Show FIGRLG THE DISEASE Government Surgeons Arc Inaugurating rating Vigorous Campaign Washington July 31SecretaI Alger has directed that the Josiah Simpson hospital at Fort Monroe be turned over to the marine hospital service if it is wanted This hospital contains 100 beds and was fitted up for the troops stationed at Newport News last summer sum-mer The marine hospital service today to-day hurried a number of surgeons to Hampton and vicinity The report from there was thlrtY1he cases four deaths and one dying Dr Vadsin of the marine hospital service Is already at ampton and Is detailed as the expert at the home Dr J H White let Washington today and will be on duty outside Des C P ertenberger Frank Degaldson Far quhar and cClntc wi be distributed distribut-ed through Portsmouth Phoebus Berk ley and other near by points as occ slon requires Surgeon General Wy man has not yet decided whether he wi go to Hampton but will do so If there Is any need of his services The officers of the marine hospital service refuse to speculate on the genesis gen-esis of the epidemic but It Is generally believed to have originated In some of the shore dive and cases are looked for there Arrangement are already I made to throw quarantine lines around any place where the disease shows itself It-self outside of the borne I The Washington health office was no titled about daylight this morning of the Hampton outbreak The morning boat from Old Point was inspected but no passenger detained The trains I will also be watched There is a detention de-tention I settlement of cottages on tIle I easter branch which was utilized durIng dur-Ing the recent smalpox outbreak This is being overhauled to receive any suspects sus-pects who are detected by the Wash ington authorities The troops at For Monroe consist of three batteries of the Fourth artier together with the headquarter of that regiment all under command of Colonel I Colo-nel F L Gunther The batteries there are G F N and O I |