The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-27
ALL WORKING IN HARMONY.
TangIe over San Francisco Relief
Funds Settled.

the relief of San f'ranciscOs homeless
was the question that received earn
est consideration by all those now en-
gagged in this important work. So
mPas, inquiries have come to the
! u he various departments, civil
an, u. p, all asking by whom the
mon> % generously contributed
would %, led, that the Associat.
ed Press on, to communicate to
the countt. @cea> e the assurance
that every do. He< De put to the use
for which it W. 'Atended.
The complete details of disbursing
and accounting for the immense sum
of money already contributed have
been thoroughly discussed in commit.
tee and may be briefly stated as fol-
lows: Expenditures will be author
ized by the finance committees of the
citizens and Red Cross funds. Tie
members of this committee are repre-.
sentative bankers. business men and
jurists OF San Francisco, and DR.. De-
vine of the National Red Cross soci-
ETY.. This committee will audit all
accounts and make a detailed report
to the war department, where a final
audit and statement will be made.
Army Takes Full Control.
General Greedy announced that the
army has taken over full and absolute
control of the relief stations for the
distribution of food. Distribution will
be under system devised by DR.. De
vine, the special agent of the Red
Cross society, sent here by President
Roosevelt. General Greedy incidental
ly explained the relative position of
himself and Funston. He said that he
had divested himself as far as posi-
Bile of all departmental duties, which
would continue to remain in the hands
of General Funston, and would devote
himself to the sanitation of the city,
the matter of the policy of the army
in its unusual relations with the city
and other special matters.
Working in Harmony.
The impression which seems to
have prevailed in New York, Washing
ton and other eastern cities that there
was friction over the matter of concen-
trating and distributing Red Cross
supplies was corrected by DR.. Devine,
agent of the Red Cross society, who
Informed proper persons in those cit
les that absolute harmony prevailed
and that the work was being carried
on to the entire satisfaction of all con-
cerned. He felt that it was but lust
n nj in hn
where that have contributed so gen.
erously to the relief fund to be kept
Informed as to what disposition is be-
Ing made of their supplies. He wished
1t known that the Red Cross work had
been carried out in most satisfactory
Its supplies now on hand would be
made without the slightest confusion.
The reports from the leading hos
pitals at the Preside and at Golden
Gate park showed that the number of
patients is less than yesterday. At
the general hospital at the Presidio
there were $50 patients, whics is 200
less than yesterday. The decrease is
probably due TO the fact that the priv
ilege of free transportation over the
railroads to any part of the state ex-
pired at noon and many of the pa
tients who were suffering from minor
injuries and complaints left the hos.
pital In time to take advantage of
the generosity of the railroads.
Pardee Defends state Militia.
The state militia has not been with.
drawn, nor has the governor given
any intimation when he would with
draw them Governor Pardee attend.
ed the conference at Fort Mason and
defended the guard vigorously against
the reflections which, he said, had
been made against them. He consid-
cred that the guard had rendered in.
valuable service to the people of San
Francisco during the terrible days of
the confiagration as well as the days
Immediately following, and thai he
could not understand the sentiment
that seemed to prevail against them.
The governor did not say whether he
would remove the militia or net, al
though he was given to understand
by the mayor that the federal troops
and the police were sufficient in mum
bers for any emergency. Governor
Pardee announced that he would prob
ably call a special session Of the legis-
lature. but added that before doing 30
he would take time to consult the best
authorities as to this important mat.
ter.
A we'll known engineer states that
the area devastated by the fire in San
Francisco approximates 10000 acres,
or about fifteen square miles. There
are few cities in the world where so
much valuable property is contained
in an equal territory. Within this fif-
teen square miles were nearly 100
banks, some of the finest buildings in