DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING FOREGOING REPORT

 

I. GENERAL ORDERS.

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 12.
San Francisco, Cal., April 22, 1906.

1. The regular troops, including the United States Marine Corps, on duty in the city of San Francisco, will control all of Golden Gate Park, all of the territory north and east of Golden Gate Park along H street to Stanyan, along Stanyan to Oak, along Oak to Fillmore, along Fillmore to Bush, along Bush to Powell, down Powell to Market, along Market to First, along First to include the Pacific Mail dock.

2. This territory is divided into six (6) districts and troops assigned with location of district headquarters as follows:

FIRST DISTRICT.

To include all ground north of Golden Gate Park between the beach and Devisadero street, including the Presidio reservation, but not including Fort Miley.

Headquarters, at the Presidio, San Francisco, Cal.

Commanding officer, Col. Charles Morris, Artillery Corps.

Personnel of command, all Coast and Field Artillery on duty in the city of San Francisco and at the Presidio, San Francisco, Cal.

SECOND DISTRICT.

To include all ground north of Union street, between Devisadero and Hyde streets, including also all of Fort Mason reservation, except the post proper.

Headquarters, at Fort Mason, Cal.

Commanding officer, Colonel Reynolds, 22d Infantry.

Personnel of command, all that part of the 22d Infantry now on duty in the city of San Francisco.

THIRD DISTRICT

To include all ground bounded as follows: Hyde, from the bay south to Bush street, thence on Bush street east to Powell, thence on Powell south to Market, thence on Market northeast to First, thence on First southeast to water front, thence along water front to foot of Hyde street, not including wharves.

Headquarters, at Portsmouth Square.

Commanding officer, Col. Marion P. Maus, 20th Infantry.

Personnel of command, six (6) companies of the 20th Infantry.

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FOURTH DISTRICT.

To include all ground bounded by streets as follows : Beginning at the corner of Devisadero and Union streets, south on Devisadero to Oak, east on Oak to Fillmore, north on Fillmore to Bush, east on Bush to Hyde, north on Hyde to Union, west on Union to Devisadero.

Headquarters, at No. 2040 Broadway.

Commanding officer, Lieut. Col. Lincoln Karmany, United States Marine Corps.

Personnel of command, all of the United States Marine Corps on duty in San Francisco.

FIFTH DISTRICT.

All of Golden Gate Park.

Headquarters, at the Park lodge.

Commanding officer, Maj. G. W. McIver, 4th Infantry.

Personnel of command, two (2) companies of the 20th Infantry and one (1) troop of the 14th Cavalry.

SIXTH DISTRICT.

To include the wharves between Fort Mason wharf and the Pacific Mail dock, both inclusive, in charge of the Navy.

PROVOST GUARD.

Headquarters, at Fort Mason reservation.

Commanding officer, H. C. Benson, major, 14th Cavalry.

Personnel of command, two (2) troops of the 14th Cavalry.

Each officer designated in this order as a district commander will establish his headquarters immediately at the point designated and will distribute the troops under his command so as best to protect the property and keep order in his district.

The chief signal officer will, as soon as possible, connect each district headquarters with division and department headquarters by wire communication.

At a conference with the Mayor of San Francisco, Cal., it was concluded that normal conditions should be established as soon as possible. To accomplish this, district commanders will instruct the troops under their commands to prohibit the seizure of all vehicles of transportation by all persons within their districts unless they have a written order signed by the Mayor or division commander and dated April 22, 1906, or later.

3. Lights are authorized between sunset and 10 p. m. In case lights are burning after this hour, sentinels will investigate quietly and inform the occupants that orders require lights to be extinguished at 10 p. m. In houses no fires will be permitted in stoves, grates, furnaces, or other fireplaces having exit through chimney flues, unless the occupants of the house hold certificates issued by authorized inspector showing the chimneys in proper condition. The importance of this provision is emphasized by the fact that no effective means are at hand for stopping fires. Oil stoves may be used.

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4. All persons except suspicious characters will be permitted to pass sentinels without interruption provided they are orderly and do not destroy or otherwise molest or appropriate property not their own.

5. The division commander desires to impress upon the troops the importance of temperate action in dealing with the unfortunate people who are suffering from the awful catastrophe that has befallen them. He desires also the assistance of the people for whom every possible effort is being made and whose forbearance already bespeaks their courage under circumstances impossible to fully comprehend without experiencing them. In spite of their unfortunate condition we must ask this cooperation and assistance. Food supplies, tentage, and blankets are beginning to come in very rapidly and in a very few days it is believed that sufficient supplies of all kinds will be regularly distributed daily for the absolute want of all. It is particularly requested that no person permit himself to receive more of any kind of supplies than are absolutely necessary. Our greatest danger in the future may be expected from unavoidable insanitary conditions, and every person is cautioned that to violate in the slightest degree the instructions of the sanitary officers would be a crime that could have no adequate punishment.

By command of Brigadier-General Funston:

       
S. P. JOCELYN,
        Colonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S.W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 13.
San Francisco, Cal., April 24, 1906.

1. In order to facilitate the work at division and department headquarters; to avoid confusion and misunderstanding; to relieve, in part, the heavy strain on the department commander and his staff, and to simplify matters as much as possible in avoiding duplication of work, the duties relating to the following subjects will be handled exclusively at division headquarters:

(a) All general arrangements for cooperation with the municipal and State authorities relating to the control and supply of the homeless in San Francisco.

(b) All matters relating to sanitary arrangements.

(c) Distribution of troops. Under (c) all orders for change of station of troops, when not accomplished by general or special orders, will be communicated directly from division headquarters to the troops concerned, and in each case a report thereof will at once be made to the department commander.

2. The part of the command on duty in San Francisco and not assigned to specific duty in the city of San Francisco will be known as the Division Reserve. It will take station at the Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., under command of the senior officer, and will be under the orders of the division commander.

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3. That part of paragraph 2, General Orders, No. 12, Pacific Division, 1906, headed " Sixth district," is hereby modified to read as follows:

SIXTH DISTRICT.

