History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . DIANA. 423 in the city of Savannah. Some four or five cases were allthat required removal. The cases in the Second Divisionhospital were brought over from Cuba just before the regi-ment was mustered out, all convalescent. On looking backover the eight months of hospital experience in the field,one of the striking features is the lack of the variety ofdiseases, the overwhelming majority of cases being due tomalarial infection; few cases of typhoid fever are recordedand but one case of pneumonia, that one a complic
History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . DIANA. 423 in the city of Savannah. Some four or five cases were allthat required removal. The cases in the Second Divisionhospital were brought over from Cuba just before the regi-ment was mustered out, all convalescent. On looking backover the eight months of hospital experience in the field,one of the striking features is the lack of the variety ofdiseases, the overwhelming majority of cases being due tomalarial infection; few cases of typhoid fever are recordedand but one case of pneumonia, that one a complication ofmeasles. The twenty deaths that occurred is not a greatmortality but the effects of the poisonous miasma of Floridawill be in greater evidence in the broken constitution ofmany a survivor in after years. R§GIMgNTAL BAND 426 HISTORY OF THE ERNEST S. WILLIAMS. Mr. Ernest S. Williams, chief musician, was appointedto his position December 3, 1898. He is the sonof S. E. Williams, one of the foremost musicians of thestate, and was born at Fountain City, Indiana, on the 27th. Ernest S. Williams. day of September, 1881. He received his education in theschools of Winchester. Indiana, but at a very early age itbecame apparent that he was, by his natural gifts, fittedabove everything else for the musical profession. At theearly age of seven, under the direction of his father, hebegan the study of the rudiments and the practice of thecornet. Mr. Williams has had connection with the leadingbands of the state, and since his appointment as chief
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