The San Francisco call., 1906-06-27

II sessions consuming several hou
rangements CD Military camps in
public parks and squares. The prob
lem in these camps is to provide SUI
labor, which are now supplied by the
army. The present organization
should be continued. the payroll being
possible being retained from the com
manding officer of camps down. Es-
! Inmates for the expense of conducting
! these camps for month of June have
been supplied to the finance committee
! by General Greedy and appropriations
! in accordance Herewith are recon-
military ICON Control s ThesSe TheSei camps ca @ should
be Immediately incorporated into the
| system which now prevails in military
/ camps. The cooperation of the Park
! Department, the Health Department
and the Police Department will be es-
Mayor that the expense of sanitation
and policing, which has heretofore been
borne by the army. will have to be met
| from the relief fund and probably the
same is true Of the non military camps
which will become part of the same
| system (4) Camps and struggling
! The commission will have no author
! ity to interfere with persons living
! either in tents or in temporary dwell
| ings on private ground. but the giving
! of any relief to such persons may be
made subject to any conditions which
| are considered necessary, and the liter
| vention of the Health Board may be
asked whenever there are unsanitdry
conditions.
II. Warehouses.-After July l there
will be only two warehouses, one In
the Moulder School for provisions, and
! the other, now in the Crocker school
and about to be removed to the new
construction of which has been author
lied by the finance committee, for
+, clothing and other relief supplies. 1t
| is expected that the present manage
ment. of these two warehouses can be
continued. the military officers now in
charge being given leave for this pur-
| In this event the officers. as superin-
/ tendents of the warehouses, will prob
ably be made purchasing agents of the
commission for the kinds of goods of
III. Hot Meal Restaurants.-fhere
are now some twenty-seven hot meal
cent tickets are issued by the Red
! Cross in the several sections. TO be
| redeemed by the finance committee.
AS these restaurants are located in
their management and sanitation, SO
j long as they are continued, may safely
camps and to those who are in charge
| of the several camps under his direc-
ton. The commission should assume
responsibility for the issuing of tickets
| and certifying the bills of the con-
tractors TO the finance committee.
/ ~. Section Organization.-The civil
addition to their duties in the distribu-
ton of food and clothing in the relief
stations have succeeded to the duties
of the military chiefs of sections and
they should be responsible to the COM
mission until relieved, which cannot
probably. be earlier than the end of
their entire time to this work since
! May l and they should be paid for
their services. They should be. held
| responsible in the immediate future
for the distribution of clothing. meal
tickets and other relief and for the
second registration, which is now in
commission a large number of cases
| in which grants of money or it's
| equivalent are required.
CARE OF INDECENT SICK.
V. Hospitals.-The care of the in
digent sick has thus far been in
and in part in private hospitals on a
to the hospitals for each patient who
is ,ss accepted as proper charge ,o on the the
present plan be continued, under the
supervision of the commission. the
! medical executor who has been en-
gagged by the hospital committee re-
emergency hospitals in camps as well
as the care in private hospitals, of
/ which the expense is met from the
1 VI. Special Relief.-This is now one
of the most important parts Of the
! work TO be done by the commission.
1t includes all aid given to individuals
or families other than food or ordinary
clothing. It's keynote is rehabilitation.
/ It's object is to enable those who are
! now dependent on the relief stations,
| or whose means of livelihood have been
! destroyed; to become self support ting.
The means employed are the furnishing g
+ of 1rrait vff1C aoti
| other things, transportation to other
places. or loan. as may be indicated by
! the investigation in each instance. The
finance committee has thus far cd
vanced $4,000 for experimental work
in this direction. About 500 applica-
tions have been passed upon, and the
j checks have already been drawn and
awaiting signature for over $4,000 in
excess of the amount appropriated. 1t
is recommended that an additional ap-
preparation for this purpose be made
4 at once. An advisory committee of
4 five or seven members will be appoint
ed in connection with this work.
l- VII Loans.-The commission has un-
der consideration the advisability of
opening a department of loans on: t1)
Pledges, such as are ordinarily depos-
tied in pawn shops: CD real estate
! mortgage, for the erection of homes;
4 CD chattel mortgage on furniture. etc.
and (4 personal endorsement. Such a
/ department or departments would be
of great service to persons who do not
wish to accept charity and who are
still not in position unaided to build,
furnish their homes or get started in
Il business. Especially is this true on ac-
count of the delay and uncertainty in
the payment of insurance claims. The
commission is not yet prepared to make
definite recommendation on this sub
ject and it is named only as one of the
departments of work which 1t may be
desirable to undertake in the near fu-
ture.
HOUSING OF REFUGEES.
VIII. Housing.-The question of
shelter appears TO the commission to
be the one of paramount Importance
so important indeed as to require not
only further consideration by the COM
mission itself. and by the finance COM
mittee but also the cooperation of a
strong board of consulting architects
! and builders who would doubtless be
willing to assist the commission In this
capacity without compensation. Esti-
mates are before the commission for
. the construction of temporary dwell
ings at from 5000 to $500 each. His
Honor Mayor Schnlitz, has expressed
the opinion to the commission that in
stead of constructing such temporary
buildings every effort should be made
to provide before the winter season a
!. sufficient number of permanent homes
of an attractive character for all who