To include the wharves between the east line of Fort Mason reservation and the Pacific Mail dock, including the latter, in charge of the Navy.

       
S. P. JOCELYN,
        Colonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
W. G. HAAN
     
 
Acting Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 14.
San Francisco, Cal., April 26, 1906.

1. Hereafter the commanding general, Department of California, will have entire charge of the distribution of all troops, all departmental transportation, and in general will consider all complaints and requests that come from individuals outside of the military forces.

2. The division commander will retain control of sanitation and all general arrangements for cooperation with the municipal and State authorities relating to the control and supply of the destitute in San Francisco .

3. In case it becomes necessary to redistrict the city of San Francisco, Cal., the commanding general, Department of California, will prescribe the limits of the districts and designate the location of the various headquarters and give such instructions to the district commanders as in his opinion will most efficiently control the situation.

4. All orders in conflict with the provisions of this order are hereby revoked.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
S. P. JOCELYN,
        Colonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
W. G. HAAN
     
 
Acting Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 16.
San Francisco, Cal., April 28, 1906.

The following regulations for the government of the several military sanitary divisions of San Francisco are announced and will be strictly followed by all concerned:

1. A commissioned medical officer of the Army has been assigned to each sanitary division by the department commander with a sufficient

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number of assistants to perform the requisite duties and with authority to see that the provisions of this order are properly executed

2. The medical officer so designated will assign sanitary inspector whose duty it shall be to inspect the general police of the camp, it quarters and streets, the kitchens, the food, its quantity and quality method of preparation, etc., the condition of latrines and urinals, an the general health of its population. The sanitary inspectors will make to the surgeon of the sanitary division a report of any unfavorable conditions or unusual increase in sickness, with their remark and recommendations in the premises, these reports to be promptly forwarded to the chief sanitary officer.

3. At retreat night-soil buckets and urine tubs will be furnished a convenient places for the use of females and small children, including boys not over eight years of age, and in a separate locality similar provisions will be made for boys and men. These convenience will be inclosed by suitable structures and will be removed at reveille by scavengers, who will clean them and place necessary disinfectant in them for use the next night.

4. The sanitary officer will provide an ample force of scavengers who will be employed and paid by the Quartermaster's Department to clean the latrines and urinal tubs. They will also remove all kitchen and other garbage and either cremate it or dispose of it is such safe place as the sanitary officer shall direct.

5. All persons living in camps should be warned that the drinking; water, under existing circumstances, is unsafe for use unless it ha previously been sterilized by boiling, and efforts should be made by inspectors to require them to put in daily practice these precautionary measures.

6. Kitchens should be located at as great a distance as possible from latrines, and people should be instructed in the fact of the easy traps mission of disease by flies passing from latrines to the kitchens any infecting the food. These latrines should be located when practica ble on the leeward side of the camp to avoid the blowing of infecte, dust on the food. It must be borne in mind that while the sanitation of these camps is now in fairly good condition there has not yet been time for the development of infectious disorders, such as typhoid fever, etc., and every means should therefore be used to protect the food supply from such infection.

7. Daily sick calls should be held in each division and slight cases of sickness treated, but all serious cases or those likely to be ill more than a few days should be sent to the Army General Hospital, Presidio, or to the temporary hospital in Golden Gate Park.

8. If any infectious diseases appear, the case should at once be sent to the Harbor View Hospital or the Hospital for Contagious Disease at Golden Gate Park and every precaution taken for thorough disin fection to guard against a further spread of such disease.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
S. P. JOCELYN,
        Colonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
W. G. HAAN
     
 
Acting Military Secretary.
   

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GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 18.
San Francisco, Cal., April 29, 1906.

I. In order to economically and efficiently perform the nonmilitary duties of distributing relief supplies, the city of San Francisco is hereby divided into seven civil sections, as described in paragraph XIV.

II. The following-named officers are charged, generally, with administrative duties, as follows

1. Maj. Lea Febiger, inspector-general, in general charge of the organization of relief stations, of their personnel, methods of administration, and requisitions. Headquarters, Hamilton School building, on Geary, near Scott street.

2. Maj. C. A. Devol, depot quartermaster, with all questions of transportation, storage, and allied duties. Headquarters, Presidio wharf.

3. Maj. C. R. Krauthoff, depot commissary, with the commissary duties in connection with providing food supplies and the filling of requisitions approved by Major Febiger, Dr. Edward T. Devine, special representative of the National Red Cross, or other duly authorized agents or officials. Headquarters, Folsom street wharf.

4. An officer of the Army, not yet selected, with supplies other than food, and the filling of requisitions for such supplies after approval of Major Febiger, Doctor Devine, or other duly authorized official. Pending his selection these duties will be performed by Major Devol. Headquarters, Presidio wharf.

5. Lieut. Col. G. H. Torney, Medical Department, United States Army, has been placed in charge of all sanitary work. He is charged with the proper organization of sanitation, the formulation of regulations to carry out the proper measures of safety against any danger from insanitary conditions, cooperating with the health commission of San Francisco .

6. Col. WV. H. Heuer, Corps of Engineers, is charged with all duties relating to engineering problems connected with the work in hand, and in this connection will consult freely with the civil authorities in regard to the water supply, sanitation, and all other matters in which engineering skill is required.

III. As far as practicable, all applications for relief (whether for food, clothing, tentage, or bedding) will be made direct to, and the administrative business connected therewith transacted directly with. the officers above named. This will facilitate relief and centralize data and action relative thereto. The officers named will, as far as possible, transact their business with each other and with outside applicants direct, that is, without reference to division headquarters. the object being to insure an economical, efficient, and prompt service for the distressed and destitute.

IV. 1. As soon as practicable an officer of the Army, with assistants, will be assigned to each of the seven sections enumerated, with the view of coordinating the work and introducing at the earliest moment such methods as will prevent dishonesty or wastage, eliminate the unworthy and impostors, and insure economical administration.

2. Wherever an officer of the Army is not available a responsible civilian of the locality, designated by Doctor Devine, will be placed

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in immediate charge of each relief station and assisted in organizing a proper personnel to carry on the work.

