Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-07
Dear Admiral U S Navy.
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Dear Admiral U S Navy.
Hon GEORGE WENDELL,
Sinclair Place, Boston.
Al autumnal afternoon in the year
1885,, found the tsunt flagship Nomad
rounding the trescherous and danger
GUS extremity Of South America, And
this day certainly intended to place It.
self on record with those Of its predec.
essors marked stormy, Its nastiness In
wind and weather giving all hands on
board the flagship their fill In hard
work and discomforts. The record Of
the Nomad on this cruise, which she
was now completing on her homeward
bound passage to Boston, had been
most disagreeable, when considered In
the light Of heavy weather work. From
Suez to Alden, then on to Bombay.
Point de Calls Singapore, Hong Kong
Shanghai, Fagasaki, and Yokohama,
the balance sheet stood largely In fav.
or Of old Neptune's rough character.
istics, but with remarkable evenness
the health and original roster of the
ships company stood this day 81 1t did
nearly three years ago-with n eI.
ception. Throughout the diverse and
aried exposures Incidental to cruising
over the Aslatic station, where cholers
~fevers, liver complaints, malaria, and
colds Of all degrees reign In full force,
none of the crew had suffered more
than temporary inconvenience, and
thus it seemed very hard that now, IL
the closing days of the cruise, there
stood nine chances for, to one against
q victory being at last scored for the
destroying angel Death. When the
Nomad reached Shanghai, In the early
portion of her cruise her admiral wa
the healthiest man aboard. A Crane
specimen Of man hood wal he. Over
six feet is height, Weighing two hun
dred pounds, broad in chest aud strong
In limb, he rightly claimed for himself
q full share of Natures blessings
While returning late one night from
diplomatic reception at the Consulate
at Shanghai, through over. heating ant
insufficient protection from the dan
gerous effects of the peculiarly damn
and searching night air, he oaugh'
cold. "OnIy a cold, remarked tn
admiral to the doctors of his ship, ''ant
easy to oure." Lo thought the med.
teal off GERS, but with = quiet though
iasidious progression, tho cold clunI
to the admiral in spite of their bes
efforts to eradicate 1t, and when tn
time came for leaving Yokohama
. homeward bound, the admiral realize,
Q that his lungs and throat were decided
? ly out of order. The doctors advise,
y returning home by mail steamer t.
8 Sau Francisco, SO that greater mean
. for curing this persistent cough nigh
be found in the Naval Hospital there
but the admiral preferred to stick t
g his ship, stili imagining that his troubl
Q would eventually be overcome by tn
i doctors treatment.
No one who looked at the admire
even In those days imagined that h
would fall a victim to luug trouble
Bat 1t Was the old story again typifs
In this case Only a cold at FIRST; an
In spite of orthodox treatment the pc
cullar climate effscts OF China nurHe'
it, and fastened the sure result Of sue
a d~eep-seated trouble. Time pssse
after leaving Yokohama for b ,ston
Q Bringing varying symptoms In the I'D
miral's case, end the doctors Imagine
thatithey held the disease In check 0
least But with the formation of tut
circles, nights yeats, and the now rapi
consumptiono o. lung tissues, which ha
set In with alarming symptoms, the pa
tient real Fed that his cold had laid til
|; seeds of that fell agent Of Death, cor
sumption. The hsohing cough oil til
q admiral had In itself been suficler
=, food for serious consideration, an
r now, 80 In the warm autumn days th
ii Agnhip calamity rode over the blu
waters of the Pacific, bound for C.E
Horn, the doctors hoped much for su'
cess. But this boisterous afternoo
found the good ship struggling wit
gigantic Q a sit off from the Cape b
q fierce northerly wind. Lsadsn Wei
the heavens aud sad the hearts of q
70 aboard, for that morning the usuI
bulletin of the medical off ,ers had 81
. forth this intelligence: "The admir-
y Is in same condition as reported las
night. A burning fever has bee
slightly reduced, while other SYM
toms are az heretofore announced.
All ndsrstood these words wi hot
questioning. The beloved admiral hs
during the past two weeku sunk yel
low. The symptoms of blood. poison
r ing, q torpid liver, intense pail
throughout the body, eyesight an
Is mental faculties affected, appetite gor
o through inaction of that great 1egul
tor-the liver. These were the meal
d which had reduced the admiral frol
'r the pinnacle of health to the vally ar
d shadow of death. Consumption he
! full sway now, and the well know
t. skill Of naval doctors was Ia this Il
stance at least completely foiled.
g The admiral had issued orders 4
the flagship 10 souch ct Montevid,
Tor coal. And II VA tho Intention