European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 2, 1994 crisis in . Force could grow to 3,000, Perry says after visiting refugee Sites Washington apr defense Secretary William Perry returning from a fast paced visit to three countries plagued by africans worst refugee crisis in decades said monday that a massive International Relief Effort has a turned the Comers toward Success. An open ended . Commitment will provide he Mani Tanan support with a Force of up to 3,000 service members Perry said. He said it was truly heartbreaking to see the human misery and deprivation among the rwandan refugees. But he told an Airport news conference that he was Roud to be the Secretary of defense because of the help that 1,200 . Military personnel Are giving in purifying water and ferrying in Relief goods by air. Perry said . Forces in the Effort could grow to 3,000, fewer than his earlier prediction of 4,000. He stressed once again that . Service members would not join the . Peacekeeping forces that Are expected to swell to 5,000 within two weeks. Rep. Donald Payne d-nj., who accompanied Perry said be would meet congressional leaders today and urged approval of Clinton administration requests to increase Aid for the rwandan tragedy. Payne had Crit clean from Page 1 drink Only purified water from the military Supply system according to or. Col Eliot j. Pearlman of the command surgeons  a dysentery an illness that crippled the German army in Fly infested Northern Africa during world War ii develops from Oral Contact with bacteria Laden focal matter. The bacteria often spread when flies carry them from fees to nearby food Pearlman said. As a result the surgeons office asks commanders to Tell their troops to eat Only military food stocks to dig latrines at a Safe distance from eating areas and to screen them to hinder the flies Access. Washing up after latrine use and before eating also is essential As is proper washing of mess kits. During the 1991 persian Gulf War Pearlman said the . Forces suffered their lowest Ever rate of illnesses unrelated to combat a by paying attention to the very simple and very Basic ways of controlling the spread of diarrhoeal  simple and Basic methods also can reduce heat related injuries he said. Service members need to have work and rest cycles during the Peak of the Day to use proper sunscreen and to drink plenty of water a up to 2 quarts an hour at midday. A malaria caused by an insect borne parasite is a ear round risk in South Central Africa Pearlman said Orsonne in operation support Hope Are required to move Forward with a Stock of drugs to combat the disease Are supplied with insect repellent and Are encouraged to use Mosquito netting. The aids virus and other sexually transmitted diseases Are a greater threat in and around Rwanda than in most other places in the world. Pearlman cited findings that 30 percent of women of childbearing age who visit clinics in Rwanda Are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids. The european come is dispatching a Field Hospital to Entebbe Uganda within the next few Days. Pearlman said it is unlikely that operation support Hope participants will suffer from any of the mystery illnesses that befell Gulf War veterans the War presented service members with Many unusual circumstances he said noting the compound effects of blowing desert Sand Battlefield hazards and smoke from Oil fires. A i think this will be a More straightforward operation a he said. Ici Zed what he said was administration inattention to Rwanda but said he fully supports the latest efforts. Meanwhile officials said that another killer epidemic a or this time dysentery a is Likely to spread among the rwandans packed into filthy refugee Camps unless thousands More latrines arc dug and soap and water become  we will have much More death and suffering from dysentery than from cholera a said Serge male the . Specialist in contagious diseases in Goma Zaire. An inevitable dysentery outbreak could claim 20,000 to 40,000 lives among the More than 1.2 million refugees camped around the Border town he said sunday. Relief workers said measles malaria and meningitis also loom on Gomas Bleak horizon. Unicof estimated monday that 50,000 refugees have died in Eastern Zaire in the past two weeks a a More than twice the number estimated by the . High commissioner for refugees which puts deaths at 20,000. Unicof s figure was based on reports from French military officials in charge of burials. The lower figure was based on reports from health workers. N v a n v \ a a a a a a a a a. A amps Vine Crawley a rwandan refugees Cany water away from a . Army purification site in Goma Zaire. Kigali from Page 1 Vater has risen to 357,000 Gallons about twice what it Vas Friday. The . High commissioner for refugees estimates that about 800,000 Gallons is needed there Laily. Distribution has reached 315,000 Gallons a Day. Finland has contributed to the Relief Effort by Donat no nine 2,500-gallon water tankers that were delivered by plane to Rhein main a Germany on sunday. The command plans to Fly the tankers to Goma today. Six of 10 american water tankers in route from Dover fab del., Are expected to arrive at Rhein main today. One of the c-5s that landed at Kigali originated at Moran a Spain a former . Base that the Spanish government a made available for this operation. Also the presence of hundreds of coordinating task Force troops at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart has necessitated reopening a dining Hall and re occupying some vacant buildings there. The stars and stripes Page 5 Giessen go wielding gun shot by agent by Wayne v. Hall staff writer a Soldier wielding a handgun was shot twice and injured Early saturday Iri Giessen Germany by an army special agent called to a disturbance in gov emment housing . Army Europe officials confirmed monday. Spec. Daniel c Smithers a medic assigned to co a 501st Forward support in was wounded in the right Index Finger leg and stomach in the 1 . Incident. The 24-year-old Soldier was reported in stable condition monday at a German Hospital in Giessen after undergoing surgery a Usa eur statement said. Smithers weapon a .380 Lorain automatic was later found to be empty said a source close to the investigation. The special agent has been administratively re sieved of All investigative duties until the investigation is completed the source said. Usa eur officials would not release the agents name citing a policy of not discussing the names or backgrounds of agents with the criminal investigation come commonly called Cid. Military police asked for Cid a help because the situation involved a handgun said Millie Waters a . Army Europe spokeswoman. Smithers was shot when he raised his pistol to firing position while standing about 20 feet from the agent and aimed the gun the source said. _ before firing his 9 my weapon at the suspect the agent allegedly ordered Smithers to drop the weapon the source said but Smithers apparently refused. This is the second time in five months that Cid agents have shot at soldiers. The last incident occurred in Early March when a Cid agent fired on an approaching car in Vilseck that sped by. One of the soldiers in the vehicle was hit. A Law enforcement officers Are authorized to fire in self defense or to protect others from serious bodily injure or death and in certain other circumstances outlined in army regulation a Waters said. Waters said that the agent who shot Smithers qualified with his weapon april 26 and received refresher training in the use of Force on May 26. Although Smithers weapon was not loaded an empty automatic clip was discovered in his quarters the source said. Smithers weapon was not registered with Usa eur the source  my held in nightclub attack by Dave Melancon a a _ Wiir Burg Bureau Wurzburg Germany a a Kitzinger military policeman was arrested Friday in the slaying of a 3rd inf div Soldier and the wounding of three others at a local discotheque. Spec. Billy w. Bransford of the 212th my co 793rd my by was arrested in the stabbing of spec. Antone j. Willis of Btry a 5th in 41st Field arty in Schweinfurt. The stabbing took place at the Way up discotheque around Midnight Friday. Bransford is charged with murder aggravated assault assault and two counts of assault with the intent to commit murder  spokesman from the 3rd inf div staff judge advocates office. He is being held at the army correctional facility in Mannheim. Police said that Willis 21, died of Stab wounds to the Abdomen. Memorial services for Willis will take place thursday at 3 . In the Ledward Barracks Chapel in Schweinfurt. Willis is survived by his Mother Julia m. Wardlaw of College Park a. The injured soldiers All from Btry 41st Field arty in were a spec. Carlos f. Chavarri 23, listed in stable. Condition monday at the 67th combat support Hospital in Wurzburg. A spec. Floyd Wesley jr., listed in stable to Good condition with lacerations at the 67th combat support Hospital. A spec. Raymond Thayer 23, who was treated for lacerations and released from the 67th