New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-19
WOMEN VISITORS At CAMP.

The noon train brought party ~ the mem
hers OF the Womens War Relief Association 10
Camp Wikon They were Miss Helen Could
Miss Virginia Tucker. Miss Virginia Orton. Mrs
Hubbard Brown Mrs. O. f. French. wife OF
Captain French Or. Alice Crawford Brown.
Mrs T. Cantlne and Mrs J Morris Brown wife
Of Colonel Brown
They took carriages upon their arrival. and
We're driven ont to the hospital. Miss Gould
acting director general OF the association was
particularly interested In the progress 81 ar
fairs al the hospital.
They walked through tho wards with Surgeon
Washburn had the men recently brought In on
the transports pointed ont 10 them. and stopped
TO talk with some Of them. Miss Gould made
notes as she walked along. asking about the
drugs needed and inquir.ng II the supplies she
had lately sent down had been satisfactory
Surgeon Washburn told her one Of the greatest
needs for teams and wagons TO transport
supplies from the station - the hospital. which
i'm fact Is need felt by FL the troops. FOR with
all the teams ana wagons that are here there
are not sufficient for getting the. supplies out
to the various camps.
Mlsa Gould md the women with her after A
call Gene~-l Young. returned 10 the city on
the evening train.
There also came down the noon train Mr.
ard Mrs Douglas Robinson. William T. Ward
well and Mrs. Winthrop cowdin. Twenty female
trained nurses came on the same train. making
thirty nurses now in the hospital with thirty
more expected Tomorrow.
The body OF Trooper J. Knox Green, who was
buried yesterday. win be exhumed and sent TO
his home in Gonzales. TEX. The name. Of the
unknown man who was buried with him has
been discovered 10 be Herbert, Of Troop ID. LIST
Cavalry.
ROUGH RIDERS VOTE TO Go HOME
eide upon whether they should enlist in the
Regular Army and go 10 Cuba FOR patrol duty
or not Out OF four troops which voted there
was not one vote cast TO go. They all feel that
now the war is over they would like to go home
This seems To be the general feeling among all
the volunteer troops here
The Rough Rider camp Is not complete yet,
for their comrades. who were In Cuba. are still
in the Detention Camp. They are To be dis
charged from there tomorrow
Colonel Roosevelt has been discharged in adj
vance. and left the camp last night lie slept
at the Second House. Two politicians were up
10 see him and when the subject of politics was
preached to him to-day he said he was not
talking politics now TO any one. and was not
Interested in IL. He was concerned solely with
the regiment. lie had simply eaten and breatned
the regiment ever since he had gone into
it, and the thing that concerned him now was
his mems comfort.
Tho Colonel has received n four days leave OF
absence from General Young. and on Saturday
he In going to Oyster Bay to see his family. He
expects TO come back at the end of his leave
and remain with his regiment until II IL mus
tered out.
Two more transports the Comanche and the
Seneca were sighted of Amagansett this after
noon They will arrive tonight too late Tor
more than n superficial examination. and Will
he held the quarantine line until tomorrow
GEN. WHEELER TO TAKE COMMAND TO-DAY
ator-Gcneral Joseph Wheeler returned To
Camp Wikofr at GO o'clock tonight. AS he
descended from the train Of The nrst ques-
lions asked him was why he had broken the
quarantine law Of the camp. He said In reply
that he had had no idea or intention OF breaking
any OF the camp rules but that he had received
a telegram from the Secretary OF War To re-
port Immediately AT Washington. and he had
simply done He had seen both the President
and the Secretary while away and had returned
to Camp Wkoff 10 zee what he could do for the
aick soldiera lie intended 70 take command Of