New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-01
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THE NEWS AT MONTAUK.
MORE TROOPS ARRIVE on TWO TRANS
PORTS.
SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS TO GUARD AGAINST
TYPHOID-POOR CONDITION OF
TROOP SHIP ALLEGHENY.
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outbreak Of a typhoid fever epidemic at Camp
Wikoff. Major Ira c. Brown. surgeon and ey-
ecutive officer Of the general hospital. set a
force Of men at work this morning. and they
have put In the day filling the small swamps
and marshes that lie adja ,ent TO the hospital
The force will be increased tomorrow and
special details Will be made. that the work may
proceed as rapidly as possible. for the work
must be done promptly If it is to be efficacious.
In addition to this Major Brown is going to have
the battalion of the ID Volunteer Regiment Of
Engineers change the drainage and divert
the watercourses that they VIII -, be directed
through localities unoccupied by the troops and
he also intends to have the grounds thoroughly
sprnked with powerful disinfectants
Major Brown has further called the attention
Of regimental commanders to the necessity Of
keeping their camps thoroughly poced and in
perfect sanitary condition. and has ordered that
the water shall be boiled before it is used.
About the general hospital he himself is
forcing tie strctest sort Of policing and men
are constantly going about cleaning up tho
grounds, With all these precautionary meas
ures II is thought there can he no possibility
OF such epidemic as Surgeon Sem has pre-
dicted
TO FILTER THE WATER SUPPLIED.
General Wheeler. when spoken to to-day re.
garding Surgeon Senn's theory, said he thought
the surgeon had rather ,'verdrawn the sltua-
tion. However. a contract for an $1,000 filter
Ing plant awarded to-day. and all the
water from the wells will be filtered before
being used The awarding u this contract
efter consultation with Surgeon Sem
this morning regarding the danger of q possible
contamination of the water with typhoid germs.
The plant will be here in operation in three or
four days. General Wheeler said as the water
would be perfectly pure and good for at least
a week longer. they would have three days
start OF any germs headed toward the water
supply.
TWO more transports arrived in Fort Pond
Bay this morning. both from Santiago. They
We're the Panther and the Allegheny. The
Panther had 106 men on board Companies
and VI Of the 9th Massachusetts, Fifteen Of
them were sick. but none with contagious dis
eases One death was reported that Of Private
Charles A Bradden. OF Company NJ 9th Mas
sachusetts, resident OF Lowell Mass. Brad
den died the voyage and was buried al sea.
On the Allegheny there were $50 more OF the
same regiment. Companies A. p. c. D. f. F. G
and II OF these 145 were sick. and fourteen
deaths were reported to Dr Magruder az having
occurred on the voyage
BAD CONDITION OF THE ALLEGHENY.
The reason so many deaths occurred on the
Allegheny was that nearly all Of the sick Of
the 9th Massachusetts, had been put on board
OF her bu, the vessel. which has been used
cattle ship was In a condition too wretched
for carrying well soldiers. let alone sick ones.
ard DR. Magruder, who has inspected every
transport that has come 10 Montauk. said she
was the dirtest ore he has yet seen.
None Of the troops We're landed from her to-
day. ard will not be until tomorrow. Some
Of the lst Illinois. who arrived yesterday
on the Berlin. were disembarked this afternoon.
and were in excellent shape They had been
well treated on the transport. which was clean
ana not overcrowded. and all the attention
possible had been given to their sick The lat
ter OF wnon there were one hundred ard fifty.
were landed yesterday and taken 10 the gen.
eral hospital, where the surgeons and nurses
will do everything they 10 restore their
strength and health They are anxious 10 get
we'll as speedily possible. for their regiment
has been ordered TO be mustered out by Adju-
tant General Corbin. and General Wheeler sen.
word 10 their commanding officer to-day that
they could leave Camp Wikoff soon as they
were ready. after the quarantine rules had
been compiled with
The Sth Ohio. which has passed from the de-
tention To the infantry camp and the 9th Mas
sachusetts. which arrived to-day. will also be
sent home they ready 70 go.
though the Massachusetts regiment. ike the 1st
Illinois. must first stay its allotted time in the.
detention camps. The oath Michigan has been
ordered 10 go home tomorrow
These regiments are going home on furlough,
and their mustering-out will not occur until
their furlough has expired
ROUGH RIDERS TO BE MUSTERED OUT.
With the Rough Riders. the 1st United States
Volunteer Cavalry. the conditions are entirely
different. They came from every State and
Territory almost in the Union, and orders have
come from Adjutant-General Corbin to-day to
muster them out at Camp Wkoff. This Is
ra her disappointment 10 the entire regiment,
for they have been counting on goins to New
York 10 be mustered out. making a parade
through the city first
Colonel Roosevelt has been anxious that they
should have an opportunity of doing this. but
the Adjutant- Generals orders rather Interfere
with that plan. However. Colonel Roosevelt is
going 10 try and arrange for a parade in the
city on Labor Day. and is going TO see General
Wheeler 10 ascertain If he can get permission to
do So II the regiment cannot take its horses
along horses will be obtained in the city for
the troopers The men are all eager 10 go and
Colonel Roosevelt is deslrous of taking them.
He said to-day. II proud of my boys and
want TO show them off" II the necessary per-
mission can be obtained the regiment will go by
train to Long Island City, take the Thirty
fourth-st. ferry TO New-York. ride down to
Union Square and up Flfth-ave But only about
four hundred or five hundred men are here who
go Almost hundred sick In the sem
eral hospital. over a hundred have been left be-
hind in Cuba. sick. dead wounded. and many
have gone home from Camp Wikof on sick
leave furlough. There will be enough OF
them. though. TO show what kind of a regiment
they
But there is that about the mastering out here
which does not strike the Rough Riders with a
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