The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-18
WOUNDED SOLDIERS CHEERED
SANTIAGO VICTIMS LANDED AT
NEW YORK.
Several CoIored Men Among the
neutrality-suspicious. Marshall
In a Serious Condition.

New York. July I7.-The chartered
transport Oil cite. which arrived of
Quarantine last night with za5 Woaha ,sa
soldiers from Cuba, doe..ed today az the
foot Of Pacific street, BROOKLYN
There was a large gathering Of friends
and relatives of the wounded men at the
dock and Iousing cheers went up from
those assembled and along the docks ano
yards in the vicinity Those caeers Were
answered by the heroes on co@rd the
Olvette. and, there Sas a general waving
Of hats and handi1erchiefs.
Last night 1yJ CT the most severely
wounded were transferred TO the Marine
hospital on Staten island, and tnere were
over 160 men TO be attended 10 to-day
There WerG ambulanceS from all the
Brooklyn and New York hospitals in wait
ing and the work of transferring the
patients was begun as soon as the gang
plank was placed in position.
Among the first 10 be brought ashore
were those who could not use their lower
limbs. They We're carried on stretchers
to the ambulances and taken TO ST
Peters and Long Island college hospitals,
which are within half mile OF the place
In addition to the ambuIances several
carriages and wagons We're pressed INTO
service. and in less than two hours an
the wounded had been cared for. over %
of them We're sent to the hospital on Gov
errors island. Many of the wounded
officers found comfortable quarters at
Fort Wadsworth, Staten island. and some
of them came TO this city and were nursed
by friends and relatives in private resi-
dences.
Out of the 100 men sent to the Marine
hospital last night, so were suffering from
gunshot wounds. There were five cases
of malarial fever and three Of prostration
from heat and other causes. None OF
these cases are considered dangerous and,
in fact, the surgeons and doctors who had
charge of the men on the OliVette assert
that with good care and treatment, none
Of the men will succumb.
The entire medical STATS of the two
Brooklyn hospitals were in attendance to-
day, and everything possible was done by
them TO make the manned heroes COM
forta Bile.
Several colored soldiers were among
those sent to the Brooklyn hospitals. and
their white comrades spoke highly Of their
fighting abilities.
Edward Marshall, the newspaper CORE
spondent who was shot In the fight at
La Quasina. was transferred TO his home,
% Fifth avenue, Manhattan borough.
Marshall was very weak and IL was neces-
Sary to administer stimUlantS TO him.
He was accompanied on the trip by his
brother and two. Red Cross attendants.
Flower transferred eight wounded off.
GERS. the following being taken 10 Fort
Wadsworth: Major James Nj. Bell, Major
Alexander o. Brodie and Captain James
II. McClintock. of the First United
States volunteer cavalry; Captain Thomas
Captain NJ. J. Henry, United States voiun-
teer and First Lieutenant W. II. Fiscus,
Second infantry.
The following were landed at ST George,
Staten island. bound for Roosevelt hos
pitai: Second Lieutenant Horace p.
and First Lieutenant Maurice Nichols,
Seventh infantry.
General Sternberg went to Brooklyn TO
land the other wounded soldiers.