The San Francisco call., 1898-07-30
QUARANTINED OFF NEW YORK
FIFTY CoNvALEsCENT SOLDIERS
 ON BOARD.
Twenty Fever Patients, But No Deaths on the Voyag@Pre- cautions Against the
 Yellow Scourge.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, July 2s.-The United States transport Leona, Captain Will der arrived at Quarantine to-day from Siboney, July g, via Hampton Roads, July 2S, bringing fifty convalescent sol diers, two newspaper correspondents and a colored boy who went with the Ninth Cavalry from Tampa to Santi- ago.
 At Hampton Roads on July 27 the steamer, owing to her having twenty nine fever cases on board, was ordered by the local health officers to proceed to New York. There were no deaths dur ing the voyage from Siboney to this port. The newspaper correspondents on board are Burr Mcintosh and R. H. Corbin. The Leona brought twelve sacks of mail, which will be disinfected and forwarded to the New York Post office this afternoon.
 Following is complete list of sick and wounded soldiers on board the Leona- The first twenty are fever pa- tients, most of whom are convalescent, all being privates unless otherwise des- 1gnated:
 H. w. Miller, Thirteenth Infantry; John Young, sergeant, Signal Corps; John w Burns, Battery K, First Artillery; David M. Wells, musician, Company F. Fourth Infantry; Frank L. Dees, Company F, Twentieth Infantry; Carl Muller, Com Lake, Company c, Thirty-third Michi- gan; |. P. Philpot, Troop L, First Cav airy; C. c. Mauer, band, Seventeenth h. Twentieth Infantry; Thomas Russell, Company A. Twentieth Infantry; F. F. Albright, Company c, Thirteenth Infan- third MiChipaO. F, First Volunteer Cavalry; J. S. David son. Company H. Twelfth Infantry; Val Fisher. Company C.. Third Infantry; J. airy; W. D. Ebo, Company A, Twentieth Infantry Clyde E. Clark. engineers: Al bert SIeeth, Company A. Twentieth Infan- | Gastrqn. Company H, Twentieth In fantry; Louis Rosemond, chief cook; Frank Jaffery, Company K, Thirty-fourth Michigan; William J. Dooley, Company F. teamster, Tenth Infantry; E. J. Cole, lieu tenant. Sixth Infantry; H. J. Smith, Troop c, Second Cavalry; Louis Rim. Company H, Third Cavalry; Lee Estes, len, Company F, Thirty-third Michigan; George Dan, sergeant, Company H, Sixth Infantry; Clifford E. Cross, Company G, First District Colorado Volunteers; AL bert Skees, Troop c, Second Cavalry; J. T. French, teamster, Sixteenth Infantry; William Miller Company B, First Dis kA-NN OoAOAsANO OlUllbtclSs ID. 1ONSnlndi, Battery K. First Artillery; Alexander Hyde, corporal Twenty-fourth Infantry; C.. E. Wallace, Company A, Twentieth Infantry; William Walker, Company 2. Twenty-ifth Infantry; J. E. Crabb, Com pany C, Twentyfourth Infantry; William Perry. Company A, Twenty-fourth Infan- try; E. Wilson, Seventeenth Infantry; F. Bennett, Troop F, Sixteenth Cavalry; William Dooley, Troop E. Ninth Cav airy; Henry Bechausen Battery K. First Artillery; Colonel Beckley, hospital corps; o. Finley, colored boy, company follower
 There was no surgeon on board the Ieona and the men were attended by the ships people and their own officers and comrades.
 Dr, Doty decided to remove the twenty-nine fever patients to Sabourne Island and the convalescent and wounded soldiers to Hoffman Island. If, at the end of twenty-four hours, it is found that none show symptoms of yellow fever, the Leona and all of the detained passengers will be released.