The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
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SMALLPOX and Official Courtesy.
Daily Routine.
The following has been received from an
occasional correspondent of THE CALL now
unaYoldablY detained nt Angel Island:

The following has been received from an
occasional correspondent of THE CALL now
unaY0idably detained nj Angel Islaud
ANGEL ISLAND. Feb. 16, 1892.
In the first place The surgeon IN command does
not DO The lost object 10 Dr. LaWlOr calling at
the station just as often as he likes, provided he
does so 10 the capacity or REPRESENTATIVE OF
tie honorable Board OF Health, but when he I'M
dertakes 10 say what the commander shan DO II
takes a different light The call for the note re-
guessing Dr.. LaWlOr to atterd 10 his own bust
ness. and not offer advice until asked, was note
10 Or. Mcintosh, In which ne look occasion 10
tell Dr. Mcintosh that his 'cOnduct 10 patroling
the island daily 10 prevent escapes, eic was eN-
ceedugy reprehensibe.' 1his was rather dis
courteous when the fact Is considered that II
WIS directed 10 his superior officer. An lnSpec-
tor ui Vessels holds the same position as an III
spectUr Of Trains, ana is appointed In tie a0-
seDCe Of a regular quarantine oincef, auU no
more GU tanks the regular officer than a cOrrO-
raj does colonel. and naturally When he uhdeI-
takes 10 die ate course OF action 10 The regular
officer Il IS 10 be expected he viii get sat on
WELCOME AT ANY TIME.
Tony certain KNOWLEDGE DR.. Mcintosh wrote
Or. Lawl0r that be was welcome at The island
whenever business pleasure called him there
Furthermore. had il not been for lie executive
officer, Who Will carry as well as bring, there
would have been no Misunderstanding betNre
tie TWO medical MN at all who were good
/. friends before ana viii probably be again now
that the disturbing element Is removed.
The executive pIeIOgatiVes Of The steward were
taken from BIN alter lie made au uuprJvoked
attack upon wounded ana deteuSeless paSSen-
ger: his wings are clipped, and although not
suspended, as was near being done, his sphere
OF acIlOn Is so limited that he can do little harm,
unless u is o write 10 some one for " GOds sake
10 protect him" By tie by, on Tie question If
protection lei NE say that those VINO witnessed
the affair state that the strNing OF The passenger
with = gun was 4 cO~afdty aud uupIOvOked at
tack upoU q wounded aud uuaTmed man, aDd
that furthermore The man did not offer the
slightest resistance. but simply asked, " Why
am TO be alrested|' Upon this he struck the
man on lie slead with sufficient force 10 break
lie gun when was strong Snaps aihly T'ue
This naturally made every one present against
tie steward, and when lie called upon tEe Gus
toms officers 10 arrest The man they declined TO
obey aud lie excitement was running pretty
high when DT. Mcintosh appeared and restored
order. No arrests were made as none were
deemed JuStGabe.
An ORDER OF ARREST.
subsequently upon learning that threats were
being made, az o der Of arrest Was issued % the
CAPTAIN Of The guards directing him 10 arrest
and detain any one heard 10 make threat and
10 counue them until the United states Marshal
could be notified The passenger who mad been
struck went 10 Or. Mcintosh aud placed himself
under protection, and just because this mau was
not arrested and pI Ced IN irons Tie steward asks
prOteC ion from every Que he meets. The doctor
told The SteWaid 10 he was afraid he would be
burt tnat Tue man could be restrained, As he, tue
steward, Knew lHat the 0Lcers HRd an on Der 10
that effeCl. The act Of March p. 1880. gives
the commanding officer fun powers 20 cause al
rests 10 be made DO all cases deemed necessary.
DeT # conducting guarantees" The exact re-
verse OF tHis Is tue. The inspectors ana others
who have been IN quarantine elsewhere uuaal-
mOuSiy unle IN say us th3t his IS 10y idi lle
stTclest aud most methOdlc IN lis workings Of
any quarantine they were ever lu. The daily
order OF procedure Is something Ike this.
FUMIGATIOS.
In the morning sfer the Chinese have had
their chow chow, The order IS given 10 Zine
them up All are placed H line. Two INSPECT
Ols, besides tie regular barracks guard, go
" -Fa and nrtF al "a
iu Tine being iuSl eCt-d lie quarters are fuWi-
gated with sulphur dl0Xjde gas aud woe be TO
tie Caiaamau y uo has tried 10 Shlr,, for lie gets
Win OF gas hud Cut Lee .uWblts 10 hunt fresh
air. This fUmieaJjOH IS kept up for TWO houTs
before any are allowed 10 enter, he doors and
windows being tightly closed during The time.
On one side OF tie grounds a rope Is stretched,
water bounds The other, a Gordon saultaTe Is
established around the whole by guards with
double barIeled guns, with Instructions 10 shoot
Brst ana teason dIlei wal a. NOTICES are posted
speaking kind tOaIl but Informing them II be
same time iLat not soul. II ln body VIII be
allowed o leave until fourteen DAYS have elapsed
since Tie last case. The intelligent Chinese
know that the sooner case IS separated from
The balance he sooner they viii gel away, aud
they gene ally have all suspiclous-l0oking III
dIvidusis spotted out aud waiting FOR tie doctor.
lie steam launch patrols The Island daily and
has chased away several Chinese lunkS. II near
& fOu teeu-ddy period the same Tlgd iusUec ion
IS gone through Ia The afternoon as in Tie morn
Ing with the addition THAI ali most expose their
arms for Inspection OF vaccination, and II a good
sore OF seal j. not resent lleg are SGT dsut dEu
TeyscciHated. After the first general vaccina-
ton, Notwithstanding they were guarded, many
OF lie Chinese succeeded 10 sucking each Others
arms and thus rendering uIl the vaccination.
This accounts for lie second outbreak
FOURTEEN CASES.
The FIRST series OF cases came from the case on
the ship aud were scattered over period OF
three or four days, aud we were told al The time
that unless vaccination saved US We would have
more cases Il ON the ninth 10 The fourteenth day,
aud owing to Tie sucking" alluded 10 above
such proved 10 be the case. No Gaze has deyel-
oped since the thirteenth day; TWO thai day,
making four cen cases In all, we think pretty
good showing out Of five bundled.
A prehistoric graveyard has been uneartbed
by the WOIkmeu who are eXcaYatng in q shell
mound near the water front Many bones have
been found, bu: only three skulls, and some OF
these clumGle very easily As the work is still
going on ! viii write you later concerning what
IS found and the classification OF the genus homo
then found.
We sTe now almost under military law, so DO
not for PHYS sake ask the powers that be 10 be
any stIlCIer. Possibly the bones may be those
OF some fellow mortal who has tried to escape
the rigidy tight mot lax quarantine rules by
digging through 10 their native shores. Thine
for Tie right, NERVES.