Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-12
Report Of Directing Quarantine
Guard r. g. Bickford.
AN EXACT STATEMENT MADE
Who Participated IN the Protection of the
City and what the Whole Thing Cost.
Col. Bakers Report. Joint Meet
Ing Last Night.

The city will get out Of the fever sit
uation ut an expense Of about :.too.
This about $1,000 less than WAS anti:
rir.it"h ten days ago. an. about $l.Soo
less than the amount estimated Il day
ago.
The Beard Of Health and Health
Committee Of the council met last night
ANA all but squared up accounts. There
are bills outstanding aggresaling about
500 Those Will be paid tonight.
Tn" bills paid last nigh; amounted TO
S;.uoo. in round numbers. To be sub
trarigd from this is the credit funl OF
Si$;.3o collected through the Daily
Press from those desiring to contribute
To IN" quarantine expense. The bills
insludc the quarantine expenses. ,gSre-
eating $l.1l6.S9: street cleaning bills,
:'s@ltElting S493.SG: telegraph bills. san
iiarN inspectors bills and some other
smaller bills.
The total amount is about 500 less
than 1t would have been had MIR. r. G..
l:ickfHrl charged the city unything for
the expense nc Was put 10 in securing
huis,. hire FOR his personal staff and
himself
Th" total amount would have res he'd
S',mn easily. and would. perhaps. have
gone nN"r THAT amount. had the Eolu.l-
terr system not been adopted. and mad
4 strictly paid service been maintained
lhruII Slout
ThrS, facts arc mentioned tia! the
l'"l L. may know just what has beal
saved by ,,arcful and patriotic mana sc
mrll Gt the business cntaii.d by the
emergency.
4lIs EICKTORD'S REPORT.
T.se feature If the meeting was the
consideration Of the report of the Di-
rector Of the Quarantine Guard, which
W:ts as follows:
Newport News. Va, Aug. II, 1899.
~ the Honorable Health Board. Of
the city OF Newport News. and the
Committee of Health of the Common
tnuncil--ln Joint Conference.
Gentlcmru:-I beg leave to submit
herewith the following as my final re
port. In my previous report l Indicated
to your Honorable Body the orgitniz;l-
ton Of the Quarantine Guard existing
al the date OF the report. now 7subIIIis
an amended report OF the organization.
performed service in an official capaci-
ty from he date of organization TO the
night Of the 1oth day of August. 1899.
Director Of the Guard-R. c. Eick-
ford.
Aides to Director Of the Guard-Malnr
]. {. Bryant. George Nelms Wise. V. I}.
Barclay. w. {. Stuart. j. X. NJ. New
ton.
chief Of the l,ine-Co. j. c. Baker.
p W. Mi!st:rd. chief Is, Div
m"rly represented by G. c. BerklAv
W. T.. Barrett. Chief LIST Sec. 1st
Div.
\. {. Garrett. ASST Day Chief 1st SCI,
Isl Div.
]. y. G. Brown, Night ASST 1st Sec.
L. l.. Herndon, Night Asst Is Sec.
1st Div.
z. W. Huffman, Chief End See, Isl,
Div
John =. Locke, Asst Day Chief 2nd
Sec, LIST Div.
M. Fl. Morgan, Asst Chief "a see.
LIST Div.
Geo. LEM, Asst Chief ID Sec, list
Div.
Edmund Waddill. 2. ]. cllnedins7,
Night Chiefs I'd Sec. 1st Div.
f. Nj. Ei,Nron. Chief Srd Sec. LIST Div
J. w. Read. ASST Chief 3rd See, 1st
Div.
S. $. Archibald. Night Asst Chief
3rd Sec, LIST Div
J. /. Marye, Night Asst Chief ard
Sec. 1st Div
irwin Tucker Chief list Sec, 2nd Div.
4. is. Rcdding, Chief 2nd See, ma
X. w. Perkins. Chief Bird See. end
Div
Il. NJ. Lett, Night Chief srd Sec, 2nd
Div
John II. Gikerson. Asst Night Chief
%lsl Sec. 'rd Div
HONORABLE MENTION
me Ma nn-s Vt the paid guards will an
pear from the pay rolls transmitted to
your body with my former report, and
with TINS one. Col. Baker reports to
me that Of these guards, Walter Stirss
John II. Reynolds, II. l.. Worsham. ".
l.. Price. {. G. Benton l.. c. Tennis
ana Walter Sides are deserving Of t.s-
recial and grateful mention The six
FIRST named having ON a necessary or-
Sasion served over twenty consecutive
hours Of guard duty: the last named,
Walter Sides. is especially commended
by Col. j. G. Baker in the following
language. Which take from his report:
II desire especially ITO commend 20
your favorable consideration a young
boy named Waiter Sides. This bow was
employed 70 carry water on the line al
dollar day; he was placed on night
duty. and after he had been in this ser
vice for one night and 81 half an extra
guard was required on account cs the
darkness of the night and to fill a space
for which no provision had been made,
the Chief of Section Two called upon
this boy TO SO on duty as a guard. The
little fellow Willingly and cheerfully
took his post and during the first night
OF duty held up three men who were
cndcavoring to cross the lines, and de-
tanned them until other guards could
come TO his assistance. His service that
night was SO efficient that he has been
called on to do duty for three oil her
nights, and believe it is no more than
right that he should receive $3.50 each
night as a regular guard"
respectfully recommend that these
men receive q suitable reward.
The following Is u list of those who
have done volunteer duty on the guard
line:
Chas. A. Baldwin. Chas. Shepard. D.
&. AShby, G. II. Hudson, r. w. S. Bal
ley. L. r. Curry, S. f. Sprague, ). M.