New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-07
HOME FROM HONOLULU.
PART OF THE FIRST NETWORK REGIMENT
REACHES SAN FRANCISCO-HARD-
SHIPS IN HAWAII.

San Francisco Dec 6 (SpeciaD.-Five companies
of the LIST New-York Regiment arrived to-day on
the steamer Australia from Honolulu. under com
mand Of Colonel Barber and staff. Never were men
moro overjoyed to get back 10 their native land
than these volunteers. who have suffered all the
hardships OF war without the compensation OF good
fighting or a chance for advancement Most OF the
men looked well. but few became sick on the
voyage. and the following were transferred to the
hospital John Mccormick. Company A; James
Bailey, Company d; George Prout, Company ii:
Albert Ostrander. Company I; Frank Roosevelt.
Company d; James Grogan Company l.. and Harry
Fredericks Company l.
Colonel Barber ascribes the sickness among the
men to the bad site Of the camp and the refusal
of the men TO boil the water used for drinking and
cooking purposes. lie gave warm praise 10 the
hospitality Of the merchants and women OF Homo
lulu The officers say that fifteen dead in seven
months service Of 800 IS not large list
especially when It Is considered that much Of the
time spent in tropical climate. In all there
are now sixty-three OF typhoid fever, or
which only three are dangerous. The remainder OF
the regiment IS expected in a couple OF days. when
the whole force will start for NewYork by the end
Of the week.
Colonel Barber and his men received a warm
welcome here. Colonel Barber dined this evening
with Major Rathbone and tomorrow he expects
10 go to Monterey TO meet Mrs. Barber, who is
staying at the Del Monte. letter from trust
about the experience OF the regiment there. which
are not rose-colored 1t says:
The stay Of the New-York regiment here has
been one OF misery for the men. They saw their
comrades sickcn and die around them. More imam
a quarter Of the men were actually in hospital or
hospital camps Half Of them were unfit for duty
because Of illness one company alone, a week
ago, had thirty-seven men in hospital and only
ten privates fit for duty. With the entire com
munity alarmed and deeply concerned for them.
doing everything IN its power 70 care Tor the SICK,
their officers seemed as unconcerned as tnouSn
the regiment down TO tho company officers, with
few exceptions, they did nothing to relieve the
horrible conditioqs The oiceTs s2ufneq tne o i
prove conditions and put all possible obstacles IN
the way OF help from private ndividuals. 81,
The regiment returns 10 the States demoralzedi
apparently unable 70 rally from the hardships and
inconve niences Of camp life, as they have sue
cumbed 10 every illness. OF 1853 mel who went
to the island Of Hawai-! for outing and re-
NAMED two weeks, twenty were left SICK IN fio
Hospital when THEN cOmpa mons returned saturday
night. Some OF these were seriously SICK. Others
are suffering only from colds, dysentery ana SIM
liar ailments The LIST NcW-YOrk Regiment has
furnished nearly the whole OF the deaths here
Compare this with the record Of the battalion or
volunteer engineers, who have been here practically
10 exactly the same conditions of climate, camp
ing-place, quartermastcrs' and commissary sup
plies, but have had officers who looked after their
men kent no esprit de corps, observed sanitary
reculations and welcomed the cooperation OF the
Board OF Health and the assistance or the Red
Cross and similar agencies. Few OF the engineers
have been IN hospital. Few have been SICK. Ihere
have heen no cases OF typhoid fever among them,
and the only deaths have been due, one 70 accl-
dental contact with Il live electric light WIRE ana
another TO cerebro-spnal meningitis. from which
cisco. Yet there are hyc companies or engineers
and only twelve companies Of w-Yorkera."