The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-27

| MonuOLa NnOSoVot tutn " happens 70 ~ Hoca "
the house with two or three assistants and tht
policeman Of the picked squad, washes the wal
down with corrosive sublimate. disnfccts beds and
bedding, women and children. tacks q piece Of
yellow bunting on the door and leaves the police
man there. The occupants Of that house are moi
permitted 70 leave II and one IL allowed "a
enter II until the period Of danger, usually from
i've to eight days hiss passed.
JAIL FOR oFFRNpRRa
There have been cases in which these orders
have been disregarded. either through the mat
tenton or connvnnco oil he policeman. The dis
ciplinc applied In such cases has been severe and
quickly administered Gen. Wood uses a two
handed sword lie send the person or persons
| who have either entered lett the house along
with the policeman. stripped OF his uniform and
| his authority 10 the detention camp. keeps them
| there until II has been determined that they have
| no lever. Then he puts them In Jail He does
not appeal 10 the sluggish native oourta He
takes tho law entirely in his own hands and keeps
| the offenders In jal during his pleasure, which
no has authority W do under the order IRON Wash
| ington subordinating all the departments OF the
insuar government to the military commander
| during the military occupation. lie had 10 do the
| same thing last year only oitener, because San
| lingo was not az well acquainted with his methods
| then as II Is now. When il happens that the send
| ing Vi n suspect 10 tne QetcnGOn camp or 10 tho
yellow lover island cuts of the support OF family
| tho iamily's wants are supplied by tho INDECENT
| Ration Department q relic OF last year revived
Tor this emergency. The rations are delivered
| daily 70 the policeman guarding the house in such
quantities az may DO necessary. LIE passes them
In 70 tho family.
Ii Gen Wood has been severe with the Cubans
his treatment OF the Americans has approached
harshness Ono OF the first things he did alter
he landed In the city TO order the Mayor TO
close every barroom and liquor establishment
in tho city and keep il closed The order was
obeyed promptly. ono two OF the American
barroom keepers who originally bad men
IRON the West" talked OF resistance, but a lew
brief remarks from the General brought them to
thcir He said " one a man named Ed.
wards:
II hear OF your dsobcying my orders or at
tempting to cause others " disobey them. I'll put
you in Jail and keep you there breaking stones
until you have learned obedience"
Edwards went back and closed UP and went to
tho hills, where the most OF the Americans had
gone before him 10 wait until the fever epidemic
wears itself out Tho native restaurant and sa-
loon keepers ordered not 10 sell any intoxicat
ing or malt liquors to Americans under the penalty
OF FORGETTING their licenses. This order is riridly
lived up to Just now but 1t necessary at FIRST
TO take away the licenses OF one or two dealers be-
iore they entered into tho thing with tho proper
spirit
Hard indeed Is the lot OF the American soldier
civilian found under the influence OF lauor in
the city or out OF it lie is treated as a yellow
lever suspect and sent 10 the detention camp where
he is detained for tho usual length OF time Then
II no fever develops, no and his belongings are
disiniected and he Is put in jail Gen. Wood has
appealed u tho intelligence OF tho Americans
q hOq M hat he lrt, a
ing liquors renders them doubly susceptible to the
disease, which no has pointed out always goes
harder with outanders and a rule the Ameri
cans have kept pretty sober.
All tho American soldiers and civilian employees
OF the Government were hustled out OF the city
carly with pack trains To the loot hills and the
the soldiers To the mountain tops beyond.
The Department headquarters with its full force |
OF clerks and messengers is at FL Cristo and the
four companies Of the Fifth Regular Infantry at |
Songo. These four companies originally occu-
pied the old Spanish barracks After leaving tho |
barracks they won't 70 Boniato. and when they |
broke camp there ovory vostgc OF their outfit lief,
behind was burnt by Gen. Woods order lest the |
packers and tcamsters who followed them might
become infected.
These cncampments are completely isolated from |
the city. No in allowed 10 leave thom except at
Gen Woods order. and one from the city Is |
allowed 10 visit them until the customary process of
detsntonand disinfecton have been complledwith. |
The isolation Of the garrison at the old Moro |
Castle seven miles south Of the city Is quite as com
pletc. Mono OF the American troops at the castle
is allowed to leave it, and no one is allowed to visit
It Supplies are got to the castle by boat frorl
tho chief quartcrmaster's feet which overy day
stops at the castle at the base Of the rugged
hill on which the fortress is situated The MORO
garrison no longer gets its water from the wells
around tho fortress. The entire supply comes from |
tho Juragua Iron Company's pier three miles in |
toward the city.
Mail for Americans does not pass through the |
city post office lis disinfectod in the Marine Hos
p,tal boat and sent direct TO the camps in the hills
No vessels coming in from the sea are allowed to
touch at any OF the piers They held up in the
open bay and have to discharge their cargocs into
lighters. tho merchandise being lowered into tho
Ightars by derrioks which obviates the necessity
OF any one from the lighter visiting the ship or any
one from the ship boarding tho lighter Passeng-
ors ON incoming ships arc not permitted 10 visit
tho city. They must either remain aboard ship |
and return whence they came go direct 10 the
camps In the hills
II is by the rigid enforcement of such measures
a. these that tho progress Of the epidemic has been
arrested Gen Wood is the moving spirit in IL all
lilo not only formulates plans and issues orders
pu' personally sees TO IL mat his plans and or
deB arc carried out He has a special engine
on the railroad which connects Songo and Ell
Crisio with Santiago. and is constantly moving
between tho two places lie is here, there and
everywhere and nothing escapes him. His help
pers are men trained In his school
While there has, perhaps. been as much yellow |
lever IN Santiago itself this year there was last
year. the situation has never been as SERIOUS Last
year half tho population was on its back with all
kinds OF feyers and many varieties OF stomach dis
orders, due mainly 10 long periods on quarter
ratons and tho horrible pilgrimage 10 FL Caney
when the bombardment OF the city was threatened.
The people were dying like flies At this time last
August the average number OF deaths day was
between nifty and sixty and the fortnight earlier
1t was three or four times great The deaths
we're so numerous in fact that the cemetery force
was not large enough to bury tho bodies and Gen
Wood had to resort to the expedient OF burning
them
Thu kiln al which h, dead XVana hurn.J ,-o. =.