Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-07-31
In THE HOME
ATHAMPTON
Four Thousand Union Veterans
- Exposed the Attacks
~ .ofYellow Fever.
SIX DEATHS QUICKLY ENsUE
A Quarantine IS Inaueurated-
Theories Concerning the
SNlciIIFever's Start.fS e }

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, July 3D.
Thirty cases of yellow fever have deyel-
0ped in the soldiers home at Hampton
Officials have no idea how the yellow
fever worked its way into the place,
where over 1000 union veterans are
squastered. 1t was reported that some
soldiefs who mingled with the sailors
from southern countries carried the
fever into the home but there is no ev-
idence of this.
WASHINGTON, July 3l.-Surgeon Gen.
eral Sternberg received the following
from Lieutenant Colonel Dewitt, at
Fort Monroe, regarding an outbreak of
yellow fever at the soldiers home at
Hampton Va -Four o'clock p, m.
yesterday Surgeon Pettus of the, United
States marine hospital service and quar-
antine officer, stated that yellow fever
was at the national soldiers home at
HamptoH.A.e There We're thirty-fOur
cases with six deaths. The command
ing officer took immediate measures for
saquRrantine. Afn
General Corbin says there Is little
doubt that conditions are serious and
there is no telling how far the Infection
may have reached. Many visitors
have mingled with the soldiers Cor
bin says one theory of the way in which
sfever might have been brought to the
home is that one Of the soldiers recent
" visited Santiago and retarned, suffer-
ing with what the physicians thought
to be dengue 1t was not untilthe in
mates of the home Began to die that
the disease was discovered to be yellow
fever.
Ordefghave been issued by the war
department removing the garrison at
Fort Monroe to some point on the
northern coast to be selected by Gen |
eral Merritt Surgeon General Wyman |
of-the Marine Hospital service, says it
may be necessary to take many of the |
inmates of the home away.
90 DisEAsBMAY NOT srREAD.
NORFOLK, va, July 3l-A message
( from Governor Wood6n of the Soldiers
!. Home at Hampton says there have been
three deaths from yellow fever since
yesterday and thirty cases are now un.
der treatment. Expert surgeons and
immune nurses are installed and rigid
quarantine regulations enforced. He
does not think the disease will spread
beyond the home.
ENERGETIC MEASURES TAKEN.
WASHINGTON, July Secretary
Alger has directed that the Josiah |
Simpson hospital at Fort Monroe be |
turned over TO- the marine hospital SER |
vice ii. it is wanted 1t contains one |
thousand beds and was fitted for troops |
Stationed at Newport News last sum-
mer. The marine hospital service to-
day hurried number of surgeons to |
Hampton and vicinity. The official re-
port says there are thirty. five cases,
four deaths and one dying.
Dr. Wasdin of the marine hospital |
service is already at Hampton and has |
been detailed as expertat the soldiers,
home Dr.sJ. Fl. White 'Eeft Washing.
ton today and will besons duty outside. |
Drs. G. p Wertenberger, Frank De-
galdson, Farquhar and McClintic are to |
be distributed through Portsmouth,,
Phoebus, Berkley and other nearby |
points as occasion requires.
Officers of the marine hospital service |
refuse to speculate on the genesis. of |
the epidemic butlt isgenerally believed
TO have originated in some sll0reE diyesll
In PhGbus and gases are looked for
there, Arrangements have already been |
made to throw quarantine lines around
any place where the disease shows it.
self outside the home. S
{ The Washington health Office was
notified at about daylight this morning
Of the Hampton outbreak. The morn
ing boat from Old Point was inspected |
but no passengers were detained.
Trains will also be watched. There is
. detention settlement of cottages. .0nI
the eastern branch which were utilized
during the recent small pox outbreak.
This is being overliauled to receive any |
suspects who may be detected by the
Washington authorities. The troops at
IT. Monroe consist of three batteries of
the Fourth artillery.