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Eight defenses against disease in Army camps are outlined by Major Soper. The information is valuable for civil administration as well as military. The lines include draft examination, detention, instruction, camp construction, literature, coöperation between military and civil authorities, daily inspection, quarantine and the hospital.

From 17 to 30 May 1973, a doctor and a delegate from the ICRC were in Angola. From 21 to 25 May, they visited the detention camp of Sao Nicolau, the military hospital, the Luanda prison and the Luso prison. They saw, in all, some 1,900 people detained for political reasons and they were able to talk with them in private.

On 27 September 1973, the "Vietnam Presse" agency published an article entitled "The International Red Cross approves the treatment of communist prisoners in South Vietnam", mentioning a visit by the ICRC delegation in the Republic of Vietnam to the Chi-Hoa "correction centre" in Saigon. The ICRC delegation did indeed, on 14 June 1973, go to that institution built for the detention of several thousand detainees but, as "Vietnam Presse" admits, the delegation had access to only 83 prisoners of war (officially described as Vietnamese communist prisoners) who had been sentenced to imprisonment for penal law offences during their captivity in a prisoner-of-war camp. The delegation did not see any other detainees and was therefore unable to make any statement concerning their number or conditions of detention.

Fishing for shrimp in San Francisco Bay started about 1869. The first fishermen were Italians and there were 8 boats engaged in the fishery. They used small meshed seines 60 feet long and 8 feet deep with a bag in the center. The nets were used in deep water and took very few small shrimp or fish. They usually took from 50 to 75 pounds of shrimp in a haul and made from 3 to 5 hauls on each tide. In 1871 the Chinese introduced the Chinese shrimp net and began to take large quantities of shrimp, but as the market for fresh shrimp has always been limited, the greater portion of the catches was dried for export to China. The Chinese fished in Tomales Bay and San Francisco Bay. The Tomales Bay camps were abandoned during the early nineties. In 1885 public opinion became aroused against the Chinese nets, as they took large quantities of young fish, and the controversy on this subject continued until 1901, when the Legislature passed a law placing a closed season on shrimp fishing for the months of May, June, July and August. The Chinese hired attorneys to fight this. A boat crew was arrested for a test case, which the State won through all the courts up to and including the United States Supreme Court. In 1905 the shrimp interests managed to get the four-month closed season removed, but at the same time it was made unlawful to export dried shrimps. In 1909 a closed season of three months, June, July and August, was again adopted, and in 1911 the use of the Chinese nets was prohibited altogether. During the period from 1900 to 1911 there was constant trouble over the shrimp fishing. Fish and game deputies were arresting the Chinese crews and there was continual agitation. In 1915 the backers of the Chinese put through a bill which again allowed shrimp fishing on south San Francisco Bay (District 13) with the Chinese shrimp nets. At about the same time a trawl was put in use in the northern end of the bay. The law prohibiting the exportation of dried shrimps was retained until 1919, when it was repealed. From 1919 to the present time Chinese shrimp nets have been used in District 13, the shrimp trawls in District 12, and not more than one-half of any one catch could be dried legally. Shrimp fishing is carried on under several methods of organization. Frank Spenger Company and Quan Brothers maintain their own camps and buy the shrimps from the trawlers, who fish for them at a definite price per pound. The fishermen in this case have no more interest in the shrimps after they have delivered them. The Chinese camps in South San Francisco are organized under three working plans. The larger number of camps are owned by Chinese companies maintaining offices in Chinatown. These camps are leased to a group of men who work on shares among themselves. The company which owns the camp is paid for its use by handling the total catch at a definite price which allows it a profit. The price paid to the camps for fresh shrimps, for instance, has been 5½ cents per pound for a number of years. The camp crew maintains the boats, gear and buildings, and manages its own commissary as a community affair. One man is usually camp boss and has the responsibility of supervising the activities of the camp. There are two camps which depart from this procedure. In one of these, two men own the camp and gear and pay definite wages and found to the crew, and in the other, two men own the boat and gear and work in partnership, sometimes hiring a third man. The present day camps vary from a 2 man outfit fishing 20 nets to a camp of 8 men using 50 nets. The first of September is the beginning of the fiscal year in the camps. At this time the shareholders are at liberty to break away if they choose and go to some other camp. Very few groups stay together more than a year, and there is considerable shifting around, though few men leave the fishery and very few new men come in. The beds maintained by each company are held from year to year. They were originally laid out on a first-come-first-served basis. There are unwritten rules concerning the staking of new beds. A new bed must be far enough away so it will not "cork" an old bed. "Claim jumping" is rare, but a controversy over this between two large companies nearly precipitated a tong war in 1930. The matter was, however, amicably arranged. A bed does not necessarily have to be operated to be held. The larger companies generally have two or more beds, although they seldom work more than one. In some portions of the bay the beds can be used only during the summer due to weather conditions, and these are left idle during the winter.

