New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-30
WORK OF CAMP WALWORTH.
HOW THE couNTRYs DEFENDERS WERE
HELPED BY WOMEN
GREAT PRAISE GIVEN TO MISS BAKER WHO
ASSUMED THE PLACE OF QUAR-

Dr Ernest Gallant who was in charge OF
comn WaIworth established by Miss Helen Gould
al No s15 East Sixteenth-st.. made statement
concerning the work OF the camp, which was estao-
Iished under the auspices OF the Womahs war
Relief Association. Miss Gould paying all expenses
Dr. Gallant stated that Miss Gould talked WIN
him on September T. and requested him to look
about and see what could be done for the comfort
OF the men who returning In droves from
Camp Wikof and other camps and transports lie
looked about and selected the place above men
toned as camp 1t was Intended that 'he Paee
should be headquarters for convalescents IN" SUI
diers without home and the means OF getting 10
their destination.
Dr. Gallant pointed with pride to the compete
ness with which the records and books were Kept
at Camp Walworth. The system incluueu inc
destination the regiment. the company the co"u'
lions both physical and financial; the friends anu
residence OF the soldier and record OF MS name
and description of himself; what disposition or the
many cases. to what hospitals they were Trans
ferred 10 what destinations sent what rate OF rare
paid and all other particulars are recorded ne
ceipts were taken from the men and hospitals
showing the transactions and transfers. so that d.
most In a moment the disposition of case can oe
ascertained.
Every day reports were received from the hos
pitals as to the disposition condition and needs OF
soldiers and reports likewise received from
the branch hospitals at Nyack ana other piaceS
where convalescents were sent. report was sent
each day to Major ID. NJ. Appel at the Army Build
Ing OF the number Of soldiers at Camp Waiworth'
and whether they were volunteers or Regulars
There was one death In the camp Of the great
number of men cared for. DR.. Gallant gives great
credit 10 Miss Emily Baker who assumed inc
place Of quartermaster. and who distributed an I'M
mense amount of clothing delicaces ana heces
saries safe provided In when the soiuiers
placed their money and valuables Some nights
.Tl IN
deposits of the soldiers who merely stopped over
night.
The work was begun by Mrs Ellen Hardin wal
worth who brought fifteen men from camp "ikoli
on September and continued until November ~
when the work of the Soldiers Comfort commit
too hogan This supplied employment for soldiers,
and IL was transformed into sort or soldiers en-
plovmcnt bureau. There were 200 men taken care
OF during the time between September ana NO
vember 90 500 lodgings furnished and 10000 meals
sstEe the n" quarters occupied by the camp and the
employment bureau will be closed permanently ,o al,
January J. The place WIS officially closed d re"
DAYS ago but there is some clerical work yet TO De
DR. Gallant stated that many entertainments were
given to the soldiers both at the camp ana other
branch hospitals the princpa! partepaIssd rdpa
The soldiers delighted with the place, one say,
ing he liked It because he could get seven meals
There were LOO Regulars accommodated -, Every
represented and every cavalry regiment except the
nth and sth. Volunteers from twenty-seven states
were guests: from New-York alone there were 40o
men.
The average cost Of running the camp vas over
81 900 There z sick men from the Regulars
80 volunteers, 100 from Camp Wikon and 80 from
transports. There were sixty-three varieties OF
other places everything was done for the comfort
OF the convalescents. The place at Camp Jewett
was given by The Christian Herald. and there
l0S men there 49,
Mrs Florence b. Day visited the hospitals OF
NewYork City and supplied all needy soldiers with
deicacies and paid especial care TO the GONZALES
cents. .,
Major" D. II Moulton was praised for his work
IN going about and aiding the soldiers at his own
expense He seemed TO know just what they
needed and was afterward made superintendent OF
the branch hospitals. ~,
There were csc applications for work TO the
bureau OF which $50 given work. such as
STRENGTHENING. etc. great many men had no
getting employment Few of the me men ~, wanted to
have comfort as a soldier in time Of peace.