3. As soon as possible rigid daily inspections will be made of every relief station and local regulations introduced with the view of correcting abuses, neglects, or mistakes. Relief stations will be reduced in number and personnel limited to the smallest possible number consistent with pressing demands.

4. The officer or person placed in immediate charge of each relief station will be carefully instructed by the officer in charge of the civil section to make his requests in duplicate, and those for food supplies must be separate and distinct from those for clothing, bedding, tentage, etc., because they must be filled from different supply departments. All requests must be in duplicate and submitted through the officer in charge of the civil section to Major Febiger, at the Hamilton School building, on Geary street, near Scott. In case of immediate need the requisition may be taken direct to Major Febiger.

V. It is expected and desired that commanders of military districts in San Francisco, charged with guarding of public buildings and other military ditties, shall extend advice and, as far as practicable, needful assistance in the interests of the nonmilitary duties of relief.

VI. Charges of wastage, deception, theft, and improper appropriation of relief supplies have been freely made, and it is claimed that the food supply in some cases [is] too lavish in quantity and is being issued without suitable discrimination. The period of extreme distress for food has passed, and at the earliest possible moment the issue of rations must be confined to helpless women and children and refused to adult males unless they are sick or in feeble condition.

VII. For the information of division headquarters a system of inspection will be established through the Inspector-General's De- partment, in order that the inspectors may be facilitated as much as possible in gaining information giving a clear idea as to how the work is going on. _ ll officers connected with the distribution of supplies will keep such memorandum records, aside from their regu- lar records, as will enable them to give to the inspectors a sum- mary of the work being done, the method pursued, and in general such information and recommendation as they may have for improvements and economy.

VIII. The following permanent relief ration is fixed, the amount being stated in allowance per ration or per 100 rations:

MEAT COMPONENTS.

10 ounces canned meat or salt meat or canned fish, or
14 ounces fresh meat to the ration.

BREAD COMPONENTS.

14 ounces fresh bread or 10 ounces hard bread or crackers, or
12 ounces flour to the ration.

COFFEE AND TEA.

1 pound coffee to 15 rations
or 1½ pounds tea to 100 rations.

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VEGETABLE COMPONENTS.

1½ ounces beans, peas, rice, or hominy to the ration.
3/4 pound fresh vegetables (80 per cent potatoes, 20 per cent onions) to the ration.

DRIED FRUIT COMPONENTS.

1 ounce dried fruit to the ration.

MISCELLANEOUS.

15 pounds sugar to 100 rations.
3 quarts vinegar (or pickles) to 100 rations.
2 pounds salt to 100 rations.
4 ounces pepper to 100 rations.
4 pounds soap to 100 rations.
1½ pounds candles to 100 rations.

It is recognized that exact conformity to articles herein mentioned is at present impracticable. However, the ration, commencing at at noon, Tuesday, May 1, 1906, will be confined to the articles herein named, or proper substitutes equivalent thereto.

IX. After May 1, 1906, no rations beyond the articles above named. or their substitutes, will be issued from any relief station or district under military control, except on the prescription or order of a reputable physician or other competent authority. Issues of luxuries or articles of special diet must be confined to infants or invalids. Any other course will speedily exhaust the very limited means of subsistence now at the disposal of the army and of the finance committee of relief and funds.

X. At the earliest practicable moment each of the four officers charged with the supervision of the work of distribution of supplies will report approximate data from which the division commander can determine

A. The amount of United States supplies actually received to date by the army and the amount in transit.

B. The total amount of all kinds of supplies (army relief and other relief) actually received to date by the army.

C. The total amounts issued daily to stations distributing food, clothing, tentage, etc., under army control.

D. Same for those not under army control in San Francisco.

E. Amounts issued to towns outside of San Francisco.

While present reports, through lack of sufficient force and supervision can not be exact, it is expected that they will as soon as possible be reduced to the methods generally in vogue in the Army.

XI. Officers in charge of departments will submit a report as soon as conditions permit of the disbursements made or indebtedness contracted in carrying out the relief work by the army. They will immediately submit requisitions for necessary funds, giving the period which they are expected to cover, such requisitions to be accompanied by notes explaining the reason and necessity for such funds.

XII. Officers charged with these duties will be expected to make such daily record as to enable them to make weekly, or when otherwise called upon, a brief report of the work done, and when the civil authorities resume the work to present a complete report covering their entire operations.

XIII. Rigid economy is enjoined on every officer of the Army engaged in relief work. No indebtedness will be contracted without the authority of one of the officers named in this order or the depart-

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ment or division commanders. It is desired and directed that any unusual and abnormal expense be reported verbally or in writing to the division commander so that authority covering expenditures, apart from the necessary ones of the employees, material and ordinary routine, may be specifically authorized.

RELIEF SECTIONS.

XIV. First.-Section wherein all official relief stations are numbered between 1 and 100 is bounded as follows: On the south by Fillt on street , on the east by Devisadero street, on the north and west by San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean, including Presidio reservation, but not including Fort Miley reservation.

Second.-Section wherein all official relief stations are numbered between 101 and 200 is bounded as follows: On the north by Fulton street, on the east by Devisadero street and Castro street, on the south by Eighteenth and L streets, on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Third.-Section wherein all official relief stations are numbered between 201 and 300 is bounded as follows: On the north and east by San Francisco Bay , on the south by Union street, on the west by Devisadero street .

Fourth.-Section wherein all official relief stations are numbered between 301 and 400 is bounded as follows: On the north by Union street , on the east by the bay, on the south by Market street, on the west by Devisadero and Castro streets.

Fifth.-Section wherein all official relief stations are numbered between 401 and 500 is bounded as follows: On the north by Market street , on the east by the bay, on the south by Eighteenth street, on the west by Castro Street.

Sixth.-Section wherein all official relief stations are numbered between 501 and 600 is bounded as follows: On the north by Eighteenth street , on the east by the bay, on the south by the county line, on the west by the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Seventh.-Section wherein all official relief stations are numbered between 601 and 700 is bounded as follows: On the north by L and Eighteenth streets, on the east by the Southern Pacific Railroad, on the south by the county line, on the west by the ocean.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
S. P. JOCELYN,
        Colonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
W. G. HAAN
     
 
Acting Military Secretary.
   


GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 19.
San Francisco, Cal., May 2, 1906.

1. In addition to the six military districts already established by General Orders, No. 12, Pacific Division, two more districts are added and bounded as follows:

SEVENTH DISTRICT.

Bounded on the north by N street and a straight line from the east end of N street over the hills to Twentieth street, continuing on

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Twentieth east to San Francisco Bay; on the east by San Francisco Bay; on the south by the county line; on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Commanding officer, Col. J. A. Irons.

Headquarters, at Jersey and Church streets.

Personnel of command, 5 companies 14th Infantry and 1 troop 14th Cavalry.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.

Bounded on the north by a line running as follows: Beginning at the Pacific Ocean along H street south of the park to Stanyan street, north on Stanyan street to Oak street, east on Oak street to Fillmore street, north on Fillmore street to Bush street, east on Bush street to Van Ness avenue, south on Van Ness avenue to Market and Eleventh streets, southeast on Eleventh street to Division street, east on Division street to Channel Creek, following Channel Creek to San Francisco Bay. Bounded on the east by San Francisco Bay, on the south by Twentieth and N streets, on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Headquarters, at Jefferson Square, Eddy and Octavia streets.

Commanding officer, General Koster, National Guard of California.

Personnel of command, all troops of the National Guard of California on duty in the city of San Francisco.

2. The limits of this district are prescribed with the express approval of the commanding general, National Guard of California.

3. The third district is modified so as to include all territory as follows, except the wharves in charge of the Navy

Bounded on the north and east by San Francisco Bay, on the south by Channel Creek and Eleventh street, on the west by Van Ness avenue to Bush street, thence east on Bush street to Hyde street, thence north on Hyde street to the bay.

4. All officers of the various supply departments will report without delay all telegrams sent by them direct to the War Department, also copies of all replies received since April 18, 1906. This information is necessary to comply with instructions from the War Department requiring information as to financial obligations thus far entered into in this division on account of appropriations for relief funds.

5. In future all communications or requisitions asking for funds or supplies from the Quartermaster's Department, Subsistence Department, Medical Department, Engineer Corps, Ordnance Department, and Signal Corps, pertaining to the relief appropriations by Congress, will be submitted through these headquarters.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 21.
San Francisco, Cal., May 3, 1906.

1. Many reports having been made to these headquarters that individuals have accumulated considerable quantities of relief supplies, food, blankets, etc., to the injury of the public service and the detriment of the destitute, it is directed that every officer and enlisted man serving in this command bring all acts of this kind to the official notice of these headquarters.

2. While the army has no authority to make arrests for such offenses against the public welfare, yet active steps will be taken to secure the arrest and trial of parties so offending on the charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses.

3. While regretting the necessity of inviting public attention to criminal acts of this kind on the part of a small part of the destitute people of San Francisco, yet its heinousness requires prompt and speedy punishment.

4. Any communication received from civilians, whether by the commanding officers of the districts, the commanding general, Department of California, or at these headquarters, will be treated as strictly confidential, but such communications must not be anonymous.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 22.
San Francisco, Cal., May 4, 1906.

1. On and after May 6, 1906, no officer will make any expenditure, or in any way incur any indebtedness, chargeable against the relief appropriations under the joint resolutions of Congress, except under the specific directions of the division commander.

2. Requisitions for allotments from Red Cross relief fund, to cover expenditures absolutely necessary for most urgent cases, must be submitted to the division commander. While the continuance of absolutely necessary current expenditures are hereby authorized, all officers will be held responsible for their economical and efficient administration. Such expenditures, however, must cease on Tuesday, May 8, 1906, unless requisitions for funds are made and approved by the division commander on or before that time. The attention of officers connected with the various phases of this work is called to the necessity of immediate action in order to avoid interruptions in the work of relief absolutely necessary.

Attention is especially called to Paragraph XI, General Orders, No. 18, current series, Pacific Division.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   

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GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 23.
San Francisco, Cal., May 5, 1906.

1. Sanitary districts are hereby established in the city of San Francisco with limits coincident with those of military districts already established.

2. The civil authorities have designated a physician to be stationed at each military district headquarters who will be in general charge, under the supervision of the chief sanitary officer of San Francisco, of all sanitary matters other than hospitals in the military district in which he is stationed.

3. Medical supplies distributed from relief stores without charge to various parts of the city of San Francisco, other than to hospitals, will be obtained upon requisition of the sanitary officer stationed at the military district headquarters. These requisitions will go direct to the chief sanitary officer, Lieut. Col. G. H. Torney, Medical Department, U. S. A., stationed at General Hospital, Presidio. After the requisitions have been acted upon by him he will direct the issue from the medical supply depot.

4. Each district sanitary official will make a daily report on the sanitary conditions in his district, giving in a brief memorandum all the essential facts that have come to his notice. One copy of this report will go direct to the chief sanitary officer, Presidio Hospital, and one copy through the military district commander to the military secretary, Pacific Division. Military district commanders will for ward these reports so that they will reach division headquarters not later than 10 a. m. on the day following the day on which the report is made. The report here required of the district sanitary officer will be submitted not later than 8 p. m. on the day for which it is made.

FREE DISPENSARIES.

5. All dispensaries that have been designated by the health commi ssion as free dispensaries will receive their supplies by requisitions submitted by the authorized agent of the health commission direct to the chief sanitary officer at the General Hospital, Presidio, who, after he has acted thereon, will direct issue from the medical supply depot.

PERMANENT CAMPS.

6. A field officer will be designated in general charge of all permanent camps. Sites not already selected for such camps will be selected by the health commission. When the site has been definitely decided upon, the division commander will select an officer, who will have charge of the construction of the camp. He will consult with the chief sanitary officer in regard to sanitation, water supply, etc. This officer, or another officer designated in his place, will remain in permanent charge of the camp after it is occupied by the refugees. He will make requisitions for the necessary tentage, lumber, etc., upon the Quartermaster's Department through division headquarters. In filling these requisitions the quartermaster will issue, as far as possible, relief supplies not furnished by the Congressional appropriation pertaining to the relief of San Francisco.

