Evening star., 1898-08-10
CAMP NOT WHOLLY READY
Nevertheless More Troops Will Reach Mon
tauk Point Tomorrow.
Prospect of q Strike Amon. tho Car
penters at Work-Proeress
of Preparations.

| NEW YORK, August 1O.-Of the thirt,
| hospital cases in the military camp at Mon.
tauk Point, fully one-half It is said TODAY
are i'll with typhoid fever There is ONT
| case of measles and a number of soldiers
| are down with dysentery.
! The hospital is now in good shape. and
will be finished today. The kitchen is go
| ing there, the ranges being up and working
! Almost all the 800 tents have been erected
Otherwise, the camp Is by no means pre-
pared for the troops from Santiago, who
| are expected to arrive tomorrow, although
| progress is being made.
The men were busy at the two buildings
| intended to hold the commsssry stores
| One of these buildings is TO be 800 feet long
and thirty feet wide, the other is 200 feet
! long and thirty feet in width.
The flooring of the larger building has
| been laid and the frame was erected YES
terday. 1t will probably be covered today
and both buildings will be finished by Sun
| day.
There Is. however. some prospect of a
strike by the carpenters employed on the
government work. Tney allege that they
were engaged upon representations, both as
to wages and hours, as well to their
housing and food that have been violated.
Col. c. A. Woodruff, chief commissary OF
the department of the east, is in charge OF
the food supplies at Montauk Point He
said today that rations. for 25,0O0 men for
one month would be stored in the buildings
In addition a refrigerator car of fresh
meat will be sent here daily for the army,
along with carloads of bread, about 1O,00G
leaves day, with several carloads of po-
tatoeS and onions.
A carload of fresh meat was due today,
which will supply the 100 men of the 9th
Cavalry and the 800 men from Fort Nc
Phcrson until the main body of troops ar
riVeS here.
The question of water supply is still a Sc
rious problem. Beyond the slightly brack-
ish water of Fort Pond, which can be used
for the horses and for culinary purposes to
some extent, little can be had yet Piping
and pumps for the projected driven wells
are still lacking.
A Severe Storm.
A severe northeast storm reached Mon
tauk camp at 8 o'clock this morning, and
continued with but slight diminution or
brief intermissions until midday. The most
of the men in camp were exposed to the
rain, but the signal corps Jared the best
bivouaclking under their shelter tents 1t
Is said that all the available tents in the
country have been ordered to Montauk
Point, but at lest there will be several
thousand mAn at the camp by Thursday
night or Friday unprcvided with shelter
from the elements.
-Four troops of the 1St Volunteer Cavalry
Rough Riders) reached Jersey City at 8
o'clock this morning, route to camp.
These troops are not of the number that
fought so bravely at San Juan Hill and the
other enga gements before Santiago de Gu
ba, but constitute the portion of the reg
iment that was detained at Tampa Earlier
in the day there reached Jersey City 500
men of the 1st, 9th ard 10th Cavalry, from
Fort Mcpherson and Tampa. The men
were placed on board ferry boat for Long
Island City, from which place they pro-
ceeded east by rail to Montauk Point.
Floating Quarantine Station.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August 10.--The
new United States disinfeeting barge Pro-
tector, built in this city, was today towed
down the Delaware river. Ell route to Fort
Pond Bay, opposite Montauk Point, l.. l.,
where the vessel will be used as a floating
quarantine station.