The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-03-28
UNCLE SANS 100000
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(Mail Special to the Advertiser.)

WASHINGTON D. c., March I3.-Surgeon General Wyman
of the Marine Hospital Corps received the official notice OF the
enactment of the eprosy prepared take the earliest
possible steps the execution of its provisions He had on
his desk today ablegram from Gov Carter expressing app
citation of his (Wymans the OF the ep
ROSY bill and urging visit Hawaii and personally select the
site for buildings authorized by Congress Tor the study OF the
disease DR. Wyman already mailed copies of the eprosy law
to Carter Dr. Cooper and other Honolulu oficiais
Wyman anxious to visit the islands Co
Hepburn chairman of the House Committee on interstate
Foreign Commerce which favoraby reported the DILL VIII eaVe
early April and he wants Dr. Wyman to accompany
Col Hepburn has relatives living in Honolulu and he go
ing visit them When the Pacihc Mail steamer comes
along with big Congressional party route to Manila COL
plans join and proceed from Honolulu to the
Philippines.
lust at present Dr. Wyman unable say whether he can
make the trip He pointed today that the prepara
for the quarantine now under way IN his once
that these lot OF work Then the prevalence OF yellow
the isthmus OF Panama another matter with wh ne
has to Wyman has had hard winter having been
i'll part OF The trip the islands would undoubtedly
be of great him but he said today he decided
TO 60 would be just about the time when he started
will probably be much year before the ePosy WORK
authorized Congress well under The appropriation o
construction of buildings Immediately available
but appropriation of $4,000 for maintenance and pay
officers will available till June 1t 10 believed that II
the months plans will be completed to enable ex
pers work the study OF leprosy DR. Wyman has hae
the law printed the weekly bulletin OF the Marine Hospital Ser
vice give wide circulation the ohcas OF tina
He today that he regarded the law as the creates
made by OF the world or the study
any disease,
In the construction Of buildings first step will be tc
call meeting general board OF officers of the Marine ospi
tai Service plans Tor the building and suggest
of the same approval OF the Secretary of the Treasury h
will be 81 shall either mysel
said DR. Wyman today or send some one Who
goes will of confer with Dr. Cofer oclal w
is stationed there with others in Hawaii. We shall move
these expeditously reasonably can
While nothing been done yet towards the study
disease appropriation provides known that som
general have been well defined 1t is known that only raona
and safe will be followed When asked DIR. Wyma
plans had towards nauguratng the experimental work.
replied
patients from the territory of Hawaii will be treated
authority patients from outside OF 1a
will time map out the OF treatment
he followed is not unlikely that
treatment be under investigation at given time
Dr. Wyman is also desirous OF seeing the new quarantn
wharf government has been building at Honolulu II
like opportunity witness the operations OF the quar-
territory capital which, he hears from
quarter, model in many particulars
Immigration Commissioner Sargent is of town. bu
changed his plans about making anothe
trip Honolulu this spring 1t said at his office today tina
he would probably Honolulu till April
ERNEST G. WALKER.