Show ALGER AGAIN EXPLAINS his reason for the Confusion at camp MANY FURLOUGHS GRANTED ANTED he read ul of 6 war department DopArt ment says thero there Is no justification for tho the complaints that have been made men told him they quito quite comfortable for table says thero there tire are a tew few sick men iden however wever the hospital reports show lotio 1080 Patient sISO lao aro are down with typhoid fever I 1 new york aug 2 26 secretary alger arrild in this city today and Is at tho the fifth avenue venue hotel in an interview he said 1 I did not und find the condition of camp nearly as bad as ain I 1 had expected I 1 cannot see bee that there Is any justification in the ilia tall that neither the well nor the sick kick soldiers tire are properly treated I 1 think there are splendid accommodations for all the soldiers Eol alers mho will gu EU to camp alkoff and specially ally now that so many thero there have been furloughed thursday I 1 received offers from roni now mew yolk toik and brooklyn hospitals to take lake at least va gloh 0 k rom the secretary aleer was asked how tio ao you acer acuna lunt for the confusion and lack of facilities at camp dilloff Wl Wil kolt loff to thill un gen alger replied did you ever go into camp or even jiffy eltty I 1 non men if so you know there la much c confusion on fusion with that number of men what 10 lo do you suppose ll it must be ba with thou hands to a person pernon who knows but little littie about soldiering there mity may appear 0 to bo be much co and privation v ati cill but it Is only what hat Is to bo be expected in III roughing it on many malty occasions lons I 1 myself have bawn in ia camp anil and have ca these things I 1 found many with nothing but a blanket between them arid and the ground bull there were thou thousands of bags in camp I 1 asked them why by they didiot jilt 1111 the bags baes v w ith straw of N w ach there re was a larso quantity in fit camp and so make anake beds tor for themselves they said they bad not thought ot of such a thing thine fl then ieta the secretary Sec rotary was asked agan again you cannot sea that there li ij in the complaints atch nave ben been modo made none kone ho he replied it if there was tiny any lack of 0 medicines or necessary supplies tho the blamo would bo be on those these whose duty it we wag to order these things the day I 1 went through the detention decently n hospital and uter later the general hos hosala hosp pla taj and I 1 talked with nearly every man maji who was awake I 1 sold said to them all 13 clys Is there anything you w want an it they all answered nothing Noih lne w WB 0 axe aro quite comfortable A few of fix the e men had ad no cote cota but this was soon remedied there a are some me few me k men but thero there Is no yellow fever the there Is some men ire there h ere As aa yellow ad 13 any paint you ever saw and nothing noth laff remained ot of thern them but skin una bonay borke bon py kilI i r T a atun etc k s lmaura camp secretary alger aleer sald said aff alris were not in perret t condition there but to the be best q t of his big kno ledge lie said the only men now there are those who are too to ill to bo be moved secretary alger resumed ills big work of inv dinv the affairs of camp wl vi kofr day among amone tho the first things lie ile did MS to five attention to grant I 1 ln n 7 thirty days furlough furlou yh to tl tile men it fertit now mew york volun if ti and nd the second massachusetts con ild the ot of ill iha i to malic make out the list of 0 aikle feu who were able to leave camp t at eliy Y ian can depart for their homes as soon boon is aa poss possible ble the rough riders uro tire also to bo be granted furroughs furloughs and so tire are the Michi gaii volunteers at the expiration ot of their furroughs furloughs the tha sev enty enly first men N will ill not return tarn to camp Wili alkoff olf but to camp mark mack to be formally mustered out the tha second massachusetts men will report at south 11 armIngton for mustering out after their furloughs furroughs expire gen alger has given notice that sick regulars will also be allowed to go homo home on furlough so that within a few days thousands of the men who axe are now in camp caaway to make room for those now on the transports in pond bay Nv waiting altIng to como come ashore and those expected I on transports yet to como come from santiago including gen shalter and his hb start staff gert gen alger while molda his rounds made a careful inquiry of routine affairs and asked whether a clent supply of see ice and milic had beer been received at the hospitals when he found what ho he considered d neglect anywhere he plainly called to account those re secretary alger received ra a dispatch from rk gt n corbin in washington informing him that president mckinley could not como come to camp alkoff