Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-10
A QUARANTINE CAMP
To Be Established at Sandy Hook, by
Order of. President Harrison.
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES WARNED
That They May Be Barred Out Of the United
States Entirely
If THEY DON'T BRACE UP NIGHTLY

LOON LAKE, N. T., sept. a-Ine Tresi-
dent had full day to-day. He got up for
z o'clock breakfast and started few min
utes after o'clock with W. II. Phillips for
drive to Saranac. which was reached BY IL
O'Clock after most delightful drive in the
bracing air of beautiful morning. The
President was driven to the Amperssld
Hotel, where he was met by committee OF
the villagers of Saranac, and in the brake of
E. L. Fisher was driven about the environs
of the town until II O'Clock, when the peo-
pie assembled in the village square.
The President was introduced by DR.
Trudeau, the President of the village, and
made the following brief address:
"MY FELLOW CITIzENs-I like to think
that we have here in America Feverything
that any other country in the world has and
some things in excess. Where, in other
lands, shall be found q healthier and where
shall be found balmier air than here in
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS skies and scenery
more calculated to lift the dropping spirits
of the invalid, to make ones veins tingle
with health and to lift ones heart to God?
thank you most sincerely for this friendly
demonstration. I will not attempt to dis
cuss public questions, or to say more than
that we cannot escape our responsibility as
American citizens, and it is well worth the
while of each of us to think what contribu-
tlon we can make to the peace and happi-
ness of our neighborkood and to the glory
of the great nation of which We are citizens.
[Applause.l
Everybody Cannot Be a Hero.
SIT is not possible for all of us to make
sacrifice that shall be conspicuous; to play
some great part upon some great stage
while the rest of men look on, but it is pos
sible for everyone to make substantial
contribution to the happiness, the peace
and the orderliness of the community in
which he lives (spplause), and out Of this
contribution, out of these neighborly neigh
borhoods, our nation is made, just as from
these running springs the river gathers its
fuller flow. So from these little daily con-
tributions this great American society
comes, with its homes, its schools and
churches, and crowning all, the free gov
eminent of a free people. I beg to return
to all of you again my thanks, and will fol-
low any programme your committee has ar
ranged for personal presentation. lGreat
applause.
At the conclusion of his remarks the
President shook hands with all the citizens
and then drove back to the Ampersand sfor
dinner, which was served to the party In
private dining room. The start back was
made at few minutes before o'clock,
Loon Lake being reached at 6:3O, the Presi-
dent himself driving the four-in-hand the
latter half of the trip. The people of Sara
nae did all honor to the President, the vii
lage being handsomely decorated and every
inhabitant that could uniting in the demon
stration in the square. All along the route
the farmhouses were trimmed with flags,
and at the little village of Bloomingdale,
where horses were changed, band well
coined the President, who descended from
the brake and shook hands with the people.
The Presidents Significant Warning.
Before leaving this morning the Presi-
dent was advised that it was desirable to
use a part of Sandy Hook reservation as
camp for detained passengers, but that the
War Department hesitated in granting per-
mission. He sent dispatch to the Acting
Secretary of War, saying that while he was
not fully advised as to the particulars, he
was anxious to do all in his power for the
comfort and safety of the people, and later,
upon the receipt of kilograms from the
Secretaries of Treasury and Navy, who are
in New York, he sent the following:
To the Acting Secretary Of War;
In view OF REPRESENTATIONS maue Dy Secre-
taries Foster and Tracy, direct that q suf-
f1cient portion of the reservation at Sandy
Hook be set apart for use as camp for the
quarantined steamship passengers.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
The President advised the Secretary of
the Treasury of this order. at the same time
caut1oning him as to the difficulty of main
taihing proper quarantine at such camp
if established, and also of a possible en-
barrassment that might arise from the re-
moval of the passengers out of the juris--
diction of the New York officers. Both of
these questions must be LETT to the judg-
ment of the officers on the ground and who
know the situation. He also directed that
notice be given all steamship companies
that If they persisted in bringing emigrants
from infected ports it might result In their
being denied entrance to our harbors.