New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-30
.NANY SICK WITH FEVER.
ARRIVAL OF THE TRANSPORT LEoNA WITH
FIFTY DISABLED SOLDIERs-TO BE
STRICTLY GUARANTEED

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FIFTY DISABLED soLDIERs-To BE
STRICTLY GUARANTEED.
| The United States transport Leona arrived here
| yesterday from Siooney. Cuba, with fifty wounded
and sick soldiers on board The Leona left siboney
on July % and reached Hampton Roads on July
81 There the Health Oficer refused her admittance
TO the port for fear that the soldiers on the steamer
might be afflicted with yellow fever
While twenty-nine Of the men on the steamer
| had fevers Of various kinds none Of them had the
| dreaded yellow jack, and there were no deaths on
the boat on the trip north As a result the Health
Oficer OF this port DR.. Doty, after an examination
yesterday decided that there was no serious danger
! from contagious diseases among the men who
arrived on the steamer. As a matter OF precaution
however he sent the twenty-nine fever patients to
owlnourne islaho for observation, and the cen.
valescent and well soldiers 10 Hoffman Island unit
/ all danger should be passed.
The peculiar circumstance OF the arrival Of the
Leona is the fact that there was medical officer
| on the vessel The fifty men compelled to look
after one another: with the assistance of the
| charts, or in fact any other ordinary medical OBJ
servances OF the condition OF the men. were kept
were in any apparent danger Dr. Doty felt that it
a, was advisable to send them to swinburne and
observation OF their cases. The ship will be thor
oughly disinfected before she is allowed to enter
the soldiers or the crew during the next twenty,
four T hours all will be released from quarantine.
|
| James Wadsworth.
s sS.alers IN Suoa; Inc mail matter was at once
thoroughly dsinfeeted and then sent 10 the Post
on the steamer there were two newspaper CORE
spondents and coored boy
| Cavalry His name is Apples Finley He is
only twelve years old and halls from Chattanooga
| 70 Tampa. and was with the regiment all the time
1t remained in camp there. He became favoritc
dislked TO part with him at the time, but when they
we're ordered TO Cuba they shipped him off home
! again Apples started for Chattanooga all right,
and the men thought that was the last they would
| see OF him However. after the transport on which
| at Tampa the boy turned up as smiling as ever
ana announced that ne proposed to be with his
and he went with the regiment to Cuba. He landed
with the men and was anxious to join in the fight
| the Leona, and what will become OF him is
troubling the lad. He is anxious to go back with
All the men who came up on the Leona were able
TO walk from the deck Of the steamer to the trans
he had pleassnt trio up No newspaper reporters
were allowed on the steamer. but the men called
war news One Of the men as he limped to the
side called out. Say boys is this the town where
was Theodore Roosevelt's home he turned to some
OF his comrades and said, Boys, we are all right
The Leona left this port for Tampa on June IL
and lay in the harbor there for nearly three weeks
States Cavalry and start started for santiago
The list Of those who have fever and were sent
| TO Swinburne Island Is as follows:
E. 1s. H. o sn n. aa
1TkNs John w., private. battery T. is Artillery,
c6ARS df &
RAyIDsoN j. s. private Company H. sl2,h Infantry
DooLEY William j.. private Company F. 9th Mas'a-
EBo ". p; private. Company 4; 2o;h , Infantry
FISHER Val private Company g. 80 infsnsry VOL
william ''T pas E o
JEFFERY. Frank. private. Company X. 9Th Michigan
LAKE, sidney F., private. Company D. asd Michigan
M1NTosH Burr W, newspaper correspondent
MATRER G C.: hsnd .. IN Infantry fsn ,,.,,,v
MULLER. Carl. private Company c. aad Michigan Vol
NELSON. Daniel team.ter. 10th Infantry:
chaf pTyae T1oo voner cavalry
PROCTOR. J., private Company B. lst volunteer Cav
RUSSELL Thomas, private Company a. 400 aoth Infantry
| sTOCKBRIDGE A. J.. private. Troop F. list Volunteer
Wells Payla ~ a;iolsn G0%psny 9Th Infantry
The wounded men and convalescents are:
REGKhEY eSoGi Ho,gs c0S: Artillery
B bESxEHf p af"iS r Troop iSh
CROSS cn0rd E. private Company c. LIST District of
COLE. T. T. lieutenant. 9th Infantry
6hA e5i, F. eS% mSaay SIN
DOOLEY. William. private. Troop T. 9th cavalry
ESTES Lee, private. Company G. It'll Infantry
FINLEY co!ofed boy. camp follower.
FRENCH J. T.. teamster, lsth Infantry
LOWEETHAL. b, private. Battery X. LIST Artillery.
VI MILAN, J., private. Company F. 33d Michigan Vol
MILLER william private. Company B. Is, District Of
Columbia Volunteers.
PERRY. William. private, Company A. Path Infantry.
RIM. Louis. private Company H. Sd Cava.ry
sKEES Albert private. Troop c, I'd Cavalry.
SMITH n. j. private. Troop c. "a Cavalry
WALKER. William. private. Company L. 2oth Infantry
WALLACE @ E.. private, Company A. 2lst Infantry
WILSON. E. private Company A. l7th Infantry.