Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1898, Page 12

TH PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, ; EVENING STAR. ES T1G1 Penasriveria Avoiay, or Llti 3m, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Yew York Offce, 49 Potter Building at iO cente Coples at the ‘anywhere in the | age prepaid—60 ceate the Pi a » mall matter.) EF AN call eabacr inuat he matt Hates of advertising made Euorwp Om” 90 a \ kable Foresight Exhibited in | avigation Bureau’s Report. PRECAUIIONS WITH THE FLEET remal Captain Crowninshield Praises the Gunners of tie Warships. d to nerform the duties that of ne- fall to the bluejacket. Men who lerks, lawyers, professional men, might have been able to camp nd look out for themselves and surroundings, found it a much di atter on beard a crowded ship, where thorough understanding of how to © the best of everything would make r position bearab) men were andsmen; they men in either the general or particu nse of the word. All, as was expected, had to be put through a thorough course of drill; even cessity has been they the officers, with exceptions—principally Naval Academy graduate re found to be unqualified to act as instructors.” The Naval Militia. Captain Crowninshield does not wish to ESD AY, NOVEMBER 23, 1898—F ROOSEVELT ON THE STAND Rough Riders’ Colonel Before War Investi- gating Commission, There Was Lack of Transportation, Canned Beef Was Bad and Medical Supplies Scarce. Theodore Roosevelt, former colonel of the Rough Riders, appeared before the army be understood as underrating the zeal of | investigating commission in New York yes- Maas these men, but simply desires to point to | terday afternoon. In reply to a request fatal defects in the system. He shows | trom General Wilson, he told of the equip- THE NAVAL MILITIA! that difficulties were also experienced in | ment and mustering in of the Ist Volunteer = mustering the men in, the department hav- | Cavalry, known as the Rough Riders. —— ing no right to call upon them, and they, | “When we reached Tampa,” Colonel Semnawct f the usual Hine of annual | partment, are not subject to orders.) | Roosevelt sald, “there was a condition of serve of bureat officers is that of Captain |. Therefore, the. bureau recommends the | Utter confusion We were dumped outside, Meee chill, chief of the bureau of wavi.| Passage of the Cumraings bill, which pro- | a mile away from our camp. No one knew eee ee uartinent. which was made | Vides in Substance for appropriation for the | where the camp was. ‘There was no one a Dey Department, which was ma naval militia on an acres aifferent pose to tell us where to go or what to do. After public today. = Toh seh ee, Brovide for the creation of tie |imaiting twenty-four hoursii took) the law Be eae Sey eee ene aries [control of the department, recruited from | into my own hands and bought food for the Statement of certain precautionary orien | the seafaring classes, who would be com-|men and horses. Later, when we found t were issued, but e in the absene< | pelled to serve in war times under penaity | our camp, we were all right.” of comment attention cannot fail to be at-| of desertion. The men would be reauired | “Were you reimbursed ror your outlay tracted to the remarkable foresight exhib- | to report once ar for drill, for whic | “I never asked it. It was a personal mat- 1 a 4 4 by the Navy Department in the prepa- | they would receive one month's pay ter entirely : 5 pepe pate { The bureau call attention to the need of Col Roosevelt said a great condition ration of the officia hey pee) 4g change in legislatio regard to promo- | of confusion existed at Tampa. Nobody with an order dated 1 Tast. di-| Gons of officers on account of gallantry in | seemed to know anything and no arrange- = the commander European | action or extraordinary heroism. The law | ments were evident as io what transports m to retain in service chose en-| as it now stands provides a reward which | were to be used. His own regiment. was i about, to ex Other or- | can only be given at the expense of other | assigned to the Yucatan. Incidentally he é for the successful extrication | officers. ‘The bureau urges that Congress | had hi that the 2d Infantry and ist of an adron from the danger | be requested to enact legislation wi will | New York Volunteers were also assigned to wh as exposed upon the outbreak | provide a suitable reward, such as a medal | to the Yucatan. As soon as he heard that of the war, show Low the South Atlantic | of honor, which could be given to an officer | he hurried on the Roueh Riders and took ss n was brough nforee Ad-| without working to the detriment of others, | possession of the ship and held It_againat miral Sampson: how the Oregon