The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-12
CADETS VISIT CUT SHORT.
SEVEN CASES OF SCiRLET FEVER
APPEAR At WEST POTNT.

WEST POINT July II. Instead Of tho three
days jolllhcntion planned by the West Point
cadets In honor OF the visiting naval cadets on
the gunboat Annapolis. including smokers.
dinners. receptions. and a big hop to end up
with tho next few days at the United Statc5
Military Academy will he a period Of quiet and
anxiety. for scarlet fever has appeared among
tho military cadets How severe the outbreak
will be- 1t liz too early yet to predict but Col,
Mills. in command Of tho post hopes that all
epidemic will be avertcd Thus far there
arc nine cases in all. the patients
being seven cadets and two enlisted
men Of the band. Six OF the cases declared
themselves this morning, and tho seriousness
OF tho matter was at once seen. Col. Mills sent
word to Commander lngersoll Of the Annapo-
lia, and the latter after consultation with
Surgeon Carton. decided that the naval cadets
must not go on shore. and that tho ship would
return to New York tomorrow. This was
the btterest kind OF disappointment to both
military and naval cadets as 1t 10 thirty-two
years since n class from Annapolis visited this
place. and the West Point boys had made great
preparations to celebrate tho event. while with
the naval cadets it has been the event most
eagerly looked forward to Of any in their
course. However. this may be only post
ponement. as Commander 1ngersoll. who is al
most as disappointed for his boys as they arc
for themselves. intends to bring his ship back
here about Aug. 20. II the health conditions OF
the post permit.
At present the military cadets are In camp on
the camping grounds north OF the academy
buildings. and it is there that tho fever has ap-
pcarcd. Last week there was very severe
rninstorm in which most OF the men got soaked
to the skin and many OF them came down with
tonsilltis On saturday night two members OF
the band. who also Sergeants. and as such
thro,v nv n with the paIetS
were found to have developed "A high fever,
and Assistant Surgeon Duval. who was in
charge, Surgeon BanniStcr being ill. sus-
rectcd scarlet fever. On Monday one Of the
cadets who had been suffering from severe
sore throat showed similar symptoms. The
men were isolated and carefully watched 1t
was thought and hoped that the trouble might
be measles. as the post has Just been through
an epidemic of this disease. there being forty
three cases. butwhen the SIX new cases showed
themselves this morning there was no longer
room for reasonable doubt that it was
scarlet fever. The cadets who have the
fovcr are all OF tho third and fourth
classes A message was sent to the
War Department asking that surgeon be
sent on to assist DR.. Duval. and measures were
taken to isolate the cases. There are now
thirty-seven patients in the hospital. and
should the fever spread rapidly it is feared
that there will be lack OF accommodations
Col Mills did not think it best o-day to give
out for publication the names OF the fever
None Of the cases is serious at present" he
said. The fever does not seem to be OF a
heavy type ana we hope to EretyHnt its spread
scarlet fever. though fear there is little room
Tor doubt The rHmp will not be anarantine4
treatest regret to ali of us that this, should
1ave occurred just at the time when the
Annapolis Ia paying US q visit.
AS soop as the Annapolis came to anchor
Iomm ander 1ngersoll was informed that there
Point and he consulted Surgeon Carton Of the
.o P and d. that the fever had no. Invaded the
academy buildings. said that there was not
preeaation 81 depTiHina the nj naval T cadets Of
their visit ashore. In the afternoon. however.
Surgeon Duvali came aboard and stated the
feel bosna f tel yGT he said to G s7s
aYe And bers ae in
mind that j. SCARLET he The fever tbs is
ca bS ni S,
that you should know tho state OF the case
nne s 81 S1' ss ,S rsd his
belief that it would he inadylsable 70 permit
There would be decided danger OF con-
tagon" he said. and il SCARLET fever ever
Cr9wded, as che is; there would be no posi-
In this opinion the army surgeon concurred.
and, again expressing his regret eyre he left tho
cadets smd the
Greatly against his will. he said, he felt him
5 @ dsdsa 70 d; , then 0r% back sf he
hSSwEver take her should Tes The poPt En
Stamped 2 out by that tine At this the faces Of
the Young sailors. which had fallen many de-
II they would like to cheer but as that wouldn't
have been discipline they merely spluted: Sur,
he thought the two handmcn had brought the
fever into camp, but where they got it he could
Villages around Nest Point, but had failed to
find scarlet fever in any OF them.
trip the, Annapolis had q me sail up the HHd
son under the most delightful conditions Six
in 4S aS the set or h
itude characteristic OF Uncle Sans navy her
anchor was weighed on the minute, and under Dc.
So:{h tSs, DsSro sh' sss5:S
the giddy. delights o, Philadelphia life four
DAYS previous. when the Annapolis was in that
port, and had failed to como TO time. Eyentu-
ally he went hone to his motheri who im nh :.
her son be taken, back. Asked where be was.
him to time. What persuasl ions she used only
she and Wallace know, but he came on to New
ment to follow with just about four minutes to
spare.
usual. but they were all eager to see the sights
OF the bay and river and swarmed at the port
rail as the gunboat gided up toward the city.
A Quarter OF an hour after the start she pok ed
her nose into fog bank WHICH. on tho principle
that all else makes way for Uncle sam ships.
dissipated and presently was not at all. re-
yaalinG two, freiGhters at anchor. which 1t
had eHectually banketed. However. the An
napolis wouldn't have disturbed the freight
ers in any case. as she had begun to slow
down when the fog obligingly disappeared.
Asthe day was to be sort Of holiday for the
at 1918 there was the call for practice work,
which consists in writing up the journals
The embryo naval men writo accounts OF all
they see in the various shipyards they visit,
and the executive officer goes over and cor
reefs those reports, which, il not up to the re-
CURED standard. involve n forfeit 81 privi-
leges until rewritten Profound disgust was
ina portion OF those whose books weren't w
to mark The Sun reporter who went mp on
the shin heard two OF them comparing notes
on rejected manuscript
What was the matter with ?" said
the first Didn't you draw your pictures
pretty enough ?"
My art was all right, returned the other.