New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-06
THE IROQUOIS ARRIVES.
THE PASSENGERS BRING INTERESTING
STORIES FROM THE FRONT

rhe limited States transport 1roquois arrived
,era Yesterday from Santiago with twenty-one
on board She came into port unex-
oo,edlv. and her arrival resulted in the post
ronement OF the work Of disinfecting the Yale
- The quarantine force was needed 70 fumigate
~ Iroouois None Of her passengers were III.
I'd they we're all landed yesterday afternoon
-. ~. quarantine tug while the vessel was held
~. d,einrection. Some OF the officers who came
~ on the steamer are sick leave. while
..hs-e have been assigned 10 other posts Colo
= Weston, formerly chief commissary OF
-, Danartment Of the East. and more recently
.,.+ cornrnissary Of General Skaters army.
-. one OF the passengers. He has had charge
', tho landing OF all the supplies at Santiago.
-. pev DR.. McCook Of Philadelphia; Colonel
o.ae 7 s A. and other passengers on the
...o,oer were emphatic in their opinion that
~ ,roops could not leave Santiago for the
with any too soon. and that II the men were
-, =, once taken away from there hundreds
would die.
THOSE ON BOARD.
~. ooronlete passenger list Of the Iroouois is
as follows
.., = WESTON United States Army.
, y porIAN 9th Massachusetts Volunteers
C.,or.l John H PAGE 80 Infantry.
pa, n, u. c MCooK. chaplain. % Pennsylvania
Volunteers
,,.n,.nsr, W X JONES 9th Infantry.
I,.n,snsnt 9 n ROBERTS nth Infantry
.n,.r.,, II H WARREN Of General 1Awtons staff.
I.u,.nan, n r. WISE. 9th Infantry.
~ MALLORY. clerk 10 Colonel Weston.
" TPAVFRS clerk - Colonel Weston.
THOMAS pENEY. sergeant Company B. 9th Infantry
IoHy z ANDERSON. private. Company d. 9th Massa-
chusers Volunteers
- DAWSON. musician LIST District Of Columbia
Volunteers
FARRELL. rrivat. Company H. 9th Infantry.
CIVILIANS.
~. Rev DR.. JOSEPH KRAUsKoPF. Of Philadelphia.
Mr. LEARY.
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS.
" ARMSTRONG The N~w-Yo-k Sun"
= ARCHIBALD. The san Francisco Post"
FRANK NORRIS "McCure's Magazine
w n POWERS The Boston Transcript"
COLONEL, wEsTON's STORY
co,orel Weston. as soon as he reached the
,,,, wen, 70 the Army Building and called on
,hs officers there He is under orders 10 pro-
csed 70 Porto Rico and join General Miles He
will leave for his new post in few DAYS When
sA.n by a reporter Of The Tribune at the office
y, Colonel Woodruff who succeeded him as
coror,ssarv officer Of the Department Of the
ros, Colonel Weston said in speaking Of his
work at the 'front.'
MY work was necessarily IF the hardest char
acter. The first place that I landed supplies on
the island Of Cuba was at Acerraderos where
nut ashore provisions for Generals Rabi ana
Castillo. Of the Cuban Army day or so later
on June q. began to put supplies ashore at
Paiouiri My orders were 70 land 2ooWo ra-
,ions but the task was an impossibility. | put
off 100000 rations and that night the depot was
changed 10 Siboney. which is nearer santiago
That was or June %. the day the troops began
70 land From that time 1 began 10 shove
,be spnn,ies ashore Sometimes ! had 10000
ra,ions On shore. and then. again, the supply
would run down TO 10000. We were able to
land supplies every day except two. and during
that time there were enough rations on shore to
feed all the troops.
af"There never a day when there were not
three DAVIS rations at the disposal Of the men.
I had in all 100000 rations enough TO last the
Army three months. The work was hard. but we
got there
st~+ UNLOADING THE SUPPLIES.
"I-nloading the supplies interesting work
Every lighter that was sent TO Cupa was lost'
except a small forty-ton open deck lighter mat
carne from Galveston Tex. and this secured.
The coast was rather steep. and II was difficult
70 get the things ashore. We would take the
lighter out TO the supply ships. run alongside
and wait for the swell to carry her near the
level Of the deck of the ship. The moment mat
she was near enough the men on board the DIE
vessel would throw what they could on the
LIGHTER They would wait for the next swell and
renea, the operation and in this way the lighter
%, her load When the lighter was full We
,.ould take her in as near the shore as we
.do-ed venture and unload her into two small
boats I borrowed from the Navy. These boa's
would he taken in almost TO the surfline. and
the boxes would he broken up. the negro
laborers would dvest themselves Of their clothes
and get out in the water. and carry the sup
niles ashore This is the way all the f1rst stores
were landed. though later built small pier
long enough 10 run the lighter up 10 ana thro"
OF the load on H.
One If the great difficulties In the way OF as
trlhuting the food the lack Of Tanspor'a-
ton The brigade commssary ofhcers SEM III
their pack trains and the mules were Iosoe'
and sen, off n the front. There is one iac'
tia, must be remembered and that is that ra'
tons did not come without work. the "a!
that the wounded began TO come ln-'hat "ds
the dav Of the hght--I had FIVE CARLOADS o' Of
ncers' supplies ready These supplies consist
OF canned fruit. mineral water and ginger are
and other things which are appreciated py 'he
sick or wounded
Another difficulty experienced in hannhhs
the stores was the fact that the ships were
improperly packed. In many cases the pro
visions that ought TO be the first thing removed
were put on board first. and over them was
packed camp equipments. soldiers baggage ana
other things. This made It very diff1cult 10 ee'
al the stores when the vessel arrived al o'-
honey In some instances the rations appeared
10 be thrown in.
Every ship that came North with SICK ana
wounded received from my department what
ever supplies were asked for. / did not kho"
OF the censca and the Concho cases untl j