started on | who, wl ney may have had no oppor- | other regiments. His men had decided to her famous race around South America: | tunity to particularly distinguish them- | get to Cuba, and they got there, how stores and ammunition were forward- | selves, have. neverthciess, performed faith- ; x d aaita tha 1S squadrons, and, finally,| ful and valuable duty, and should not be What Caused Confusion, < Be sere se pei compelied to lose in rank and pay by becom-] “Do you attribute all the confusion,” ask- le » Admiral Dewey ing stepping stones for others. ed Gen. Wilson, “to lack of intelligence on ed between the Const Signal Service. the part of the men in charge or to the s pete aes The suggestion of the superintendent of | natural overcrowding of work?” gece. cecticulanls Aeatne the? cdact cienal service that thablacrulce T was on! lieutenant colonel and I You must capture vessels ¢ be made a permanent institution is approy- | could not know whose the fault was.” utmost avors.” ed on the ground th: will offord a skele-| Replying to other questions, Colonel Ready for Cervera. ton at small cost around which a highly | Roosevelt ld the food was ample an¢ ¥ | with the exception of the canned roast beef, ese orders show that four months be- | efficient service could be promptly built up ae Be one pawricg noes beet fore Cer era's fleet reached this side of the North Atlantic fleet was emergency, within striking of the two points from h attack might come. to the number of forty- antic our whole for any © of one Trained gunners, five, who had just graduated from the course on the monitor Amp! were and rendered a good account of themselves. As exhibiting the qualit these men, the report cites the destruction of three boats tle Scorpion in Manz: hart y 18, of which the commandir reports, “Orders were given to ob- » range with two of the 6-pounders h the first shell from th ach tly having struck mpleteness of our he war and aimos mity from injur which cTews enje ally conclusion that our do with the matter As a all reports bear out ercentage of hits n that which has s modified the th mark obliterated by place s at which the combats ken place have usually been so bureau had be e the war to in- erease the rate of target fire. and when all that the an ar solute ntices, ana the ab © unless the show an € t Was very sely & the last war. ‘Th to th quirements m that y's need will be action by Co: flicers it " rvice during ver be the equa pts of their broth © Secure war. bat in attainm . ft regular establishment for lack of tt ustive training imparted to the A tribute fs vald to the good work of the naval militia mn Mannin the coast defense stations, the vessels of the auxil- is neval force and furnishing mat r crews for the auxillary vessels : with the. regular fleet “For duty on board ever.” says Captain Crowninshiel could not be considered as m rial With some individual ex¢ personnel were found to lack rience and training which would h: necessary for the performance of the duti of the ratings held. In the ordinary course most of these men would have enlisted as landsn.en and nothing Men holding the ordinary bluejacket ings were, moreover, of a class entirely expe- ve be O'Brien's article t ed natur- | urday’s Stz ipon the outbreak of war. In referring to the immense correspond- ence of the bureau during the war, it is stated that probably one hundred persons ean claim that the sinking of the Merrimac » was due to their having sug the deparini il number of m in the navy s. s. Of service 65 per of which 24 whole number of men ure native-born SO per cent are cit Of the re- 25 per cent have declared their in- ns. The report con- : now y controversy. Toe the Editor of ning Star Please permit to publish in your col- \mns a few words in reply to Mr. P. J. opeared in Jast Sat- When the white man imported the Afri- ean he did it use he made money at he business. When the southern white Frople purchased them they did it becau they knew that these imported Africans Were a source of great revénue to them. The transition was # busine of doilar F ud convenience to them, and noth- ing ¢! Here Was not the slightest mo- tive Of philanthropy in the business. The business was prosecu with zeal, and southern slavery was ] paying investment. When neain’s proclimation declared fou illion slaves to be fr men no shout for j: went un from southern throa but they ¢ ned up the agonizing cry that they had been robbed of their property and made poor by President Lince : During slave man was sed until the manhood Was thought te have from him, until the last bit of muscular working foree had been wrested from him nd un- til his last drop of life-blood had been used for the benefit of the southe nite man, Morals had no