this week tho the president will visit the camp but he Is not looked tor for now before the middle or end of next week another transport reached tho the camp today it was waa tho the ID D 11 II miller and she has the men ot of the first reg regular ular infantry in all on board twenty ot of them area are sick but there were no deaths during the voyage neither are ara there any of the sick men donn don with kith contag contagious lous disease thero there welt were e two deaths in camp re potted polled today john quilly of company C new york reg intent died of 0 disc nifty and john dorman of company F r twentieth united states Intaj itry try died from dysentery find and exhaustion ha lit jn tho the gonegal hospital there tire are 1083 1080 rat patients lents there tire are lo 10 1 io typhoid p patients in tho the I 1 which Is it a di crease the number fit at detention camp T nas 2 36 G and this was also a lower reco record US t than it n yesterday BLANCOS proclamation Pran tra ot of his latest document ILea E claes washington lew york aug aue 21 a A 1 11 translation anal lation of gen gell blancou blancos Blan coB cos latest proclamation to the people ot of lla havana alIL lias has rec washington according to a special to the press it says si we wa have been vanquished and without consideration ot of our birthplace will bo be tomorrow a strangers in WO country and aad emigrants to this portion ot of tho the world which today or a tern few weeks more will cease to bo be a part ct cf our spanish fatherland I 1 AS aa strangers ano and as the ibo vanquished I 1 counsel you tho the people ot of cuba who deeply feel tc el the disgrace of their not to dispute any ot of tho the benefits which the triumph gives elves to fc the victore victor 1 I it t Is our obligation now to be quiet gulet slot cot to take any part pan in the different manifestations ot of it local pollia political cal nature and evea to decline participation in such affairs even it the right ot of franchise be offered us ent but wa have one ona duty which should be a a duty ot of life that is 13 to undertake tho the task ot of reconstruction ot of all your interests interest and it li Is your duty also alo to ask talc tor for even appeal it if it becomes nee wary from your position as the vanquished to the victorious tor for a guarantee ot of your personal safety safely and tho the protection ot of your proper interests it you do as I 1 counsel cou n bel you the united states will ii 1 I 1 t take caro care of your lives and your interests In teresta my mission iwa ewa be ba 04 bo be the an of spain and any it on who iho tel feels that with nith honor tn lit hlin lf hf he rn may a y continue to call himself a sp spaniard a nl ard wili will have to lo matriculate his name at t the be consulate which will w 1 1 b be in this city 1 I 1 hac banc done all that I ath lese that I 1 con could h have dono e tor her or Maje loyal loyad objects it wax my duty to make aar nr agal not the insurgent Il who ito never have I 1 bee been n grateful t to 0 spain for or fiur ter efforts in their b behalf be half 1 11 I om am convinced that there will be no further disputes be between tren the cuban and the spaniards in the island for it Is my belief that as soon inn as the cubans begin to govern her they all find out how useful are the spaniards to 10 them still and finally AM III concede to them illin the place they deserve lit in the government of it the he island your com lu quillion Iian illion loo RAMON 13 BLANCO LAZ CUT TIM THE BISHOPS SALARY changes made in tho the pay of ecclesiastical officials santiago de cuba aug auf ag N important changes chanca in the ahll government relating to schools polli pollie e customs and mercantile llo and harbor regulations are in process of preparations by gens lawton I aaton arid and wood and a proclamation carrying them into effect will probably bo be issued lit in a few days the police force Is 1 to lie le increased with it view or 0 enabling the withdrawal ot of the military from patrol duty the changes aill aid the shipping mercen tile arid and industrial industries the port duties and salaries of many official Helal oi civil ecclesiastical and provincial officers will bo be reduced tho the salary ot of archbishop crespo alch soa mas formerly met will be reduced to tho the promoted changes meet with the apil approval rov al of the better classes gen castillo Castl llo this morning mornine had find a brief antery interview 1 ew with gen lawton la in reference to lo the disbandment of 0 the th cuban army oen oil castillo Castl llo returned to garcia this rafter afternoon noon the arrandt monts ments nero nere riot not completed the visit elicited little information dr eugene ward of the marine hospital corps has haa arrived lu here ere for the purpose of experimenting with the Sad I 1 relli serum scrum for