File:An illustrated history of our war with Spain - its causes, incidents, and results (1898) (14785958013).jpg

Identifier: illustratedhist00russ (find matches)
Title: An illustrated history of our war with Spain : its causes, incidents, and results
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Russell, Henry Benajah, 1859- Thurston, John Mellen, 1847-1916 Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: Hartford, Conn : A. D. Worthington
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
ers, nurses, and honorary members of the RedCross Society received instructions at the hospitals. A detach-ment of the nurses of this society sailed from Xew York on theState of Texas on the 23d to be in readiness in Cuban waters.The nurses of the Red Cross Society, and others who maintainan independent organization, were not governed by the Sur-geon-Generals ultimatum that the government would not ac-cept the services of any nurse who had not had yellow fever orpassed through one or more epidemics of that disease. In thejudgment of the Surgeon-General, it would be adding burdens,and making more demands on the hospital resources of thegovernment in Cuba and Key West, to send out nurses whowere not immune. The male nurses meeting the governmentrequirements were the only government nurses at first sent out.This decision changed the character of the services renderedto the soldiers and sailors by the volunteer women and nurses,but did not lessen their enthusiastic determination to serve.
Text Appearing After Image:
A.D .WORTMINGTON & C 0, PUELISHERS , HAF..TTOFJD. CONN, HAVANA REJOICES 525 The Surgeon-General, who was considered one of the high-est authorities in the world on enteric diseases, strongly ad-vised against the immediate invasion of Cuba, predicting thatthe mortality among volunteers from yellow fever alone wouldbe between 35 and 50 per cent, if undertaken before October1st. This fact, together with the other that many of the regi-ments from the different States w^re slow in recruiting andcame to the national camps poorly equipped, led the authori-ties to delay any large military operations on the island for atime, though it was desired to secure a base for distributingprovisions to the reconcentrados if possible, and arms to the in-surgents. But, as in most wars, it was found that plans had tobe changed to meet new conditions. The news of the breaking off of diplomatic negotiations be-tween the United States and Spain appeared to be received inHavana with rejoicing. Xo further a

Note About Images