New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS,
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Washington, May Il
..>-,r NTApTcIp. CITARD-The naval
.,.rreon who is with the marines on the ls'hiuS re-
norts that in that camp there has oeen no i'Ai's'
avcept minor complaints, and this IS PU' iol
ON indication that there need be no appieheiiSioI
a-oonp the civilian employees at Panama ana Colon
-, the same conditions for preserving heaIh
ere observed as exacted by the neolca oiioet
With the marine command. Colonei doIsas. "ho
has charge of the public sanitation Oh the lS'iio'
sovs that he has hitherto been hampereo III MS
mans by the canal commissioners VINO "ele re-
centlv relieved and that preliminary WORK OF es-
tabishing the means of preserving the hedi'A -
persons on the isthmus was repeatedly II 'eeu
under a mistaken notion that economy was Oe'AS
nractsed. He says also that 1t Will De ques-
ton Of only a few months when conditions VIII
materially improve at Colon and Panama ana III
the mean time it is proposed to enforce Ihe ruteS
which have been adopted for the benefit OF the
people from the United States who happen TO be
stationed on the isthmus One of these rules will
he that against the accumulation of water IN set
tubs or in other places for bathing purposes An
ordinary tub of water costs 81 %, and when 1t Is
acquired by some people there is no disposition
to be free in its disposal as at home, where the
supply is to be had with no more trouble than
turning a faucet. The army surgeons say also
that the people who have been sent s 10 Ine apd
become careless. There will be no need OF un,
water supply systems have been installed IN the
two cities of the isthmus. There IS an aoundSAGe
maintaining health anywhere when the hygienc
conditions Of Havana, for instance, are reproduced
ranging to purchase q large quantity of medical
supplies and hospital supplies in NeW-4ork. con-
surgeon general OF the army by order of Secretary
Taft, instead of under the Canal Commission. thus
Tlateriai Mr. Taft has decided that the surgeons
shall have all possible facilities for doing the work
which deVolves upon them.
NAVAL DEREIICT DESTROYER.-The navy is
at last to have a derelict destroyer OF it's own
For the chief photographer Of the service has
made urgent appeal for the detail of naval
vessel for this purpose, instead of employing on
the work such ship might be at hand. 1t fire.
quently happened that there was no ship imme-
diatey available for the work. and the delay served
TO increase the menace 10 navigation There is
no greater terror to the mariner than the aban-
doned wreck. especially as 1t must be uncharted
and is likely to be encountered anywhere at any
tine without warning and capable OF doing great
damage The United States steamer Lebanon, now
at Portsmouth. \. H will be converted into
derclict DESTROYER and VIII operate under the
Bureau of Navigation the request of the chief
and its usefulness to sailers and steamers
cannot be overestimated, say naval officers.
LOOKING FOR AN ALBANY MANA woman
in Albany has attracted the attention Of the War
Department officials by unique request. Some
time ago she wrote asking If It were possible for
the War Department to discover & brother from
whom she had heard nothing since 1888. All she
know about him that he was entitled to a
pension The War Department was obliged TO
say that II had no facilities for tracing people who
we're not on the army rolls either commissioned
qQirer sent to the War Department a large Coiored
eIi5{on picture or the man whom she Is seeking
OF the missing relative in 1888 and asking # the
va department. would use its best endeavors to
him. WI"