Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-21

And the question was assed BY others
equally curious. Nobody seemed 10
know. Major General Leiuene. CON-
mandant 81 the corps said they were
there nll right. but could vouchsafe no
additional information. The navy list
showed marine officers regularly as
signed 20 the Camaguey post. but the
warrant for such duty seemed 10 be
lacking.
Sent 20 Guard Sugar Properties.
Finally red-taped papers were found
which showed that. back In 1917,
shortly after Cuba entered the war
on the heels Of the United States. the
Cuban government had requested the
State department 20 permit the sta
tiOning 81 American marines at Cana
guey 90 guard the great sugar prop
critics there against pro-German plots.
The American government. anxious
70 conserve the sugar supply. sent the
marines from the Guantanamo naval
base. and there they have been ever
since. only diplomatic negotiations
probably can remove them. The Navy
department and the marine corps win
see that they are there until called
OF by the President
Nurses Training School.
Uncle sam has just inaugurated n
training school for nurses. The
courses will be for four years. and the
training viii be under the direct SUI
pervisi0n u the United States public
health service. with headquarters in
this city. Among the inducements TO
young women TO enroll Is the govern
ment's guarantee 10 house. feed and
train them. besides the payment of $50
a month during the first three years,
aud $40 n month during the final year.
The students also will be presented
with diplomas when they become pro
fcient. and viii be given opportunities
10 assist In caring for disabled mill
tary patients
The first schools are at Fort Nc
Henry. Baltimore. and at Fox Hills,
I Staten island. other schools viii be
opened later In the year. and they viii
be- conducted at certain hospitals OF
the public health service.
Increase Of PeIlagra.
Despite the indignant denials
Of some Of the southern states,
q appears likely that there will be a
decided Increase In the extent OF pei
lagra in the South this year. Surgeon
General Cumming. head Of the public
I health service. recently sent 10 Presi-
dent Harding a letter which, Il is de-
/ clared. confirms this view.
The letter recounts that the confer
ence Of health officials which met re-
Gently in Washington had objected
principally 10 the allegation that pei
lagra was GA the increase. and that
The Increase was caused by "a fam
1 inc"
In so far as the use az the word
/ famine Is concerned" Doctor Cum
ming wrote. "the public health serv-
I ice pointed out that Il had used the
term Ca a scientific. restricted sense,
/ referring % a diet which lacked some
essential elements Of nutrition"
Doctor Cumming remarked that the
state health officers present az the
1 conference had voted against the fol-
Y lowing clause In a resolution submit
+ ted 10y one Of their members: 1--WE
I Do not regard the situation In any
sense as more serious than in the
last several years"
Marked Increases Shown.
The letter said that. with the excep-
Y ton OF Mississippi. no reliable NOR
hidity statistics were available from
the South. but that Mississippi figures
showed pellugra had doubled In that
I state On the first six months Of 1921.
4 memorandum was attached 10 the
White House statement embOdying the
letter from Doctor Cumming. as fol-
Y lows:
Information indicates a definite IN
/ crease Of pellagra this year In Ala
hama. Arkansas. Mississippi. Okla
h0ma. Texas and probably North and
South Carolina. Some evidence also
indicates an Increase I'm Georgia. In
Kentucky and Virginia. testimony
points % decrease. Conservative es-
1 Inmates Indicate 5000 deaths and 1OO.-
/ 600 cases Of pellagra in the country in
I 1921"
Doctor Cumming said II had been
brought out that. in various localities
In the South. conditions were such
that the essential foods required 10
prevent the development Of pellagra
were obtainable only with difficulty.
and I'm some instances were entirely