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Title: Souvenir: trip of congressional party to Panama, March 12-18, nineteen hundred and seven;
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Acheson, Ernest Francis, 1855- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (Washington? Pa.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ive decentlywhether they wish to or not. At thistime the penitentiary contains 100prisoners, a small number consider-ing the character of many of the com-mon laborers, who have come hither.The Canal zones police force con-sists of 180 persons, 80 white men,and 100 blacks from Jamaica. TheJamacian negro, having lived underBritish rule, is a law abiding citizen,and makes a good officer. Each po-liceman must be at least five feet eightinches in height. The blacks are paid$40.00 per month and board, and thewhites $75.00. After two years ser-vice the whites receive $83.00 permonth, and the ten sergeants $125.00per month. Under the management ofCaptain Shanton it is a model policeforce. The captain was for twentyyears a cow boy in Wyoming. He sawservice with Buffalo Bill. When theSpanish war broke out he was sheriffof the county in which he lived, and_resigned to become an officer in thearmy. President Roosevelt knew ofhis qualities, and put him in charge ofthe police department here. He is
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Beautiful Palms and Road at Ancon Hospital. certainly the right man in the rightplace. This afternoon we visited the Anconhospital. It is said to have the mostbeautiful location of any hospital inthe world. Ancon is a volcanic moun-tain which rises for a height of 620feet from the sea. Its top is within amile of Panama city. The Frenchgraded off the side of the mountain200 feet above the ocean, and formeda plateau on which the numerous hos-pital buildings were erected. The out-look from the hospital grounds is mag-nificent, and the cool breezes are al-ways in motion there. Extensivedrives and walks have been laid whichare amply protected from the torrent-ial rain fall by heavy stone water-tables and culverts. The entire ex-penditure for building and grounds issaid to have been over $3,000,000.Some say $5,000,000 were expended,but the United States secured every-thing for $1,000,000. Some of thebuildings have been remodeled andenlarged. A number of the patients who werespoken to were l

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