Show APPEAL TO AMERICANS TO AID LAND LEPER COLONY Need Million Dollars for New Treatment Lepers Send Thanks to General Wood Possible Now N to Cure C re Disease Office Office of ot the Governor General oi ot the Philippine hl Manila July 9 9 15 Editor Standard Examiner I am inclosing an 1 n appeal Lp al to the the American people for tor aid in the antl work HI in the T Islands There Th lh re Is 18 aIs copy coty cO of ot a n letter Jotter signed by b 1384 lepers which which- s lS an insight into the condition und unit feelings of ot these sorely sorel afflicted tM people k I 1 earnestly this ap ap- appeal peal be given as cb publicity over or o r It se II you OU may feel justified In Riving giving Very ery sincerely O LI-O WOOD Governor General The article by b Governor Gov Wood entitled An Appeal for COI the Lep Lep- Leper Leper Leper er follows and below that Is the copy of ot the letter which the sent to Governor Wood Throughout the world today there Is deep and widespread in interest in- in interest terest In the Lh treatment and care Ot leprosy England nd has organ organ- organized the tho British Empire Anti Lop COS osy society and is making ar nr- ments for Cor a widespread ef effective ef- ef c campaign against this head dread disease dil ae in India and else else- elsewhere where IX IN ISLAM Ii to III the th Philippines s we Wp have about 1000 lepers of ot whom are arc segregated and under treatment on Cullon Island the Island the worlds world's largest leper colony colon The care and treatment of ot leprosy has been een carried on here steadily for lor or the past 20 years and In Intensive form lorm during luring the past three years Well ell known experts on leprosy have visited Cullon and are arc unstinted in In their praise of the work being done dona Our efforts have been lim limited lied only by the means available The results r suits are mOlt moi log ing We 0 have ha already alread nega nega- negatives tives hyes and several hundred more in insight sight 75 71 per cent of ot the cases un un- under under un- un under der treatment are improved and 1 6 have been returned to their homes as cured The rhe people who i formerly looked upon Cullon Culion with I Icar tear ear and dread are commencing to loo 00 upon it as a place not of ot seg segregation i and Imprisonment but us as asa asa a place of ot care treatment and possible cure i iI i iI I believe belle we are on the verge erge of ot I reaL eat results In the treatment and care caro of leprosy but we need help i I We e are nrc working not only for tor the lepers e here but t for o lepers all over tea te a I the world o and a our o success s will be theirs as well The insular l ap-l ap for tor the colony colon are are about third one-third of the entire pub pub- lie health appropriation Never I we need neld more money and i 1 he Insular government cannot give more This money mone will boi bo be used for lor additional buildings for tor for roads to agricultural lands and for tor fori forthe i he the establishment of ot small agri agri- agricultural agricultural agricultural cultural and antl segregation groups 1111 1 especially for tor trained person person- Id laboratory equipment person person-I a wards equipment t and skilled I personnel for tor research work and andI treatment I I CAN X ni Dl WIPE OUT I 1 want to raise a million dollars for tor these purposes Money Mone can can- cannot cannot cannot not be better spent Not only wilt will willIt It Il bo be for f r the immediate benefit oj of the lepers themselves but it will be for toe tuc general study stud and treatment of ot the disease which i believe can be he eradicated In these Islands I In other words d wo we shall I ih t f render a great servi r to stricken rl humanity throughout large por por- portions por-I por portions Hons of the world and md demonstrate I that this dread disease can be controlled We Ye were successful in our ef efforts ef- ef efforts I forts to eradicate yellow fever and to control malaria In Cuba The I methods there employed have bavo I made the tropics as safe sate as the temperate zone We Ve have ren- ren rendered dered the Philippine Islands safe sat against cholera smallpox and plague by scientific methods of ot control We are now carrying on this great campaign for tor the control and eradication oi Ot o leprosy We c need your our help The American people have ba baever ever been generous In sup sup- supporting porting movements moments mo ments of this kind and I again appeal to their gener gener- generosity g ner- ner and end spirit of