yellow fever tho the death rate among amone cil ilana Is increase ing despite tho the hotter better facilities top for sanitation A slight shock ot of earthquake was experienced here about 1165 this coining WANT WA NT TO SEE I 1 soldiers at montauk ITon point Alax anxious fous for him to visit them washington aug 26 the president has received the th following hom gen gem joe wheeler at camp filkoff Vil koff montauk toll point N T Y president or of the united states I 1 was waa very glad tn hear bear that you would d visit montauk point very soon the visit of the th secretary of 0 war lias has accomplished complis hed more than I 1 can express ho promptly corrected el evils ila made mada valuable all anil gave bavo directions ogi arding lit in addition hla his personal visit to 1500 sick soldiers in the has cheered them up ind and it li IR difficult dini cult to adequately convey to you the change for the better since tile the Secre arrival the announcement no that you vou will III tile the not gol diers lias already added to this improvement pr pro 0 v 0 mont and your pr presence es ence herft here for ev even cri n a single day will nill accomplish a a gr great mt extent of good 1 which you can 0 only realize after your visit ELLIrt commanding Command lne II 11 DIED AT SEA I 1 thirteen occur on OIL arrn transport sport from santiago aus 26 the trans porta parts yucatan Tu catan Hud hudson sort and cata una arrived at montauk XIon imant today alth with several hundred men front san tiago the arrival of 0 the ships was reported to the ilia department tonight toight ll 11 by gen wheeler in command of 0 camp during tho voyage tour four deaths dealba occurred on the one on the bludson and nine on oil the cat h lall linini nit gen wheelers elles dispatch ia an arrival a ot thu the transports athe la Is its as fo follows ON S camp Wll cort montauk SIon point N Y X aug SC 26 HO hon n it A alger alei r secretary of wax war washington Nas hIngton tu yucatan e n tan arrived with nith six companies S seventh e v 0 11 th infantry men sick tour four deaths no contagion hudson arrived with ell troops consisting ot of second and third battalions district ot of columbia ninety five sick nick no contagion cont aslon lie donald second battalion died on voyage catalina Cata llna men various arlous com maxies arrived following Follow lne died on voyage ralph lathan private first illinois joseph Mc mcgirty McGl Girry rry corporal corpora twenty first infantry charles wheaton Wh caton private thirty third michigan it A jones private twenty third michigan fred P huston first illinois ruy guy thorn private air first tt illinois john L guy blacksmith 1 I troop G ninth ca cavalry C B arub Cru crebase base age private eighth ohio maj ial george SIc Creery burgoon U S A va WHEELER I 1 I 1 E E L E R commanding Command lne DEATHS AT SANTIAGO gen lawton reports six more soldiers dead washington aug SC G in the dispatches received last night from gen lawton the department of 0 santiago the deaths of several men were ere noted but the cause of death wha riot not assigned today the department directed gen lawton to repeat the th list hat of 0 dead assigning the th cause 0 ot f the abel death of oath man in response to these orders gen lawton I sent tile tho following dispatches DEATHS AUGUST B J mcbride private company 1 I united states volunteer infantry pernicious malarial fever james quirks company C I 1 T twentieth Nent leth infantry i eminent malarial fever thomas davis private company E seventh infantry typhoid fever DEATHS AUGUST SITU robert hooker musician company 11 twenty fourth infantry typhoid fever following yellow fever ever timothy tim thy mccarthy sergeant corn piny parly A thirteenth I 1 infantry 11 f a fever john flint private troop F third cavalry typhoid fever eugene A huzzy private company A first illinois acute dysentery john W fairchild private company i ij tenth infantry typhoid fever ever john J murphy private vate company I 1 A fever ninth illinois pernicious malarial gin gen law LaiN tons report of 0 the health conditions ot of his troops today is 18 as follows I 1 loll 1011 a total sick lck total fever ever cases now new cases li aj total returned to duty 6 DEATHS francis smith company E r eighth ohio volunteer infantry dysentery james jamea miller filter private vate company D second infantry pernicious malarial lever andrew private company 13 seventh infantry pernicious malarial fever and acute archibald jones private company F r second infantry sept septicaemia icae enla conrad Bus hussain sain private hospital corps conw yellow foer fd ei louis F barrett pr lute company P r third united states infantry per clOus mala ilal fever smiths command Vl Balla cal aug acs MA of the utah volunteer cavalry under i command of at I 1 ived hrc here this morning en route to t dalm iha art nail pul pi |