Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

recuperation encouraged.
But the expertS-engineering santa nv
medical. military and political--wouldn't
have 1t that way They have had their own
lay. The time for the coming of the troops
has been Heightened at me end of Che sea-
son only to be shortened at the other
When the last regiments arrive the medical
experts Will be on the docks waving them
back. telling them that Il is too late In the
season for American troops tn land in Gu
ba, and insisting that the regim ents ALREADY
in camp must return. Medically. | pre-
sumo. they are right, and. professionally it
is their duty to set forth the exact condi-
lions. Nevertheless. a gigantic work is
ahead OF the United States and it cannot
now turn back
Unranitary Condition.
Havana stinks. Its sanitary condition
cannot be deodorized into topic of polite
conversation. The sweetest perfume for
the city would be the oder Of carboIc ACID
and lime A sniff of that combination
reached me the other morning Some pub
nc-spirited person had gotten a load of
lime and a water pot spr mixer. Thus for
tunately his enterprise lasted only a day
1t would have been easier 20 clean he
streets two months ago than It is today.
The task is easier today than it will be in
January. Ii can go forward without in
terfering in the slightest with the elaborate
plans for permanent sanitary system
The experts can be working at III Sc pans
Whiie The garbage carts are gather ns I'D
the daily accumulation Of surface filth
IN the country the conditions are similar
"A hundred bOnfierS of reconcen RADIO hts
must light the skies before many of the
villages will be inhabitable. Their forntf
tenants are in the grayeyards so there
VIII be no hardship 10 them. I}ut f the
experts have their way controversy is
certain to be started whether the fire shall
be lighted by a sulphur ma zen OF a wax
taper. and whether ii shall burn when the
WIND blows from the sou ,heast rather than
The northwest. Sulphur has its uses rs a
dlsinfectant, but it spoils he flavor of a
hne cigar. Fer contra, wax tapers have
soSe aduitera1lons IN their composition
Moreover. they are SO short that hey burn
the myers The country reop who are
too poor TO have either sulphur MATCHES
or wax tapers make out very well by Using
flint stones. AS to the iire,tion of the
wind that IS a more serious problem If
Inc oonfers take place when il is in the
southeast the ashes may lie carried across
the gulf and spread con.asinn in the
United States If the nuts are fired when
the wind blows from the northwest the
ashes may drop in the latitude and loEgi-
tude which the engineers have calcula ed
as the proper locations Cor :ne quarter
masters deDots. Nevertheless, the kuts
must be burned.
Perhaps I have been awkward in exnla;n
ing these matters and have not been under
stood. If so, the meaning may be made
clearer by the statement that the military
authority which will be charged with tenn
porary administration in Cuba is entitled
to go ahead without being hampered by
experts and commissioners. This freedom Is
the only means by which its heavy re-
sponsibiiities can be properly discharged
CHARLES NJ. PEPPER.
p. S--The camp site has been moved
again. The last change of which had rec
ord placed 1t near the waterwcrks at Vento
eight or nine miles from Havana The lat
est move brings Ii somewhere nearer to the
sea at Marianoa: also nearer the marshes
and swamps The last batch of engineer
experts to arrive did not approve the loca-
ton selected by the next-to-the-last batch
which In turn had disapproved the selection
made by the board which preceded it. The
new engineer and sanitary experts have
also plans for cleaning Havana and keeping
1t healthy and annihiating yellow fever
which differ from all plans heretofore for
warded to Washington GIMP