The Penn's Grove record., 1899-09-15
WRITING ON THE?wALL
An Open secret To The Penn's Grove
Record.

Hampton, Va.
ST; No yellow fever at Soldiers
tJ.u,a n hIs tleie ever been a single
casa IEsmutaliy in the home is less
than any spring and summer since 1884,
II lbe yellow fever had been here rs the
doctors clatm. would not thefew graves
inside ul ouv camp, been greatly increas-
edy Ii is reasonable true, our whole base
mil ground would have baen Il grave
ygid. and flied up 10y this time. Can
INV gne tell me they have seen or ever
hoard nf. or read ola mild yellow feevT?
Where dfd they ind faAe4rtiefe just as
well saw mild plaques, mild thunder-
lsJns. THEY have got ten cases here
now down to one, and that one came
from Cuba.
The truth Of the matter is II old
German soldier by the name OF John
Smylhe whohas had the yellow jaundice
ferseyeral yearspast, from habitually
smoking his pipe of strong tobacco.
. lie finished ly cutting his throat with a
razor in his quarters, was carried
/ To- The hospital and died. The next
| thing | heard was We had the yellow
( fewer in Tie Home. Another old soldier
fell down stars ia company II quarters
and broke his ueck, lie was buried
along side Of Smythe. Two more days
after one died OF consumption. There is
Is in all since the quarantine,
Ii isA lleag and explicit writing on
the wall. winch proves 10 bea wide open
secret, and a plain object lesson easily
read by all who have the least spark Of
conlm0 selse. Ouyuoble Governor and
all our catcerS Lave certainly managed
every tLing most judiclously for the
welfare OF all the old veterans of this
entire reservation. Near 4,C00 have
been out lD tents One week OF it
sugnt fu a heavy s,0Tmo Of wind and rain, |
We are back again in cur barracks all
cleansed and fumigaled for our comfort
and health.
The tents presented q magnificent
view from all directions arranged and
very beautifully and firmly set by our
men. along by the streets, parks, trees.
and shrubs loaded with beautiful bios
SONS and flower Of every hue. 1t is
surely a paladis7a as near as our earth can
aifuld,
We are uow In the 9Th week of our
0~uarantine and any one who thinks we
are in a iorlorA~ condition, they ought
to come inside aud look at us for a
while. We have some kind of amuse-
ment going on every evening when the
weather is fair, and last Thursday even
ing we bad the second installment of
fireworks left over from the fourth of
July and IN connection with a consert
by our band. We cannot get out. Our
Governor and all the officers are kept
10 as well as ourselves, We have all !
made up cur minds to the inevitable, ]
and submit to it carefully and make the
most oft,
It shows Us what a sober camp might
lie, for when they shut US up in here, J
they shu. on. the saloons in Ph0ebus, {
s. Ia all, and Hampton 10 with their
ti -htiaE influences. Jas we cannot
very wei. -s. the Soldiers Home remov- !
ed To lie banks Of Tie Delaware, Il ]
Suggested To some that We petition the /.
Governor Of Virginia to remove the
stats away from our homes as we lind {
We cau g5- 4.0az~ remarkable we'll With j
Uut lAsm, Uu. We want them TO take ]
the s..geus along. Without the patro- {
q The home, .le saloon for want !
GlsgImsut w3-l8 Iry up and be no
more. Bu. Sc could wander around
amongst the runs asd point out the
TO our friends, when they visit
Us. showing them where they used to ]
lebag1l and T3U tie I'D soldiers, aud |
sometime murder LIN and then send
linn b4cs 10 ll= home for a decent |
burial o~fcouEss. t
C1mIa3= C..l.-1 Ml jgHpeS the ]
fence las. u.gl. % vsis wife aud 5
wA5 resides 4 Phoebus. He s
the G-ar1 outside after dark r
aud sg=u, -l- ltgl. with his family. c
He returned .l= lax. morning reported
a. the guard a5ga s1d was sent to his c
quarters.
Our At.I.l1. wi.! md a bouncing c
.5u and l-.r a. -l.. residence on King c
street, Hampton, wien he gets home.
Any va So tLals The quarantine for
gI7lGg .s Z talented amusement club. '
!. has already uade lie camp rich in /
IelIiusa., DAVID G. CAM I
n. S. H. Va.