New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-09
NO VOLUNTEERS AT MONTACk
ALL SAVE THE REGULAR TROOPS HAVE
LEFT THE CAMP,
WHAT IMPREssEs vIsIToRs-EMPTY COTS
IN GENERAL Observation-Disclosures
OF THE BODIES OF GENERAL
WHEELER's son AND LIEU
TENANT KIRKPATRICK.

Camp WikOn the last three cepafuhS V'"'
and there has been. in consequence. notceao'e
falling off in the number OF visitors VINO came
in on to-dav'c trains The crowd. too that has
usually hung around the station most OF 'he
day was thnned out surprisingly, and the lit
tie building seemed deserted when compared
with the condition in the days that have
passed.
Even the information bureau was making It's
nreparatiens 20 clcsa anC Major Morris c. Hutch
ms. who he's had charge Of the bureau. was
busily engaged IN packing UP and getting ready
70 81 10 Cincinnati where he has been ordered
n relieve Captain Alfred ". Palmer. the act
ing quartcrmaster. It made the slow breaking
UP Of Camp Wikoff more apparent than 1t has
yet been, and those who were left behind could
not help feeling a bit lonesome.
But the absence OF the usual crowd indicated
something else besides the fact that Il had been
drawn here principally by the volunteers II
made evident that the number Of sightseers
who came 80 Camp Wikon was, after all. sur
prislngly small and yet just 10 see the camp is
worth the long journey from New-York City
II is a sight that will linger in the visitor
memory for years to come. and he will ever
count among his pleasantest experiences the day
he went TO see the camp of the Fifth Army
Corps the army that did the fighting and won
the battles In Cuba.
UNIQUE IMPRESSIONS OF THE CAMP
The impressions he will have by the way will
also be unique and from the moment he alights
from the train he will forget he Is on Long Isl
and. on the contrary, II Will strike him from
the beginning. that he ia In some brandnew
thriving. Western town. which. for the time
being. at any rate. marks the terminus NJ the
railroad. The newness and apparently hasty
construction of the Imprinted buildings about
the station. the mounted men riding In or away.
the saddled horses tied AZ hitching-rails. await
Ing their riders: the endless procession OF Army
wagons. with their four and six mule teams.
will all help the fancy 10 this conclusion. and
the ever shifting scenes. with their variety and
novelty. will keep the fancy in this channel,
rather than lead It in other directions.
But with the gradual passing OF the res-
ments these scenes Will become less strong.
There stu many troops In camp. but the
Regulars will begin going away In few DAYS
and in a couple OF weeks the strength Of the
camp will have fallen of TO only few thou
sand men. BY that time. too. Major Ira c.
Brown the executive officer Of the general hos
pital. says al the patieats in the wards OF the
general and detention hospitals viii have re-
covered sufficiently to be sent away on Through.
routine Of n regular Army post
Already the wards fast being cmptied. and
when the Rev. " o. Laid, the rector OF Grace
Church Jamaica. called Major Brown to-
day to tell him The church had fitted up a hos
pital in jamaica and would like 10 for
twenty sick soldiers. Major Brown had 10 tell
him he knew Of no one he could send, for in the
general hospital there we're now only go pa
TENTS, and It has eleven hundred empty cots.
MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTY FIRST RE
NAMING.
While the list New-York has long since gone
home there still fingers at the general hospital
Lieutenant Alfred r. Roberts. OF Company r.
He is tho last Of the officers who have stayed
behind and he feels though he had almost
been lost sight or He taken sick upon the
day Of his arrival and sent to the general hos
ptal where he expected TO remain only n few
days He has thought all along that he had
only maarial fever but the surgeons say he has
typhoid Although still n sick man. ne is slowly
improving. But there IS another list man who
has mystcriously disappeared since he came 20
Camp wikoff He is Frederick Auryansen. Of
Company n. and ne was landed from the ROu-
mania last Sunday. He had been left behind 20
nurse yellow fever patients.
Tho sad deaths Of Thomas ~. Wheeler and
Lieutenant Newton u. Kirkpatrick have aroused
the sympathy of the whole camp. while from
the outer world kilograms have been pouring
in all day for General Wheeler expressing the
deep sympathy Of the senders. The officers here
took early opportunity Of expressing their
sympa ihy, and among the first 20 call was Cen
eral ShafteT. He spent half an hour with the
Friefstricken father and was followed by Cen
oral Young General WillistOn. Colonel RO0sc-
welt and others. At some time in the day an cX-
preston Of regret and sympathy reached the
General from every officer In camp. while among
The soldiers much sXprCEgpi for the
Generals grief.
RECOVERY OF THE BODIES
The bodies Of the young men were not recov-
cred until after midnGh, last night Lieutenant
Kirkpatrick's was the first to CONS ashore and
It discovered about 1890 o'clock A half.
hour Ia ter one OF the patrol saw young Whreler's
body being beaten against the rocks by the surf
and ne gave cry Of alarm He was immcdi-
atcly joined By others Of the patrol. who rushed
into the surf up to their waists and brought the
body ashore. l. was removed 10 General Wheel
er's headquarters.
Both bodies will be sent away for burial.
That Of Lieutenant Kirkpatrick Will 20 to his
home In Lexington Va. and the body Of Cadet
Wheeler viii go tClWheeler Ala., Tomorrow
who are here, will accompany the body. and
their departure from camp Will be quiet
This morning the clothes Of "A private soldier
90 infantry regiment were discovered on the
beach and il supposed another of
drowning had occurred There was n name
sewcd inside the trousers but 1t was too illegbe
10 be made ont. The lile-sayi ing corps has kept
boat out all day for he body but none has
We. come ashore. The beach 10 q rather danger
Gus place 10 bathe. unless considerable caution
is observed for there arc life lines and the
current ana undertow often strong
General Bates is In command Of the camp.
General Shafter has gone. suddenly and almost
without warning TO Washington General
Wheeler Is downcast and overwhelmed by the
sad death Of his son. and has secured detach-
mcnt ard furiOugn home. General Iourg is
detached and ordered 20 Camp Meade IN Penn
sylNania. Therefore General Bates succeeds Ia
the command of the camp ard ~ the Fi'ih Army
Corps pending The return Of Maj0r-General
Shsfter, or the coming Of some other ma ior- gen
eral To- succeed him. There seems 10 be an idsa