The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-19
WARNING TO REFUGEES.
pr. Sanders Talks of Rule. That Must
 Be Obeyed.

Dr. Sanders Talks of Rules That Must
 --s Be Obeyed. -1
 pr. w. H. Sanders, State Health Off, ncer, yesterday took occasion to em- phasize the rule of the State auaran- tine about refugees from infected re- gions going through Alabama and at tempting to come back before the de- tention period of seven days is over
 Of late scores of railroad passenFers have tried to bargain with the refugee comity allowed by the Alabama Health Board. Instead of running on through the State and staying outside seven days. or the period of incubation, these refugees are turning back and trying to re-enter Alabama.
 This is nothing but an imposition. pure and simple" said Dr. Sanders yes- terday. :-.@.
 We have. from the beginning. in- dulged refugees from infected territory to the extent of letting them run through the State without dwelling here. The State Is assuming that Iit- tic risk. of course. which may amount to a refugee getting sick while in the States borders. If fever case should happen to develop in transit 1t would have to keep moving until 1t gets out of the State. ::
 But this concession Is not made to
 
 refugees because they are feeling from supposed or real danger for their lives Now, notice that many people are travelling through Alabama who take advantage of our regulations on this score and as soon as they get outside the State they hop off and catch the next trains back into the State or through the State.
 Tt Is this refiux of trafflc that we are striving hard to stop.
 T wish 1t understood clearly that no person who we can prove has come from an infected point or place under State quarantine and not spent the necessary seven days in uncovered ter ritory can come into Alabama We will not allow such a person to even ride through tho State unless he be coming from the direction of the in fected area and has the true intentions of refugee"
 Many passengers have been denied the privilege of stopping off in Ala bama when pursuing the courses Dr. Sanders has thus described. The quarantine guards have been given specific instructions in this matter The regulation has been resented by numer- ous people in the last three days, but it has not altered the original inten- tions of the State Board. Indeed, many passengers of prominence have not been allowed to put foot on Alabama soil because they did not conform to the seven days detention requirement and endeavored to get relief by ad- dressing the Governor and United States District Judge Thomas G. Jones'
 So far as is known neither Judge Jones nor Governor Jelks have attempt ed to interfere with the exertions of the quarantine officers to protect the State against rehux travel which is contrary to the detention requirement. TO enforce this regulation is causing the officers to redouble their vigilance as 1t Is no easy job to escort the refugees out of the State, much less than stopping all attempts to bend back in the State bore stayying out the seven days.
 Dr. Sanders has carefully instructed the officers on trains to be as dis eliminating as possible In accepting health certificates.
 Health certificates" says Dr. San- ders, "are as a rule. not to he trusted. There are some health certificates that are good. If we had a law defining uniform rules to govern the Issuance of the certificates, we would be ready and willing to accept them. We would welcome them as they would facilitate the quarantine service very much. But 1t Is my observation that we have not yet found a genius who can frame