service in be behalf b be- be behalf half of these stricken people eople who are arc the tho most unfortunate and at- at of Gods God's creatures I Contributions may be he made pay able to the chief of ot the bureau of ot insular affairs war department Washington D D. C. C They The wilt will be b transmitted to the Philippine Islands Tal- Tal ands ends and spent under u of the governor I 1 IJ COLO COLONY Cullon Culion Nov No 11 11 1922 Ill Ills Excellency Leonard Wood Governor General of the Philip Philippine pine Ine Islands Manila I Through the chief of ot the col- col colony colon ony on Sir We Vc the undersigned unfortunate unfortunate Inmates of ot the Cullon leper colony colon desire to express our most sincere thanks and endless gratl- gratl gratitude gratitude tude tu e for tOI the many helps that you ou have already alread bestowed upon us both In your our personal and official capacity In the name of ot humanity and for tor our own own personal benefit and welfare a e Having I heard ard rumors which are ar confirmed by b the newspapers that Your Excellency will wilt soon leave lea the Philippines to assume as ume charge of ot the tho work ork which is awaiting you in the United States we humbly beg and petition your our excellency not to abandon ln us WI without the tho as assurance all as- that the great and noble work you jou OU have undertaken for tor the despised lepers shall be continued NE' NE Tm a n Por many long weary years ears we had nothing to look forward to but butan butan butan an open grave Not a ray ra of ot hope shown across our dark and gloomy gloom pathway until you became Inter Inter- Interested interested ested sted in our terrible misfortune With your our coming a new star shone above abon our narrow horizon horizon- the tho star of ot hope For Kor the first firt time in our desolate lives an ac active ac- ac active tive live interest has been ben taken in welfare Hope has become the very essence of ot our lives Through your vivid interest In our welfare the th new treatment has been ex ex- extended extended tended to us and If same ame Is con con- continued continued we hope and look forward for the day tia da when we shall be able to depart d part from this prison and leave behind us this our solitary Island forever In order to take up once more the tangled threads ads of ot life we e left behind us when this terrible malady marked us as its victims and thus be able to to con con- contribute contribute contribute tribute our grain of oC o sand and do our bit for tor the prosperity and welfare wel wel- fare tare of ot our dear country A new new- trail thanks to your interest In itt our behalf has now been blazed for tor forus forus us across the vale of ot despondency and despair leading to a new new and wonderful existence MADE AI E t tW We W have full confidence that whoever may succeed you as chief executive e of ot these Islands he will not take any backward step rela rela- relative relative tive the to the policy you laid out for tor Cullon Cuilon but hut the world can never ne deny that before you came our newly ne' risen star of ot hope was not known then the world cared eared very little of ot our sufferings suffering's and miser mIser- miserable mIserable al able le existence and ana we were left leU only to take out our misfortune the gaping Jaws of ot an open grave claiming us as its ifs prey pre However conditions have now changed considerably thanks to the timely arrival of ot your excel excel- excellency excellency lency lenc tho the acclaimed saviour of ot lepers lepen When you OU leave our shores please bo be assured that you shall carry with you ou the tho everlasting gratitude and fond memories of ot these unfortunates who have found in your excellency the angel and conductor of their alleviation and hope for t better days to come e Wo We shall 1 1 always l v treasure your most venerable name and your our benevolence benevolence lence shall servo serve always as our comfort In our hours of ot grief g let and distress Lastly please allow us to wish you ou and your family the blessing of ot God for tor your jour our kind heartedness and humanitarian and ond noble work so far tar bestowed upon us us and beg to remain with due respect Most respectfully respect tUlly yours Comagon F F. O. O 0 Stevens Pastor de do la Ia Cuesta Lorenzo Isabel de Solon Guiller- Guiller Guillermo mo Sian Eugenio Felipe Marciano B. B Santos Jose Joso M. M Rods Roda Ceferino Francisco Euseblo Eusebio Esperat B. B A. A Leano C C. C Cayetana etana and 1369 Other Colonists |