St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-04
HONORS FOR HAMILTON.
Georgians Commend His Policy
in Dealing With the Plague.

AUGUSTA, Ca, Sept. 3.-By invitation
OF Gov. John B. Gordon, of Georgia, a
conference was held in Augusta to-day
between Surgeon General Hamilton:and
himself. Besides those two there we're
present the following: Mayor May,
president of the board of health, Chair
man Young, of the health committee of
thecity council, land City Attorney David
son, all of Augusta; Mayor Lester and
DR.. w. f. Drummer, health officer of
Savannah: Mayor Dunn, of Brunswick;
DR.. jerome Cochran, state health officer
of Alabama, and DR.. James r.. Reeves,
ex-president of the American public
health association and now special COM
missioner appointed by the state board
of health OF Tennessee. The object of
the conference was to consider the stu
alton in Jacksonville and the eXpediency
of allowing the people of Jacksonville
to go to other places, and under what
restrictions.
The following resolutions were re-
ceiyed by Surgeon General Hamilton
from Atlanta, adopted at meeting held
there to-day, as the result of the arrival
in that city of special excursion train
from jacksonville:
Resolved, That the board of health Of the
CITY OF Atlanta, MS nOuOr mayor copper Co
operating cordially approves the plan adopt
ed by the surgeon general requiring ten
DAVIS quarantine of all persons from infect
ed or suspected districts in Florida cOnyen-
iently near TO the infected point.
Resolved, That the wholesale removal lof
persons from The infected district 10 popu-
ious cities and aggregation of infected in
dividuals in any part OF this country is re-
garded as hazardous in a sanitary point of
view and is unjust to any community npon
xrbO forced hppanSp
probable necessity of maintaining many OF
them at corporate expense.
After general discussion and free
expression of opinion by the gentlemen
present, the following resolutions were
adopted by the conference:
Resolved, That this conference cordially
approves the plans of the surgeon general Of
the United States marine hospital service, re-
curing ten days quarantine OF all persons
from infected or suspected places, together
with fumigati0n and other disinfection OF
baggage, etc., from the infected points.
Resolved That the wholesale remova.. of
persons from the infected districts to pop
ulous cities ana an aggregation of indiyldu-
ais from the infected places in any city IN
this country is regarded as extremely hazard
Gus to such community.
Resolved, That the citizens OF Jackson
vile have not just cause for complaint
against the quarantine regulations as
at present operated, inasmuch as
abundant provision has Deen ana
will be made by establishing
healthful and Clearly camps for the inhabi-
tants OF Jacksonville and provision made for
the maintenance of such citizens during de-
tention in camp.
Resolved, That in the judgment of this
conference that after suspects have been
detained in quarantine camp ten days, and
their baggage fumigated under the direction
of the United States government, such per-
sons should be permitted to go to any COM
munity willing to receive them.
The conference adjourned at o'clock,
and Surgeon General Hamilton left to-
night for Camp Perry, st. Marys, Fla.