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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1914
Page
3
Washington reports warn a billion dollars are needed to sanitize Mexican cities from pestilence. The focus is on public health and not chasing bandits as U S intervention looms, while medical staff in Mexico face dire conditions for troops and civilians.
Descriptions recall American surgeons and Red Cross workers aiding the wounded on the field. Thousands died as train wreck victims rolled beneath wheels, with only a handful reaching Mexico City hospitals surviving.
The piece notes how sanitary practices evolved since the Spanish American War. It cites typhoid and disease data from 1888 and later camps in San Antonio and Jacksonville, praising American efforts to prevent illness. It highlights Mexican observers’ interest in American medical efficiency and the quick work of troops carting muck and improving streets during occupation.
The article details evacuation and base hospitals, with five surgeons per field hospital and 22 hospital corps per regiment. It notes water purification, waste disposal, mosquito control, and disease risks like yellow fever and malaria, led by figures such as Surgeon General and Major General Leonard Wood, tied to a hypothetical Mexico deployment.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a reference to a three volume memoir series and a postpaid balance of 92.56 noted alongside a term eagle. The readable text is sparse and lacks clear event context or identifiable individuals.
The passage highlights Dr. Rupert Blue, then Surgeon General, leading a massive sanitary campaign in Mexico and the United States. It notes his rapid response to epidemics and cites his successful containment of bubonic plague in San Francisco by tracing rats transported by colored dyes, illustrating his decisive public health methods.
W H Davenport of the Western Pacific railway recalls a visit to a Nevada ranch owner with 9 000 acres who built an irrigation dam to flood a stream for alfalfa. When water rushed through the ditch, about a hundred mountain trout were stranded. The owner gathered twenty for supper, returning the rest to the stream.
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