Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-04
PRESIDENT |nSPEC1S
Visits The Hospital Wards at
Camp Wikoff.
TEARS o SYMPATHY.
S"freri"ss OF the Heroes OF Santiago
Touches the Hear. OF the Ch,.r
Executive. Many Inter
es,ing Incidents.
EARS OF SYMPATHY.
(RY 'IelrgranIlA

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M"NTAlFk POINT Sept. 2.-Presl-
dent Mckinley spent five hours in ne
| camp TODAY, bar-he;ldcu Most .rf ,ha
| ''h'e. visiting the sick il, thu. hos,,i,.,l
ana inspecting the We'll in their "a,
comments He made Il speech 10 IN.
'pieu iiiantlymen. reviewed the
~. - 49, l'"h. expressed his opinion Of
| ''t sup !" the reporters ana issued ~.
| ORDER directing the regulars Il, r,.t,,,,'
| l" ,n'ir stations east Of the Alississinni
! N'tl me Pr"si,lcn, We're Nica-Prcsi
.'.' ti"hart. Secretary of Wa, Aly..r
.'."r,itS General Grisss Senator led
,: .'m iios..rr, OF Vermont: Br;gadler
/ 'e''e'li f.;iS;tn. commiSSary of tbo
| army: frisadicr General I,Iad n,.,n,,
I"''rt"rltlaster of the army: ,,nI,n,i
iiehrN ierkcr and Secretaries 70 m.
Tres dent Porter and Cortclyou tho
-, 81 the party We're Mrs. Al.:er am,
| Hrcker oi '~o1phel
| General Wheeler his s,aff ana ,.,,,,,
every officer If prominence i'm th,. cams
' l.'e president at the station ex
ttpt General Shafter who is still in d..
teh''"h' and General Young. who fnll
. nnu 'anht ms arm last night. After
| 9'eetihSS ana intrnductions on ,h,. r.,il
WY platform. the President took Goa
ci"i w ilceler's arm and Went to = ca
li'S'.- colonel Theodore Roosevelt a.
n l,rh n
..rn,,n az ,,'. WIS among the
| kinI,.y 800. ,,; n.'''',n hea: by. Mr.. Nc
| ,.;a.-n =, c,,.,l. . ~ Soy Jul OF Tn" car
! t,oi,,.l ,,,'s =, n'',.
'h' lussled with Il gauntlet for fifteen
! S''n'dS 50 that ungloved h. mfrs,
Snake hands. The column of ca,.ri,sr g.
| Cavalry R..im,.,,, 49,, ~ 'he Third
| band of m. .ir,h 80, VIZ mounted
| paused !, ,nn,n,.,, aN.'.rS, IN" party
prcstl.n, ,n',lin, ~ ~ ','s i!!l' ana the
latin., cane w:,ta,h,, ~, -, "."r' uhuu-
ana Whitrn,.d ~ ~ p,' on e,'hnr side
by thu. trnis ~ re , oon 49, ana mn tops
,eom,tr;,. lines ''V0o men, iaid out in
! Mr. Mckinin,.
cr's tent in RI. ,l.t,nt;', '"r"' s,i'a't-
| TN, ...,,a,,i 'l'n t'hp.
weak from a mia $500 - ,|'''t anu
Yer. was in fun unifn,n, ..,,,;,, IT, u
chair at tn. duar ~ ~. 49,, o. ''1e ~ I
10 rise. but,,NIr 1IrEin1.,. iie tricd
rs ..Srays} ". ~. -, s.'l'SS stu
are entitled ia r.st, 7' a. lou
The President cnnm,,t,,,,a
Smarter on the Santios, l.'.,,,,; ,'.''iN' y,
after Il few mir,,t.s. ,.,,s, ,,.a' : ~ a'o
| tht. general hnsn;,,, nv 70
Gently arrived on ,r,ns, ~ s.''''isrs le-
tanned in the ,1,.t.n,i,n sa,:i ~. ~.
! cam, lined ;I.rnr,,l,ri,, ~ 'hc
thu. road ana ,.hrrrrd NJ "' a,, niue on
| look OF his straw N, ana - i.' ~, ,iloS
Nv p,,t II an ro, ,,,,r 49,, ''''i' arcs
| two M !, lin. ,l,,r,,, l.'''' : i!'ittc pr
his progress ,hrm,rh ~ $500 .,'''''e y, o.
Wheeler. the ,laumht.r ~ ~, n VIZ,
happened 10 be. n 1l,a 49, =, -, a.
hospital rents ana .b,, sh'.,.,,i i' ~, ~ M
| idcnt through nor ii,,isin, '', y, !, s.
! Wheeler announced in ...,,.;, -, az
| BOYS. the. President b.. n,,,, -,
| you: the President az No
States" "
\ SOM. at ,ba ,.,,,1;a,.
sc.s'us. some listltssly raised NAV ,hai,
| elbows. others feebly ,l,,,,n1 ,.,ti,
hands. MIR. Mckinley gently shn,,t
hands With MANY. ana Il, ,,v.r,. ,nt ~
paused an instant and If h.. saw ~
sick man. looking at him h, ho,v..u i, :
direct and personal way :
In the second ward SURGEON Jobn A,
eXanlcr. Company u. First Iili,ni.
vino has fever, was her startlfd hv
hearing General Wheeler annolnr,. ,hc
President. The sergeant half raised
upon his cot. Mr.. Mckinley a1lr,ct.d