New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-29

been almost four hundred sent to the hospia1 1
from the Catana by the quarantine ohi0eiS,
though Dr. Ireland and the o'ner SUI t sond,ne
the ship said there was no Necessity VI
all OF them there. -
The knowledge that there was plenty OF COCO
things to eat at the hospital probaDiy haue
many of the men feel sick enough 10 De 'a a,ara
there as soon they heard of IT, Dut 'hey W.
carefully looked over by the hosptai Surgeons
and almost three hundred or them sent pdch -
the detention camp. Conditions at the hospItdis
Improve daily Eleven nurses came from Doslo"
to-day and THIRTY men and women nurses came
from other cities. More are sun heeueu' HV"-
PLENTY OF HOSPITAL SUPPLIES
In the matter of supplies the hospital is get
ting all il needs and Colonel FOrwOOd SAID ne
had $1,000 available for the purchase OF an?
supplies whatever, the fund arising from 'he Wv
cents allowed under the War Departments reSu-
lations TO sick soldiers in the hospitals Tor lhe
purchase Of food other than Army raiions. Inc
hospital is also, through the improved means Oh
transportation. receiving plenty or lumber ioi
the extensions that are being added 10 the an
mex. Quartermaster knight sent a hundred
loads up to-day, and sent forty-hve up yester-
day. But that sent yesterday was secured by
northumberland for the construction OF
floors for the tents of the we'll soldiers ana ohIy
q few loads reached the hospital such diver
sion Of the lumber is no; likely to occur again
There is still need Of cots in the hospitals
but there are plenty Of mattresses. and the SICK
are not so badly off on that account
The Discrimination Of the troops who came
on the last transports and the unloading Of the
baggage were finished to-day. and not soldier
except those arriving tonight, is now out in the
bay. The .4th Michigan and the lst United states
Infantry came ashore this noon, and both organ-
cations as they marched up to the detention
camp looked well for the service they have
seen. They were In far better condition than
the list New-York and the I'd Massachusetts
when they came ashore.
DETAIL FOR LIEUT. TIFFANY's FUNERAL
Colonel Roosevelt and a detail from the Rough
Riders left MOntauk on John Jacob Astor's
yacht, the Nourmahal this afternoon to attend
the funeral Of Lieutenant William TIFFANY
which is to be held at Newport tomorrow.
There was. besides Colonel Roosevelt, Lieuten-
ant Ferguson of Troop X. Tifany's troop. and
the detail was in command Of Sergeant Lie, of
the same troop The rest OF the detail was made
up of a trooper from each troop. They were:
George Allen. Of Troop \; Horatlo POLK or
Troop Il: Corporal f.. r. Jordan, or Troop g
Albert Russell OF Troop ID; II. Almach of Troop
Z: Willard O. Cochran. Of Troop f. Alfred j.
Conover Of Troop c.. Trooper Frye. of Troop II
Maurice j. Starius of Troop L. Troopers Carroll
and Bernard. of Troop X; William Johns. OF
Troop L. and DR.. T. NJ. Beard. of Troop II.
John Jacob Aston was the yacht Nourma-
hal. and while she lay in the harbor he went up
and called General Wheeler. The gunDoat
Vicksburg came into the bay to-day with a Ioad
OF supplies from the women of Newport for
the 9th Regulars. Commodore and Mrs. KouN
were on board. and Mrs Moves and Mrs. Wal
tiers. daughters Of Admiral Luce. The supplies
were brought ashore Dy the Jug AIeIt 'ai
ried TO the Regulars camp.
An excursion boat attempted 10 land at Mon
tauk to-day. in spite Of the protesting signals OF
the patrol-bOat Aileen Finally the Ai!een hred
q shot across the steamers bows, ana she
turned and fled
SOLDIERS EXHAUSTED IN THE STREETS.
ONE or THEM SAYS THAT HALF THE TRUTH
ABOUT CAMP wIKOFF HASN'T YET BEEN TOLD.
Sergeant Thomas Brennan. Of the ath United
States Regulars. fell exhausted AT Grand-si and
the Bowery yesterday and had to be taken TO Gou-
Verneur Hospital. lie had been i'll at Camp Wikof
and Yesterday morning left there furlough, in
tending 10 go TO his family in Fort Leavenworth
At the hospital 1t found that the man was suf,
ferng from exhaustion brought on by malaria anc
When the ailing soldier was asked II It was true
replied The half has never yet been told this nos
pia Ike heaven 3 by @ isfan,,v United States
Army was taken III Yesterday afternoon IN ir0nt
malaria. ,,.--.. =, u,o..
home is in Syracuse. Is another soldier who was
removed TO Bellevue Hospital yesterday suffering
foSrths ferryhou No record of his company
regiment was placed on the hoiP'ai books 9S:,,n,
w sam Ssen nsa the Gai Thri police
Hospital idi He is suffering with malaria. :,
Still another victim Of IN, msss + George A. ff be
camp at Montauk yesterday. and had left the ferry
boat al Thiriy-fourth-st only IL" ni.utTs "ie,'
he fell faintng the ground. patIOiman ran
10 his assistance and he carried into the ferry
house 10 cwai; the arrival " an ambulance, which
took him to Bellevue Hospital. Henderson lives In
Iona Mich, and wanted to reach his home az soon
as possible
TO BRING PRIVATE EARLE'S BODY HOME.
The death of Private D. NJ. Earle. of Company
NJ list Regiment at Camp Wkoff, on Saturday.
was a sad blow TO his widowed mother and two
sisters who knew nothing of their loss until they
read of the death in the newspapers yesterday
morning The mother and her daughters started at
once for the camp and hope there 10 arrange 10
bring the body this city. although they are too
poor to defray the expenses themselves.
The family lives No 1J3 West One-hundredth-
st The dead soldier tWenty-Onc years ola ana
worked as a bookkeeper in hardware store be
fore going the war. When he reached camp
Wikor ten days ago from Santiago, he wrote to
his mother that he in perfect health. and
hoped 10 be with her soon. He died from malaria
CAMP THOMAS SOON TO BE DESERTED.