The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-13

dent proceeded with the greatest energy
10 give shape to the relief measures.
Secretary Hay was called in and Secre-
tsry Root and Secretary Moody were
charged to carry oct the details OF the
arrangements. The Treasury Depart-
ment was instructed to cooperate, and
1t Is supposed that this will mean the
employment of the revenue cutters and
the medical officers of the Marine Hos
pital Service. The War Department.
was regarded as in better position than
any other institution to take charge OF
the relief measures, except that 1t had no
means of transportation. the Sedgwick,
which il out of the condition. being the
only army transport on the Atlantic
coast. Fortunately the Navy had
handy. ship in the Dixie. Secretary Moody
Immediately telegra phed orders to Cap
tain Berry, her commander, to ship army
supplies to be offered him, and to sail at
the earliest possible moment for Mar
Unique.
Navigation Bureau officials estimated
that she can be coaled and provisioned
and gotten under way by Wednesday
evening. .t~r
The War Department scheme is as fol-
lows: Three medical officers with 5000
worth of medical stores etc: one SUBJ
sistence officer with $4,000 in stores, con-
sisting Of rice. dried fish. sugar. coHee,
tea. canned soups. condensed cream. salt
pepper and vinegar; one officer OF tne
Quartermaster's Department with $zo'VO
worth of clothing supplies for men. wo-
men and children.
Secretary Root Endorsed the scheme.
Corporal Weston. commissary, teie-
graphed immediately to Colonel Br1nerd,
the commissary officer at the New YORK
depot. directing him to expend the allow
ance In the purchase of tea, coffee. sugar
and other foods agreed upon. and to see
THAT these goods were loaded on the
Dixie.
Rear Admiral Bradford. Chief of the
Bureau. of Equipment, today submitted
to- Secretary Root tine following sugges-
ton in regard to the situation at Mar
Unique:
1T has occurred to this bureau that the
refugees from the Island of Martinique
may suffer from want of good water. Ma
turally the surface water will be strongly
impregnated with sulphur and thus be
unsuitable for drinking purposes.
There is a good water barge at Key
West with a capacity of $4,000 gallons,
ready for immediate use. There also Is
one at Norfolk, capable of 100000 gallons,
ready for immediate use. These may be
lowed to whatever locality is selected for
a camp for the refugees at once. They
can pc rehlIed at Kingston JAMAICA, OF
Cape Haytien, Hayti. where there Is an
abundance of good water
Secretary Moody has Admiral Brad
ford's suggestion under favorable consid-
Grafton.
The army officers assigned to the duty
of distributing the food, clothing and
medical supplies to the survivors of the
calamity at Martinique are: Captain
Robert Sewell of the Quartermaster' De-
lpartment: Captain Hugh J. Gallagher.
one of the Subsistence Department: First
Lieutenants J. B. Clayton. James n
Church and John ]. Reilly of the Medi- |
cal Department The medical officers
will be accompanied by six members of
the Hospital Corps from the School of
Instruction at Washington Barracks and
will be provided with a large quantity of
medical stores and supplies.
The Quartermaster's supplies to be
transported on the Dixie will include
about 500 tents. suitable clothing for men, /,
women and children. and camp equip
ments such as axes, shovels. kettles,
frying pans and cooking utensils.
The subsistence supple include about
500, 600 ration.