Show HOMELESS THOUSANDS r d SUPPLIED WITH FOOD Everything Possible Being Done to Bring Brin Order Out of Chaos and Relieve Suffering Conditions at t Golden Gate Park Im Improving ln proving rS Sanitary nit r Arrangement t taS I a aS Soure ur e of Much Anxiety 1 San Francisco Frncisco April AprI 21 Among the homeless hundreds now being b sheltered at Jefferson square conditions are as admirable as a they could be under tinder the awful circumstances The Th Th relief com corn committee has supplied every ever sufferer with wih food blankets have been supplied and many man tents are In place An effort has ha been be n mad tad by b the mil alit milItary Har and civil ivil authorities to t secure some kind of an list of the dead In the neighborhood t So far they have been greatly geat handicapped h through their inability to get reliable people to engage in the work Among the te homeless in iii tile the tle square iua are many may little ones nes Last night there was a shortage short fe in the milk mik supply but this condition was relieved at at an early hour this morning by the te arrival of many cans of the preCious fluid Early Earl this morning there was great geat excitement among the refugees over the reported shooting of a looter in the square Certainly a shot was fired but by whom and at what point nei neither neither nd ther military or civil civi authorities doing police polee duty in the neighborhood have been beeh able to ascertain It I Is known however that no one was wa shot by b either soldier or police at Jefferson Jeferson square during the Danger Is Great The sanitary condition of the camp in the square is a matter mator that must be given immediate attention if the health of the homeless is to be pre preserved preserved served This matter mater is In the hands of the engineering corps of at the army and no time will vl be lost In looking to the sanitation of ot the whole city cl but mean meanwhile while there is great gret fear that that sickness wi will ill wipe out the lives of many unfortunates unfortunates unfOrtunates who have been saved saed from earthquake and fire fre There was some relief of the crowded I condition of the camp in the square sC are before noon today when a little army arm of I refugees carrying all al they had in the world upon their backs made their way through debris and wreckage to the ferry fer building Here those who were out of funds were given trans transportation tas praton across the bay At Golden Gate park prk where there are camped probably the greatest number of refugees refuge conditions today are im improved improved proved No estimate of the number of people in the park can be made made at this time but some sort of a canvass canvas is be being ing made by the military authorities to ascertain the approximate number of people as a well wel as to relieve all al the in cases caes of suffering and to im irn improve Improve prove the sanitary conditions The food fod situation is not serious There Therewa was wa plenty of food of the simplest sort of course cOure provided for every one at t the different bread brea lines this morning noon and more will wi be dealt out this after afternoon Army Officer In Command Major F H Keesling of the First battalion of oC the coast artillery artler N G C C Cis Cis is in command of the military relief measures In the park His have been established at the tennis courts Here supplies of ot sugar coffee sug bread and canned goods are arC being dis and at another point some prepared meats were given out Army Any tents as a miny as could be obtained were set up everywhere and other ther can vas van va protections were made of blankets rugs carpets bed carpet clothes and every other sort of material that could eyeT be used for the purpose In some places refugees had cleared out spaces be he neath the thick shrubbery sae and the semitropical plants for which Golden Gate park is famous and under these found some sort of natural protection from the chill chi night air airAs airAs airAs As yet there has been very little sick ness aside aide from nervous shock and physical exhaustion and from these most of the people have had time to re cover The efforts of the military au nu today are all al in the direction of improving the sanitary condition and providing safeguards against any ble epidemic that may result from the exposed situation of so many thousand people All Al refuse and debris of or every sort must be ever deposited In trenches dug for that purpose and th the park has been divided into various sanitary districts over which military officers have been given command and which are re pa trolled by regular soldiers of by muni cipal police Dolce Information Bureaus Established Information bureaus bUrl Us have been es en and and telephone service is be e ing provided by the signal corps of the regular army At the entrance of the park known as the Pan Handle dis an enormous billboard has been erected and is being used as a tory by those who wish to designate their location locton in tIe the camp for the ben benefit be edt eft of seeking friends All Al vehicles that enter the park are ate confiscated by the military authorities and are being used to deliver supplies to the vari var various ous points as well wel as to remove refu refugees refugees ref var a gees desiring to reach points point beyond the jurisdiction of the authorities All Al those who desire to leave leve the park and to go to any point in the interior of the state are encouraged to do so o as every person peron leaving relieves the situation to just that extent A Visit along the north beach b of San Francisco Including the Presidio reservation revealed con which may develop Into a seri serious serious sen senous ous menace to the health hoth of ot the city People who have been permitted by good fortune to remain within their homes have violated ordinary health heath precautions having been b en deprived of ol water for flushing purposes purpose In the Presidio esidio the military author ties tes are using every endeavor to create creat cete healthful conditions The large lorge corps of ot men are ate baing being detailed to provide provid sewage sew ge system and disinfectants n are arc ae i being freely distributed to prevent the thc te threatened epidemic of diseases At the general hospital in the Pre Presidio sidio si dio patients are being Cared forIn for forin forthe in the wards is Many of ot these patents patients were v ere removed to the general generl hospital fi from fr om public and private hospitals In various arious v parts parts of the city Several Sever hun dred tI red persons were w re attended yesterday and a nd today for contusions abrasions burns b urns and minor injuries At the general general hospital in the th Pre Presidio sidio si dlo seven deaths deats have occurred At the Childrens hospital on Califor California nia a la street a large number of injured d dad and ad a nd sick persons person have hare have been treated But B ut one death deat has ha occurred at this hos hospital pital p ital Several Sever smaller hospitals In the west western ern er c nn addition additon are caring for large num nunia numbers nu u bers h ers of injured people but few deaths in the hospitals being beig reported In the Presidio over people p are being eing b sheltered in 40 O tents ten t A con constant conant on s1 st stant ant stream of wagons and pedestrians ped j Is entering entering and leaving the reservation Vehicles V of every ever description are ar being utilized u to carry household effects cf ts and provisions p and altogether generally satisfactory s conditions prevail The Tho commissary c department is caring am amply ply p ly for the people withIn the reserva tion Uon ti and those on persons who reside close closEy by b y Provisions are being distributed cose with w ith liberal hand flour four beans beas canned L goods g ga eggs and milk mik being given out in iii L ample mple a quantities The milk mik and eggs egg are ar a re being served only to young moth mothers ers e rs and ad Infants ts and to families anie fn Is F which w there are young children Three cargoes of supplies are now at a t the Presidio dock and the goods al at already ready eady rea r in the warehouse will wil last lat for a a week w eek or ten days at the present rate of ot distribution d Large quantities of goods are a re now en rute from coast points p ints and from f rom the cast ct Ten Thousand In Camp The largest open camp in the tho city lies oL opposite o Fort Mason lIason It I extends from les Larkin arkin L street to Presidio and from Fil bert b ert to the waters edge It I was esti Fi wa mated m today by the military authorities est that th at this section contained upwards of 1 people all al of whom are sleeping and a nd living in tents tent or similar shelters These are ar for the most part art among the poorest p of the te city Nearly half holf of them te are a re Italians It I Is stated that no deaths have h ave occurred there during the past pat t hours hour and that the sickness is I s confined co principally to babies and old ld people eople p The entire vast area is exposed pd directly d to a fresh breeze from the ocean and a nd physicians believe belee that this is a oca most fortunate f condition |