Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-06 | Page 4 | Long Deferred Act of Justice

LONG DEFERRED ACT OF JUSTICE Twenty dye years rears ago to ClydeL Clyde L West yeat was 1111 a a soldier moldier in Cuba n It was during the Spanish Amen can war and Dr Walter Reed Heed and his associates with the U United States g forces near pear Havana Hanna were engaged in a l scientific war upon the yellow fever ever which made mada civil civil- civilization in In tb the tropics Impossible Yellow fever was 1118 prevalent then Many fany had died of ol it in Sn the tropics and the southern United States Stales The army doctors had begun to suspect a certain breed of ot mos mos- mosquito mos mosquito oa- oa quito as th the germ Berm bearer Volunteers were needed Men had to be bitten for tor purposes of observation and study It n was not nat a popular assignment but West was as willing lie He H put his hand Into a jar containing seven of the th suspected mosquitoes They all bit him In four tour days h he was stricken Th The fever racked his frame Aft After er a long lone period In bed he h tot tat tattered tottered tottered around a a physical wreck But Dut he had hid helped science to conquer a 8 pestilence The dis dis- disease dis- dis disease disease ease which once killed men by wholesale is practically extinct today West didn't ask for tor any reward eward Real heroes have a reticent way He has received one Just before congress adjourned this year it voted voled him a 8 month manth for far the rest o of his hla life After Alter a 8 Quarter o of a century o of course but Its It's something West says hes he's satisfied satisfied- He would be tor for he h never n ver has asked for anything To be b sure sur he h has had his Spanish war pension of 18 18 a month which was Increased recently to 30 30 h he received a cash bonus of ot from front General Leonard Wood and he be h Is able abl to earn 85 15 a month manth as a watchman for the war department In Wash Wash- WashIngton Wash ington H He is satisfied and says SS'S he has no DO kick coming But suppose that that during this last Quarter quarter century there had bad been a flock nock of dependents rely rely- ing log relying upon what he h could earn fora for tor a l II their dally daily bread But then of course this Is merely suppositional supposition supposition- al and West declares he be h is saUs saUs- saUs saU fled fied 0 0