Illness Increases At Santiago

New York, Sept. 13. - A dispatch from Santiago says: Five men of the Fifth regulars have died since their arrival here. Forty per cent. of the regiment is on the sick list on account of malarial fever. Illness araong all the troops is increasing. Colonel Crane's immunes are in camp on the banks of the San Juan river. This has had a fatal effect. There are now more than 800 men in the hospital or sick In the camp. The illness is attributed to the effect of the rains on a country full of shallow gra%'es and to miasma from the svvampy surroundings. A medical board has been appointed to report upon sanltary conditions of the camp and the advisability of its immedlate removal to San Luis to form a part of General Ewer's brigade. Colonel Hood's regiment, which has been doing garrison duty in Santiago, will this week be relieved by the Fifth regular3, the volunteers going to a camp yet to be selected on the San Luis railroad. All the troops not absolutely needed in the city will be sent to more healthful camping places.