Show Ir DESTITUTE AT NOME tl < GEN RANDALL WANTS TO SEND l ft TEM BACK I > t g His Request to Run Them on Any fi Vessel Available is Approved by War Department f f ti Washington Aug ilGen Randall j f commander of the Department or i Alaska has made the following report i I upon the condition at Nome At present there are about 15000 t 1 peisons l In and about Nome It Is estl jnatcd there will be 1000 destitute here I at the close of navigation l requcnt that I be authorized to send all desti ceU tute persons u1 of thc countr by any Ji vessel available in case ctmnmytans ports are not here S A post site fans been selected at the I mouth of Nome river three and one i ij half miles east of Nome Tho work J of Construction now is I progressing I rapidly Gen Randall recommends 1lpldl Randal thai i the post be named Davis in honor ofGen Jefferson C Davis who coin ti I mnndcd the first troops in Alucko He also reports that he haa chartered I the tugboat Meter > and has collected col-lected l the destitute natives betxvecn Sinrodk and Topkuk and encamped them on the bench cnit of the Nome i river m The commanding officer of that i camp haw been directed to furnish sub I slstcnqe and medical assistance mcdlculaslslatce Reports Indicate that the natives all along tho coast are dying of measles I and pneumonia t Smallpox has been checked no noW cases having been rcporte In twelve I days 5 5 All the recommendations of Gen t Randall above noted have received the approval of the Secretary of War |