Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-13
PROMPT MEASURES FOR RELIEF
Congress ApprOpriates $500. O.OOO-OtheT
Countries Are Not Idle.

Congress ApprOpf1ateS S%OO.UOO-OtneK
Countries Are Not Idle.
Washington, May 13.-Captain
Yates Stirling, commandant of the ma
val station at San Juan. Porto Rico.
has notified the navy department that
the collier Sterling is being loaded
there with voluntary contributions of
supplies, and viii leave for Martinique
rs soon as possible. Secretary Moody
found that the navy had Il lot Of food
supplies at San Juan, and he directed
Commandant Stirling to have these
put aboard the ship. Secretary Root
also discovered that the army had n
good many provisions stored there. ana
authorized these to be loaded on the
Sterling, so it is expected she viii soon
be able to sail with Il full cargo.
The president himself turned his at.
tention yesterday to the extension or
relief to the sufferers from the terrible
catastrophe in the Lesser Antilles. Ore
OF the first things he did was TO send
a message to congress urging the i'm
mediate appropriation of 100000 for
the relief of the sufferers. Congress
responded with an appropriation OF
100000, believing that private con-
tributionS viii make it more than
100000 from this country. The preSi-
dent also saw the cabinet officers and
ordered all machinery in motion that
could help the sufferers or expedite
aid.
The war department in a short time
lad issued official orders for the guild
;nce of the three supply departments,
giving the scheme of distribution as
follows: Three medical officers. with
5000 worth of medical stores. etc:
one subsistence officer. with $4,000
in stores. consisting of rice. dried fish.
sugar. coffee, tea. canned soups. con-
densed cream. salt. pepper and vine
gar; one officer of the quartermasters $
department. with 10000 worth of
clothing supplies for men, women and
children.
To Consul Ayme. who had sent n
message briefly stating the facts. this
message was sent: 1.-The president di-
rects me 10 express to you his wish
that your department so to the fur
therest limits of executive discretion
for the rescue and relief of the affiict-
ed islands in the Caribbean"
A dispatch from Fort de France.
sent by the Associated Press special
correspondent. says: AT the request
of s. A. McAllister. the United States
consul at Barbados, Captain Davis
and the Solent We're placed at his dis
posal by the Barbados government.
Il
time as the Associated Press steamer
and brought to st. Pierre the colonial
secretary. two civil doctors. two mill
tary officers and DIR. W. L. Aughin-
baugh. of Washington. as well as "A
corporal and four hospital orderlieS,
three trained nurses and full field
hospital outfit. The Barbados govern
ment also sent 700 barrels of provis-
ions. one ton of ice and n ful supply
Of medicine"
4 telegram from London says that
King Edward has sent 25.0G0 francs
to President Loubet for the relief
fund being raised ut Paris. From Ber-
lin comes the statement that Kaiser
Wilhelm has sent 10000 marks to the
same fund.
Washington, May 13.-Soon after
the senate convened today Cullom,
from the committee on foreign rela-
tions. reported a joint resolution ap-
propriating 100000, including $780,
600 already appropriated, to be eX-
pended under the direction of the
president in such manner as will most
promptly and efficiently relieve the
stricken people of the French West
Indies and St. Vincent. The resolu-
ton was adopted without comment.