Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-14
SICKNESS
CAUSES
ORDER
Young Fourth CasaIryman Is
Taken III as Sheridan En-
tefs the Harbor ). |
CASE rs DIAGNOSED
AS SPINAL MENINGITIS
Discovery OF Illness Means Men
Must Go Into Special Camp
at Schoiield Barracks

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Twenty-three hundred rifles and
sabres were added TO the army OF
Oshu this morning. Two troop ships.
carrying i've organizations destined
for service In Hawaii tied up to the
waterfront at an early hour, and all
morning the wharyes hummed with
the activities OF dis einbarkation, while
men fortunate enough to secure leave
thronged the streets. getting their irtt
sight Of the city that is 10 be reir
amusement headquarters for the next
three years. ALI this army increase Is
rot permanent, however, for the same
transport that brings the Fourth Cav
airy TO Oahu, viii take the Fifth Cav
airy back to the, States. The perman-
eni increase In the mobile army Is
one full regiment or infantry, iae
Twenty-fifth, colored. while the coast
artillery IL Increased By three com
panies, the 10th. 6Sth and 18th. The
Fourth CayalFy merely relieves the
! Tbes 4: essha1s1 q III 4ssk feli scross
the Fourth CaysiFy Rt me moment
that the regiment was ab6ut to tos-sh
Hawaiian soil. One man was stricken,
WITH 4 contaEious diseate almost as
the Sheridan,s nose touched the Rail-
road wharf, and as the result the en-
tire detachment of recruits. 246 in
number, together with the officers IN
charge, viii be placed In rigid quaTan
tire for three weeks.
The Sheridan had already been pass
ed by the federal quarantine officers
and preparations were being made &c
ship th gang plank. when one Of the
recruits was seen to stagger and keel
over into the arms of his companions
Medical sid was rushed to him, AMI
the case was diagnosed as spinal men
inRitis. No one was permitted to leave
or board the ship. until the health al
thorities were notified. and in tho
meantime the recruits were segregated
forward. a
Quarantine Camp. ss.sI
On account of this unfortunate Incl
dent, the entire recruit detachment
will be hurried to Schofleld Barracks
by train this afternoon. ahead OF thu
rest OF the cayalrymen. and will be es
tablished In quarantine camp there.
Officers and men will be cut off from
the rest OF the troops. and q stronc
guard posted to see that no one es-
capes from the lines. 2
''It's o piece Of exceptionally hard
luck" said Colonel w. d. Beach, the
Fourth's commanding officer, in speak
ing Of the complication. There was
not single case Of measles or mumps
among the recruits, which Is exeep.l
tional, and here when We are within
biscuit toss of the end Of the voyage,
this unusual and unexpected disease
turns up. There is nothing for 1t, how.
ever, but q strict quarantine, and
everything will be done to guard
against any possible contagion. The
recruits and the officers with them
will be sent to Schofield Barracks on
a special train this afternoon, and they
will have to put up with the InconVeE
fences Of q quarantine camp for the
required time"
Record Arrival.
The arrival of troops including the
three arms of the service caused the
biggest stir that has been felt in this
department since its establishment.
This is by far the largest arrival OF
troops for station here, and what with
the Logan and Sheridan coming in,
and the transport Sherman also in
port from Manila, with a large mum
ber of officers and men, the whole
town is turned over to the army to
day.
The coming of the Twenty-fifth In
fantry is in itself an important event
as the regiment is the first colored
organization to be designated for ser
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