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the country made operations difficult in 

 the extreme. Accordingly, fortified with 

 the Insular and provincial laws, we pro- 

 ceeded to institute and enforce the most 

 rigid restriction of the movement of all 

 classes of domestic animals, to kill all 

 animals found infected, and other sus- 

 ceptible animals considered as being 

 directly exposed to infection. My first 

 concern was to guard against further 

 spread of the disease. This was accom- 

 plished by establishing a series of Scouts 

 patrols well beyond the most remote 

 known infections, to prevent the escape 

 of any animal from within the infected 

 zone. Detachments of Scouts were then 

 stationed in the barrios within the 

 infected area to tie up or corral every 

 carabao, head of cattle, horse, pig, goat, 

 and dog. Before taking stations, the 

 quarantine detachments were given brief 

 instructions as to the nature of the 

 disease, conditions tending toward its 

 spread, and the nature of their duties, 

 which consisted, briefly, in taking an 

 accurate census of all classes of domestic 

 animals in their districts, securing them 

 in corrals or by ropes, and inspections 

 twice daily to insure against their move- 

 ment and detect infection. From certain 

 barrios detachments were sent morning 

 and afternoon to patrol the trails running 

 from the coast to the mountains in 

 order to prevent the movement of 

 animals north or south. Written reports 

 were submitted at my office in Davao 

 every "Wednesday and Saturday, and an 

 immediate report was made of new 

 developments of any nature. 



The quarantine regulations provided 

 tor the absolute restriction of the move- 

 ment of animals within the infected area 

 excepting in the town of Davao, where 

 horses and dogs were permitted in the 

 streets. It was desirable to permit the 

 use of horses, because practically all of 

 the shipping interests are centered in 

 Davao, it was therefore necessary to 

 make some provision for the transporta- 

 tion of merchandise. Very little hardship 

 or inconvenience was caused by rigid 

 quarantine in the outlying districts, as 

 most of the towns and plantations are 

 located on the shores of the Gulf of 

 Davao, and transportation is mostly by 

 launch or native boat. The hacenderos 

 did not suffer through the enforced idle- 

 ness of their carabaos and cattle, as very 

 little land is cultivated. I considered it 

 best to tie up hoises and dogs outside of 

 the town of Davao, because they present 

 some little danger as infection carriers, 

 and in view of the drastic measures 

 taken, we could not afford to overlook 

 even such agents of infection. 



I made inspections of the detachments 

 in the infected area nearly every day, 



and of the more remote posts as often as 

 possible to stimulate interest in the 

 work, to further instruct the soldiers, 

 and to keep in touch with the changing 

 conditions. On all of these trips of in- 

 spection I was accompanied by a ranking 

 Scout sergeant, through whom I issued 

 all orders, also by a Constabulary private, 

 who arrested the men whom it was occa- 

 sionally necessary to prosecute. 



The infected area was limited on the 

 north by a creek near the barrio of 

 Ylang, on the south by the Taloma 

 River, on the east by the sea, and on 

 the west by the Apo mountain range. 

 Many of the animals in the barrio of 

 Taloma were infected, and this condition 

 presented a grave danger to the large 

 herds to the south ; therefore, cur first 

 efforts were directed toward cleaning 

 up this district. In all of the work, the 

 scheme of daily inspection, the absolute 

 prohibition of the movement of all 

 classes of domestic animals, the immedi- 

 ate slaughter of all sick aud directly 

 exposed animals with a thorough chemi- 

 cal disinfection of contaminated corrals 

 and wallows, was carried out as 

 thoroughly as possible, 



The enforcement of the quarantine 

 of carabaos and cattle in the town of 

 Davao proper interfered seriously with 

 business, so it was desirable to hasten 

 the accomplishment of the task there. 

 Accordingly, I had Mr. Burris remain in 

 Davao much of the time for the first 

 few weeks. No soldiers were used in 

 the town of Davao, as two efficient 

 native policemen were detailed for the 

 service by the municipal president, 

 Lieutenant W. H. Dade. The infection in 

 Davao yielded readily to the measures 

 initiated, so that during the last week 

 in January it was possible to relieve a 

 few work carabaos and cattle on pass 

 and under guard from quarantine during 

 the days just preceding and following 

 the arrival of boats. The quarantine 

 provisions against horses and dogs were, 

 of course, never enforced in the town 

 of Davao for obvious reasons. 



No animals were slaughtered except 

 under my personal direction with the 

 exception of a few suspected cases which 

 I directed Mr. Burris to destroy when- 

 ever unmistakable symptoms develop- 

 ed. In almost every case the owners 

 readily consented to the slaughter, and 

 there were but few exceptions. I 

 recorded the names of owners, the class 

 of animals, estimated the value of all 

 animals slaughtered, and in accordance 

 with the laws of the province submitted 

 this list to the district governor. No 

 provision has been made for the indem- 

 nification of these owners. In my 