place in the li the slave a peculiar submiscive politencss for mas! SS was taugh the end lash, knowledge of the “lish lang was acanired by reason of contact, net be- cause of any Special teac There was The most haport vants, ¢ ¥ Your ms oday the re- sult of weir imperfect tian teaching awn by the fact tb: ny of the ex- es som to think that Christianity s Sunday and ¢ uy. The slave the swamps, ad amassed wealth for ¢ southern white man for a period of two bundred am? fifty years. The southern white man never paid a cent of the principal or interest of the sum justly due the skive for this work, end when the civil war opened labor had so enriche! tne south that the people | were enabled to se destructive war against the Union. Colored people ot retarded th yxth of the south, a war that devastated the country stroyed millions ef dollars of property has: nd this r with the present mob. the south, maki life. ud capital insecure, will continue retard its growth. Have the southern white people ever aught the colored pec nything except pnal submissiv dience to them ngs? Whe ever heard of a south- vr woman voluntarily giv as missionaries to teach er to give the et a bottle of opportunity to in- in some anest and lowest civi It is about as impox- for a so ern white n a to teae! t lored ma that are manly as it 4 a car xo through the Scriptural eye of a The Christian white peo- wth went south as m ple of the aries good. The beef ry Roosevelt told of the voya: of the aiquiri. to land. ated with bad. Colonel > to Cuba and embarkation of the regiment at The regiment was one of the first Captain Shaw, who was associ- Colonel Roosevelt in the Nav Department, sent a Cuban pilot on board the Yucatan, and he took the transport a mile and a half nearer shore than any of the other transports. ‘There was a great scarcity of material for landing men, horses and supplies. c Roosevelt. still replying to ques. tions, told in detafl of the march of his regiment to its first camping place. “After supper.” he continued, “Colonel Wood told us that we were to start nex e th paniar norning’s mar for the men h was a hard There were portunities for tankers. It was 30 hot that about 100 men dropped out for a rest, and when the first Spanish outpost was discovered, Colonel Wood ordered si- lence, and I was sent to the right to deploy with the right wing. “When the Spaniards bei an firing I did not know what was up. It was my first experience. They were using smokcles powder, and 1 could not see where they Located the Spaniards. “When I located the Spaniards with my glasses I did not know what to do, but I knew it was a good rule, if in doubt, to go ahead, and so went ahead.” Colonel Roosevelt glossed over the further details of the fighting. He paid a warm tribute to the gallantry of Assistant Sur- geon James W. Church, a former Princezon feot ball player, who, he said, more than once ran to the firing line and carried wounded men on his back to the division hospital. Colonel Roosevelt then told how the regiment camped out for the night. sked about the rations, he said “We had the regulation rations of salt pork, hard tack, coffee and sugar, but the men wanted vegetables, and I wanted to get some for them. 1 took forty men with the officers’ horses to Siboney and tried to buy them. The department refused to sell me beans and tomatoes unless I could certify that they were for officers’ con- sumption, I stretched my conscience as far as I could, and then boarded a trans- port and purchased about 500 pounds of bean: The change did the men good. hot to eat nothing but the regu- It was te lar ration Colonel ady Roosevelt went on to tell of the nce en Santiago and of the night of 1, when the regiment slept in the s. He spoke of the advantages of nokeless powder and said that the United States artillery was frequently Griven from its positions because of the trgets made by the clouds of smoke that resulted from each discharge of the black powder. enty of Ammunition. “Was your command fully supplied with food and ammunition?” asked neral Wil- son. he ammunition supply was excellent; food supply was insufficient. There was plenty of food back of Siboney. I sup- pose it was lack of transportation facili- tles that kept us without good food until July 24. 1 organized a transportation corps with the officers’ horses and went to Sib- oney and got food for the men. Then later I got into Santiago and bought rice and milk. [f we had had the mule trains that we were forced to leave behind at Tampa there would have been no lack of supplies.’ Replying to questions, Colonel Roosevelt said other regiments af the front suffered from lack of supplies. One man of the Ist Hiinois Regiment visited the Rough Ride mp and offered $7 for seven hard tacks. Two hundred men of the regi- ment came to the Rough Riders’ camp and ate the broken hard tack. ‘The Rough Riders had enough to eat, but it was the ult of individual effort and indivtduat xpenditure, There was a great scarcity of ali medical supplies at the front, ex- cept quinine and calomel, and a great lack of surgeons and hospital stewards. ane after the war. often without ps and taught the ex-slave education, and today we have colore? doctors, lawyers, dentists, some intelligent ministers, busin men and an army of school teachers as th reet result of their Isbor. The best co!- ored peaple of the south have sprung from the handiwork of t nd white people of the north. id net from the labors of south- ern white people. Southern whites are al- ways realy and willing to teach the col- ored man how to be a good servant for them, bui nothing more. JOSEPH H. STEWART. 21, 1898. _—— onal Representati Evening Star: After carefully reading your splendid edi- upon “Unequal Sectional Represen- on” { cannot refrain from writing to compliment you upon the bold stand you have taken upon this question. No loyal, telligent citizen of our country, in the light of recent events, can stand back and thrust this matter aside. It wll not “down,” but must be met and settled soon- er or later—and settled right. ‘This Is one of the questions that for years has been kept in the background of polit- ical consideration; and not only parties have been unwilling to discuss it, but news- papers and individuals as well have refused to give it that consideration that the ques- tion and an oppressed people truly merit. Surely if the negro is good enough to count in the matter of national representation, he is worthy of the rights and privileges guar- November torial anteed by the Constitution. Such senti- ments as you have so ably and fearlessly expressed will net soon be overlooked, and your interested readers will watch for the further consideration of this matter before Jongress. WASHINGTON TOPHAM. Ce November 22, 1808. nee to Camp Wikoff Colonel t said there was great confusion first few days after the arrival of ops. ‘Troops Badly Trested. “During those days,” he continued. “I do not think our men were treated as well as they should have been so near home, but after that there was nothing that I cou!d find fault with. I thought our brigade was admirably treated and our sick admirably cared for. The record was badly kept at the hospital, but the work was crowding the authorities,and as our regiment records were also badly kept I don’t care to com. plain about it. Of course, I can only speak for the experience of my own regiment.” “Why was there a scarcity of medicai supplies in Cuba?” asked Dr. Conner. “I don't know. I heard there were plenty on the ships. There was a lamentable need of ambulances. 1 think we could have done better with fewer men and more transpor- tation.” “Were the privations greate7 than you ex- pected?” “1 did not expect anything. I went to take things as they came. I think that nearly all the privations there might have been avoided if the transportation facilities had been better arranged.” Regarding the condition of ths wounded after the fighting in front of Santiago, Col. Roosevelt said: “Through no fault of the doctors, the ecndition of the wounded in the rear duriag and immediately after the fight was ap- palling. I went down there three days after the fight was over to look for some of my men. I saw terrible sights. I didn't blame the doctors in the least. TI saw thom work- ing at operating tables when they had to jerk their heads to keep themselves awake. “There were not 2mough doctors there, and not enough supplies. I saw some of my own men, right after they were oper- ated upon, having legs or arms amputaicd, or something of that sort, taken right out in the jungle and Ieftsin the grass. Some- times i know they stayed there twenty- four or thirty-six hougs, with a leg or un arm off, and with nobody to even come to them to give them a atrimk of water. Bul they had to be taken there. There was no- where else to take them, and nobody to take care of them. “The doctors were ali doing their best and working as bravely ag the soldiers in the trenches, but the treatment at the hospitals was so hard upon thesmer that as soon as possible men sent back to the hospital came beck to the front. E cowld not get my wounded and sick meneto go to the rear un- less they were taken there. Gen. Wood told me not to send any sick or- wounded men to the rear if they could possibly be attenId to at the front, because there were no fa- cilities for taking care of them at che rear. “There wer? no cots for the wounde After being operated upon, if they bad bianksts, they