European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                And tripes vol. 53, no. 108 500 wednesday August 3, 1994 d 8693 a Camps expect Rise in deaths dysentery spreading quickly in Goma Goma Zaire a As dysentery steals cholera s grim title As the most widespread affliction in coma s refugee Camps one Relief official tuesday predicted an upsurge in deaths. Children will be hardest hit she said by the deadly dysentery spreading among More than a million rwandans jammed into Camps along Zaire s Eastern Border. Only monday the . High commissioner for refugees visited the Camps and said she saw reason for Hope despite the misery All around her. Dysentery has overtaken cholera As the main disease afflicting refugees said Samantha Bolton of the Relief group doctors without Borders. She said 76 dysentery patients were treated at one of her Agency s clinics monday compared with 33 cases of cholera. Hate i this is going to strike kids More than adults Bolton said. It s going to be very expensive and time consuming to treat and you re going to see an upsurge in  Wilkinson spokesman for the United nations Refu. Gee Agency said  Day that the number of reported deaths in the Camps had fallen to an estimated 800 to 900 daily Down from 1,800 to 2,000 Early last week. That figure undoubtedly will go up when the dysentery moves up in scope see Camps on Page 2 -�5 Apos set up to get mail to service members in Africa hogging attention is Dave Meloncon the Mascot of the Schweinfurt Germany military Community presides Over the 280th base support in s change of command ceremonies recently. The stuffed Swine known As the flying pig was suspended on a Cable above the Robertson Hall Parade Field As it. Col. John f. Halstead passed command of the battalion to it col. Kevin p. Reynolds. By Doyle Tillman Kaiserslautern Bureau Kaiserslautern Germany families can write to soldiers and airmen deployed to operation support Hope through the military postal service Mili tary officials announced tuesday . Air forces in Europe officials said five Apos have been approved and established for airmen and soldiers contrib uting to the humanitarian Relief Effort for rwandans. The newest Field Post offices include the following Kigali Rwanda Apo a 09340. Entebbe Uganda Apo a 09341. Goma Zaire Apo Aej 9342.- Bukavu Zaire Apo a 09343. Stuttgart Germany Apo a 09346. To Send mail families and friends should address mail using four lines. The first line needs to include the rank first name Middle initial and last name line two the deployed unit s name line three operation support Hope and line four Apo a and the appropriate number. Military members involved in the humanitarian Relief Effort can receive and Send letters postcards audio cassettes and personal videotapes said it col Wayne Haskins Safe air postal Sci  must weigh 12 ounces or less. Maps and stamped mail service to the Relief Effort Are available but registered mail service is not. Haskins indicated there were reports of military members attempting to write free on their envelopes. He said that _ see mail on Page 2 Veteran cd Utiss jumping grab Over Paris five .. Veteran paratroops had trained and paid their Way to re enact their daring Parachute jump in the world War ii inva Sion of Southern France. Suddenly they can to be cause the air plane operator now says they re too ". We re giving up this project said Jean Pierre Roux president of the Cote d Azur sry diving Center. These Are old people and to let them jump in this heat on the kind of ground we have would be  r the Center cancelled plans monday to provide a plane for the veterans at least three of whom Are 75 years or older to bail out Over the Rocky Hills of Provence on aug. 14 to celebrate the in Vasion code named operation Dragoon. Among see Chutis on Page 2 St nil off shooting a blur to Soldier by Wayne v. Hall \ staff writer Wiessen Germany the gun wielding Soldier who was shot Early saturday by a military investigator said tuesday that he first realized what had happened when he awoke in a Hospital bed.  i Don t remember too much said spec. Daniel c. Smithies a  the 501st support in fwd. I think i had too much to drink. The last thing i remember i was downstairs with some friends and neighbors. I Don t remember what Happ ened � How the 24 year old said  interview tuesday at a Germa n hos Pital in Giessen. Smithers who has been a Soldier since 1989, was re assigned to Giessen from fort Bliss Texas in late Jan uary.   _ All i re number is that i woke up Here the Hospi Tal he said. Investigators from the criminal investigation Conid _ _. See standoff on Page 3 mystery Man political observers wonder what s next for Colin Powell see pages 16 17