The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-10-01
THE DETENTION CAMP TO
BE ESTABLISHED MONDAY
It Will Have rs Large Tents and
viii Easily Accumulate One
Hundred Persons.
SURGEON cHAs. E. BANKS WILL
HAVE CHARGE OF PLACE AND A
RIGID sEMI-MILITARY DIscI-
PLINE WILL BE ENFORCED.

The detention camp has at laSi
/ been established and il will be ready
to receive occupants Monday morn
/ ing.
The camp is near McDavid, on a
/ government reservation, SO miles
north Of Pensacola and 10 miles
south of the Alabama line. It has been
established by the Marine Hospital
Service, under whose charge it will be
conducted, and it is intended for the
benefit of persons in Pensacola who
desire TO leave this city for points in
states which have quarantined against
Florida.
The period Of detention will be one
week. Applicants for admission to
the camp must file their applications
with Dr.. Porter in this city and as
fast as there is room for them they
will be given permission to enter It.
For the information of those desiring
to avail themselves of the privileges
OF the camp, Mayor Bliss has issued
the following notice:
Notice.
Surgeon Chas. E. Banks, in charge
Of the Detention Camp at McDavid,
Florida, expects to have the camp
open Monday noon for the reception
of the first contingent of persons de-
string to use il. He has requested the
Mayor to give public notice as to the
uses Of it by such as desire to leaveI
Pensacola to seek safety elsewhere.
1t has been established by the Gov
eminent for the necessities of the peO-
pie of Pensacola, and owing to the re-
strictiOns of travel through other
states, it is necessary that che most
rigid discipline, sem,military IN
character, be enforced in order that
the object of the camp may be Tealiz-l
ed without hindrance.
There win be % large walled tent 4
accommodating four persons each, max
ing the complement of 100 for each
weeks detention; these are enclosed
by a double line of bar5ed Wire fenc-
ing patrOlled by guards to prevent the
departure of any inmate without per-
mission Of the officer 10 charge. AT
the end of seven. days a certificate of
health viii be issued, providing the
person remains in good healeh, and
this viii allow him TO travel without
further difficulty to any point.
The comforts Of home life cannot
be realized in this camp, and those
who. go in to it must expect to live
4 camp live pure and simple. 1t Is
Ocated on a beautiful size surrounded
by woods. and is remarkably free from {
mosquitoes. According TO present OBJ
there Is plenty Of good port
ible water on the place.
All attractions with the camp rules
viii be severely dealt with, and per
ION or persons making trouble viii bel
to Pensacola under guard, ]
md their cases dealt with as distur-
)ances provoked in United Statcsl
Z
Usees Of the camp are advised to :
,ring necessary toilet articles, and If :
possible a light rOOl of blankets for ,
uses if the nights are par
icularly cold or damp. Each bed has
me blanket. There will be inspection :
vice a day by medical officers as to
he health of the camp population. ,
With this understanding Of matters .
n advance Surgeon Banks hopes that :
be object of the camp viii be realiz- }
d with the least possible friction and +
dissatisfaction.
CHAS. Il. BLISS.