Evening star., 1898-12-06

Treasury. The service has become so gem
era. now and is so firmly established under
federal jurisdiction that there seems to be
no necessity for limiting the use of the i'm
migration fund as now prescribed
The attention of Congress is invited to
the several recommendations of the com
missioner that the head tax be increased
from 81 to 81, that the present system of
examination at Canadian ports of inmi-
grants destined to the United States be
abandoned. and that certain points on the
Canadian border shah be designated as
ports of entry, at which corps of insnectors
shall be stationed and where alone immi-
grants through Canada May be admitted
into this country. The Consideration which
Congress may be able to give to these rec
concentrations may serve to determine fully
suggested.
That portion of the commissioner eener-
al report winch Is devoted IL receipts and
expenditures shows that during the wear
the total receipts have amounted to S326-
64i.l7 while disbursements for the same
period were S215, ,SD3.32 leaving surplus of
,Siaio There was expended on account
of the enforcement of the alien contract
labor law SIS, 1860,
CHINESE EXCLuSION.
The total number of Chinese persons ad
mitted to the United States in the last fs-
cal year was 7195. OF this number 5,27::
We're of the exempt class. principally ner-
chants. students, etc: 425 were so-callea
artists, actors artisans and laborers ad-
mitted for the trans Mississippi and inter
national exposition at Omaha. and / 497
were returning registered laborers There
were also ST. who passed through the
United States under bond in transit to
other countries. Two hundred and eighty
Chinese We're refused admission
The number Of Chinese persons arrested
for deportation because unlawfulIy in the
United States was 100. OF this number. 30
were deported, by due process of law at a
total expense of S24 1:;2of. The aggregate
expense incurred in the enforcement of the
Chinese exclusion laws was $Si. .4I314
In view of the frequent arrival in the Uni
ted States of VeSse.s having Chinese laborers
on board as stewards, cooks and Seamen,
and in the absence of any authority to ex-
act from the masters of such vessels bonds
IIoviding for the deportation of such Chi
nese laborers, it has been necessary to au-
thoriZe the temporary employment of
guards at several ports to prevent their
Illegal lar ding. at an expense of more than
$4,000 per annum. payable out of the APP
Precipitation for the enforcement of the Chi
nese exclusion laws
MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE.
With the close of the fiscal year 1895 the
United States marine hospital service COM
pleted the one huudredth year of its exist
ence, the original act for the relief of sick
and disabled seamen having been passed
by Congress on July IT, 1,:S.
The growth and development of this
branch of the government service during
this time-and more especially during the
last decade-are set forth in detail in its
annual reports.
At this time tn" personnel of tht, service
is as follows: Commissioned medical Off
GERS, -, including the surgeon general. y
surgeons. - passed assistant surgeons and
2G assistant surgeons.
There n ,o,,sis,
stoned officers. viz: Acting assistant sur
geons. 9S; sanitary inspectors =. and hos
pital stewards. 81. When all the stations
of the service have their fun complement of
attendants and quarantine employees there
are. in addition, about 100 men employed
under this branch of the government This
number is, of necessity, much increased
during epidemcs. There are q hospitals
owned and operated by the service and IL
quarantine stations. but nladditon to these
there are SS localities in the United States
where patients of the service receive dis
pensary and hospital treatment.
During the fiscal year 1898 the total num-
Der of benefciaries treated at dispensay.es
and hospitals was ZOE and of this num-
Der ll,3l4 were hospital patients
The aid rendered to the army and navy
was not altogether limited to the care of
SICK or injured soldiers and sailors al
though many were treated at the various
hospitals of the scrvirc
The detention camp at Egmont Key. Fla.
received Iaborers and soldiers coming from
Cuba and held them until proved to be free
from infection. One commissioned officer
was granted leave Of absehce TO permit his
enlistment il the army and one served as
surgeon of the revenue cutter McCull1rh
dufihs the naval operations at the ! h'Ip-
pines. a number Of acting assistant sur
GeonS were also granted temporary leave
for service with the army
me expenditures from the mariae hes
@ @p!tai iand during the fiscal year 1898 were
N'p, p,I5l: 10. Inc balance on hand al the
close OF the fiscal year was 1914 4Sg7 81
At the beginning of the fiscal year there
was on hand balance of sl74. .72os>i from
the appropriation for the prevention Of the
spread OF epidemic diseases but ;he opera
tGnS OF the service during the summer of
1871 for the suppression and Limitation of
the spread of yellow fever reduced This
amount materially. so that of this apnro-
priation only $23G, ,42444 remained avail
able at the close of the fiscal 1ear This
amount, however. was Increased lx- Tho
4tnc!ehcy Appropriation of 5000 900 (..cf of
JuiN . Is'S) Tor quarantine measures, MAX
ing the available balance S45G, l24 a.
Scientific Investigation of Yellow
Fever.
AS stated In my previous annual reuort
by direction of tho President two skilled
bacteriologtsts Of the marine hospital sery
Ice We're specially detailed to investigate
IN Havana the cause of yellow fever.
laboratory was established, and they con-
uhued their iabors until obliged to with
dFaW on account of the war. They have
Low returned, but ara continuing the in
FestlSauon, and their preliminary report
pupnshed IN the annual report of the sery-
ice. lhdicates that the true cause of the
o1Sease mas been found by Professor Sana-
rein In the bacillus icteroides Further
WORK - necessary for definite dcmoustra-
non Dut II the present indications are
borne out by future laboratory c.na,i
mehts a great advance will have been made
toward both the prevention aud .ure CT
yellow fever.
Revenue Cutter Service.
foioWlhs Is Il summary Of the work per-
formed by the vessels of the revenue cutter
service during the year being exclusive
OF services rendered in cooperation with
the army and navy during the war:
S!ies 'it cruise'i' OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50 10
Mics cruiscd for the lifp-S;tying service t1O
Lives saved, actually taken from water p
Persons rescued and sucroretI ,yiti urayfs-