The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-23
BREAKING.
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Every evening since the Fitzpatrick
has been in quarantine for smallpox
outside. Just about dusk uf each day
boat has lcft the side OF the trans
port laden with officers aud their wives
aud. rowed hy soldiers, has gone to
Waikiki
The boat goes u.nr tine Castle rosie
dcucc ana then makes Cts way toward
shore.
ON one day 90 was about hllf past
five o'clock iu che evening that the boat
was seen TO leave the side. ON some
days Il was little later II is suu
light at the time W the departure but
when the boat ptts about opposite the
Castle residence 30 Is dusk. just be
ginning TO be dark Il Is not known
or told-ashore when the boat re-
turns.
Said a wen known waterfronter 20 an
Advertiser reporter yesterday, Il have
been wondering what a boat was doing
between the Fitzpatrick and Waikiki
every evening during the last week or
more since the transport has been in
quarantine. Last night one Of the Kill
patricks boats was lowered from the
vessels side and. manned by soldiers,
as far as the Castle residence saw
1t that far. After that 1t became too
dark for me to see whether the boat
was put ashore. I was outside of the
harbor at the time, and saw number
of officers and ladies go from the trans
port to the boat. I did not see the boat
come back.
II think that something ought to be
done about this for IL the officers and
their wives are really coming ashore
against the quarantine regulations. as
they certainly seem to be doing, they
ought to be stopped otherwise we are
likely to have an epidemic of small
pox in Honolulu, and all on account of
the selfishness of a few people who
ought to set an example of obedience
and discipline to the thousand soldiers
on the ship.
"I would also like to say something
about the manner in which the sick
men who are sent to the quarantine ISL
and from the Fitzpatrick, suffering with
the measles, are treated.
They are lowered into boat and
left to lie there in the hot sun, the
boat meanwhile pounding around
against the side of the transport, until
it to the landing at quarantine island.
Unsheltered from the sun, not even pro-
vided with a mattress or anything COM
Portable on which to lie while being
yanked along through the water 1t is
wonder that any of the men recover
from their sickness. Sometimes the
sick men have to lie alongside the
transport, in the small boat, half an
hour or more, waiting for the launch.
l have seen this with my own eyes and
know what l am talking about.
"The whole matter has been badly
managed When the transport first
came here and smallpox was found
aboard, after the cases had been remov-
ed to the island, the troops should also
have been placed on the quarantine
island the ships crew remaining
aboard while the vessel was thorough
ly fumigated. Then the transport
taken on water and coal, all she want
ed, in couple of days and gotten away
about her business"
Three more soldiers, suffering with
measles, were taken from the trans
port yesterday and landed at the quar-
antine island.
On Saturday one man, troubled with
fistula, was taken from the ship.
There are at present thirty-five patients
at the hospital on Quarantine Island.
Three are smallpox patients and are
doing well. The rest are measles pa
tients with the one exception named.