The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07
WILL BRING THE FIRST SICK.
HOSPITAL SHIP MISSOURI WILL AR
RIVE THURSDAY.

vana-CabIegrnm Announcement
From Mai. Arthur, Surgeon in
Charge of the Ship-Nessel VIII BE
Thoroughly Disinfected Before
She Reaches POrt-Marine Hospital
Service VIII Enforce the Qunran-
tine ReguIatiOns-EIectr Motor
for the Army Hospital Has Been
Secured Herc--Street Car for the
transportation of Sick Soldiers
From the ship to the Hospital VIII
De Finished To-day.
The hospital ship Missouri will arrive
Thursday morning from Havana vita
about 200 patients. A cabegram was re-
ceived yesterday from Mai Arthur, sur
geon in charge of the vessel. stating that
she would arrive at that time. II is pos
sible that the hospital may not be quite
ready 80 receive the patients, but that
would be an Inconvenience to none, as
the. sick can be provided for with every
comfort aboard Che vessel. She is fitted
up as a hospital, and every comfort and
provision for them is al hand.
Before the Missouri reaches port she viii
have been thoroughly fumigated Steam
and forma ldehyde are the germacides en-
ployed, and no pains will be spared TO dis
infect it. Orders have been issued by the
marine hospital surgeon at Washington
that all vessels leaving Havana and Glen
fuegos for American ports after March
shall be thoroughly disinfected. After
March Is the rule will apply to vessels
leaving all Cuban ports. 1t Is said there
is more sickness at Havana and Cienfue-
gos than anywhere else in the island and
that it is for this reason that they are
made the first subject to quarantine reg
ulations.
II is proposed by the officers OF the
Sixth to let the men exercise their free
and uninfluenced choice in the matter of
re-enlisting or going home. They believe
there wiz be enough of them who will
elect TO remain to make a nucleus for a
new regiment that might be filled out by
the transfer of volunteers from other reei-
ments that are to be mustered out of the
service. An officer, who is to stay If The
chance is given him, says there are 30 per
cent. OF the men in his company who will
remain in the service if the regiment is
retained. He believes % per cent. Is
fair estimate of those who would remain
IN the regiment One OF the officers, who
does not care to remain, said last night,
however that there are not more than
per cent. of the members of the regiment
who want to stay in the service. He be-
lieves the privilege of going to the Philip
pines will have no attractions for the men.
There has been no change in the pro-
gramme of mastering the regiment out on
March Is. The work preparatory to this
end is progressing very well, and no doubt
is felt that It will be concluded by the
time it is desired to discharge them. The
officers rather believe their colonel viii
bring news from Washington that may
cause a change In the situation.
Work will begin in earnest to-day at the
hospital in the fitting up of the force pump
and making the necessary connections. The
electric motor for the pumping station has
not yet arrived, but one has been secured
here to serve temporarily until the arrival
of that which is supposed 10 be on the way
from the manufacturer at Lynn, Mass 1t
is believed the work of getting the APP
paratus in thorough working order may be
completed by tomorrow night and 1T Is
not thought there will be any further delay
in having a number of the buildings ready
for occupancy.
The matter of sewerage has been difficult
and the officials connected with the hospi-
tai work are glad that it may now be adj
justed. It was at first the plan to TGn terra
Gotta pipes deep under ground to make
connection with a city main on Abercorn
street some 100 feet away. 1t was found
that this was impractcable owing to the
peculiar consistency of the soil. There was
a great deal of quicksand encountered, and
this made 1t necessary to give up the work.
The joints of the terra Gotta pipe filed
and it was found that iron pipe would have
to be used and that force pump would
have to be employed to get rid of the sew
age. Putting in the pipe was effected with
less difficulty than would have been had
in laying the terra Gotta, but delays were
experienced in getting the pump. The Of
ticials regard themselves as fortunate i'm
being able to secure the motor that win
be temporarily used.
Mr.. Schneider of the signal corps who Is
here to look after this part of the work.
has gone right ahead with his preparations
for making telephone connection with all
the buildings of the hospital. Connection
has been established with the Bell system
No instructions have yet been sent the
nurses at Atlanta and the men of the hos
pital corps az Huntsville, who are wait
ing orders 10 proceed to Savannah They
are all ready to come. and no difficulty is
apprehended on the score of their not be-
ing here in plenty of time for the opening
of the hospital
In addition TO the 200 men that are to
be brought from Cuba to enter the hos
pital the sick soldiers in the civil hospitals
hclS VIII also pe received. The transfer
VIII he made on the opening day of the
institution. The soldiers now at the civil
hospitals are in the main members of the
sixth lmmunes and the Third Connecticut.
and measles is the disease with which the
majority are afflicted. The affection is
OF a mild type, however the surgeons saw.
the street car upon which workmen al
the shops Of the Savannah, Thunderbolt
and Isle of HOPE Railroad have been ~
work for several days to adapt il 10 a de-
sign furnished by the surgeon in charge
OF the hospital for the transportation of
SICK soldiers from the hospital ship to the
hospital will be completed to-day. II win
be used for the first time when il is de-
sled to make the transfer of patients from
tue missouri. Fourteen patients on lit
tiers may be carried in the car II win he
an Improvement over the ambulance
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