The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-02
GRAFT IN THE
CITY, CAMP IS
DENIED
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and started with the same number of OFF,
GERS and help. The chairman of the COM
mittee. Alderman Frey, with Harry Lake.
supervised the camp end of the business.
and Alderman Fisher takes care OF the city
end. The intention of the committee was
and is to send each week to the camp
just as many boys and girls as can be en-
tertained and have up to date, sent a
greater number than were entertained at
the camp any corresponding week last
year.
at was found after the first week that n
proper supervision and inspection would be
necessary for the successful operation Of
the plant. In the article under review the
writer calls attention to the promiscuous
distribution of tickets and shows, IL seems
to me. selfishness and ignorance, and, after
setting forth the above statement, he calls
attention to the fine appearance of the
children as to health and clothing and asks
the question, Are these the children the
law c~ontemplates benefting, namely. the
sick and needy? Assuming hat they are
not, he goes on to say that it is not too late
to supervise the applicants ana see that
only the sick and needy be benefited by
the city's charity.
Nov to answer: The fine appearance of
the little visitors is due to the fact that
they are under careful and proper super
vision in every respect. Under Alderman
Fischer's plan several female inspectors
We're appointed and located in the city
market adjoining the city dispensary, and
when a child receives a yellow ticke from
an Alderman, district physicians, lady
visitors and others In daily contact with
the needy. the child takes the yellow
ticket to the market and receives In place
of 1t a white ticket to take home to it's
parents or guardians.
t"Thp lady In eaoofora than visit fho obfidso
home, and, after comforting with the APP
plicant's parents, the inspeetress informs
the parents or guardians what little be-
longings the child needs, and then, as the
card states, the little one goes to the
market Monday afternoon, twenty-four
hours before leaving for the camp, to be
examined by the district physician and
further instructed by the inspector and
Alderman Fischer, who personally looks
over every applicant.
mo better plan to provide that none but
those contemplated in the statute should
visit the camp could be devised or put in
force, and the result Of this is that ever
this correspondent speaks of the neatness
of the children.
Now, as to sickness. Common sense
would indicate that children coming down
with contagious or communicable diseases
or helpless cannot be received at the camp,
nence the examination WITHIN tWenty-fOur
hours of the starting time, but no child
able to go to the camp has been or will be
turned away. and only the needy have or
will enjoy Its benefits. Speaking of the
possibility sof petty graft, l want to say
that If there is one public institution
where graft is impossible 1t is Camp New
ark. / have investigated every expenditure
connected with it and know that mistakes,
where they have happened, ave been
remedied.
"The past week the number Of police
officers at the camp have been reduced
and 1t is also true that a young medical
man Is residing at the camp. but 1t Is
also true that he does not receive any
compensation for his professional service.
He accompanies the children when they
go swimming in the surf, watches over
them and determines how long they shall
remain in the water, and is required to do
things other than those connected with
his professional duties. sGls.s
1.-THE object of the inspection Is to pre-
vent children of people going to the camp
who can well afford to pay"
Both Aldermen Frey and Fischer were
present when the above statement was
made by the city clerk and said that he had
expressed their sentiment fully.