Show THE ILL FATED TEXAS the infected mud fills the compartments with bacteria washington another source of anxiety over the future usefulness of abo ill fated battleship texas has arisen in the navy this time it is a warning from the medical officers of tah bervice and it relates to the probable effect of pollution of the intricate interior of the ship when 6 ix tyone of her compartments were filled with the sewage contaminated tamina ted mud for which the waters of the brooklyn navy yard have long been no of the leading bacteriologists of the naval surgeons corps has raised the point that while it will be feasible to wash out most of the ful sediment that was deposited in accessible portions of the vessel it will be exceedingly difficult to reach the numerous in the bulkheads and small angles into which solid particles of have accumulated and that the affected compartments should be emptied of their contents and a drastic attempted precedents are cited to show that serious results to the crew might follow a visit to west indian waters where enteric disorders breed rapidly the medical department ot the navy will resort to extreme measures to clean the ship before she leaves ane brooklyn yard |