The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-14
Too Close to Alabama
 Line. TELEGRApHs DR. VIVIAN People of Border Counties
 Fear Infection. Alabama Executiye Believes Detention shoaId be Moved Farther Back .N Into Florida--Georgia
 Health Omeers Here.
TELEGRAPHs DR. VIVIAN

Governor Jelks yesterday telegraphed vigorous protests to Surgeon General Wyman and. Governor Jennings. of Florida. against the the .Dsin establishment of a at a point near Flomaton about three miles from the Alabama line. The people of South Alabama, as was ex- pected a few days ago, are opposing the camp so close to Alabama and their cries will probably be heard until the camp site Is selected at farther distance into Florida.
 state Health oficer W. H. Sanders held a long distance telephone converse tion with the Governor yesterday and the strong temper Of the South Ala bama counties towards the proximity of the. government detention camp was made known. It Is understood that Dr.. Sanders. who was talking from Flomaton, had Just found out that Pr. c. E. Banks. of the United States Marine Hospital Service, had about decided to set up the camp some three miles fin Florida the other side of the State line. This is reckoned too close for Alabama's safety and objections seem to have sprung up. on every side. The nearness of the site to Alabama soil meets with the opposition of pr. Sanders as much as that of the citizens the doubling up of guards along the line in southwestern Alabama and the guards are, already pretty thick dowa entail an important risk on Alabama and in handling the risk the daily ex- pense of the State system would be brought out the protest of the. Gov ernor
 The teiegrams of the Governor to Surgeon General Wvman ana GoVernor Jennings were to the point and these officers were asked to do all they could to have the camp site moved nack more than three, miles into Florida. NO reply had been received by the Gov ernor at the, closing hours of his office yesterday afternoon. It is not beicv- ed serious trouble will result from the ptsGi,Sns Stitutinn to % be erected bS the govern meYit. Dr. Sanders has all along given his unqualified endorsement to the idea of detention camps because they are regarded as great conveniences to the whole South.
 however. insisted that so far as this State Is concerned the camps be well Isolated. He does not regard the pro posed site near Flomaton sufficiently removed from the Alabamn line to do justice to the integrity of Alabama which has been magnificently preserved up to this time.
 At q late hour last night Dr. Sanders was in communication with Chief Clerk w R. Brassel, of the State Board Of Health. and he was unable to give any assurances of q speedy adjustment or the differences between the Florida and Alabama authorities. Developments of a definite nature are expected today,
 pr, Ranks, who was in Montgomery a day or two ago l just before being ordered from Washington to go to Flo- maton and superintend the coustruc- tion of the camp. created the impress sion that he would try 70 satisfy all parties concerned in his work. Those who interviewed him while here be- lieve that the government, through him, will do the proper thing by the State of Alabama. Just how far he can do the right thing by Alabama and the right thing by the unaffected Florida territory will be a question worthy of an arbitration board.
 Border Counties Aroused.
 The border counties of Alabama look with fear upon the detention camp be- cause of the certain exposure The people just inside the Florida line have asylum for refugees that China had against the Japs and Russ for spilling hostile blood on her, soil It remains ment viii be influenced to move the
 The exposure that Alabama will suf- fer from the detention camp can well be imagined when 1t is known that oyer a hundred, maybe two hundred. rcfu" gees from Pensacola will be boarded for six or seven days inside the grounds Of the camp at all times. Just what ca pacity he expects to make the lent br Tanks. on leaving Montgomery; :5uld not tell Monday, because n,,1,nt he haa ci equipment which had been shipped to Fi0maton from Jacksonville. Fla. Of course the hospital service methods are strict enough within the possibilities There are a good many reassurinE facts, about the system because every person in camp is watched closely and te reduired to be checked in and out Of Florida before he is allowed to depart. when tho refugees have stayed-out the detention reriod. or the incubation time: they have qualified. for entering and remaining in any rart of Alabama. The same qualification applies to Gaorgis and all States or cities which have qua5antined. The graduates Of the de' a clean bill of health everywhere the. choose to go. In this lies the commer ctal advantage and chiritahle interven tion of the Government.
 No little excitement was caused fl South Alabama yesterday by the Repor that there was case of yellow fever |
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