7. Medical officers and physicians in immediate charge of the sanitation of permanent or semipermanent camps will report briefly

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the results of their observations to the military district sanitary offi cial direct, so that it will reach him not later than 6 o'clock p. m. on the day which the report is made, in order that the substance thereof may be incorporated in his daily report to the sanitary office at military district headquarters, required under paragraph 4 of the order.

HOSPITALS.

8. All hospitals that have been designated by the health com mission as hospitals to receive the sick from among the destitute will submit requisitions for medical supplies direct to the chief sanitary officer at the Presidio General Hospital. After approval by him, he will direct the issue from the medical supply depot.

NOTE.-It is to be understood that supplies issued from the medic supply depot as above described are to be used solely for destitute free patients.

9. Commissary supplies for those hospitals officially designated b the health commission, as indicated in paragraph 8, will be obtained as follows: Official in charge of hospital will make requisition direct upon the officer in charge of the special diet depot at Moulder School building, corner Page and Gough streets. After the requisition acted upon there by the official especially designated for that purpose the supplies will be issued from that depot.

NOTE.-It is to be understood that these supplies are to be use solely for destitute free patients.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 24.
San Francisco, Cal., May 7, 1906.

1. At the request of Dr. Edward T. Devine, all relief quartermaster supplies, such as clothing, bedding, blankets, etc., other than those furnished by the United States Government, also such tentage and other articles, utensils, etc., as are in the Crocker School depot, will be issued upon requisitions approved by Doctor Devine, Allen Pollok, or authorized agents designated by Doctor Devine ; a list of the names of whorl will be furnished the officer in charge of the Crocker School depot.

2. Section 4, paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 18, current series, headquarters Pacific Division, is hereby amended accordingly, and in future officers acting as chief of civil sections and Maj. Lea Febiger, U. S. A., will act upon requisitions for food supplies only.

3. After a fixed date (probably within this week), which will be publicly announced, no food will be issued from relief stations in San Francisco except to persons holding food tickets received from Dr. Edward T. Devine, or his properly authorized agents.

4. Special guards furnished for private property, such as safes, vaults, private buildings, etc., will be withdrawn at 12 o'clock noon on

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Thursday, May 10, 1906. Parties deeming the continuance of these guards important must apply to headquarters Pacific Division in writing therefor, stating in their applications in full special reasons why guard should be retained.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 25.
San Francisco, Cal., May 8, 1906.

1. At the request of the commander in chief United States Naval Squadron in San Francisco Harbor, the naval forces now on duty in the city of San Francisco are relieved from that duty, to take effect at noon on Thursday, the 10th instant.

2. For the purposes of military control the city of San Francisco is hereby redistricted; the boundary lines of each district and the location of district headquarters will be as follows:

FIRST DISTRICT.

Bounded on the south by Fulton street, on the east by Devisadero street, on the north and west by San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, including the Presidio reservation, but not including Fort Miley reservation.

Headquarters, Presidio of San Francisco, Cal.

SECOND DISTRICT.

Bounded on the north by Fulton street, on the east by Devisadero street south to Oak street, thence west on Oak street to Stanvan street. thence south oil Stanvan street to L street, thence west on L street to the ocean, on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Headquarters, Park lodge.

THIRD DISTRICT.

Bounded on the north and east by San Francisco Bay, on the south by Union street, on the west by Devisadero street.

Headquarters, Fort Mason, Cal.

FOURTH DISTRICT.

Bounded on the north by Union street, on the east by the bay, on the south by Market street to Castro street, thence south on Castro street to Eighteenth street, thence west on Eighteenth street to Stanyan street, thence north on Stanyan street to Oak street, thence east on Oak street to Devisadero street, thence north on Devisadero street to Union street.

Headquarters, Page and Cole streets.

NOTE.-By expressed agreement with Brigadier-General Foster, National Guard of California, this district is placed in charge of the National Guard of California.

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FIFTH DISTRICT.

Bounded on the north by Market street, on the east by the bay, on the south by Eighteenth street, on the west by Castro street.

Headquarters, South Park (Third and Bryant streets).

SIXTH DISTRICT.

All that part of the city of San Francisco south of L and Eighteenth streets.

Headquarters, Twenty-fifth and Church streets.

NOTE.-This military district comprises two civil sections-sixth and seventh. (General Orders, No. 18.) The district commander is expected to instruct his command so that it will understand the dividing line of the two relief sections composing that military district; the dividing line being the Southern Pacific Railroad.

3. The department commander will assign the commanding officers and troops to all the districts except the fourth, which will be controlled by the National Guard of California.

4. The change will take place at noon Thursday, May 10, 1906.

5. It is to be clearly understood by the district commanders that the duties of the troops are not such as will give them control over the actions of civilians going about their ordinary business. Their military duties consist in the guarding of the buildings and supplies owned by the United States and in the protection of exposed property of great value or importance at places specifically designated by the division commander. Their nonmilitary duties consist in furnishing assistance when required by the civil authorities in making arrests, suppressing riots, etc. At this juncture, however, their most im portant nonmilitary functions will be to assist as much as possible in the work of relief to the destitute. In order to carry out effectively this work, it may become necessary at times to assume control over the actions of people who are being fed. The necessary amount of control over persons living in camps and those who come to the relief stations for food must be left to the discretion of district commanders. who should keep themselves constantly informed of the conditions of every relief station in their district and should personally make frequent visits to the various relief stations. It is only by the most minute observations and vigilance that persons drawing food can be restrained from securing more than their share at the relief stations.

6. The officers in charge of the civil sections will handle food requisitions made by persons in charge of relief stations and forward them to the proper depots. They also have charge of the transportation and bringing supplies to the various relief stations. On account of the very small military personnel at their command, it is impossible for them to minutely observe the method of issuing at the various relief stations. District commanders are to directly cooperate in every way possible with Maj. Lea Febiger and his subordinates, charged with the distribution of food supplies to the various relief stations.

