The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-24

rived al me station, ne tOlo (dpta1n Full
Ter, who was officver of the guard. that
ne was going away on the next train.
and had notified Colonel Forwood. Cap
tain Fuller was not quite sure that this
procedure was regular, and objected 10
the generals departure. While the argu-
ment was going quietly on. an orderly
handed a note 10 General Kent II was
his own. returned by Colonel Forwood,
and marked. simply. mot approved"
General Kent returned TO the detention
camp Immediately. and did not leave II
again until yesterday. when ne and his
STAFF were released.
To get into the detention camp Is almost
impossible If one tries TO go through offi-
cial channels Notes may be sent in 10
friends. out none may be received from
them. though many are. There is a tel
ephone connection with the camp; and
this is in use from morning till night
But many people have simply ignored the
regulations, ard made their way straight
into the camp. without being stopped.
party of three followed this plan the
other day. and wandered all through the
camp. even TO within twenty-five yards
of theisolation hospital They were in
conversation with members OF General
Kent's staff for half an hour. They had
gone in by the cut road. and had not seen
q picket until they were near the hos
pital But on their way out they were
stopped by a corporal and three troopers
who told them that they would have TO
stay within quarantine until the surgeons
saw fit TO release them II was evident.
though, that he wanted TO let the men
go.
Where was your" he asked.
Just over the hill.
Huh! Well, I'll send a man up 70 see"
The private returned in hSlf an hour
and told the corporal what he had found
out.
Look here" said the corporal The
pickets up there don't know whether you
were in or not. Now, was you near the
tentsT'
The men replied promptly in the mega
tive, for their business was urgent else
where; and they went down the road
wondering II pickets had eyes. A civilian
whom they had met in the isolation hos
pital locality did not get back TO his hotel
that night So loose were the lines drawn
about the camp that morning that he did
not know that he was on quaranfined
ground.
A surgeon on General Kent's stan when
ridlculing the quarantine, spoke of a
real danger that has been referred TO
oftimes before-the tropics from Cuba.
The men have brought all they could
carry in their exhausted state-arms,
jewelry, utensils, and even clothing and
papers taken from dead Spaniards.
One man has some utensils from a house
in Siboney:, the town that General Miles
ordered burned because ii was menace
TO the health OF the troops. Nearly every
one has brought something; and the lot
of them have brought souvenirs" for
their friends They are giving them away
right and left and will take them to
every state in the Union.
There Is no danger of contagion from
US" is the point the surgeon made. !'You
could not catch the fever from me now
and here If I had it-indeed, IL were at
the point Of death. The danger lies in the
infected personal property of the diseased
person, and becomes greater months OF
ter the germs appear there. The quaran-
tine officials should order these Things
burned-every one Of them. Now listen,
and know how absurd the whole bust
ness is: The officer who examines these
fever patients (supposing there are any,
and sits on thir beds, a most dangerous
thing. is permitted 10 go among the peo-
pie whom the regulations are made to
protect, while we. from the ships, in
firstclass condition, are shut UP here for
five days. And, more absurd still. our
clothing is burned. but the clothing of
men who have lain dead on the battle
field is carried all through the country
To nv mind, there are two words that
fifty describe the regulations, and they
are 'farcial and ineffective. On second
thought. think there might be strong
! adjective put before each"
| In the opinion OF people at Montauk
| Point-who, by the way seem TO have not
| the least fear of an epidemic-it is fortu-
nate that later developments have proved
| the yellow feve diagnosis OF the surgeons
| 10 have been mistaken. 1t is conceded
| now, they say. that there IS no yellow
! fever in camp; so the violation OF regula-
/ tons does not matter 1t must be re-
| membered that Gen. Wheeler has ordered
| the endorsements of the regulations and
! that his order is being lived up to. The
| danger. therefore, is now Insignificant,
! IL it exists. at all. AS a matter of fact.
II never has existed since the army began
| 10 come north; at any rate, that is what
/ well-informed surgeons at Montauk say.
NAVAL PROMOTIONS
Washington. Aug. 23.-The president to-