The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-07
HAMILTON AT HOME.
He Says the Stories About Camp
Perry Are Exaggerations.

he says the STORIES ABOUT camp
Perry Are Exaggerations.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Surgeon General
Hamilton returned to Washington last
night from his visit to Florida and Georgia.
In speaking of his visit to an Associated
Press reporter this morning he said; Camp
Perry is to be enlarged and arrangements
have been made for the erection and fur
nishing of number Of small wooden houses,
known as railroad houses Five will be
put up to-day, ten tomorrow and an equal
number from day to day thereafter until a
sufficient number have been established to
accommodate all who come to the camp 1t
is proposed to double the capacity of the
camp and improve the service as much as
possible.
ExAGGERATIoN CHARGED.
81 am satisfied, after personal inspection,
that the stories published regarding the
condition Of the camp are gross exaggera-
tions, based on desire to break down the
regulations requiring ten days detention.
A elbow fever camp has been established
about half a mile from Camp Perry, for the
treatment of such cases of yellow fever as
may develop among the refugees. There
were two cases under treatment when / was
there. There were 145 persons at muster at
Camp Perry yesterday morning. There
were seventeen admissions during the day
and one person was discharged There were
also five persons returned to Jacksonville
for insubordination at the fever hospital.
If there are any improper characters at the
camp, it certainly certainly is not the fault
Of the government | told the authorities
at jacksonville that if they sent dis
reputable people to the camp, they could
not criticise US for their presence.
OTHER PLACES SATISFIED.
at seems that while my course in this
matter has been very unsatisfactory to the
people of Jacksonville, it ha; been entirely
satisfactory to everybody else | am CON
stantly in receipt of communications like
this one from Mayor Reese of Montgomery,
Ala: In the name of tile citizens If Mont
gomery, retur you most grateful thanks
for the energy displayed in trying to sup
press the yellow fever in Florida. Your
recent orders in the establishment of refugee
camps and hospitals and requiring all per-
sons to remain therein certain length of
time meet the hearty approval of this entire
state"
Hospital Steward Mcclure of New
Orleans has been ordered to duty at Camp
Perry.
A CONFERENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT.
Surgeon General Hamilton was sum-
moned to the white house this afternoon for
tary Fairchild in regard to the measures
taken TO aid the sufferers. and to prevent a
spread of the epidemic. He made state
ment of all that had been done so far, ard
defended his action in OBTAINING refugees
from Jacksonville at Camp Perry as essen
tial to the safety of the surrounding cOun-
try. The President expressed great SYM
pathy for the people Of Florida. and in
structed the surgeon general to do oil that
is possible for their relief.
CAUSE OF THE SUMMONS
The summons of Surgeon General Hamil-
IN to the white house this afternoon was
the result of a conference between the Presi-
dent aud Senator Pasco this morning
Senator Pasco called on the President and
laid before him the situation at Jacksonville,
and asked that something be done to
make less irltsome the restrictions
imposed upon the citizens of Jackson
vile by the surgeon general. The Presi-
dent told him that he sympathized deeply
with the citizens of Jacksonville in their
affection, and would gladly do oil in his
power to did them. Ho pointed out, how
over, that Surgeon General Hamilton had
TO take care of the interests of the whole
country, and 1t might be necessary in pro-
tecting the people from the disease to entail
scme hardships upon those in yellow fever
districts. the President also sent
n telegram TO Jacksonville assuring the cit
izans of his desire and intention TO do
everything possible In their bshalf. As a
result of the Presidents conference with
Surgeon General Hamilton, it is probable
that another refugee camp win be eStab-
lished near jacksonville, and this, it is
thought, will remove one source Of com
tlaint