The health of the 42nd and 101st Regiments, now in
Cyprus, is, according to the correspondent of the Daily News, in a very bad condition. That correspondent states that 170 of the former regiment are down with fever, and that the 101st Regiment has 130 sick ; further, that six officers of the battery of Artillery have been attacked, and that 84 out of 136 sailors and marines at Nicosia are ill. To these statements the Government has replied, through Colonel Stanley, by merely stating that only six per cent, of the troops are suffering from the "mild fever of the country." But even if only six per cent, of the whole force are thus suffering, it may still be true that in particular regiments the sickness is as widespread as the Daily News' correspondent states. It is pretty clear that at present, at least, Cyprus is not what we could wish, as a station for troops in the Mediterranean.
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