• Yesterday's Albany death toll reached fourteen, including two who died in army containments• Corporal Earl E. Reed and Mrs. Reed died Thursday (Oct. 10) in Montreal of grip and pneumonia• Brothers William and Arthur Gottschalk also died yesterday morning; funerals to be held privately tomorrow at 4:30 p.m.• Also, Frank Silverwood died Wednesday (Oct. 9) of influenza at the Naval Training camp at Pelham Bay; funeral services will be held at his home, Sunday afternoon, 142 Dove St.• Arthur B. Maguire, a student at the U.S. Military training camp at State College for Teachers, died yesterday morning at St. Peter's hospital• William Bauer died of influenza yesterday at Albany hospital• Other victims included Miss Helen M. Lynch, Mrs. Irene Pierleone, Miss Bessie Socholter, Granconto Pagano , Genarro Mullo, Mary Cantento, Joseph Rustinio, and Sgt. Clifford N. Ostrander ; Newspaper article ; 14

• Spanish influenza is in at least 25 army camps throughout the country. Today 7 camps reported influenza for the first time. Surgeon General reported total number of cases is 20,211 [?], which includes 2,225 new cases. • Camp Meade, MD—20-30 cases of influenza are in hospital but disease doesn't appear to be spreading currently. • Newport, RI—influenza epidemic is nearing its end. Only 84 cases were reported and 200 patients were discharged. • Baltimore, MD—200 men at Camp Holabird and the government depot at Curtis bay are at general hospital at Fort McHenry and are believed to have Spanish influenza. • Quebec—300 college students at Catholic college of Victoriaville reported to have Spanish flu. Two students and one faculty member have died. The college is quarantined. Nine sailors on ships in Quebec have died. Several were American. • Quincy, MA—Naval doctors and nurses helped to care for cases of influenza and pneumonia. More than 40 deaths have occurred. Estimated to be 3,000 cases of influenza among Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation. • Camp Grant, IL—400 cases of influenza at Camp Grant. No deaths. • Ayer, MA—Officials believe that epidemic will soon pass, even though there have been sixty-five deaths from influenza and pneumonia in the past 24 hours. • Boston—"The epidemic of influenza and pneumonia continues without abatement in cities and towns surrounding Boston today" Twenty deaths reported yesterday• "An Atlantic Port"—36 cases of Spanish influenza aboard a ship from "an Atlantic port"• Boulder, CO—53 men in army training have influenza. ; Newspaper article ; 7

300 service men were sent yesterday to Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, as part of an artillery unit.'Hundreds of relatives and friends assembled at the Santa Fe Station to give the men a send-off, andrepresentatives of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Welfare Commission were on hand.' 'Men from other sections of theState are being sent to Arizona, Camp Lewis and the military camps around San Francisco Bay.' Volunteer menare needed at Fort MacArthur as 700 men from the East failed to arrive. Draft boards in charge of Lieuts. A. R.Ginsburgh and Lawrence W. Fox will be set up in Los Angeles and this contingent may be sent overseas soon.In Pasadena, the ban against public gathering will be put on hold for 'a mass meeting at the room of PasadenaDraft Board No. 1 of men in the new draft who want to go to France immediately.' ; Newspaper article ; 2

Among topics discussed: How Griffin became E. D. Rivers's executive secretary; Rivers's personality; Rivers as a New Deal advocate; factionalism in Georgia politics; Griffin's 1954 gubernatorial campaign strategy; politics under the county unit system; the popular support for Eugene Talmadge; Ellis Arnall; the political break between Arnall and Rivers in 1946; reasons for Rivers's 1946 gubernatorial bid; the 1946 governor's race; Rivers's entry into politics; Rivers as a politician; Roy Harris; the 1936 governor's race; Lint Miller; Rivers as governor; modern politics; Francis Powers; Bay of Pigs; Jim Gillis; Thomas Camp; the 1936 George‑Talmadge Senate race. Federal intervention in state affairs; Rivers's drinking; Huey Long speaking to the Georgia House of Representatives; James Hamilton Lewis; sales tax; prohibition; school buses; pardons; Carl Sanders; pardons; Griffin's retirement. ; Marvin Griffin (1907-1982) served as Georgia's Adjutant General from 1944‑1948, as lieutenant governor from 1949‑1955, and as governor of Georgia from 1955 to 1959.

