New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17
THE OLIvETTE HERE.
worNpEp BROUGHT TO THIS CITY FOR
CARE.
-,,v PATIENTS REMOVED TO THE MA
R1NE HOSPITAL ON STATEN ISLAND LAST
>rcI7.-ScE,NES AT THE ARRIVAL


R1NE HOSPITAL ON STATEN ISLAND LAST
xIGHr-scENEs AT THE ARRIVAL
OF THE VESSEL.
With nearly three hundred wounded soidiers
,oard her the hospital-ship Olivette arrived
Of this port last night She was due TO reach
here about p H. but owing TO the foulness or
,sr bottom she was unable 10 make much
- than ten knots an hour 1t had been
.srged that one hundred Of the men should ne
,aken 70 the marine hospital at Stapleton.
e,aten Island and the remainder distributed
IN hospitals ir Brooklyn. In the hope Of an
early arrival OF the Olivette a crowd of at least
,,,as hundred people many Of whom had either
friends or relatives aboard. gathered AT the
entrance TO the Stapeton landing and although
:, was midnight before the soldiers were landed
there was no perceptible decrease in the crowd.
A, the Quarantine station. DR. Doty. tho
Wealth officer. was prepared to board the OIL
ystte Immediately she came to anchor While
vaiting for the hospital-ship he stated that it
was his purpose if there were any cases OF in
,ac+,ous diseases aboard to remove the men
en- afflicted to Swinburne Island. AS it hap
,ared however, there were no contagious cases
10 deal with.
BOARDED BY DR.. DOTY.
from Quarantine was seen rounding Fort
wassworth Ten minutes later she had let go
her anchor opposite DR.. Doty's station. and he
proceeded at once in his launch to make his IN
snection. With his usual courtesy he gave the
usa Of the tender Governor Flower to the
newspaper men and few relatives Of some Of
the New-York wounded. to convey them to the
Oliyette Among those the tender was
limited States Judge John r. Thomas Pro-
yjsional Gove~.or Of Indian Territory. whose
son was wourded at the battle Of La Quasina.
His son is Lieutenant John r. Thomas jr.. Of
Troop L ot the Rough Riders. who took com
rand OF that troop when Captain Capron was
killed Miss Thomas accompanied her father.
and the meeting on board the Olivette was ex-
tremely touching
MY lad" said Judge Thomas. as he caught
his son in his arms. you reported killed.
hut thank God you were not Tonight ! am
the happiest old man in America.
As the Governor Flower drew alongside OF the
Olivette the wounded soldiers. who could be
seen in large numbers on the deck. crowded to
the side as IL anxious to recognize some one be-
longing 10 them. As they did so one enthusiast
tic and patriotic young woman in the highest
pitched voice she could muster shouted. Three
cheers for our brave soldier boys" The few
thuslasm. and in reply there came floating over
the intervening water the stentorian hurrahs
OF the men who were SCARED and MANNED BY
the deadly Mauser bullets Of the Span!ards.
II took Mr Doty only very short time TO per-
form his duty and he thea handed the ship over
70 Surgeon General Sternberg. L. s. A. who
had come from Washington.
PATHETIC BUT PICTURESQUE.
WV, 49,. ..-rsnaror man climbed ahoerd the
sight that met their eyes while wonderfully
nathetic was yet picturesque The men were
clad in all sorts Of clothing. some Of It impro-
vised. There was hardly one who was fortunate
enough to possess a whole uniform. They had
III Down their kits away while marching under
1.-THE tropical sun Of Cuba, and had been unable
TO replenish item There were several men who
were clad only in underclothes while there were
others who obliged to cover themselves
with blankets. There was not one who was not
either In limb or body. Lots OF them
were unable to stand and were lying upon mat
tresses laid on the deck. Fully third Of the
men had been wounded In the arm. The worst
cases were 10 be found in the berthrooms and
here In many cases the sight was touching.
There soldiers stretched In hunks whose
bodies were almost wholly swathed IN ban
dages and who It was obvious. were
still suffering great agony from their
wounds. Among the worst instances
was Edward Marshall. 1.-The New-York Jour
nal' correspondent. who shot in the stom-
ech and in the groin. His brother l. d. Mar
shall. was az Quarantine to meet him. and when
he was taken to the stateroom on the upper
deck where his brother lying. the wounded
man tainted twice from the excitement Of the
meeting. He will be removed to his home TO-
day, and the surgeon IN whose care he was. said
that he thought Mr. Marshall would recover.
II natural that the men should look some
what unkempt Some Of them frankly said
that they had not been shaved for weeks. and
were certain that their own mothers would not
know them II they saw them. The first cry OF
the soldiers was for newspapers. When news
paper was handed 10 one he was instantly sur
rounded by a dozen or more OF his comrades,
and was compelled 10 read aloud the contents
OF the printed sheets. There only one Gu
han on the ship. His name Savinto. and
he had had his arm amputated. 1t had been
shattered by an American shell during the bonn
bardment at Aguadores.
Some time was occupied in selecting the men
to be taken TO the Stapleton Hospital. the
hundred chosen were transferred 10 the staten
Island ferryboat Westfeld- Ambulances We're
were waiting FOR them at the Stpleton landlng
place. and as the, emerged from the ferry
house they were greeted with prolonged cheers
from the assembled crowd Five wards IN me
north and south wing had been prepared LOT
the men at the hospital and they Will be looked
after by Drs. II. G.. Cumming. II. b. Parker
r. c. Craig and Albert Butler. The Omvelte
will remain at anchor at Quarantine until thIs
morning when she will go to the Paci!ic-st
pier BROOKLYN and transfer the rest or her
wounded
Inquiries were made by a Tribune reporter as
TO the truth Of the story that some OF the 'is'
Regiment officers had shown cowardice AZ can
Juan. Corporal Kretsher. OF Company u l"'n
Regiment. which was in the same brigade as
the list; two prlvates Of the 10th. and Pri'a'es
Decker. Baker and Smith, of the Hst' ueh'eu
with the utmost emphasis the story referreo TO-