tenance of the leprosarium.** Later, the cost of merchandise was paid
by the supply officer of the Civil Administration Unit Saipan, from
Trust Territory funds.” Selling prices of Island Trading Company
(ITC) goods were ten percent less than the consumerceiling price
quoted in the ITC catalog and those of Navy goods ten percent above
cost.**
Each patient received his subsistence and clothing. The food issue
consisted of one half pound of meat and one half poundof rice per
day, and one pound of sugar, one half pound of lard, three pounds of
flour, and one pint can of milk per week. The cost of issued food
per patient per day for the period July 1-December 31, 1950 was 36
cents. Supplementary food obtained locally, including that from the
leprosarium garden, consisted of bananas, breadfruit, cantaloupe,
corn, cucumbers, papayas, squash, string beans, sweet potatoes, taro,
watermelon, yams, onions and radishes. On Wednesday and Saturday afternoons those who wished were taken by truck to other areas
on the island to gather wild fruits. Clothing was supplied by the
administration and the Baptist Missionary Board. The people of the
Trust Territory never forgot their friends and relatives on Tinian
and sent them occasional gifts of clothing, livestock and money.
The Catholic missionary on Tinian, Father Martian, a Capuchin,
ministered to the patients of his faith. Two Protestant missionaries.
Reverend and Mrs. Colbert, of the Baptist Missionary Board, were
stationed at the leprosartum. Mrs. Colbert conducted a school for
the patients and all who wantedto study were excused from working
at the regulartasks.
Patients with arrested cases of leprosy were allowed to return home
or remain on Tinian. Those who went back to their homeislands
were required to report to their district dispensary every six months.
Those who remained on Tinian, usually the blind and crippled who
did not want to become a burden to their families, continued to be
supported by the administration and worked as much as they were
able.
Late in the period of naval administration, HiComTerPacls inaugurated a homesteading program on Tinian for patients discharged from
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