The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26
ALGER'S TARDY INTEREST
Sending Home the Troops
From Camp Wikof
on Furlough.

NEW YORK, Aug. 26. 1S9S.-Secretary
Alger today resumed his work Of inves-
tigating the affairs of Camp Wikoff, Mon
tauk Point, L. l. Among the first things
he did was give attention to granting of
thirty days furloughs to the SeyenIy-ilrst
New York Volunteers and the second
Massachusetts. General Aiger told the
commanders of these regiments TO take
out a list of all the men who were able
to leave camp so they can depart for
their homes as soon as possible The
Seventy-first men will go by train TO New
York while the larger number OF the
Second Massachusetts, men VIII PROBABLY
go by boat direct from Montauk
The Rough Riders are also to be grant
ed Iuriougns and SO will the M1chlgan
Volunteers.
At the expiration of their furloughs the
Seventy-first men will not return to Camp
Wikoff, but to Camp Black, to be forrnal-
~ mustered out. The Second Masachu-
sets men viii report to South Farming
ton for mastering out after their fur-
loughs Some of the sick men in the hos
pitfalls who are able and willing to be re-
moved to their homes will be included IN
the list of those on furlough.
General Alger has given notice that
sick regulars will also be allowed to go
home on furloush, so that within few
thousand of the men who are now IN
camp will be away to make room for
those now on the transports in fort
Pond Bay awaiting to come ashore, and
those expected on transports yet TO come
from Santiago, including General Snaft-
er and his staff.
General Alger said he did not know
when he should leave as he wanted TO
see things in better shape before he went
away General Alger. while making his
rounds, made a careful inquiry on rou-
tine AFFAIRS, and whether sufficient sup
ply of ice and milk had been received at
the hospitals. When he found what he
considered neglect anywhere he plainly
raj n account fhDS6 SDOnSlDlG.
Secretary of War Alger today received
a despatch from Adjutant General Cor
bin in Washington, informing him that
President Mckinley could not come to
Camp Wykoff this week. The President
will visit the camp, but he is not look
ed for now before the middle or end OF
next week.
Another transport reached the camp to-
day 1t was the d. H. Miller and she has
the men of the First Regular Infantry,
376 in all, on board. Twenty OF them
are sick, but there We're no deaths during
the voyage, neither are there any of the
sick men down with a contagious dis
ease.
There were two more deaths reported
today. John Gully, of Company c, Sew
enty-first Regiment. died of dysentery,
and John Born, of Company E, Twentieth
u. S. Infantry, died from dysentery and
exhaustion, In the General Hospital there
are 1,080 patients. There are $50 typhoid
patients in the hospital which is de-
crease The number of men in the de-
tention camp was 2ss, and this is also
lower than yesterdays
The gunboat Marietta also dropped ans
chor in Fort Pond Bay today.
The announcement that general fur
loughs were to be granted caused much
activity in the camp of the list n. Y.
Vol. and Second MASSACHUSETTS this morn
ing The men generally began to get
their belongings together preparatory 10
going home.
Many OF the volunteers when they land
ed here from Santiago, were in rags and
tatters. They have since been. supplied
with other clothing, and most of them
will be able to make respectable APP
pearance.
The Second Massachusetts men are es-
pecially well off for clothing as their
New England friends have been very
generous to them.
Col Clark says he will get his men off
for home as soon as possible.