New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-21
,,opE CHANGES AT MONTAUK.
carry AND ARTILLERY LEAVE CAMP
WIKOFF.
rov BROWN PREPARING, A HISTORY
or THE CAMP-GENERAL SKATER
TO MICHIGAN
~ TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE

GOES TO MICHIGAN
INV TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE
vikoff. Montauk Point, y. Y. Sept 20
Manitoba came in TO the railroad wharf
This morning This time her mission was
Na che was to take the Sd Cavalry and
Maine Volunteer Signal Corps to New
.aon where the cavalry were TO take trains
L'I Ethan Allen and the volunteers 20 go
" ,ber homes But the Manitoba was not
w.. enough to take all the horses and men
.ns regiment ana the Mississippi has been
-.sres back 10 assist in transporting them
across the sound
ssa ,s rot expected until late tonight only
.-,son of the regiment broke camp this after
They rode down 10 the steamer on horse
nO o.r showing their delight over the prospect
- eating back to barracks by smiling al the
After they were all safely on board the
'..o,.rs could restrain themselves no longer
.brAA rousng cheers went up that could
:, hoard mile away.
- tho camp Of the 9th Cavalry (colored) there
rnioicinC because Of orders which send the
,,,ant back 70 the West. TO the Department
-. Colorado. lust where they did not know or
-. en- long as il was to barracks again. Their
.s.,snortation is not vet ready but II is coming
D., day or TWO
p.reries a and 2 Of the 5th Light Artillery
len started today on the Long Island Railroad
~, Fort Hamilton, which leaves a small artil-
law camp on the shores Of Salt Pond
FILL HISTORY OF THE CAMP.
Major Ira c Brown, the executive officer OF
=. hospital. has his hands more than full these
I.vs He is in the midst of the history Of the
ann. which he has been ordered to write by
=. War Department. and his nights are spent
IF .
= raa6ing COPY. He has one of the tents htted
%, for his three typcwriters and two stenos-
ronhsrs. The history will be exhaustive. II VIII
.omprise the general topography Of Camp
witon. with a map which the engineers are pre-
,.rng; the water supply. meteorological condi-
linn. with charts; transportation facilities hos
vita, construction policing Of camps. ana pro-
,..,on against fire; medical supplies condition
~ arriving troops total number Of sick treated
IN the patholosical report. aid furnished from
outside sources removals food supplies Trans
portation &c other places facilities offered rela-
lives and friends seeking information general
sanitary conditions Of all hospitals and ali
camps, and general remarks The history OF
report will cover about thousand typeWlllIcH
pages and Major Brown expects 70 nave a. ~0'"-
peted by Friday morning
For the last few days the temperature mas
been comfortable. but cold wave Is dssceho 1a
on the camp and the temperature mas "Vo"
slowly falling all day.
GENERAL SKATER GOES TO MICHIGAN
General shafter left the camp this morning
for Michigan where he is 10 attend the reunion
q. the regiment in which he served in the Civil
War In his absence General Wheeler VIII com
rard rhe camp There is u big difference pc
tween the duties involved now as coMIHaIluo.
and those which fell upon General NheeleI
when he was in command before. .s,.,.c,
&c "a
the ne sdful preparations for MOVING MS ul1-sIoH
Of cavalry 20 Huntsville, il the final ceteIin1ha
ton of the Department is % disregard lne al,
vice and wishes of the cavalry oihcers ana 5si1u
the re girnents TO that point. ms Is Av" Oe
reved 70 be what will happan ~ . ..a
Complaints have been made that an OF the
men who died in camp here have not nad Hlil-
tary funerals and that the funerals We're ~
plsosrlv conducted or proper respecl SHOWN IN
dead Captain Patten has been ordered ~ a.
s,rs charge Of this work. and the commander
believes there will be TO further cnNse or coll-
plant with commissioner officer IN ohafse. IN
the past the duty was detailed 10 hospl'ai
seward. 49,. ~.
The hospital now contains 80 men. Many OF
.heys are beyond hope, and for the next t"o
weeks there will be many deaths. mostly toIn ION
tynhoid fever The Shnnecock VIII come mere
,o-morrow and will take over two hundred SICK
men away II is thought this may be the 4ast
trip Of the Shinnec1ck as the FeHlalAlNs ule'
are not likely 10 De moved, a!Hoqsh IL II 20
a load. and transfer the men Whom y is 81 all
possible to take away
the division hospital tents are being taken
aour1 and furnigated and then turned 10. The
sosni,eIe are now all out o. existence cxcept
the main one A part OF this VIII oe lahth
down in a few DAYS. and only The wocder "olId-
tnes recently erected VIII he retained IN U.s.
There were only two deaths in the hospital to
iav those Of John Ryan, sergeant, Company r.
9Th Infantry and Henry Jacobson private
ronopany E. Isl District Of Columbia Infantry