New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-30
TROOPS IN THE TROPICS.
rvc1AND's COSTLY LESSON LEARNED
IN JAMAICA.
-,,r WAR DEPARTMENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
CARRIED OFF THE TROOPS BY HUNDRED
AND MEASURES THAT STOPPED IT
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AMER
IcAN SOLDIERS.

ICAN SOLDIERS.
washington Jan. % (SpeciaD-ln oroer 10 seVuio
-. ho,osts OF British experience in malh'aihi"s
It ,so,s IN the tropics. SUPERINTENDENT S'ernoe's
60 Army early in December detailed Lieutenant
Oh - "" ~ Reilly CHIEF Surgeon OF the Department
-, N visit Jamaica. Dr. OReilly was IN
..oa 70 make careful inquiry with reference 10
-. Methods in vogue in this British colony "hose
,,a.,c conditions are so similar 10 those vi N"'"'
80 Rico and the Philippines. for protecting so'
,'a stationed there from fatal infectious diseases
" Wv, ,-ou the deleterious effects of clmauc III
an he was directed to ascertain as Tar as
hlo the results attained By improved me'h-
b,ch had been adopted the result OF eA-
,c. ont and full details as regarded u'e "o",s'
I,,ntnr and feeding OF British soldiers III uIe
,d He was particularly instructed 10 'ePo''
so ,,o met DIS found most satisfactory for pro.
.iS,,or against yeiow fever. camp diseases anu
sso,o-tal fevers. ana his especial auoh.'o" w.
No, -. The question of INtions and clothing "hc"
-, ,,und suitable for til climate or Jamaica
&C., more than a month spent IN dngeh'
-la,orel O.Roly. who was accompanied ana ae''o'e
-, Lieutenant summcrlin of the sth cavalry, nae
- a., exhaustive report from whicn Tue UNIV"
49,, interesting extracts are made
'"9 ..-.or received us very courteously. ana
Inc DCi seed us in communication WIN I I oVnn
81 O OF the forces in the lsIahu "a ,,s 20 his
Ne ntscers Of the garrison at Up parK 0a,P
s i he officers Of the various suppS lso nresented
medical ana o 3dant Of the naval station al Port
lySvaI Commodore henderson h,, H rs any infor-
k9l"r we're most willing to fArnsn u az" nHvar IN
nation ana - ,eSt M orr visit. Practically Ger,
hC.Io ro,,nt of delay was caused ny ou u % ,hot
tam an ne holiday season and by inc -, IaI' , M
osics hours In Jamaica a. @ nor considered proper
and oeyone t r The time Of the officers from WHOM
were ,hs climate Of Jamaica varies greatly
sit7fude and topographic sI,t%"r,o,,s Tho cold
with ,cosant healjhful and sauorous 'te r Siv
northern be temperature, therefore Sei6 6 in sn
felt ana , IN throughout the year The low ser
more he warmest portions, the afger p nne
81 10 habitable island, at GeiDs decidedly
Of l ne 10 three thousand feet oe"s "'o'00''
cooler. DAYS
rrpR1BI,E MORTALITY IN THE EAhhh ia -
-,,,,ro entering upon the discussion Of the cond'.
- ,o exist In the island or Jamaica a.
IONS q. ,,l no instructive to take glance mo
49, ,oet and see how well it has ea'"eu ~
49, ,,,lo ~ the Graveyard of the hnsHsh, ooa
The 10Th Regiment arrived IN '"'s 10 Tr,U,
-, and was quartered al Kingston Du'-nS
strong anu ,os. ora men and 200 were discharged
four years II 1851 Nv nv
or invaded. no. .org IN Feb
-,arv 1850 Two-hfths Go5) died dur'ns .'e o,slt
A detachment Of 90 men was sen, upon q" go o,.ar
ZION 10 Fort St. Juan, OF whom Re" Vi "o"'
FeiF be ssh Regiment arrived in March e s RoT wa
TWO years u - Enrt and CASTLE Fort
Tbe Ssth 92i $50 and sith regmenttS wing nvins 70
Savns neither barrack nor hospiiS9l -, woniDths
uSH.S6 crfire force The SD lost one-naii % ne
number during the first ak a., mon 5nfy Only one
Ir',b ~ he qith Regiment remained ~ 'oi u"''
at me end OF two years and Tour ttwoafths Of
VI ~, Ianded died during the frsl sM IOI' n
During three and yfeT5s ogne s y the
rtire force and $500 men died IN less ina" ''
years terminating DecemDeT IN y. orer,oe annual
mortality per 100 was ~ VIA s s' tau Is i
no - tn what the cause OF this heavy NOR
ialfy was We can only hazard guess, o..o,,,,
IL Was moi until 1917 that any pracucaI ateeIPe
,.as made at a systematic compilation OF disease
s,afisijcs as far as the West Indies is concerned
Si The perod 1917 70 1896 the average strength.
aSmissions deaths and ratio per 1000 per annuin
were as follows;