lay im the mud on their blankets. If they didn’t have blankets, they lay in the mud without blankets. I saw one of my m=n who was shot through the hips. His name was Giebber. He had deen op- erated upon. He was lying in the deep mud, without a blanket. [ succeeded in getting a man to give him his blanket on promise that 1 would tear mine in half and share it with him.” Some Practical Suggestions. “Iave you anything you can suggest to us for the future?” asked General Wilson. “I believe all the difficulties we met with would be obviated in the future if the Na- tional Guard were trained as are the ar- mies of foreign couatries. Give them long marches. Let them mass at San Antonio and move to Galveston or some other pave. March them to a port and embark them o matter if it dees cost money let theta be tramed. Each year let the army in peace be put through the experience it nist meet in time of war.” “Then,” said ex-Governor Woodbury, “you think that to the inexperience of the oificers were due most of the discomforts suftered?”” “1 ihiak the trouble was due to the sys- tem even more than to any individual in- stance of inexperience. The lack of ade- quate transportation was the greatest trou- bu Colonel Roosevelt referred the commis- sion to his official report for any further particulars that it might desire of ws per- sonal experience during the campaign. a ATHER BUREAU WORK. w Chief Willix L. Moore's Annual Report to Secretary Wlison, The weather Lureau operations during the past fiscal year are set forth in some detail in a report recently submitted by Chief Willis L. Moore to Secretary Wilson. The most prominent event chronicled in Mr. Moore's report is the extension of the bureau's flela of operations to include all of the West Indies and the shores of the Gulf of Me Although the protection of the United States naval forces was tn primary object in organizing the new serv- ice, oiner ce siderations of scarcely Jess importance made the step a wise and beneficent one. First and foremost of these was the very material strengthening of the storm-warn- ing system vt the gulf and south Auanuc coasts that would result from planting ad- ditional observing stations in the West In- dies and on the northern coast of South America; second, the improvement in the existing service that would follow the sub- stitution of skilled observers for special agents in the West Indies, and, finally. the need of etficient storm warning servic for the benefit of our:growing commerc: interests throughout the West Indies, Cen- tral and South Amerigan gountries Record ot Work. The brilliant work alrea@y accomplished by this service under the manifold disad- vantages incident to its conduct and man- agement on foreign soil and under a tropi- cal sun, the report says,sdaas dispelled any doubt that may have existed as to the wisdom of its installation. ‘The weather service has also been e tended in our own country by the estab- lishment of a climate and crop center in Alaska and new observing stations in Mon- tana, Idaho, California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Ken” tucky, West Virginia and Michigan. ‘These additional stations will ussist quite mate- rially in the development. of agricultural and industrial interests in the immediate localities wherein they are located, In re- gard to aerial observations and kite experi- ments Professor Moore remarks: Kite work was prosecuted uninterrupted- ly throughout the year. The larger por- tion of the time was devoted to the per- fection of a complete working outfit of aerial appuratus suitable for use in the hands of observers of only average skill and experienc Sixteen stations had been equipped by the first week in June and 27 actual ascen- pns, in all of which the elevation attained exceeded 1,000 feet, were made during the remainder of the month. There are many natural obstacles in the way of successful kite flying. The destruction of kite wire by electric discharges in the neighborhood of an area 09f thunderstorms gave some trouble, althouga the kites gencrally es- caped in a remarkable manner. In one ca: with 12,000 feet of line out, the kite was struck by lightning, fusing the wire and setting the kite adrift, Both the kite and the instrument that it carried were dis- covered the second day afterward twenty miles away. The kite was but little injured and the clock in the instrument was still running. It is yet too early, the report concludes, to express an opinion as to the value in practical weather forecasting of the ob- servations secured by kites. The Forecasts. Forecasts of severe atmospheric disturb- ances, including floods in rivers, frosts and freezing weather in Florida, California and the truck-growing regions of the gulf and south Atlantic states were promptly and accurately made. ‘There were fivé floods during the year, the floods in Ohto and In- diana in the latter part of March of this year being the most destructive. There were no unusually disastrous storms during the year and few cold waves, although unusual- ly cold weather prevailed in the fruit re- gion of California, Over twenty-three million forecasts were distributed durmg the year, exclusive of those printed in the daily papers. Ohio re- ceived the greatest number. 