The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-04-27
THE EMERGENCY
At WASHINGTON
How Promptly and Success
fully Met.
TELEGRAPHERS KEPT BUSY.
Secretary TAFT Proud Of Men al the
frOnt.-.Gen. Funston Gets
lhe Credit.
TElEGRAPHERS KEPT BUSY.
OTHER NEWS At NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Washington u. C.. April a.
No. since the reorganization Of the
army Boz 1902 has 30 been called on 10.
face 4u emergency nf any sort. The
disaster AZ san Francisco however, has
proved an emergency Of the hrsi mag
rfiuir and .t Is satisfaction 90 bc able
'. r,flr; 'ha' 'ha army has met it with
.4' apparent effort The immcnsity of
OBJ. be-. ai san Francisco from tire and
earthquake has dwarf,d everything
else In he news line and th, whole at
t,HuHn ol most ~ the departments has
been given to sending and receiving
r.as. huuyng forward relief and 900.
tturizur the officers on the spot 60
make an sorts Of provision 20 meet the
necessities % thc ease.
Secretary TAFT aid privately ttat hy
aas glad they had an officer on the
ground who came 90 the front ike Gen.
Funston and Dbl things first and asked
a.,hes,iy sfisr~ari Congress sunk
40 differences u party IN passing the
,mcrgcncy Appropriation bill giving
t.on0 .oco 10 be Immediately available
flf the relief work. This bill passed
ir record tine and sent e. the prci.
dent receiving his signature all within
tfr space Of siN hours The only
amendment made 10 Il was the ncNt
day when senator Morgan introduced
another resolution makinr i, clear that
'hc money was available Tor rciicaI
supplies a. well a. food
Tclgraphcrs have been on duty con.
fantly at the War and Navy depart.
rcuts as IN the days Of the Spanish
var. and the Secretaries Of War and
Navy and of Commerce ana Labor hav,
been in touch With the departments over
90, phones az an hours The govern.
m,ri fur once has been effectively
busy and harmonious orders hay,
irrn flashed frum the various army on,
naval posts most closely In touch with
san Francisco 10 forward supplies a,
last ay they could be- collected II ha.
been realized that the rromp,cst rchc
was the most effective and the hrsI
train ot government supplies was cN
rvctcd 90 reach san Francisco Ut
Tfuriay night
Th, cost ~ the disaster 90 the gov
,mmcnt win be- enormous The de-
.'uctun IN military and naval stores u
and around San Francisco alone will b,
S45oiun. In addition to that 10,
damage 20 buildings and clupmcn
must be- counted and there are S1.Vo.
sn worth of government building
within the area ut the disturbance
The relief work including the appro
rria,ion from Congress will also noun
into the millions
The government has decided tha
there should b. a representative oi th
administration ON the spot and Seer,
uy Mctcalf has accordingly beet
.rlcgtci and started Tor California o
Friday might Ills selection was th
natural one. as the department o
Commerce and Labor is already i
touch with the situation. Il ha
ordered the dsh commission ON Stcamc
Ahatross and an the available tender
ui the light house service 20 the aid q
the sufferers Secretary Mctcalf
home Is In Oakland, and while be- Is a,
,ompanicd In Washington hy MIR.
Mciculf, be- has a SON and sister /
the stricken city from whom hu hn
received no news since the disaster
The secretary has born up hraycl
under the personal distress that III
news has caused him. and although h
ha' scut private messages and Ind a
be- could ON the side To get track II nj
boy, hcgavc hts first attention To IN
work ot relief and let his family mai
i'n come after
Secretary hctrali was preceded We.
isw hours by Representative Ju,w
Kahn. of san Francisco. who had r.,
'''fcl peculiar tor,urcs from IN