The San Francisco call., 1898-08-06

dered north to safe latitude
 their places are to be filled win ,o oQ who volunteered to face .tbo ,,dntiH IIeH
 lence that stalketh by monday" as swan weiI
 as the Spanish bullets. "en These are the Immune" roo;, composed wholly of men who SSlillents,
 ready once been within the very er,tI eI-
 of death and for whom no for,o fever hasany dread, as they know +bot ot
 they are more proof against slIcb tbar
 was Achilles from the darts 6f bjs
 enemies after his dip into the RivaS Styx.
 The immune regiment is dfstinct1v or
 American institution and an Americon Innovation in the art of war. Am0no all the thousands of regiments thai
 make LID the mighty hosts of Furona there is not a single company even of
 .iynmunes The CZar would like to have some for service in Siberia. Whara bo loses hundreds of his soldiers every e year from the dread Siberian fever. England could use them well in India, where the jungle fever kills more En Enoiisbn9en every year than fall at the haeds of their enemies. France and Gerfnany. too, could readily find use for a few regiments of 'inmunes" in +bair African possessions and save the lives of hundreds of their soldiers, who fall victims to the forest ana swamp fo1rora on the Dark Continent These nations,
 ration for war first object cannot have these. death proof regiments. Tbev have not the material to recruit from: ,od, hoe civ
 The United States already mas SIX full regiments with four moIE- heaIIy y aIIad m and if the necessity arose nonId raise three times as many more.
 The idea of raising whole reglnlehtS of mon for service in Cuba who would he proof against it's hidden but greatest dangers originated with ColoIIeI Doii- ;Il can N. Hood, a son ot the laIe Lte Ct7!I tenant General John B. hoou oA OOA-- federate .falAe. o 4i,o
 After leaving West Point some time in the. early sos Lieutenant Hooo was assigned to duty on the Cur CoaSt oL the Southern States and While there was taken with yellow 1eVer' at the time somewhat epidemic: he hau d severe case and a very narrow escape bovinp at. one time been laid out for burial by his attendants. He recovered however, and when the prospect or ser vice in Cuba seemed certain ne 1uIly realized the advantage that 1mmunes': men who, like. himself, had had the fever and were proof agalnst Iurl danger from all its kin and klndj Noulu L- have over men who had never. been eA- posed to it.
 His idea soon took shape in definite plans. He went to Washington ana laid. them before Secretary AIger ana the President, both of whom 1uIIy ap- proved of the idea and took Immediate stems for carrying out his plans. A bill was introduced by the House Mili-; tary Committee providing for the en- listment of a sufficient number or lnl- munes'' to- form ten regiments or 1Ooo men each. Six of them were to De white and four colered. Colonel Hooa was appointed to the. command or one
 d at ono to New Orleans and. began recruiting He soon gathered at. Camp CaHefy, near the city and named after the Sen ator from Louisiana who was very ac- tive in support of the bill, enough men to form two regiments, later two more were filled up in New Orleans and with recruiting in other Southern cities and towns the full number author tzed by Congress has been nearly made up.
 There may be many other regiments | remarkable for uniformity of size, | color, nationality or whatever else, but | these immune regiments are. the most | unique military organizations in the | world without question. No matter what other qualifications for enlistment | the applicant may show he must have l had a real genuine case of yellow fever. | Must have looked death full and square
 in the eye and touched his icy front ImmuneS are peculiar people other
 than the fearful experience they have
 undergone. Yellow fever works won- derflil changes il a man, both mental and physical Every material poison and every other disease ger1n seems TO be literally cooked out of the system by the high temperature and the pa | tient, if he recovers; begins life again | with new body as it were. The l change in disposition is alike remarka- | ble. Where before there was a ten 1 dency to anger, depression and discon-
 tent, there is patience and suitability, | lightness and buoyancy. and content
 ment with life. without the impairment | of any of the better qualities of a man. l cAPI IST AGENTS