2,157,300; New York the next greatest, 2,033,400; followed by Michigan, 1,530,000; Illinois, 1,485,000; Missouri, 1,392,000, and Pennsylvania, 1,219,- 200, A line of new work reeently undertaken by the bureau is the collection through the co-operation of agents and adjusters of Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Associations and many private persons of statistics of loss of farm property, including stock in the fields, by lightning. The Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Associa- tions, of which there has been a large in- crease in some states within recent years, insure a large amount of isolated farm property. One of the most prolific causes of damage is lightning. The number of lightning strokes fluctuates within rather large limits year by year; thus in Michigan there were 316 cases one year and 1,509 the following year. It is hoped that the statistics. collected will, in the course of time, enable those in- terested to determine the relative frequency of lightning stroke throughout the United States. ——_i— Dien of Croup. Georgiana Mayo, aged six years, daugh- ter of Woodson Mayo, colored, No. 172) Glick’s alley northwest, died suddenly of croup yesterday. » a ee It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are filled through them, __ > YELLOW FEVER GERM Discovered by Experts of the Ma- rine Hospital Service, VERIFICATION OF SANARELLI'S CLAIM The Bacillus Intercides is the Cause of the Disease. —— FROM REPORTS — FACTS The preliminary reports of the medical officers detailed by direction of the Presi- dent as a commission to investigate in Ha- vana the vause of yellow fever submitted recently, are of great interest at this time because of the contrcversy over the Mill case. The commission was composed of Surgeon V d Passed Assistant Sur- geon H. D. Geedings of the marine hos- pital rvic In this connection aticntion is called to the denial by Dr. Doty, quarantine officer of New York city, while here last: week, that medical science has shown that a germ causes yellow fever, Afte ferrirg to bis pathol ic and bac- teriologic work in New Orie: fever there lust fall, und t preserved from the blood ar s during the cultures he ob- gans tained, Dr. Wasdin'’s report continues “Owing lo unavoidable deiavs the labo- ratory installation was not completed until near the middie o: January and from this time unc! cur we discontinued, on March 16. by your tion, the number of cases of yeliow yas very limited, It was ‘curir pericd that opportunity was had to oughly examine the cultures obtaine the United States. Here — musi that ar impetus had been given thx of etiologic investigation by the de VInsttut Pasteur for June, 18% claim by Professor Guiseppe Sanarelli ot the University of Montevid Uruguay that he had discovered in his bacillus icte roides the cause of this discase. nm Annales . of the The Sanaretti Organism. “The semi-determination of Dr. G. M Sternberg, U. S. A., that the bacillus X (baciilus cuniculicida Havaniensis), discoy- ered by him in i889, was the cause of this fever, had been withdrawn (a), and th: claim of other discoverers negated (b), so that it was incumbent upon us to at once certtin whether the organism which San- arelli described, the bacilius ictcroides, was to be 2 found in the cultures m me ir New Orleans, and, if so, to ascertain, bj comparative necropsies, performed pon bodies of those dead from disease other than yellow fever, whether this new organ- ism had been overlooked, or rot detecter by Sternberg in his jusily celebrated we in this field, since he had deciared th: there was nothing in the blood or organs of yellow fever patients wnich he had detected. ‘To this end each case necropsi at New Orleans was patiently and tl oughly plated from young houilion eultur from the original and subsequent plantings. these criginals having been taken from blood, spleen, liver and kidneys, the p tions of organs in many aving Dh incubated twelve hours prior to the in lation of the tubes, as advised both Sternberg and Sanarelli. ‘Besides these cuitur those taken from living patients at the isolat the Marine Hospital detentic Fontaineblesu, Miss., were also car examined. Tc was from the blood ¢ of these