New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-10
ALL SICK TO LEAVE MONTAuk
FEAR THAT COLD. STORMY WEATHER
WILL MAKE THE CAMP UNCOM-
PORTABLE SMALL PROBABl1~
ITY OF A PARADE OF
THE TROOPS
THE TROOPS


inc TIA, all III. sick in the hospitals ne Ua"S
rarred IN Nev.York and Brooklyn hospitals "S
ranidlv as possible The telegram was P'o"
ahI,. tho outcome Of two letters. The hrs' VI
these was from A II Smith. formerly al d
sistant surgeon in the United states ARMY "
rected to Major Ira c. Brown ana .he
A. letter from Howard Townsend ol tne
Cross 10 Secretary Alger. surgeon Sfiii'" . ~
ter to-day TO Major Brown stated 'hai hV ""'
thoroughly acquainted with the Long ls'a,"
coast and that in the next week or Two the
winds would he so high that scarcely Ten
would stand on the eastern end or the 's'a'"
The nights also. would he cold. extra cio'hlns
would be needed for the sick In the hospi'ais'
and even then they would Re supJec' I" '""''
suffering.
Howard Townsend accordingly wrote 10 Secle-
tary Alger telling him Of the condition OF the
oorr, and bosnjtal and stating that il would
N, an exceedinclv unwise thing TO keep the SIGN
here in the hospital much longer. The nights
we're already beeinning to be cold. and the SICK
ought IN be taken away at once The teleera"
tina, came as the proba bio result Of their e''e'S
,s being acted upon About three hundred SICK
were sent away on the Shnnecock to-nigh' |"
NewYork and Brooklyn hospitals, anu NV
Yacht Red Cross took fifteen more dHe'' ~
Roosevelt Hospital. That leaves to-night Only
$50 in the general hospital and IL" III '"e w
tentIon hospital. of whom 1'' are conNa'eS'e
In he First and Second DIVISION "osp''"'.
there are 100 more. and Major Brown '"'"e"
that In the entire camp there were ABOUT
thousand sick in quarters men n"t SICK '''9
TO be taken to the other hospital. Inc '"o VIZ
sells are to return TO Camp WikoH prompt'!' w
take more sick 10 the city hospitals. and IN
short time all the sick will have been removed
from camp.
Only n few more transports are expected ana
the last with any considerable hummer ol sun
on board was reported to have sailed on Sepl''"'
her from Santiago The vessel is the Nlgiah-
cia. and she has on board III convaescen's u
the Fifth Army Corps and fifty nurses VINO are
no longer needed. The telegram further s'a'e'
that only about ffty sick ~ the corps no" r.
manned In Cuba. 80
OF the sick here only n few are Scr'ous'! IT,
and these DR.. Brown said. could be moNe' ~"
hospital trains without especiai danger ""e"
they were sent n nurse for each man would "e
sent along with them.
LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF PARADE
II begins to look nearly certain that ther. VIII
be no parade Of the soldiers In New-NorK lily,
The Rough Riders have begun 20 dlshann anu
tomorrow morning the first %: the Regulars
10 leave camp will get on cars ana so away
Then. too it Is said that every surgeon mas "".
vised against any parade before October ana
Il expected that that date will md little Of the
Army here. =,
General c. II T Coils. Colonel william NJ
Brown and former Mayor GAroy Of Ne"-l DIX
came to the camp this afternoon and had a
,aIk with General Bates. who is acting as com
mardant OF the camp lie do no, eive them
much orrroriragement. and said tho doctors had
rronolnnha sre troops UNFIT to parade before
October i. .t
After the, talk with General Bates. the COM
,,,ittee went 10 Colonel Rooaeveits headquarters
They found him seated on tho srass. with
cb,,r,le Of hundred 81 his men about him. ana
story telling ~as in progress Colonel hooS'-
vel, az 6nce 1on,d the committee. ana hhA
long talk with then. When told that General
Bates had fixed October as the earliest posi-
bic date for the proposed parade. Colonei Hoose-
welt said he would be out Of the service theh
ard 90 would his regiment. 90 that 'herN was
little or 70 chance Il the regiment taxing part
He said the men were adverse 20 paTad'ne WIN
out their uniforms and outfits. and he ala not
think any arrangement could he maze "hloh
would bring his regiment into line Inc 'ol'hei
ga ID he had been N favor OF the parade from
the first. and had advocated IT, and vas stu In
"a
take par, or not He frl' the Regulars should
he honored
Af,er the committee and Colonel Roosevelt
had q long talk Sergeant Randall and Troopers
McGintv ana McGuinoss gave an exhibition II
rough-ridins and breaking nroncos The COM
nittee went away. apparently much cast down.
ard impressed with the idea that n parade IS
out Of the question. or AZ least only bare pos
sbity
MEN WANT TO GET HOME
The men in the regiments 10 not van a
parade What they want Is 70 GET home. They
want - get back - their posts ard settle down
once more 70 life az garrison troops They
want months Of rest and quiet ~ bring them
back n the condition In which th"y were when
they sailed from Tampa for Santiago.
The ON Cavalry will pul ND stakes in the
morninp. and move out OF camp. They are the
fret OF the Regulars 20 get away, and the others
are going Just as fas, as some one provides
transportation
The lack Of transportation has kept some of
the rccirnents In camp now for days since they
have all been packed UP and ready TO get away.
The Long Island Railroad says Il Is ready to
move them when It get. the order and the
commanding officers are continually wiring the
ouarterraster's Department 10 get them away.
rms i'Po''~ '"p"'' ''' III ''' S'''-
crai hospital and the number sent away to-day
brings the total number down below four hun
drcd This however. does not represent thu
total sick In tho camp. census taken to-day
showed there were about thirteen hundred sick.
and Of these the surgeons report seven hundred
sick IN quarters These men should be IN some
hospital but do not want to go there.
Some Of the regmental surgeons com
planning that it takes from week 10 ten DAYS
10 get supplies from New-York. They do not
know where tho fault lies. but feel the effects
| ROUGH RIDERS NEARLY MUSTERED OUT
The Rough Riders have been detached, from
the cscord BRIGADE and thar nlace taken hy the