The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-30
SICK SOLDIERS ARRIVE.
Several From the Sixteenth and
Twenty-fourth Regiments


New York, July 2s.-The United
States transport Leona, Captain Wild
er. arrived at Quarantine today from
Siboney, July %. via Hampton Roads,
July IS bringing 90 conValescent SOL
diers two newspaper correspondents
and a colored boy who went with the
Ninth cavalry from Tampa to Sanu-
ii Hampton Roads. on July q, the
steamer. owing to her having ~ FEVER
cases on board. was ordered by the
local health officers to proceed TO New
York. There were no deaths during
fine VOYAGE from Siboney to this port.
The newspaper correspondents on
board are Burr Mcintosh and r. H.
Corbin.
The Leona brought u sacks of mail.
This mail will be disinfected and for
warded to the New York postoffice this
afternoon.
The following is a complete list of
sick and wounded soldiers on board
the Leona The first 20 are fever pa
tents. most of whom are convalescent,
all being privates. unless otherwise
designated:
H. w. Miller, lieutenant. Thirteenth
infantry: John Young, sergeant. signal
corps; John w. Burns, battery X, FIRST
artillery; David NJ. Wells, musician,
company F. Fourth infantry; Frank
L. Dees, company f, Twentieth lnfan-
try: Carl Muller. company c, Thirty
third Michigan: Sidney F. Lake, COM
pany C. Thirty-third Michigan; L. f.
Philpot, troop L. First cavalry; c. &.
Maurer. band. Seventeenth infantry;
Charles Pence, company H, twentieth
infantry: Thomas Russell, company A.
Twentieth infantry; f. f. Albright,
company c. Thirteenth infantry; Fred
NH ~, iaIa-
igan; A. ]. Stockbridge, troop F, First
volunteer cavalry: J. S. Davidson,
company H, Twelfth infantry: Val
Fisher. company G, Third infantry; j.
Proctor. troop b, First volunteer cav
airy; W. D. Edo. company A. Twen-
tieth infantry: Earl Antrim, company
II, Twentieth infantry; Clyde F. Clark,
company engineers; Albert Sleeth,
company -, Twentieth infantry;
William Halle Twentieth infantry; l..
Gastron, company II, Twentieth infan-
try: LOUIS Rosemond. chief cook;
Frank Jaferey, Thirty-fourth Michi-
gan: William j. Dooley, company +,
Sixth Massachusetts; Daniel Nelson,
teamster, Tenth infantry; Z. ]. Cole
lieutenant, Sixth infantry; H. j. Smith.
troop c, Second cavalry: Louis Rim,
company H, Third cavalry; Lee Estes,
company G., Seventh infantry; j. Nc
Millen, company F, Thirty-third Michi-
gan; George Dan, sergeant, company
d, Sixth infantry: Clifford E Cross,
company G., First district Colorado
volunteers; Albert Skees, troop C, Sec
ond cavalry; j. T. French, teamster,
Sixteenth infantry: William Miller,
company B. First d. c. volunteers; B.
Lowenthal, battery X, First artillery:
Alexander Hyde, corporal, Twenty
fourth infantry; G. E. Wallace, com
pany A, Twentieth infantry: William
Walker. company E. Twenty-fifth in
fantry; J. E. Crabb, company c,
Twenty-fourth infantry; William Per-
ry, company A, Twenty-fourth infan-
try: z. Wilson, Seventeenth infantry;
F. Bennett, company F, Sixteenth in
fantry; William Dooley, troop Z, Ninth
cavalry; Henry Beechausen, battery
K. First artillery; Colonel Beckley,
hospital; z. o. Findlay, colored boy.
There was no surgeon on board the
Leona, and the men were attended by
the ships people and their own officers
and comrades. DR. Dwyer decided to
remove the % fever patients to Sa-
bourne island, and the convalescent and
wounded soldiers to Hoffman island.
If at the end of "a hours it is found
that none show symptoms of yellow
fever. the Leona and all of the detained
passengers will be released.