diately authorized to be purchased by Passed Assistant Surgeon Magruder, who was placed in command. Two medical assistants and a hospital steward were ordered to report to him. Tents and camp equipage were furnished, nurses and guards employed, and all sanitary measures taken both to prevent the further spread of the disease among the colonists and to prevent its extension beyond the quarantine lines which were thrown around the camp. Four hundred and eleven refugees were received in the camp, of which number 178 had smallpox, there being 51 deaths from this disease. The camp was closed October 21, the disease having been confined entirely within the established limits. The expenses, paid from the epidemic fund, amounted to $14,123.49. The Bureau is indebted to the collector of customs, W. A. Fitch, esq., for his prompt information and active and intelligent cooperation. Further details are enumerated in the following report: REPORT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF CAMP JENNER, EAGLE PASS, TEX. CAMP JENNER, EAGLE PASS, TEX., SIR: In obedience to your order of September 30, I have the honor to make the following report on the establishment and administration of Camp Jenner, and will preface my report by briefly stating the causes which necessitated its establishment. During the months of January and February of the current year, a large number of negroes (about 1,000) from Alabama and Georgia were induced by agents of the Tlahuialila Company, a syndicate owning large plantations about 30 miles east of Mapimi, in the State of Durango, Mexico, to settle upon their lands for the purpose of growing cotton and corn. After a few months of work the negroes, claiming that they were insufficiently fed, that their contracts had been violated, and furthermore discouraged by the appearance among them of a disease which was called "cotton-pox" by their employers and their physician, began to leave the colony in large numbers. Traveling slowly in crowded freight cars, subjected to numerous and vexatious delays, insufficiently supplied with provisions, without money, and in many instances suffering from small-pox in its different stages, they finally reached the frontier in a condition truly pitiable. About 300 of them arrived at Eagle Pass from July 23 to July 30, and while awaiting the completion of arrangements by the State Department for furnishing them transportation to their homes, the prevalence of small-pox among them was detected by the State quarantine officers, and the entire number was placed in quarantine. At this juncture an inspection was ordered by you, and the condition of affairs (as conducted by the State quarantine officers) can be best understood by giving the following extracts from the report of your inspector: * EAGLE PASS, TEX., August 3, 1895. SIR: * The refugee camp is well located, 3 miles from the city on the north shore of the Rio Grande, in the angle formed by the junction of Elm Creek with this stream, and separated from the city by Elm Creek, which at this point is about 30 yards wide and 4 feet deep. The camp equipment consists solely of two small tents and a few dozen cooking utensils. Practically no attempt is made toward nursing or furnishing medical treatment to the sick, the management of each case being left to the individual fancy of the friends or relatives of the patient, and the burning of rags and the drinking of "yarb tea,” and other forms of negro medication were in progress at the time of my visit. The rations furnished by State authorities is limited to bread, bacon, and coffee, and is the only food furnished to sick and well. This entire country is covered with a low growth of stunted mesquite which furnishes but little shade and effectually keeps out any breeze that may be blowing; on the ground under these bushes the sick lie on old rags, blankets, and quilts, and as the shadows move they painfully change their position in a vain attempt to find some relief from the burning sun. Only four guards are employed (no other attendants or nurses), and no organized attempt is made to restrict refugees to any definite locality. Consequently they wander in every direction in search of shade. The destitute condition of the negroes, their ignorance of the country, and the difficulty in crossing the creek will prevent attempts at desertion to some extent, but as soon as deaths increase it is more than likely that the survivors will become frightened and many will desert, if, in fact, they do not stampede in a body. The small-pox camp is about 100 yards from the refuge camp, and whatever attempts are made to isolate the two are certainly ineffectual, for at the time of my visit a dozen or more from the latter camp were found visiting their sick friends, and were ordered away by Dr. Evans. The register of the refugees is not yet completed, and consequently there can be no roll call, or means of detecting desertions, and two parties, one of six, and one of eleven, said to be refugees, were seen on the railroad track above camp going north a few days ago, and the smaller party was again reported as having passed through Spofford, 48 miles north of this city, on yesterday. About 100 have been vaccinated, and the remainder will be similarly protected upon the receipt of additional supply of vaccine points, which are expected to-morrow. It is impossible to say how many refugees carrying infection are at large, but if this town escapes it will be due solely to the protection afforded by vaccination. The frequent small-pox scares occurring across the river cause the citizens to keep themselves well protected by this means at all times. Very respectfully, SUPERVISING SURGEON-GENERAL, G. M. MAGRUDER, Passed Assistant Surgeon. United States Marine-Hospital Service, Washington, D. C. The State quarantine officer, on account of the limited quarantine appropriation at his disposal, was unable to incur the expenditure necessary to properly equip and conduct a quarantine camp on so large a scale, and in obedience to your instructions assistance was offered. Twenty additional guards were accordingly employed; two physicians were sent to aid in caring for the sick; the purchase of the necessary cots was authorized; tents were shipped from Waynesville, Ga., and in accordance with a further request, made by Dr. Swearingen, State health officer, authority was granted the officer in charge (Dr. Evans, quarantine officer) to increase the ration and purchase all necessary supplies for the sick. On August 10, however, after a personal inspection by State Health Officer Swearingen, the State asked to be relieved of the burden of further administration, and in obedience to your order the service assumed control of Camp Jenner on August 11. Tents which had been sent by fast freight from Waynesville, Ga., were pitched as goon as received. A hospital capable of accommodating 200 patients was established and placed under charge of P. A. Surg. M. J. Rosenau, assisted by Sanitary Insp. Percy Abrons, with the necessary corps of nurses and attendants. Four detention camps were formed, and the refugees who had not contracted the disease were taken their former infected camps and, after thorough disinfection, placed in these. issary building 14 by 20 was erected, and a bridge 100 feet long was thrown Im Creek in order to facilitate communication with the city. Discipline as the circumstances seemed to demand was inaugurated; picket lines, closely |