Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-06-24 | Page 3 | Good Work in Isles

GOOD WORK IN ISLES. I Thousands of Lives Saved by Sanitary Sani-tary Precautions of Army. San I'ranclsio, June !J Geu Whea-tor Whea-tor v oultl not talk on the charges of cruellj ma1 against American sol-diem sol-diem In tho I hlllpplnc". but mnde this statement m bhowlng vvhnjl occupation meant The devastations of war hind cost mans lives and Ihe loss nmong the natives na-tives has, no doubt, been mi large but when one takes into consideration the hundreds of thousands of lives thai have been saved bs reason of ihe simitars precautions of the American army und the civil (ommlsslon, the loss of war seems InllnlrVslmal Smallpox became epllemlc soon after the Americans took Manila ami would hnve CHUsed frightful morlullts among the natives ns well an among the Hoops but for the legulatlonn nnd precautions of the medical authorities of our arms Compulsors vaccination was held In overs ov-ers cits province town and throughout the rounlrv In that wnv we snved thou sands of lives In Hen Hells derailment derail-ment JO.Otui were vaccinated 'later, when Ihe bubonic plague seem ed bound to obtain a foothold in the Philippines, the arms stamped it out bs determined action At l resent i holera Is raging, and I believe the health nftl. ceia have the disease well under ontlnl These dancers have been met and overcome over-come bs merlcans '