Show SMALLPOX AMONG THE SOLDIERS deaths from the disease are daily on the increase transport peru just back from manila with sick soldiers and sailors and a budget of news filth of chinese poured into the manila canal san francisco nov 2 the transport peru which has arrived from manila brought fifteen soldiers and sailors including a number 0 officers the few that were sick on the departure of the vessel are now nearly recovered col john R dratt 0 the fart nebraska regiment Is an exception ho la seriously with gastritis and was confined to hla bed during the v boyage the other passengers are as follows capt lee alln commissary on special mission to washington with his secretary 0 B M L henry citizen arthur L robinson assistant engineer U S N aleut george tilley signal corps aleut richard C hooker of the brutus aleut W J of the navy joseph nelson sailor of the concord sick william moore water tender of the olympia la color sergeant harry palmer tenth pennsylvania regiment ordered discharged by the secretary of war sergeant harry B carr battery H third artillery time expired private E B dails battery 0 third artillery time expired james walsh sailor of the raleigh anthony thomas company A battalion of engineers guy adams fourteenth infantry discharged james C woodward first nebraska regiment sick J J mumford of the boston J A green ot the david B crawford Craw tord eighteenth infantry almo expired S R jones first california regiment nearly recovered from dysentery sayer jensen company G first south dakota accidentally wounded while experimenting with a shell after the fight the explosion of which injured his hand and face henry smith lead quarters cook tenth pennsylvania the trip was uneventful the color sergeant palmer says that many of the volunteer officers say that as soon as it becomes evident that this country will hold the philippines they will send in their resignations immediately when the peru left manila there were 1500 sick among the men and the physicians were terribly dismayed at the progress that smallpox small pox was making according to palmer in one day there were ten deaths irom emall pox capt linn said that lie knew of but five deaths from that disease in a single day the filth poured into the canals by the chinese was said to be a probable source of the disease with regard to rumors first brought here by tho rio de janeiro that there were fatalities in the pennsylvania regiments known to be caused by the misdirected fire of a detachment of the first california palmer aalde that arl avato baker of company I 1 was shot from behind through the head and immediately an officer rushed back to tell the californians in the rear to cease their tiring |