New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-10

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fitted UP with cabins and Will be prepared by suhu"s
morning. These ships were intended only for the use
OF the passengers OF the Normannla and the h"e'a
and OF course be used for no other purpose
There good many acres o! Government s'0NAu
at Sandy Hook and It will all be used II necessary
Four hundred tents on their way from "asnn'sDn
The sheds once used by the Central Railroad o. e"
Jersey will be converted into barracks ana the eieo
non OF new buildings will be begun to-morr2~.
There will be dining roon kitchen, store-rooms enu
everything else necessary TO the comfort OF the oe
tanned passengers. There will he medical CORPS
and II the marine hospital service cannot supply
enough physicians. medical aid Will be secured eise'
where The Government will do the work thoroughly
and WELL"
DR.. Hamilton furnished a detailed description Oh
the camp and Of the methods which will be empioyee'
Tho government and discipline OF the camp" be SAID,
will be In charge Of the United states Government.
The executive officers will be Sergeant Hutton, vi
the Marine Hospital Service. He will come from
Baltimore There will be guard of thirty men, com
manded by lieutenant Of marines The medicd'
work will be conducted by Dr. Rauch, OF Cmcago' oho
Of the best known sanitarians In the country lie
will act in An advisory capacity to the Government
officials. slall remain here until / am saiisneo
that the camp is efficiently organized had eA'
pected to be here only two days, but now l DO not
know now long shall be detained In t-e East Iiicrc
will be number OF assistant physicians. Inc o'd
sheds used by the railroad company will be repaired
and divided into cabins The spaces between the
railroad tracks will be rooted
"The total length of the barrahss buildings will be
200 they will be eighteen feet wide. 1hey
will be divided Into cabins six feet square Two
persons will be assigned 10 each cabin The large
warehouse at the end Of the pier will be used ior
dining room. 1t Is 100 feet long. There VIII DC
kltcnen. and Il cook and assistants will be engaged
Mt once hospital with accommodations for abon'
twenty will be erected.
"As soon as a case of cholera Is discovered the
yellow flag will hosted and the Health Officer VIII
take such care Of the he may deem proper
The cabin passengers only will be brought TO sandy
Hook. They Will be fumigntcd and their baggage
will be disnfcct"d and fumgatcd. Twice day the
Inhabitants will be Inspected The morning Inspection
Will be AT o'clock and the afternoon Inspection VIII
be al O'Clock As soon as person shows suspicious
symptoms he will be Isolated In a place especially pre-
pared for suspects"
The period OF detention Will vary. IT Will de-
cd upon the condition OF the vessel, the port from
which She started and the health Of the passengers
In ordinary detention OF eight days VIII DC
considered sufficient. As all Passengers will be thor
oughly fumigated upon their arrival. there will be no
separation Of those from the different steamers.
fonnd when visited sandy Hook today In company
with Dr. Rauch that there an abundance OF good
water from two driven wells, and we will drive two
more The steamers Monmouth and Sandy Hook VIII
touch at the pier each day and deliver provisions. NO
ono will be- permitted 10 60 10 and from the camp
without pass and communication with the outside
world except BY telegraph. will be cut on.
telegraph 0fhce viii BE- ready for business at 10
O'Clock a. NJ. to MORROW The camp will be lighted
by electricity. and II VIII be made pleasant ana
habtablc place"
DR. jenkins last nigh, said that as Governor Flower
had authorized him to buy rent Fire Island he
would decide day about the matter but thought
Fire Island would be secured. lie would not say
what the terms OF purchase would be- II Fire Island
were secured he would move the cabin passengers
Of the Normanna and Ruga Immediately TO the hotel
there. sandy Hook would be used for the immigrants
only Accommodations for 1000 stceragc passengers
would be furnished at sandy Hook. The stonington
and New Hampshire would be used for cabin pasSen-
gers until they could be landed al the place selected
for them. With regard 10 the scandal. Dr. jenkins
said that the pilots had received orders to hold her
In the Lower BAY and that she would not be boarded
last night 1t rumorcd late lat night that there
WAS "A bnd state OF affairs on the scanda, but she
lay In the Lower Bay all night good many people
at Fire Island are protesting against It's use for
quarantine purposes. General q. .. Howard was
seen AT Governors Island last night. lie showed
The Tribune reporter the following tclcgrams:
General o. o. Howard, Governors Island. ~ y.
have telegram nom Engineers Department that Secre
ary Of War hs- ti,rpphcd Secretary OF the Treasury
mere giving consent temporary OF the isot"c
part Of sandy Hook selected by him for landing cabin
Messengers from the Noruannla and other steamers IN
quarantine upon his assurance that the point selected i
from the operations OF the proving ground ana more
Than a mile and a half from the Government docks
have also dispatch from Lieutenant warren OF e enrih
eer corps SANDY Hook, stating that Nnc OF his wor"h2
force are leaving there from Apprehension OF dah8' anu
,bs, ne NAV have 10 clos- hi, works. have advised
him no, t close operations until further order Would
IL not lie advisable establish an adequate guard bt"e'h
hc tcmoary camp and the northern point OF sandy Hook
,.o,. o.cr,icd hy ordnance and engineer iaboicist
GILLESPIE. Engineer.
General O. o. Howard Governors Island. y. Y
se.rctary Of War ects that you order by blectaph
Surgeon Henry NJ. Cronkhie at Fort Ir"ib"' I" Pf -
c,od without dcly Sandy Hook and TO take his s"
,,o there for duty the Government emTloy' there
, detail 70 continue during encampment n civilians
landed there from ted vessels and quanntlnei III
New.York Hafbor. You are authorized to employ
ED zen ply scian by the visit for service at Fort Iruou
during Dr. Cronkhites absence
L. WILLIAMS. surLeon.ficncrsi
ro coIonel ,;lllcspie's telegram General Howard an
swcrcd
Don't like n chances OF contact by Establish
Ing guard Please OF send onicef here III morning
for consultation. H..
General Howard said he thought IT would be better
10 have "A small number OF watclmcn to DO gu"ru
duty rather than To have number oNsoidiers cA
po,ed while going and coming 10 relieve one nhother
on guard lie laid he Ind ordered the gun-testinS u
be stopped, the firing annoyed the qiar'h"heu
pass;ngcs and he thought II might perhaps be bct'ei
10 stop altogether at the station. lie iad no oIu''
ne said. TO make any preparations for the care oi
the paesengcrs and thought all that would be the
duy of the Quarantine authorities or OF the steam
shin companies, or perhaps Of the passengers them
solves lie thought the old railroad station would
afford shelter.
Lieutenant Colonel Gillespie who has charge Of the
Government reservation at sandy Hook, SAID 10 Il
Tribune reporter yesterday afternoon Il telegraphed
o General Casey, Chief Of Engineers at Washington
thi, morning ashirg If the War Department had gver
permission TO use the grounds at sandy Hook Tor
quarantine purposes. have just received telc
gram from him saying that the Treasury Department
had been authorized 10 establish quarantine station
there temporarily, with the understanding That d"
Isolated unused section would be used, "A mile ana
half distant from the Government dock and sale from
tlc operations Of the proving grounds. The railroad