The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23

M piled to the refugees that are
able-bodied after Saturday,
August 25 Those that are
worthy, Ill or suffering from old
age may still draw rations, but
men with sound lungs and strong
sinews and women able to care for
themselves wIII have to become self
supporting.
tion to make all persons who are able
to work self-supporting was communi-
Gated TO Chief OF Police Dinan yester-
day in letter from Major ]. A. CASTOR.
superintendent of relief He asked the
cooperation OF the police in wedding
out the worthless refugees. Special
mention was made of many persons
who are residing in the various camps
for the purpose of making a question
able livelihood.
Those that are sick will be removed
to the various city hospitals. Special
arrangements have been made for the
care of those who are infirm from old
age. Those refugees. however, who
have been drawing rations gratuitously
and sleeping in the various parks and
driveways will be compelled to supply
their own food after next Sunday. The
reason given by the Relief Corporation,
Of which Rudolph Spreckels is chair
man, is that four months have elapsed
since the fire and that the people have
had ample time to become self-sup-
porting, especially in the matter OF
supplying their own food.
The following orders were issued by
superintendent Gaston:
BY authority of Rudolph Spreck-
els. chairman of the camps and ware
houses, the following is published for
the information of all concerned:
/. Four months have now elapsed
since the fire. and all able bodied adult
refugees, of both sexes, should be self
supporting.
3 All agents of the relief associa-
further issues of milk. eggs, meat or
other raw food after Saturday, August
%, 1906, except as hereinafter pro-
vided.
s. No worthy person shall be allowed
to go hungry. All worthy persons
needing food for the present and ap-
plying in person shall obtain meal cick-
cts from the camp commander at the
nearest permanent camp where kitch-
ems are maintained Those who on ac-
count of age or inf1rmity cannot go to
transportation for themselves and
bedding to the camp at the Speedway
Cor to one of the other camps, If that is
fulD. by applying to H. S. Johnson,
quartermaster, permanent camp, COR
ner of Cough and Geary streets. All
agents of the relief association are
hereby directed TO make sure that aged
and infirm persons, who might other
wise suffer from this order, are no.
ti1ed. and see that the proper requests
for transportation are sent at once to
this office.
f. All seriously sick or paralyzed pa
tients shall be sent to one of the city
hospitals. For those only slightly i'll
tickets TO the camp kitchen shall be
given. and the food thus obtained may
be supplemented by the camp surgeon
issuing q small quantity of such special
diet as he may obtain from the store
room of the camp commander. Such
supplementary food shall consist of a
small quantity of rice, sugar. canned
milk or soup. and so forth. and shall be
issued for Immediate use only and
should not be issued for a longer pc
riod than for one day at a time.
3. Camp commanders are the only
ones to whom kitchen tickets shall be
issued, and they shall carefully investi-
gate each case, and only issue tickets
to worthy persons to prevent suffering.
The camp kitchens are only retained
on account of the necessity for them.
They will be closed as soon as prac-
ticable.
Chief of Police Dinan has issued in
structions to the company commanders
in conformity with the foregoing.