Evening star., 1898-08-29
PLENTY DRIVES AWAY WANT
Everything Being Done at Mon
tauk for Their Welfare.
PLEASING INTELLIG EN- CE

iiSI CoifliHue " COlIie
Major Edwin H. Neumeyer sent the fol-
lowing telegram to The Evening Star last
| night:
Mr. Kern has expended $50. Don't send
provision car. Men In hospital receiving
best of care; need nothing. Men in de-
| tention camp perfectly satisfied; need very
little. Am attending to their wants. They
have rations galore.
II conversed with every officer and the
majority of non-commissioned officers and
privates. All seem happy and contented
"Overcoats will be issued to every man
as soon as they get away from detention
camp.
Articles that 1 intend to purchase are
towels, sweet soap, tooth brushes. con-
deEsed milk. onions, tomatoes, whiskey,
tobacco, cigarette paper, writing paper en-
Velopes and pencils. Send me- if conyen-
lent. $500. also batch of Star papers,
Mr.. Mercier Returns
Mr.. D. l. Mercier, who went down to
Santiago as The Stars representa- tive with
the District regiment, and who was strick-
en- with the fever there at the end of the
campaign. was of the passengers on
the Hudron, and his story of the trip over
Will be found in another column Mr. Mer-
cler returned TO Washington yesterday in
an extremely weak condition as result of
his illness and will go out into Virginia to
recuperate his strength. Speaking of the
boys at Montauk. Mr.. Mercier thought the
need was mainly for fresh fruit such as
oranges and. lemons. The BOYS he said
We're getting milk and plenty to eat. Their
oVercoats were ready for them and an is
sue of underclothes had been made just
previous TO the start from Santiago
Mr.. Mercter makes the fourth of The
Star immediate family to return from
Santiago. Mr.. Pepper returned some days
ago. Lieut.. Fred Cook came back on the
hn oIo
tremely i'll, but al times since then his con-
otlon mas been extremely critical He is
now slowly recovering q mis- home in this
CITY. Lieut.. Roy Heron was brought home
on the hospital boat Olivette, also ill with
IeFer He was taken to the hospital in
Boston and so far recuperated as to make
possible his removal to this city, which was
safely accomplished yesterday He is now
at his home here.
GInd TidinEs From Camp.
Mr.. Walter NJ. Moreland, who went to
Montauk Saturday to meet his son, Private
wade Moreland, of Company K, District
Volunteer Regiment, returned to Wash
lngton this morning. In conversation with
a star reporter Mr.. Moreland said:
Il was very agreeablv SURPRISED ar what
FOUND at Montauk. When | reached there
found L was confronted by quarantine
regulations, but / wanted to see my boy,
and Gen. Joe Wheeler very kindly heIned
me out He issued me a permit. which read
follows: ~"
HEADQJARTERs, U. S. FORCES.
S<.Mf WlkOFF, l.. l., August -o 1898
Walter Moreland has permission to go to
the guard of the detention camp and the
persons ne wishes to see will be sent for
ana ne can talk to them at a distance of
six feet.
By command, Major General Wheeler
M. S. STERN. Aid.
Delightfully."- Situated.
six feet wasn't close enough for mo to orot
to my boy" continued Mr. Moreland "and
L managed to get to Company KS camp,
where L sp eat three hours. The bows are
getting along nicely. Maj. Neumeyer was
looking after the boys for The Star in his
usual complete way. He told me he found
the boys were getting everything they
needed and wanted, and that he would
scarcely be required to remain more than
TWO or three days longer. The District
boys not in the hospital are all camped to-
gether or. the western slCpe of the hill with
in stones throw of Gen. Wheeler's head
qt arters Looking out from it one gets 4
fine view of the ocean sweeping around till
it joins the bay.
1T is a delightful location and the sur
roundings are beautiful. Barrels of ice
water ard cans of milk pIentifuIly scat
tered about. The doctors suggested to Mai
Neumeyer that about the only thing needed
was some stimulants, some towels and soap
and toothbrushes, and Ned will get these
~ INC DoSS To-Day. MOntauk is cool
night, and Ned told me that overcoats had
arrived for our soldiers and would be dis
tributed to them today. The boys seem to
leel as happy as If they We're at a picnic
The change from hardsniDs to plenty has
simply set them crazy. The Star can tell
the mothers and wives and sisters and
sweethearts of the District boys that they'll
come home to them, a little disfigured ner-
haps, but still in the ring"
Mr. Moreiand brought home with him
from camp number of kilograms from
soldiers to their home folks, which he dis
patched this morning. Mr. Moreland could
not find words. he said, sufficient to prom
erly commend the energy and ability of the
representative District men who are at the
camp looking cut for the interests of the
boys.
Want to RejOin the Regiment.
Commissioner Ross this morning received
letter from Private Lester P. Davis of
Company NJ, 1st District Volunteer Regi-
ment requesting MIN to ask Surgeon Gem
eral Sternberg to order his transfer from
the ambulance corps now stationed at Fer
nandina, Fla, back to the regiment
The information was also given to the
Commissioner by Star reporter to whom
he had read the letter that Mr.. Davis was
not alone in his segregation from his regi-
ment.
vas at Tampa an ambulance corps was
formed for each division in camp of men
seiected from the various regiments. Those
taken from the District regiment included
the following: Sergt. Morse O. Mayes.
corp. y. c. Terry, Privates ]. p. Farris,
A. E. Bowen, Corp. James c. Krieg Prj-
Yates S. S. Delavie. f. B. Ketchum. VIM.
Kelly, J. F. Ontrich, George Thurston. Ed
ward M. Lawton, Lester p Davis Charles
Anderson. Albert H. Anderson, Fred For
roster and Charles L. Millner
BY some oversight, mistake or error the
men in question were not assigned back to
their regiment when 1t went to Cuba, as
the men taken from other regiments were.
and consequently they have been Virtually
lost sight of. The men have been, and ex-
cept those on sick leave still are engaged
In nursing the sick at Fernandina and are
naturally anxious to rejoin their regiment,
which is so soon to be mustered out Com
missioner Ross wrote to the surgeon gem
eral today, requesting that the order for
the mems transfer be made. Commits
sioner Ross had a visitor this morning in
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