The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03
tir,, Cases, Believed TO BE GEN
uinc. at the Soldiers Home,
Near Hampton.
EglN DEATHS WERE RFP0RTED.
.epnrt News and Hampton Have De-
Gacd TO Establish a Quarantine
Against the Home.
e-e Arc Four thousand Oid Veterans In
the institutiou and several Large
fIcurslon Parties Went There
During Last Week.

ErrroGI News, Va Aug. There
cases of what is believed 10 he
u.nc yellow fever at the Ma
20. soldiers home near Hampton,
\ '"rcc deaths from the disease were
rcd.
''iIINGroN. Aug. 1.-Surgeon Gcn-
>'crnbcrg has received the follow
/ from Lieut. Col. Dewitt, Mt Fort
-roc. regarding the outbrcal, Of veil
t'cr at the soldiers home AT
o.o Va:
80 MONROE, Va, July 81. surgeon
u.s. lnited states Marine hospital
,c. qlarant ne officer, officially
.,'.at yellow fever was at Ma
soldiers home; - cases. with
a,as. Commanding officer took |
r..a,c measures FOR quarantine.
-.con Pcttus states surgeon gen.
marine hospital service was noti-
s.,crjay afternoon. (Signed.)
DEWITT, Surgeon.
, Gcn. Corbin was at Fort Mon
yaiay aud was present when Sur
pc.;us made his report. Gen.
SAYS that from all accounts
|. B, little doubt that the condi-
-c ..riouS and there is no tell
ttr the injection may have
I.crc is trolley road along
from distance Of more
.z mics and excursion parties |
.ca coming to old Point and adj 1
PAGES and have taken tho troll T
Newport News, and to the {
Pc home. Many of them have I
v'a ihc soldiers. Gen. Cor c
That one theory of the way in Il
.ac ;,ver might have been a
.'o the home is that one of the p
src,eaiiy visited Santiago. lie fl
-e. some time since suffering r,
r.ai,Ae physicians thought to dl
--se. Ii seems it was not until al
mates q the home began to die re
.., disease was discovered to be
h,c-
roonc outside OF the soldiers io'
aev atou, the existence of vel
.r.- rn'i. sunday. il is said the at
made .'' appearance three days an
..e NOS. rigid quarantine rcgu- au
'R.. be- enforced to prevent the
NJ ,.e ma.adv. The news has of
great eNcscment in Newport sci
ID Point and Hampton and the sid
r-..oas measures viii be resort ere
.Tcy,nt It's spread. There are of
veterans at the home and sew 3
reescursion parties were there oriI
te the
.agc been issued by the war in
4-a' removing the garrison at out
--oc To some point on north Mu'
' 20 be selected by Gen. Mer- rem
B :ew officers and 20 enlisted by
- be detained a, Fort Monroe couI
-.'- Mul
'.a General Sternbcrg expected to e.
'or; Monroe Monday night, 4.
.'1'ac- ;Aat The boat will not the
-e o'ac 70 ,ac yellow fever unsC
larg
.'.'N' july ol- Surgeon Cen popr
-aa' ot tnc marine hospital and
Vas Informed Saturday night and
1 '-','ca@ o! what it was feared c,-,
'''cr d, ,ac National SOL %
--e a' Hampton, and immedi- :. :,
.''-"ed snrrconsln The service tor,
''''-. lg'on, y. c.. Norfolk and
- 10 o"rcs..ratethc sickness
".''' Oh i,, character to the POI
''' here and 20 take measures 1T
''-' ..e spread " tie oi>ea,. break
'!-aa. himself. VIII 90 to frienC
- '' a 'e" days TO take charge arms
% preventing a spread Of prope
-'' . d, develops INTO Genuine feeble
'''' INo ot the SURGEONS body
10 'Ae nome reported Sun- sassin
|. '-e symptom very much ceres,
"ose O. yellow fcvcr Pichai
""l-c they could NOT about
~. ' ia 'Ae'r diagnosis as vet The
.,.. ''''ned 70 the belief that was c
vas TIE dreaded ve,low Gov.
,....'.' -. s.'e''aen, VIII adopt Moca
."'''Aa'F measures 10 pre- has l.,
'"e disease and will treasu
'"l'n a.. The skilland haste.
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