The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-15
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FEDERAL AUTHORITIES WOULD
LAND TROOPS.
Board of Health objects, However, and
Other Arrangements are being Made
Meeting Yesterday Afternoon.

"A request of Federal army officials to
be allowed to land $40 men from the
transport Fitzpatrick ana TO place them
in quarantine at Kilihi camp was yes
terday denied by the Board of Health.
A part of the men will be transferred
to the ship Mary Il. Foster, which is
lying in the stream, and the remainder
will be quartered on quarantine island.
More small poX appeared on the
transport on Saturday and it was plain
that very serious time was threaten
ed The army surgeons decided that
the men must leave the ship as quickly
as possible in order that it might be
properly fumigated. The result was
that the following letter was addressed
by the local depot quartermaster to the
superintendent of Public Works.
Sir: DR.. S. r.. Golfer, in charge of
quarantine station at this port, having
reported to me several cases of small
poX on the transport Fitzpatrick, and
with the prospect of the disease spread
ing on board that ship, 1t becomes my
duty to discharge the entire command
consisting of $40 officers and men from
that transport to establish them in
detention camp here, in order that the
ship may be properly cleaned and dis
infected.
Having no Government grounds on
hand for this purpose l hereby respect
fully ask authority to make use of the
Territorial grounds known as "Kalihi
detention camp" in order that the
same may be placed entirely under the
supervision of the quarantine authori-
ties.
Should this be granted it will be un-
derstood that the military authorities
will establish a Gordon of sentinels such
will establish Gordon of sentinels
about the camp and maintain such
guard as to prevent any ingress or
egress. -
The first meeting of the Board of
Health on the matter was held Satur-
day DR.. Raymond and DR.. Cooper
stoutly opposed permitting a single
small poX patient to land. Some of the
other members, including the attorney
general, were in favor of helping the
stricken troops in any possible way.
1t being impossible to settle the matter
adjournment was taken and another
meeting was held yesterday afternoon.
In the mean while there had been a
change in the opinion of some of the
members, they having concluded that
landing the troops should not be con-
sdered at all until all other measures
had been exhausted. In reply to this
Major Robins n stated that he had been
offered the Mary e. Foster at $3.50 a
day Upon receipt of this information
the attorney general read the following,
which passed:
Whereas, there are now about four
hundred (4O0) unaffected people in the
detention camp who will have to be
provided for elsewhere in case it is used
for the purpose requested; and,
Whereas, there is no other suitable
place in Honolulu for the segregation of
smallpox or plague patients; and
Whereas, it is believed that one
death from plague has just occurred,
and that the germs of plague may be
in the community; and
Whereas, the prevalence of smallpox
greatly adds to the danger of infection
of that disease here; and
Whereas, the character of the popu-
lation renders smallpox and plague eX-
ceptionally fatal in this community, as
we'll as difficult to control: and
Whereas, ship suitable for quaran-
tine purposes can be had by the Fed
eral authorities which will serve the
purposes required.
Therefore, the Board of Health, re-
cognizing the uniform courtesy and
great aid and kindness of the Federal
quarantine authorities and other Fee
deral authorities in the past, with ex-
IRENE regret deems that ii can not
comply with the request of the Federal
authorities without endangerIng the
lives of the public entrusted to it's
charge and without subjecting the local
community to greater danger and dis
tress than Will be caused to the sold
lers by denying the request"