The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-11-08
Large Number Of Destitute Cases Cared for With Funds Provided
BY Citizens, But Work is Not Finished and Much More
Money is Needed to Garry on the Work.

vide for those who were stricken
down with the fever. and who had
no place to lay their heads.
Helped All Glasses.
mo. the work Of this Committee
was not confined to any particular
sect OF class of people, but the poor
and those in moderate circumstances
received alike the same care and at
tentiOn from the Committee This
Committee visited in many instances,
the slums of the city, and extended
the hand of relief and protection to
the afflicted and suffering, ana stood
by the bedside of their colOred
brother and administered to bis wants
as far as it was possible
This recalls an incident clearly to
mind. At one o'clock in the night, a
mother Of a cOlOred boy came out in
to the street wringing her hands AMI
crying that her boy was dying. A
member OF the Committee at once en-
tered the home and gave directions as
to what should be done for the child
during the night. and it was crafty
ing to him the next morning to Oh
serve that the child was in a fair con
ditiOn, and subsequently recovered.
Good Work Of Committee.
1--WE are certain that had it not
been for the efforts Of the Relief Com
mittee. which went night and day to
administer to the wants of the sick
and suffering, our death rate would
not only have been larger but we
would have had a much larger num-
Der Of cases. as in all cases we were
j. a.rus
lection was thrown around the afflicted
person so as TO prevent the mOsqui-
toes from carrying the contagion, ana
many cases were discovered and pro-
sided for before physicians could be
reached
In answer to your inquiry as to
what was furnished by the Commit
tee. I viii say that wearing apparel,
beds and cots, when necessary, bed
clothing, wood and coal, medicines,
ginger ale, brandy and whiskey and
champagne, when directed to do so
by the attending physicians"
.. Hale Wilson Talks.
d. Hale Wilson is another member
of the Relief Committee who has spent
practically all of his time to the al
most entire sacrifice Of his personal
business, in the work Of relief When
seen by a Journal representative yes I
terday. Mr.. Wilson said:
We have seen cases where the
father lay sick with yellow fever, four
children in the same house down with
yellow fever and the mother in a
weak worn out condition, the only
person able TO be up in the house,
without a stick of wood with which
to make a fire; without a particle of
food for herself or any way to prepare /
the food had it been within her reach,
the father and the sick children Occu-
pying the only bed in the house. one
set Of blankets with which to cover
the entire family, and a little bAby
came into the family in the midst Of
the yellow fever seige. We supplied
all OF the necessities of life, seeing
that the proper nOurishment, and that
provisions were furnished and cloth
ing. as the family did not have a
change Of clothes around in the
house.
Families Starving.
We have seen the father of a fam
ily dying, with the distracted wife and
I'VE little ones, who had not at one
time had all that they could eat in
from ten days 70 two weeks.
we have seen amongst the lower
classes in che lower portion of. the
city, women without a cent Of money
In the world without medicines. vita [
out a change Of clothing. and without
even clean sheet TO cover their poor
ly furnished beds, lying in the last
stages of yellow fever, and we. the
committee, have done all that it was
in our power to do to relieve the des- (
titute conditions in which they we're
found.
We have furnished nurses to over
three hundred cases Of yellow fever, (
and We have had as many as ninety (
two nurses engaged. The expense of
these nurses has been almost entirely 4
upon the committee.
we have seen that the nurses were +
In attendance not only during the day
but whenever necessary during the
day and night also, requiring in many
cases an expense to the committee of I
from ten to fifteen dollars per day for /
from seven to ten DAYS.
work Of Physicians'
1T has been the sole aim and object (
of the committee to work in commune
ton with the physicians. and not to (
send anything to the sufferers unless I
requested 10 do so by the physicians. /
we have called the attention of the (
physicians in many cases to people I
who were not able to pay for the ser /
vices Of a physician, and we would I
like to say here that the physicians of +
the city. almost to a man. have never /
refused to attend to the wants Of the
sick, suffering. and the dying I feel +
that we cannot say too much in praise 4
Of the physicians of the city. We
have run across them on their errands 4
of mercy all times of the day and all .
times of the might going wherever (
called without ever stopping to con- +
slider the question OF pay, and in many
cases they have worked faithfully, I.
knowing that there never could be one
cent of remuneration for their ser
vices.
Gave Services Free.
we find that the physicians Of the [
city have gone wherever necessity re- (