cases, ‘Goodrich,’ planted on Sep- tember 28, 1897, that the most typical forms of colonization, to those described by S: relli for bacillus ictervides, were noticed, a small rod, actively (at first) motile; retaining the stain after Gram, but which later in New Orleans gave rise to the 1 duction of indol and the formation of with both glucose and lactose. This or- ganism, as at first noted, more nearly re- sembled that of Sanarelli than any other isolated at the time we left the labora tory at New Orleans, und it was now taken up for more careful observation than had been then possible, Independent Cultures. “For unanimity of purpose it was thou: best that each of us pendently, cultures of ¢ imen on hand, and car ould prepare, ir ch and eve: y them to a spec- ds nite termination, a decision which afforded much-satisfaction at the termination of th tedious exacting labor of plating and replatir arge a number in that while we srececded i in detecting the organism sets of cultures, it occasionally of organisms, a number both in oceu that it was found by only one of us : cial one, ng to say that the organism adily and quickly isolated by both of us from the ‘Goodrich’ cultures since the contamination, which shrouded fine characteristics in regard to ga production, was a simple colon ‘This was, therefore, the highly motile or- ganization first noted by me at Ocean Springs, and which could only have been that of Sanarelli, or, as was feared, one of the Proteus family, and therefore the earliest Sanarelli organism isolated after that author Early in our effort to detect this new bacillus s ascertained t its symbiosis with any memher of the colon group materially influenced its marked motility, the germ seemingly becoming ir nibited by the product of the colon organ- ‘m bota in growth and motility. Fearing this in mind, it became an easier matter to detect it, and it was my fortune to isolate {t from ‘the cultures nd in 42 cent (2). Concomitantly with this work it was my spectal effort to determine whether the bacillus icteroides was to be found in the blood or organs of bodies deal from other diseases than from yellow fever, and for this purpose I conducted at the ¢ morgue, and more frequent he morgue of the Hospital de Alphonso XIII, a num- ber of necropsies (21), selecting botics of patients who had suffered from malaria with no suspicion of specific yellow fever. or from dysentery. With the exception 0? necropsy No. €, none of these gave an or- ganism approaching in characteristics that of Sanarelli, the majority of cases givin: an admixture of colon and proteus in vz riety. Meets the Demands. “In this exception the organism isolated so fully met the demands of Sanarelli, in regard to its growth and physiologic as- pects, that it was thought the bacillus hed been found in this case of simple camp dys- entery, until on the fifteenth day it was found to be quite slowly liquefying gela- tin 20 per cent In cembination with 1 per cent agar. Further plating in effort to eliminate any contamination to which such Hquefaction may have been due was pre- vented by our departure from Havana.” Dr. Goddings’ Report. Surgeon Geddings, in his report, makes a review of the question up to the time he entered upon the work in Havana, and then he says: “It is perfectly natural that a disease so well marked in its gross pathology and clinical history should, from a very early time, nave afforded a field for minute in- vestigation long before the time that the discoveries of Pasteur, Koch and others changed the ‘germ theory’ of disease into a system. With the advent of means of more correct investigation, with the dis- coveries of th2 specific catise of other in- fections discases as a guide, it was per- fectly natural that a disease at once so peculiar and possessing so much interest for a large portion of the western hemi- OURTEEN PAGES, | Rk eon ee ee ee ee Wednesday, Ne Letoteteteoetetoniote Another day, That is today, and the Jast of our Seeorarnaonzeetoatendonseeteeotnettettedconseatetteete sae Phey're caver $ 2 black te select from. Sesion ss ee “ ete! 906 F Seeteateeseeyes c sh prices of « 0 give it to you. ience. to pets, Stoves, Washington. guarantee. Becauce we make, line figures costs you nothing. carpets ordered today Grogan 4 no2l-754 sphere should for devoted sitdy both in the and in Europe. i “The alleged discov Gibier, Care alle and passed into aln oblivion excited acrimo contre- mainly The lat systematic and ring away of mary erroneous impressions, and of inviting and fixing attention om the stomach, liver and upper portion of the intest na! tract as the probable fiell of future res Study of Micro-Org “In the meantime much Isher had been expended upon the study of the