Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-10
The n arise Hospital Service Record in
Texas ia 1852.


Ga the 11th of October, 1882, the Hon. j.
NJ. Tarbe. mayor of Pensacols, Fla, wrote
to the Hon. Thomas Carson, mayor of
Brownsville, Tex, asking him 'for the bene-
fit Of the public 10 give US the benefit ct the
experience of your city with yellow fever,
and the results attained BY the Gordon"
This request was accompanied BY seventeen
questions which were answered by Mr.. Car.
son in the letter which we give, as follow4:
OFFICE OF THos- CARSON, MAYOR,
BROWNSVILLE Tx, November II, 1852
Hon. ]. NJ. Tarble, Mayor of Pensacola, Fla:
SIR-The quarantine which has been
maintained against this place since the 29ih
OF July, 1882, prevented an earlier acknowl-
edgment of your letter of October 1lth, in
which you ask me TO give you the experience
of our city with ye!low-fever, and the re-
suits obtained by the Gordon. The further
inquiries in your letter, which 1 have en-
deayored 20 answer cstegoricslly, SIS per in
closed herewith, disclesss desire to ascer.
tain how far We were benefited by the action
Ct the Marine Hospital Department in re-
lation to the epidemic. From Lay answers
oyour questions you will readily perceive
that, in my opinion, this community re.
ceIved no benefit from that institution, other
than that involved in the employment of
some thirty persons-who would probably
otherwise have been idle--as quarantine or
Gordon guards, and in the personal services
OF three OF the physiciaus who accompanied
DR.. Murray TO Brownsville, as assistants.
For short period after his arrival, DR..
Murray's personal services, as a physician
attending he sick, were ALEC of great value;
but on the establishment of his Gordon, his
entire time appeared to be occupied bv
m alters In connection with that duty As az
Offset to those benefits and advantages,
we had the arbitrary assumption Of con.
troll Of quarantine matters by DR.. Muir
ray, and bis attempt 10 override the local
health authorities, the inconvenience of the
useless restrictions imposed by the Gordon,
and the injury caused by that institution,
when, as our election day approached, it
drifted into mere political machine, and
was used for the purpose Of facilitating the
election interest Of candidates supported By
the custombouse of this district. Two days
after the election 1t was disbanded. On cleo
ton day sixteen OF its members were inter-
ested as candidates, or occupied as super
visors OF election and deputy-marshals, and
the remainder "a runners or snpporters-aII,
however, on the same side. Yours truly,
THOMAS CARSON.
THE INTERVIEW.
Question-Was any tender OF assistance to
your city made by the Marine Hospital Ser
vice, other than by the establishment of a
Gordon?
Auswer-No tender of assistance was
made to our city by the Marine Hospital
Service. In response to our application 10
the Secretary Of the Treasury, and after con
siderable Geographic correspondence (copies
herewith marked AZ, DR.. Murray, of that
service, and three assistant physicians were
sent here, bringing also one female and ak
male persons TO as nurses. DR.. Murray also
brought some medicines and hospital sup
plies, the former consisting chiefly Of some
500 ounce bottles OF pulverized charcoal,
but no euinine, except a small supply Of
three 10 hye-grain .pills. He brought as