Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-07-26 | Page 2 | Marines Contract Fever

MARINES CONTRACT FEVER L Men Cl Sent It to o Suppress in lii li Panama L Cannot Land In lit 11 Virginia Ir ilia Portsmouth V Va Jul July The 25 The battalion bat bat- muon talon of marines sent to 10 the Isthmus 3 to ai ala aid In suppressing riots that were expected and who are n now w en route loute to the United States will wi not be Je landed land land- ed here lucre as was as at first planned The Tima naval hospital in lit this ci city ha had been heen u selected as the point for treatment t a for fOI such mch sick men as the cruiser cruise a Columbia which has the time battalion batalon I aboard might bring but this has bus been beca ri changed change and the men mitch will wi be he s sent nt further fur Cm ther thur north probably lo tu some pointon point t on un the time New Ne' coa coast t. t The marines aboard the Columbia Columbi a w were re repotted from her liar last ast port of if call San Juan as suffering from Crom tropIcal tropical trop rob ical teal fever rover About IC out of th the WO 2110 WOo of o the tho battalion are arc ill I and amid It I I Is therefore therefore there there- fore deemed advisable that they be he besent sent further north The fhe Columbia will vill wi not call cal here lucre but hilt will wi proceed di directly dl- dl recty to lo Boston and amid U It I will wi then lien be lie decided i whether to land lana the time men inca at atthe atthe I the Ime t hub huh or to send semi them to Portsmouth Ports Ports- I mouth Ii 00 Ii New Hampshire ra navy yard ard