micro-or- nisms of tne normal intestinal cana? twas found nd invoiving ult that the » mensions, with the re to be one of vast at every tirm the elucidation of new prob- lems and bringing to light heretofore small but most important differences. As an in- stance of and as pr with the most important facts, has the study of the bacillus coil communis, for a long time considered as -defined, normal and barmie: of the in- testinal canal of man and most of the low- But the reasearches of th oker t it would be ler this organ- that it must er animals. and cthers demonstrated impossible longer to cor ism as a single species, be omsidered one of a great group, pos- sessing many characteristics in common, but at the same lime presenting many points of difference, and these points not altogether morphological or cult chemical, and consisting in many in their behavior to reagents and med’a ind in the chemistry of the products of the growth. It was notably the constant « currence of organisms of this group which has led to most of the announcements of the discovery of the snecitic organism of yellow fever, discoveries which, however, did not withstand the scrutiny to whi such allexed discoveries must ever be su- jected. and Sternberg’s Discovery. “At the conclusion of Sternberg’s investi- gations the organism which had most at- tracted his attention was one tsolated in Havana possessing some of the characteris- tics, as then known and considered, of the bacillus coli communis, but lacking others which were pathogenic to animals and which he designated at ‘bacillus X." “In 1807 there were presented at the In- stitute Pasteur in Paris two claims to the discovery of the specific organism of yellow fever, one from Havelberg of Rio de Jan- eiro, Brazil, the other from Prof. Sanarel- li of the University of Montevideo, both trained observers and pupils of the institute. Their claims were widely different, and it was obvious that one of the two claims must be rejected. This was not a matter of difficulty. Investigation showed that Ha- velberg had added one more to the number of those whose differentiation of the colon bacillus had not been sufficiently minute and painstaking. The claims of Sanarelli were more intricate. His theory of infection was new and elaborate, but unfortunately the percentage of cases in which his al- leged bacillus interoid was found was only slightly over 50 per cent. ‘The Havana Inquiry. 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On (some had be some had 7 | . end all of were {and no work was done them in Havar | The showed a percentage of 7 > organism described by S was found. Of course, it would desirable to have had a larger ber of especially in Hava zeddings thinks it will be conc small number of cases carefully a studied hav rger number Dr. G res secured 0 Hay rrival n br rished ther en trar \ trom aryir sport have nu and ox more :cientitie Value more cursorily x. j amin In conclusion he states “The agglutination and arrest of moti! ity experiments of Archinard and Woodse ke the argument in fave of the bacillus icte oldes all the stronger. “In concluding this preliminary and inde ; | Pendent report, which would indicate tha | the bacillus interoides of Sanarelli is the specific agent in the causation of yellow fever, I would beg to recommend th, portunity be given for further experiment. tion on lower animals with its toxines, « | with cultures ff nece ry, and that both be tested in with the antiam |ryllic serum p ring to the met? ods of § see SALARIES TO DUMMIES. Maj. Root Discovers Malte San Juan. A dispatch from San Juan de Porto Rico yesterday says: Jose Hernandez, an engi- neer; Martin Riviera, a foreman, and Fran- cisco Noa, a cashier in the department of harbor works, have been arrested, charged with misappropriation of funds. Upon in- formation furnished a uetective learned that the department carried dummies on its pay rolls and charged expenses in connec- tion with a dredge which has long been out of commission. Major Root, who examined the books of that department, discovered other irregularities and the arrests fol- lowed. The abuses prevailed under t Spanish regime and have been continue under American rule. The examination of the prisoners 1s to take"place shortly, and there is consider - ble trepidation in official circles. The har- bor works are under the supervision of Captain Carbonnel. ance at ois ved From Wrecks. The Navy Department has received a list of articles saved from wrecks and captured vessels during the war. They are in charge of the commandant of the Norfolk navy yard, and consist of gun materials, etc., also forty-two barrels of wine and a safe, which has never been opened. A boarc be appointed to dispose of these arti-