Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-02
WORK OF CAPTAIN ROSS
EFFICIENT PATROL OF GULF
COAST ESTABLISHED.

Reports from the various ports along the
gulf coast continue to come in at the Treas
ury Department commencing the effective
ness of the quarantine patrol fleet Of rev.
enue cutters and speaking in the highest
terms of the business-like and tactful man
ner with which the numerous questions re-
garding the quarantine regulations dis
posed of, and the intelligence and discre
ton with which the often trying situations
are met by the fleet commander, Capt.
Worth G. Ross, chief of the revenue cut
ter service, and by the various individual
commanders.
The outbreak at Mississippi City has been
stamped out by the we'll directed efforts OF
the public health and marine hospital serv-
ice and the local health board.
Every Precaution Taken.
There are now seventeen cases Of fever
In Gufport, Miss, but the infected area is
a mile from the coaling depot of the feet
and every precaution is bein taken to prevent
the spread of the disease, the district where
the fever Is being carefully guarded by
state troops.
No immediate danger for the feet Is at
present apprehended by Capt. Ross and he
will continue to use Gulfport as a base of
operations.
Some idea of the large amount of work
being done by the quarantine patrol fleet
may be got when it Is known that since
August 8, when the fleet was organized and
began operations, the inner line of block
ade has boarded and examined 325 vessels,
of all descriptions, and eighteen vessels
have been sent to Ship Island for fumigation
and detention. The outer line of blockade Is
composed of larger vessels of the service
and these have spoken and boarded every
thing bound in and out of gulf ports. The
patrol is maintained with great energy and
vigilance, night and day.
Capt Ross Praised.
The following letter from the president Of
the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company
to the Treasury Department would indicate
that Secretary Shaw made no mistake when
he detailed Capt Ross personally to take
charge Of this important duty.
"GULFPORT, Miss, August %. 1905
Sir: We desire to express to you our in
dividual thanks, and the thanks or the peo-
pie of this portion of the state Of Mississip-
pi, for the services rendered by your de-
partment in sending Capt. Worth G. Ross,
the chief of the revenue cutter service, to
take charge of the marine patrol in the
waters of the gulf of Mexico during our
yellow fever trouble.
Capt Ross. by the firm stand taken by
him when he first reached here, soon
brought order out of the confusion which
existed because of the misunderstanding
between the authorities of the state of Lou
siana and Mississippi. He has been, since
his arrival here, untiring in his efforts to
make the marine patrol perfect, and we be-
lieve he has succeeded.
Capt Ross, by his gentle yet firm de-
meanor, has made friends with every one
with whom he has come in contact, and has
rendered to this section of the state mag
nificent services, and 1t affords US pleasure
to be able to say this much to you of a
worthy official in your department.
This letter is written of our own voli-
tion and without the knowledge of Capt.
Ross that 1t would be done.
Again thanking you for the interest
manifested in the people of this section by
your department, we beg to subscribe our
selves