7. Such details of guard as are necessary for the preserving of order at distributing stations, for the proper protection of stores in transit, and for the preserving of order in military camps will be furnished at the request of Lieut. Col. R. K. Evans, in charge of the

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camps , Maj. C. A. Devol, in charge of transportation and quartermaster supplies, Maj. C. R. Krauthoff, in charge of subsistence stores, and Maj. Lea Febiger, in charge of relief stations. These officers will be expected to limit their demands to the lowest number consistent with efficiency.

8. The division commander expects every officer to use his utmost endeavors to administer the duties pertaining to relief work, and in the most economical, prompt, and efficient manner. Relief appropriations are practically exhausted, and no expenditures from this appropriation in any department whatever will be made except under the specific authority in writing of the division commander.

9. In permanent camps where officers have been assigned to take charge as provided in paragraph 6, General Orders, No. 23, current series, Pacific Division, medical officials in charge of the sanitation will make their recommendations for any changes that may be necessary on account of sanitation to the officer in charge of the camp, whose duty it is hereby made to carry out these recommendations if possible; if not possible, to report them to the officer in general charge of all camps, who, if necessary, will report the facts to the division commander.

10. On and after May 8, 1906, every applicant for relief at the food stations tinder the supervision of the army, whether in Oakland or in San Francisco, will be required to state affirmatively to the officer or soldier at the station that the applicant is so destitute that food can not be obtained in any other manner than by public relief.

11. In addition, every adult male will be asked whether he is willing to accept work, and also be informed that food issues to adult males must cease at an early date.

12. All applicants answering unfavorably will be refused food. This disagreeable but important duty must be courteously but firmly carried out.

13. On and after Saturday, May 12, no food will be issued in the city of San Francisco except at camps under strict military control, save to persons bearing a food ticket issued by the Red Cross. The Red Cross has arranged to have an authorized agent at each relief station to provide for applicants who are extremely destitute and who may not have been previously registered. All parties needing public relief are informed that they can register for the purpose of obtaining a food ticket at any one of the existing official relief stations.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 26.
San Francisco, Cal., May 10, 1906.

After Saturday, May 12, issues of free food at the relief stations will be made only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and for a single day only. On alternate days Dr. Edward T. Devine, special representative, National Red Cross, has arranged to have a Red

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Cross official at each station in order to consider and provide for any exceptional cases of distress or destitution that may arise. This action is taken in view of the increased facilities for obtaining food, large numbers of stores having been opened, and from the belief that this will not work special hardship upon those previously obtaining food. Issues will, however, be continued to people living at such camps under military supervision as in the opinion of the officer in charge require daily issues for the proper needs of the occupants.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 28.
San Francisco, Cal., May 13, 1906.

1. Reports of inspectors indicate occasional neglect on the part of some enlisted men in the army in connection with the relief work now progressing under military supervision.

2. The division commander enjoins upon every officer the duty of adopting severe disciplinary measures in the case of any man found guilty of intoxication, personal affront, or such specific neglects of duty as may impair the efficiency of relief measures. The taking of food or clothing and laxity of guard duty over stores in charge are particularly to be prevented. No soldiers shall be fed, clothed, or sheltered at any station at the expense of the relief fund, except on application of his commanding officer to the Red Cross, and then only in very exceptional cases approved by the division commander.

3. Since April 18 the deportment and conduct of the enlisted men as a whole have been of such very high character that not half a dozen complaints of misconduct have been made from civilian sources. It only remains for the great body of troops to see that the few indifferent men in the service rise to the standard of efficiency and excellent service rendered by the army as a whole.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 29.
San Francisco, Cal., May 13, 1906.

I. The limits of the permanent camps established in the city of San Francisco under the provisions of paragraph 6, General Orders, No. 23, current series, Pacific Division, are prescribed as follows

Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 within the limits of the Presidio Military Reservation. These camps are located on the reservation as follows:

1. On the plain between the General Hospital and Lombard street gate.

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2. In that part of the reservation known as Tennessee Hollow.

3. The Chinese camp at Fort Winfield Scott.

4. On Presidio golf links, near Central avenue gate.

Nos. 5, 6, and 7. In Golden Gate Park.

5. Beginning at a point on the South Drive, opposite Fifth avenue, thence in a northerly direction along wire fence bounding west end of Deer Park, to the Deer Park road; thence in a westerly direction, along road to junction of road with Middle Drive; thence in a south westerly direction along Middle Drive to Lone Tree; thence in a northwesterly direction along South Drive to a point at junction of South Drive and road to Japanese Village; thence in a southerly direction to point on Bridle path opposite Eleventh avenue; thence in an easterly direction along path and South Drive to point of beginning.

6. Beginning at a point at junction of east end of Speed Road and Main Drive; thence in a northwesterly direction along Main Drive to a point 200 feet in a perpendicular line from Speed Road; thence in a westerly direction along line parallel to Speed Road to a point 2,700 feet distant from point of beginning; thence turning an angle of 90 degrees to the left to a point 200 feet south of Speed Road; thence in an easterly direction on a line parallel to Speed Road 2,700 feet to a point; thence in a northerly direction 200 feet to point of beginning.

7. Beginning at a point at junction of Main Drive and Stanyan I street; thence north along Stanyan street to Hayes; thence in a northwesterly direction along path. North Ridge road and path to the Sixth avenue entrance on north boundary of park; thence in a southerly direction to Main Drive; thence in a southeasterly direction along Main Drive to Bicycle Rest; thence in a southerly direction past the Lily Pond to Middle Drive; thence east and south on Middle Drive and road between Deer Park and Children's Playgrounds to South Drive; thence east and northeast along South Drive to point of beginning.

8. Starting at junction of Baker street and North Point street; thence east to Laguna; thence south on Pierce street to Chestnut street; thence west on Chestnut street to Broderick; thence north to Francisco street; thence west to Baker street; thence north to North Point street, to point of beginning.

