Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-03-25 | Page 1 | Music, Milk and Oranges Used, to Combat, Epidemic of 'Flu' Aboard U. S. Army Transport

Music Milk and Oranges Us Used d' d To Combat Epidemic of Flu Aboard U. U S. S Army t Transport SAN FRANCISCO March March 25 AP How the attack of disease and death aboard the army transport transport trans trans- port Chateau h rry was f fought off with wilh a barrage of music entertainment enter enter- orangES orangE'S and milk was unfolded unfolded un- un folded here today while three army doctors and two purses nurses who had worked at top speed day and nd night to save scores of stricken passengers passengers gers got a rest of of- Its The transport with tour foul passengers passenger dead and sixty four bedfast with influenza and mumps docked hete hee yesterday after breakIng breaking break break- Ing nil speed records for a trip from New York to San FrancIsco vl vid the Panama canal The rhe pa- pa recruits being moved to posts in the were Pacific rushed to the army hospital and stricken members of the ships ship's crew were kept In sick bay bay- aboard the trans trans- port HOSPITAL FillED epidemic broke out shortly after aftel the Chateau left New York but did not become serious until after It had passed th the canal Then the ships ship's hospital which has b but t two thirty beds was fl ed As the epidemic seized one after another the deck began to look like hospitals White cots stretched out beyond the regular confines of sick ba bay Two of the five cal cai corps physicians physicians' were stricken n. n On March 1 Iii 16 the first eath went down on the ships ship's log Continued on page 6 Music Milk and Oranges Combat Flu S Continued from Page 1 Death visited th the ship once a day for the next nelt three days The cal supplies ran low In the sick bay and the morale ran low below deck decle S Lieutenant Harry Ia 11 Calvin second see sec end ond In command of the troops aboard and Captain J. J C. C Hitch Hitch- Hitchcock cock cocle the skipper resorted to unUsual unusual un- un Usual measures The They opened wIde the radio loud speaker They organized organized or- or entertainment among the and first class pas pas- The crew had plenty todo to todo do without resorting to entertain entertain- ment 1 FOOD DISTRIBUTED Food was distributed lavishly from shIps shIp's store Anything that would dIvert the mInds of the tle 1200 passengers from sickness was utilIzed util- util The three remaining officers and the two nurses Miss Helen and Miss 1 Stella Stena Williams- Williams showed no sIgns of weakening but they still were a long way from re- re lief off the he Mexican coast Plans were made to put In at San Diego and the Chateau Thierry's boilers were kept at high pressure SIck and well alike stuffed with oranges I and milk For three days the tension lasted Then last Saturday the epidemic showed signs of wearing off Reassuring Re- Re assuring messages were sent out by members of ofa a congressional delegation tion aboard and the ship kept on her course for San Francisco Arriving here yesterday the Chateau Thierry was allowe a clear way to her dock quarantine proceedings havO hav been waived The ship had made the voyage from New York In 13 days 22 hours and 2 minutes A letter of commendation for the doctors and nurses was signed by members of the congressional delegation dele dele- gation and sent to Washington