fever cases 698 number num-ber ne > fever cases 75 fever cases returned re-turned to duty 19 Deaths Aug 19 PrIvate Norman 1llIlan company l Seentyfrst New York infantry yellow fever Private Pri-vate Frank E Sharp rnmpan C Thirtythird MIchigan typhoid fever Private 11osele Gaines troop B Tenth cavalry typhoid fever Following yellow yel-low fever Corporal Walter J Jarvis company At Ninth infantry pernicious I malarial fever Private Richard Rique company C Ninth infantry typhoid fever fe-ver Justice W Harwood civilian acute dysentery John C Wright civil Ian pernicious malarial fever F Naftger company D Eighth Ohio yellow fever Aug 20 Private August L Johnson company E Thirtyfourth Michigan I typhoid fever James S Smith com I pany B Second infantry yellow fever |