9. All the ground within Lobos Square.

10. East by line parallel to and one-half block east of Tennessee street, north by Eighteenth street, south by line parallel to and one-half block south to Twentieth street, west by line parallel to and one-half block west of Minnesota avenue.

13. Franklin Park and vacant block adjoining. Includes all ground between Sixteenth street on the north, Seventeenth street on the south, Potrero avenue on the east, and Bryant avenue on the west.

15. On Fort Mason Military Reservation.

II. Lieut. Col. R. K. Evans, 5th Infantry, is placed in general charge of these camps, and will be known as " commander of permanent camps."

III. Lieut. Col. Geo. H. Torney, deputy surgeon-general, U. S. A., is hereby appointed chief sanitary officer and will be under the exclusive orders of the division commander.

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IV. The following troops having been previously assigned by the department commander (General Orders, No. 35, current series, Department of California) as sanitary police force, are hereby placed under the exclusive control of the division commander and under the immediate orders of the commander of permanent camps

First Squadron, First Cavalry (Troops A, B, C, and D), and Companies B, D, E, and F of the 10th Infantry. Also of the following extra officers: Capt. E. Wittenmyer, 5th Infantry; Capt. M. J. Lenihan, 25th Infantry; Capt. A. B. Shattuck, 25th Infantry; Capt. E. B. Cassatt, 13th Cavalry; Capt. O. J. Charles, 17th Infantry; Capt. P. W. Davison, 22d Infantry; Capt. E. L. King, 2d Cavalry, and Capt. C. W. Castle, 30th Infantry.

These officers and troops will be assigned to duty in the various camps by the commander of permanent camps so as best to exercise proper control.

V. The area within the limits of the permanent camps will be under the control of the commander of permanent camps. Each camp will be under the immediate command of the officer assigned thereto by him.

VI. As far as practicable a medical officer of the Army will be assigned as sanitary officer of each camp. He will report to the commanding officer of the designated camp for duty. His relation to the commanding officer will be similar to that of post surgeon to post commander. He will submit to the commanding officer of the camp an estimate for the necessary labor and material to render and to keep the camp to which he is assigned in a sanitary condition; and will make. requisitions for medical supplies and disinfectants direct upon the chief sanitary officer, who will, after action thereon, direct the issue thereof from the medical depot.

VII. Such number of enlisted men of the Hospital Corps as may be considered absolutely necessary by the chief sanitary officer will be assigned to assist the sanitary officer of each camp. He will make a daily sanitary report to the chief sanitary officer through the camp commander, who will furnish copies of this report to the officer in charge of permanent camps and to the district commander within which his camp is located.

VIII. The areas covered by the permanent camps thus established are hereby withdrawn from the control of district or post commanders, and the commanding officers of the camps are made entirely responsible for discipline. sanitation, and the carrying out of all regulations prescribed for troops on duty in the camps, and for refugees within these limits. District commanders when called upon by camp commanders will give such temporary assistance as may be necessary.

IX. All persons sheltered in permanent camps will render prompt and implicit obedience to the camp commander in regard to matters of decency, order, and sanitation. Any one failing to comply with such orders will be ejected from the camp. Any person ejected from a camp tinder military control for failure to obey proper orders of the camp commander will not be admitted to any other military camp. The names of ejected persons will be reported to the commander of permanent camps.

X. Commanding officers of permanent camps will submit requisitions to the proper authorities for food and clothing. They will

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also, upon recommendation of the camp's sanitary officer, make requi sition for special diet foods for infants and invalids direct upon the officer in charge of the special diet depot at Moulder's School, corner of Page and Gough streets. After such requisitions have been acted upon there by the officer specially designated for that purpose, the supplies will be issued from that depot. It is to be understood that these supplies are to be used solely for infants and invalids in the camps.

XI. The entire responsibility for the sanitation of all permanent camps and all the area within the limits of military reservations is assumed by the division commander. The chief sanitary officer is made responsible for such assignment of medical officers of the Army as will most efficiently control sanitary matters within these limits. No responsibility will be assumed by him or any other medical officer of the Army of sanitation outside of the limits thus prescribed, except in cases specifically authorized in each case by the division com mander. Advice may be given where it is asked, but their responsibility terminates with the limits here prescribed for the proper field of action, and their entire energies will be devoted to the work thus prescribed. All garbage and other refuse of the camps will be taken to points outside of the camps designated by the sanitary officer from which it is the duty of the city health department to see that it is promptly removed.

XII. Officers or other persons now in charge of camps will continue the work until it has been properly taken over by the camp commanders, and will turn over to them such records and other information as will enable them to continue the work already initiated with as little inconvenience to the destitute as possible and give them the necessary information for making comprehensive reports upon the manner in which the camps have been conducted.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 31.
San Francisco, Cal., May 23, 1906.

1. Paragraph 3, General Orders, No. 29; paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, General Orders, No. 23, and paragraph XI, General Orders, No. 29, current series, these headquarters, are hereby revoked.

2. All reports pertaining to military camps will be made to the commanding general, Department of California.

3. All reports pertaining to permanent camps for refugees under control of the military authorities will be made through the camp commanders to Lieut. Col. R. K. Evans, 5th Infantry.

4. The chief surgeon, Department of California, is charged with the sanitary supervision of all reservations and camps under military control.

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5. Capt. Leigh A. Fuller, assistant surgeon, U. S. A., is hereby detailed for special sanitary work in permanent camps for refugees under military control and will report to Lieut. Col. R. K. Evans, 5th Infantry, for instructions.

6. Company A, Hospital Corps, and the field hospital connected therewith is hereby placed under the command of Lieut. Col. R. K. Evans, 5th Infantry, to whom the commanding officer will report for instructions.

7. The sanitation of all areas outside of military reservations and permanent camps under control of the military authorities hereafter devolves on the civil authorities.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 32.
San Francisco, Cal., May 26, 1906.

Capt. William Mitchell, Signal Corps, and 28 men of Company A, Signal Corps, will stand relieved from further duty in this division June 1, 1906, and on that date proceed to Fort Leavenworth, Kans., their proper station.