Saloons will be monitored and if they draw large crowds (especially with other amusement places closed), they will be closed as well. • Many meetings at churches and other organizations are being cancelled. • Weddings and funerals should be private, according to orders. • "There is no alarming change in the situation in Louisville."• Estimated that 1,000 civilian cases have been reported since the start of the epidemic. Most, if not all, cases are said to be mild. • 25 new cases were admitted at City Hospital yesterday. Total number of influenza cases there currently 100. There have been 4 deaths there. 5 patients were discharged yesterday. Said to not be any serious complications among the patients. • Additional death at Kentucky Military Institute yesterday. • Names, ages, name of nearest relative, and address/residence of the recently deceased at the Camp are listed. • Juvenile Court joined the Criminal Court in closure until Monday. • All departments of the University of Louisville are closed to all students but those enrolled in the Student Training Corps. • Classes and clinics began again at the College of Dentistry, University of Louisville. • The 118th annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Kentucky is postponed. • The situation at Camp Knox is reported to be good. There are fewer cases than in Louisville and there are "ample" resources to treat cases. • The police placarded all homes that have been infected with green signs today. • Twenty new "mild" cases at the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home. No deaths have occurred there yet. Disease mostly affecting children (146 boys, 137 girls) at the home, along with four teachers and one widow.• Officials at the Detention Home deny that influenza has hit their operation. Several children are reported to be receiving medical care. ; Newspaper article ; 1, 11

Epidemic in city not imminent, say physicians. Slow increase in cases in military camps around Baltimore. Government, State, and City medical authorities claim to have the situation under control and not fear an epidemic. 300 cases at the military hospital at Fort McHenry. 1900 cases at Camp Meade but only 2 deaths. Outbreak at Edgewood involving 1100 soldiers and 40 civilians. Dr. C. Hampson Jones, chief of the bureau of communicable diseases of the State Board of Health, did not consider the situation alarming. Few cases of pneumonia but he considers it the grip and advises those with symptoms to go to bed at once and take care of themselves. Health Board of Baltimore fully prepared and do not report an unusual amount of influenza in the city: "While, of course, this disease is so generally prevalent in all parts of the country, we may expect an increased number of cases at this season of the year". Health Commissioner Blake recommends "not to expose themselves to well-known sources of infection, such as overcrowded assemblages. People ought to avoid crowds everywhere, protect their bodies from sudden atmospheric changes by proper wearing apparel and avoid excessive indulgences of every kind". Dr. Blake, Dr. C. Jones, and Colonel Walker, Commander of Edgewood, state there is no need for Edgewood quarantine. It would disrupt civilian workers and war efforts. Hardships and expense advised against quarantine. New cases at Camp Holabird, at Curtis Bay and at River View. After monitoring them, they are sent to the Hospital at Fort McHenry. About 300 patients now suffering from the disease at the Fort. No deaths yesterday. Health attendants are provided with small contagion masks. The enlisted men and patients not allowed to gather in large groups. No visitors allowed in isolated wards. Men at the Fort are still allowed to come to the city and some 100 patients from overseas will go out to work on the fourth Liberty Loan. Physicians refuse to label it an epidemic although symptoms are more severe than usual. Disease first appeared at the Quartermaster's Department at Riverview yesterday. About 12 soldiers fell ill so close to the city, causing worries among officials. Meade authorities encouraged. 1900 cases of flu reported at Camp Meade, no deaths and patients showing signs of improvement.14 cases have developed pneumonia. Quarantine against the public established at 1:00 yesterday morning. No one admitted to the camp except on official business. Military police enforced the quarantine, however, the quarantine did not extend to officers and men at the new Signal Corps camps at Kelly's Station. ; Newspaper article ; 16, 5

Contents: Question in the House of Commons -- Vigil outside the Indonesian Embassy -- MPs visit Indonesian Embassy in London -- Two more signatories to early day motion on Indonesian political prisoners -- Indonesia now on Human Rights blacklist -- Selected works of imprisoned poet published -- Ambassador 'briefs' Indonesian students in the Netherlands -- The numbers game continues -- Conditions on Buru -- Arrests in Bandung -- Malnutrition in Ambarawa Prison -- Arrests in Jakarta on Independence Day -- Prison labour for tourist project -- The fate of an ex-detainee -- Tapol question causes embarrassment for Indonesian observer -- Trials take their steady toll, eight years after the event -- Tapols' attitudes must change, says General -- Amnesty Groups petition visiting General - The tapols, case notes: Rivai Apin, poet ; Mrs Njono, housewife ; Martojo, computer engineer