Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-01
o SIGNIFICANT.

When Surgeon GENERAL OHeliy oil
the United States army spent a day
at the Hot Springs as the guest OF
o. Jansen OF the Santa Fe. he abb
solutely declined 10 be interviewed.
Mr.. Jansen, however, said the trip
was wholly unofficial and that General
OfReily simply remained over a day
In order to get a rest. The belief
that there was no business in the trip
was strengthened by the fact that Gen,
cfaI Baldwin, commander OF this de-
partment. who was here only a day be-
fore, failed TO remain 70 meet the sur,
geon general.
However, the report Ii being widely
circulated that the object OF the sur
geon general In visiting the Monte
yuma with Mr.. Jansen vas to consider
d proposition from the Santa Fe com
pany for the purchase Of the magnifi
cent hosiery for a government sani
tarium. What Is now believed TO be
the project Is to unite the naval and
military governments %sanitariums for
conusmptiyes and 10 establish at Las
Vegas Hot Springs an adjunct TO the
Institution at Fort Bayard. The post
at Bayard Is d soldiers sanitarinm,
but OF late patients from the navy have
been SEN there also. The accommo-
datlons have been taxed beyond the
limit and another post is essential. 1t
is believed that. while both sanitari-
ums will be common 10 army and
navy. patients will be sent 70 one post
or the other according al their state
OF health seems 10 suit the slightly va
rying conditions Of The locations SCI
lected.
Nothing definite has boen heard I'M
Las Vegas concerning the proposition.
but the fact Of the announcement Of
the closing OF the big hotel Immediate
ly after the visit OF General OyReily
and Mr.. Jansen Is significant. General
O'Reily spent "a day In Albuquerque
and the Journal Democrat OF yesterday
says:
Surgeon General o'Reilly Of the
United States army was In Albuquer-
que yesterday, arriving In the morning
from the south and departing last
night for a visit TO the Grand Canyon
OF Arizona. He was accompanied by
w. o. Jansen. assistant ID President
Il. r. Ripley OF the Santa Fe system,
and John J. Byrne Of Los Angeles, gen
passenger agent OF the coast
lines.
General O'ReiIly has been in New
for the past five days, Two Of
which he has spent at Fort Bayard,
he army sanitarium for tuberculosis.
Last Thursday he visited the Monte
tuna Hot Springs and hotel at Las We
,as, In company with Mr.. Jansen, and
I Is pointed out as significant that the
announcement OF the final closing OF
he hotel came simultaneously win
hat yIsit. 1t Is ~gensss6sy understood
hat the mammoth hotel has been Of
cred to the government for a SANTA.
.ium for the army and rumor has II
hat General O,Reily's visit TO the
Montczuma was n of inspection. Mr..
says that the VISIT was purely
one Of pleasure. and General o'Reily
ieclines 70 be interviewed.
Prom Las Vegas General 0'Rei,y
vent direct to Fort Bayard, where ex-
improvements are under way.
and after two days there returned to
Albuquerque yesterday morning. The
day here was passed quietly in the
hotel. and the party loft last night
f0r the Grand Canyon, They are tray
cling In the Santa Fc directors pri
car"
A special dispatch Of August 30 20
The Denver. News says:
Surgeon General 0'Reilly Of the
United States army has been In Albu
luerauc today, accompanied by W. OF
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