The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-05
INSPECTED THE HOSPITAL.
SURGEON GENERAL sTERNBEBG
FOUND THE PROGRESS SLOW.

This Morning for Havana-Othcr
Cuban Points VIII BE visited to
see TO Preparations for the Care
of the SicL-HospftaI Here VIII Re
Used Only During the Winter-EV-
cry PrccautIon to tie Taken to
Guard Against the Entrance of
yellow Fever.
Gen. George NJ. Sternberg. surgeon gen
eral of the army. and Capt. Edward L.
Munson. assistant surgeon and aide, spent
yesterday in the city and VIII leave this
morning for Tampa where they will take
a steamer for Havana. a stay Of a week
will be made in the Cuban metropolis, Ma
tanzas and Pinar del Rio, when the sur
geon general and his aide win return to
Washington.
Yesterday morning was busily spent by
Gen. sternborg. His visit to Savannah
was 10 look over the hospital that is in
course of construction. lie drove out to
the site and made thorough inspection.
A trip was also made TO the hospital ship
Missouri, where the general was shown
over the vessel by the officer in charge,
Mai. Arthur.
Gen. Sternberg was seen at the De Soto
in the afternoon by a representative of
the Morning News. He talked of the OBJ
jectSof his trip to Savannah and to Ha-
vana. saying that both are to look
Into the arrangements that exist, or are
to be made for the care of the sick in this
country and in Cuba. He regards these
arrangements as of such Importance as
TO demand his personal attention.
Gen. sternberg was asked about the
progress of the work on the hospital
buildings here. He replied that he was
not at all satisfied; he had expected to
find them much nearer completion. Il
cannot say when the hospital
will be finished" he said. There has
been some great delay in getting the work
started or there has been very slow prog
ress made 1 had hoped to find the build
ings far enough advanced TO admit of
their being occupied. No, I do not believe
there will be any chance of patients being
put I'm by Jan Is. Ii is possible that a
number of the wards may be prepared for
the reception of patients by Feb. ]. Capt
McHarg, the quartermaster in charge of
the work, tells me that il is his intention
TO rush work on the ward buildings, and
IL may be that he viii have some of them
completed by the time l have mentioned"
when the Missouri goes out this trip
will she return with a cargo Of sick?' the
general was asked.
That l cannot say. The vessel Is a
hospital itself with a capacity of some 800
beds. As soon as these have all been
taken up by patients that are 90 be re-
ceived while the vessel lies in the harbor
Of Havana it will become necessary for
her TO come to this country to have the
patients put in hospital. If
the Savannah hospital is ready by
that time the ship will come here:
If not, it will have to go else
whore. I had hoped to have been able to
send sick men from camps in this section
to Savannah, but the wards are not
ready to receive them. l am just now
called upon to send a train to Americas
to take patients from there to the hospi-
tai at Fort Mcpherson. If the hosniIa1
We're ready TO accommodate them l might
have had them brought here. It is not
intended, however that this hospital Is
90 be used for the sick from camps in
this section as long as there is room in
that at Fort Mcpherson to accommodate
them Most of the camps lie nearer At.
ianta than Savannah, and this hospital
will only be used when that at Atlanta is
full.
Do you expect to use the hospital dur
ing the summer?'
No" he replied when that seaso,
comes around tba siol, lin SEASON
Their North II In ~ 80. We sent inr-
hero for tba,r - 80 warm Gown
results 10 ba at'tni.,n5 anu Ior the best
time there win he ~ f,,rtt a certain
from Cuba to Savannah When cold
egain he re-, >, '' 'e"iii '"e hospital VIII
Tha,o -. -.
yellow fever 1,,;,7 I'm 'aIh OF danger Of
ci.,y tbra,,o,,l t',i''ns an entrance to the
ttoyt. 80 - ci.J DiiHsihs IN OF soldier pa
70 seo :. IN Cuod' zen Sternberg fails
e,,er,, -. saSS me surgeons will take
tbing % 81 ~ ~ 90 ',i u'ioh against such a
- = a. - y as sreaiy TO their interests
a. i avn 49, ol Ihe hundreds of patients
es - = - - nave IN the hospital,
,at - ~ siIo9e OF tne people of Savan-
cn,,l5 ~ -, - Ilasioh Is Kept out We
-. ~ ~ - Jug SVIo" lever cases in, any
- ar Ihey require treatment
- .lie attack comes on. We can't
49, =, q SS,ioW ever case. Whatever is
..vUt 70 Ve uOlt tHeh ana there"
- ,ist VII WI pe me regulations govern
ti'FOl tatiOi ol SICK! VIII the rule,