The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-28
POOLING WITH FEVER
Skaters Army Landed in a
Genuine Pest Hole.
AND DIDN'T REALIZE IT
Until Yellow Jack Had Got in
His Work.

here and at the front today. There will
be thousand If we are here two weeks
longer"
This was the prediction made this az
ternoon by DR.. Sem, the government yell
low fever expert, who. with DR.. Guiteras
is looking after the health OF the army
in that particular line. The bolt Of the
fever has fallen out Of clear sky. Two
cases were discovered four days ago.
There were twenty the next night. Now
there are 200. DR.. Senn's estimate Of 1850
in two weeks seems conservative in the
face of these figures.
DR.. Guiteras said today: 'T cannot say
that the fever is OF mild type. but there
has been only one death so far. though
there have been two cases OF suppression
and two of black vomit. symptoms sup
posed 10 mark only the last stages Of
desperate case. All four OF these, how
ever, seem to be doing well. The usual
course in al epidemic Is mild beginning
with low death rate followed by more
violent cases, more of them and a higher
mortality; then gradual decline. both
in the number Of cases and their violence.
81 should say that in this campaign we
will have an apparently lower death rate
than usual; but it will be because we viii
ger nearer to the true figures than in an
epidemic in a large city. Here every sus-
pect will be carefully noted and it will
be practically impossible for even mild
case to escapes detection. In a city many
Of these light cases are not reported and
are set down to malariai fever, hence the
yellow fever death rate being taken from
among only the more violent cases is
made to appear higher in proportion to
the number Of cases than it really is. 1t
cannot be denied that there will be great
suffering. but the detention camp is being
put in the best possible order and the
men will receive, the best treatment pos
sfble."
The marines landed at Guantanamo bay
more than a month ago, almost a month
before the army reached Cuba The first
official act of the landing party was to
burn every hut on the beach and knock in
the head Of every cask OF Spanish wine.
After the baptism of fire camp was pitch
ed and rigidly policed The Cuban allies
came and camped with the marines hut
they were made to obey the rules Of the
camp. The marine camp is not so large
as that of the army. Its men have not
penetrated so far inland, but they have
been exposed TO almost as much hard
ship as the army and there has not been
a case of yellow fever in camp. Rigid
quarantine is now maintained against
Juragua and the medical officers OF Camp
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and sanitary precautions they will have
no fever.
The landings at Baiquiri and Juragua
were made almost a month later. There
were many men to be handled, the facih-
ties were limited and the landings were
made in great haste. No building was
burned. no we'll was hlled, no SINK was
dug. Several of the enthusiastic young
men seized on pretthy vine-clad cottages
as headquarters for their respective gen
erals. The Spanish commssary -four,
which Linares made a hasty attempt 10
destroy when he evacuated Juragua, was
gathered and used by our men wheS they
were thrown to the front on half rations.
The Spanish wine was bottled by the
medical Department. for use as stmu
lants, and part of it, at least, can, from
observation, be said TO have fallen into
the hands of the men. Cubans and Amer
leans filed into the empty houses of tie
town without inquiry as TO their ante
cedents.
Major La Garde. In charge of the beach
hospital. did recommend earnestly on
landing that every building ashore be
burned. Major Wood and Colonel Pipe.
it is understood. Endorsed this, but the
recommended ton was allowed to 20 by
default The camp was esta b'ished in ths
heart Of the Spanish town, and The first
yellow fever case was that Of Burr Nc
Intosh, the actbr and newspaper man,
who had been sleeping a General Bates
headquarters in one OF the pretty vine
covered cottages above mentioned.
Dr. Lesser and his wife, Sister Bet
tina" the New York workers OF the Red
Cross. were both taken TO the yellow fever
camp yesterday from one Of these lovely
verdure- bedecked pest houses. Another
Red Cross nurse shared the same fate.
After the fever was discovered the other
day every effort was made to check It and
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been pitted with il. Cases were taken
out OF the surgical wards OF the hospital
tents and out OF the officers tents. Cen
eral DufleId being one OF the victims
and he IS nov IN the geRe<al camp Of
detention. one Of his aides. Captain Fred
Alger. son q the secretary OF war. e
TON in quarantine. having tended General
Dufield before the latter officer was a
suspect. X Is not thought however. that
Alger Is likely 20 develop the disease
Since the cases developed here a. the
beach hospital taey have b. gun TO come
in from the front SIX ruites away. With
starting swlstness. The mea had hgat-
Ing and repeated drepchings under tac
bsndke.chfes-.lk shelter ten.s and we're
exposed 90 the infection % tae horde ~
&C. 90 rsf8g-es that swept out q santiago
Ike = cioud % iDcuzts as soon as tbs
gates we're opege6. ard settled Ike a ysl-
5ow curse over tie American advance.
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bad rock Emit n ra.ions. . hsgp tcss
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a hundred SICK pr dsv. Fsrst. - pe- csnt
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