Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-27
OUT AT The BIG CAMP.
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house and marched to the fumigating
buildings. Thirty at a time will be
taken and made to strip. The clothes
OF each person will then be tied in a
bundle marked with number, the du-
plicate of which will be given to the
owner. Having stripped, the people
will be marched into the large bath
room and the doors closed. A hot bath
will be administered and then they will
march into the third and last room
and given new clothes.
In the meantime the houses to which
the people belong will have been thor
oughly disinfected and cleaned by
corps Of men and the old clothes put in
the fumigating rooms to be given tack
to their owners later on. We will be
able to take care of about six hun
dred people day"
The administration building on the
mauka side and near the fence hasjust
been completed and will not be ready
for occupancy until about Monday. On
the mauka side are the sleeping
rooms Of the men in charge Of camp
affairs, the kitchen, pantry aud bath
rooms, while the makai side is given up
to the superintendent Office, consul
tation room where the heads OF the
different departments may be called to-
gether, the postoffice, dining room and
dispensary. The building is a large
one and the verandas are broad. Wal
kiki Of this is a building now being
used for the storage Of goods but which
later on, will be occupied by the
guards. The storehouse is now In pro-
cess OF construction near the fumigat-
ing buildings. A stable Is to be bnilt
in connection with 1t.
The hospital Is on the other side of
the grounds entirely, close TO the sea.
This Is made up of a series of small
buildings forming an l.. The first of
these is the nurses quarters Next
comes the culinary department. then
the general hospital with eight rooms,
the bath rooms and water closets.
Completing this row cLd .ow being
constructed, is ward for consumpiives
and running al right angles is the sus
pect hospital. Al! this Is In charge OF
DR.. Howard, the medical suprrintend-
emit An ambulance has already been
secured for the removal of catients
from the camp. Tie hospital will be
connected with the main Office by
telephone in the event of emergencies.
Two men from each house in the
camp have been assigned the duty Of
receiving and distributing the sup
plies that are delivered daily, while an
other is held responsible for the clean
illness Of his place. The people are
very well fed and show tn smselves to
be perfectly happy. When the camp is
In good working order it will be ques-
ton as to the willingness of Urge
number Of people to leave the place.
The following is list OF the people
who have charge of affairs at Waiaka-
milo: ]. ID. McVeigh, general superin.
tendent; DIR. Henry w. Howard, iuedi-
cal superintendent, and Or. Davis. as
sistant; DIR. Pratt, in charge OF the fu-
migation; Ed. Towse, In charge Of the
tailoring department and all cloth IS
taken to the camp; C. r. Hemminway.
In charge of the guard system; F.. A.
Hosmer, postmaster; Charles Clark,
camp commissary in charge OF the gen.
eral supplies. ......... .....r
c. b. Wilson, superintendent of the
building operations. is doing excellent
work. Very few men would be able to
accomplish what he has In such short
space Of time. ..... ...
A disinfecting apparatus is to be
placed outside the superintendent's
Office very soon to disinfect people
leaving the grounds.
A-corps Of tailors will soon be set
to work making clothes for the camp.
These men will be taken from the
ranks Of the people now held In deten-
ton.
There are now 5000 people at Wal
akamilo, this number having been
reached last evening" when the fifty
men at work cleaning up Kawaiahao
church and grounds were sent out.
On account Of the large NJ, .. ,
opium fiends in the camp, these men
are to be segregated in order that. In the
distribution OF the regular allowance