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation, the Subsistence Department suitable subsistence and necessary funds for purchase of liquid coffee, and the Medical Department proper medical attendance and supplies.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 33.
San Francisco, Cal., May 28, 1906.

I. (1) Upon receipt of this order, the water supply at each of the camps under military control will be tested as soon as possible to determine its fitness for drinking purposes.

(2) Weekly tests thereafter will be made for the same purpose.

(3) The chief surgeon, Department of California, is charged with the necessary arrangements for making the tests prescribed.

II. (1) The military districts established by General Orders, No. 25, headquarters Pacific Division, May 8, 1906, are hereby discontinued .

(2) The department commander will make such rearrangement of stations of troops as to permit regimental and other commanders to properly control their organizations, except such as have been, by

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orders from these headquarters, placed under the exclusive control of the division commander in connection with sanitation and in camps under military control; also such troops as are stationed temporarily in the city of Oakland, Cal.

(3) Duties in general to remain as at present, except that patrolling of streets and kindred work is to be discontinued.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 34.
San Francisco, Cal., May 29, 1906.

The 11th Infantry is relieved from further duty in this division and will proceed to Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., its proper station.

Hour of departure and strength of command will be reported by telegraph to these headquarters.

The commanding general, Department of California, is charged with the details of this movement.

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation, the Subsistence Department suitable subsistence, and the Medical Department proper medical attendance and supplies.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 35.
San Francisco, Cal., May 31, 1906.

Companies I and K, 14th Infantry, are relieved from further duty in this city and will proceed to Vancouver Barracks, Wash., their proper station.

Hour of departure and strength of command will be reported by telegraph to these headquarters.

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation, the Subsistence Department suitable subsistence and necessary funds for purchase of liquid coffee, and the Medical Department proper medical attendance and supplies.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   

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GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 40.
San Francisco, Cal., June 28, 1906.

Troop I, 14th Cavalry, is withdrawn from relief work in this city June 30, 1906, and will be reported on that date to the commanding officer, Presidio of San Francisco, Cal.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   


 

GENERAL ORDERS , }
HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC DIVISION
No. 42.
San Francisco, Cal., July 2, 1906.

Since the troops and detailed officers which conditions of earthquake and fire brought into San Francisco are now gradually returning to their normal stations and duties, the division commander take this opportunity to express his appreciation of the character and value of their services.

It is to be remarked that these duties brought together the large force of the Army and Navy ever engaged in a nonmilitary service under the American flag. It thus follows that as this command represented typically the military forces of the nation, its conduct an bearing are of unusual interest.

On this duty have been employed two general officers, the 1st an 14th Cavalry, the 10th. 25th, 27th, 29th, 32d, 38th, 60th, 61st, 64t1 65th, 66th, 67th, 68th, 70th, and 105th Companies of the Coast Artillery, 1st, 9th, and 24th Batteries of Field Artillery, the 11th Battalion of Field Artillery (17th and 18th Mountain Batteries), 10th, 11th 14th, 20th, and 22d Infantry. Companies C and D of the Corps of Engineers, Companies A and B of the Hospital Corps, Companies A, E, and H of the Signal Corps, 132 staff and detailed officers, among whom were selected representatives from every corps of the Army including volunteers from the retired list. To these were added command of blue jackets, a battalion of marines, and a force of naval apprentices.

The work done falls readily into two phases-the struggle to say the city of San Francisco from complete destruction by fire and the succoring of more than 300,000 suffering and destitute people. The heroic efforts of the army in the heart of the city under Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston, temporarily commanding the division, happily supplemented by the labors of the navy, under Admiral C. F. Goodrich, along the water front, saved the residential Western Addition and practically all the wharves fronting the bay. The efforts of this command from daybreak of April 18 to midnight of April 20 taxed to the utmost the physical strength, the nervous energy, and the good temper of every officer and man. Yet in this fearful disaster, wit its accompanying confusion and excitement, no life was taken by any man of the Army or Navy. The work and its accompaniments were dramatic in the extreme.

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The labor of relief, recognized as beyond the law and assumed by the division commander from a sense of obligatory public duty, became regular by the official call for troops of the Governor of California, George C. Pardee, on the President under date of April 27, 1906.

This duty necessitated the care of nearly 350,000 people (313,117 were fed May 1), destitute in one way or another, in a city without local transportation, without food, with scant water, without sanitary facilities, and forced to cook all food on the public streets, while 200,000 had lost house, clothing, furniture, bedding, having saved as a rule only the clothing in which they stood.

It likewise involved repression of theft and violence by the vicious, noninterference with the liberty and acts of the ordinary citizen, discrimination in the distribution of food, enforcement of suitable sanitary methods, instruction in tent life (43,000 people yet live under canvas in this city), patient consideration, courteous deportment toward the homeless and destitute. Moreover, cooperation was demanded with other independent bodies, the State Guard, the municipal police, and the health commission.

The division commander learns with extreme satisfaction that the personal behavior and performance of duty of the army, of the navy, and of the marine corps have elicited general satisfaction and unstinted praise, especially from the Governor of California, the Mayor of San Francisco, the Federal officials, the Citizens' Committee, and the city press. The very rare neglects of duty and breaches of discipline merely emphasize the extremely high character of the command as a whole.

The division commander commends the adaptability and resourcefulness shown by officers and men in dealing with novel and unprecedented conditions, their consideration and thoughtfulness in alleviating distress, their unvarying courtesy to all, and their uncomplaining devotion to the community and its interests.

These services have anew exemplified the admirable attributes of the American Army, officers and men, which insure the successful application of its moral, intellectual, and physical powers to novel and difficult duties.

The record of this command in San Francisco must reflect high credit on the Army as a whole, indicating, as it does, that the soldier of the twentieth century worthily upholds in time of peril the honor of the nation.

By command of Major-General Greely:

       
W. G. HAAN,
        Captain, General Staff, Acting Chief of Staff.
         
Official:        
S. W. DUNNING
     
 
Military Secretary.
   

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