New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-07
MEN IN MONTAuK CAMP.
NOTWITHSTANDING REMOVALS AN ARMY
WILL REMAIN.
sURGEoN-GENERAL sTERNBERG PLEASED WITH
cAMP-RoUGH RIDERS MAY PARADE-oNE
OF THEM NEARLY DRowNED-PoRTo
RICO TROOPS EXPECTED.


fpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEI
Camp WikofY. Montauk Sept 6-This par
ticular portion OF Long Island. while II mas H'
drawbacks. any place would nave seems ~
be an ideal SPOT for military camp especially
one intended for the recuperation OF an army.
1t is not MANY miles wide at any point, and
with the Sound on one side and the ocean Oh
the other. 1t is almost constantly swept by cool
ocean breezes During the last few days II mas
been exceptionally warm here. as we'll as IN
other p,aces and along the dusty roads under
the hills and about the station II has been uh-
comfortably hot but on the hilltops. where
many of the camps are IT has not beer so pao
excent IN the tents where the breeze3 were
shut out entirely But none OF THESE Gays
has any one at Camp Wikoff suffered from the
heat as people IN other portions OF the o'a'e
have and cool nights have restored spHi's INA
may have tagged during the day
The principal drawback to the locallty as d
camp site seems AL along 10 have been the pos
sibility of an infectious contamination OF 'he
ground ard water supply. but Army oiicers u
experience say that any place occupied oy
troops for any length Of time becomes uhciea"
and unhealthful. unless II Is provided with
narn,anent sewer system. Still they add. the
lack q. sucb q system furnishes no occasion for
alarm FOR a camp be moved huhuied
wards from It's old location and all danger DC
avoided If this is so there need be no iear Oh
disease at Montark from that source for It's
broad acres offer abundance OF camp SITES
TO which regiments might be moved from ''il'e
10 time when their old camps became nnheai'h-
full or pestiential
sTERNBERG LEAIES THE CAMP
Surgeon General Sternbers. who returned 70
the city tonight after spending two days ana
a night at Camp Wikof. was all the moro III
pressed with it as a camp site from the 'oui
Of inspection he made. Before leaving ne COM
n1ende1 the camp in every particular lie hau
visited every hospital. he had made tou's Oh
resimental camps and the only thing ne hao
10 suggest or recommend was a liberal use OF
chloride OF lime for disinfecting purposes. The
quality Of the water he thought was excellent
far better than that supplied TO such cities as
Washington Brooklyn. Philadelphia. Hrmburs
and London-and he thought there could not
be any danger Of its contamination from ~
phoid germs BIT to reassure everybody, he IS
having DR.. Smart. who is specialist on wafer
make a new analysis OF 1t.
Rut there Is a feature Of the location which
is rather bad in itself for sick soldiers, but which
does not effect the strong and we'll 70 such
degree. That Is the lOES WHICH oNeoSioiohy
come in from the ocean. Fortunately. at this
season of the year they rare. but last night
a fog bank drifted in that cold and pene-
tratng. 1t seemed to go through everything.
and was so thick and dense that 1t hid from
view objects only a short distance away.
The soldiers whose blood is thin from the
wasting effects of the malaral fevers they have
contracted felt it keenly. one soldier said to-
ba in WraDpe1 in his
woollen blankets and fully dressed and yet was
colo and he was not the only one who expert
enced It's chilling effects. Fortunately 1t drifted
off after a few hours. leavirns the air cool put
comfortable. t> - ... s...
VARYING VIEWS OF HEALTHFULNEsS
As to the healthfuness Of M6ntauk. the views
OF TIE private soldiers vary considerably. Some
OF them say they were not Elk at all In Cuba
but have become sick since they reached Mon
tauk while others seem to have greatly i'm
proved in the few weeks they have been here
Many of those who lost flesh in the South have
been steadily regaining IT in camp and it is pos
sible that those who have become Ill since their
arrival had the malaria in their systems before
they left Cuba
But one Of the camps great advantages is the
opportunity 1t affords for saltwater bathing
One has his choice Of stilf water on the Sound
side or surf bathing on the ocean beach. The
latter Is the most popular. although 1t is at
tended with some risks from the undertow,
providing the bather is daring and goes out
too far Usually. there being no llfenes. the
bathers go in and just splash around. The
beach slopes gradually. and can DO this
without running any risk. But occasionally
even the cautious bather is led further out than
he knows, and then there is scramble to get
back.
To-day one Of the Rough Riders was in near
the life saving station. About forty other bath
ers were in the water the beach. Pres
entity they noticed head bobbns up far out
among the breaker and its owner making fran
tic efforts get in toward shore. There
scurrying around on the beach. Clothes were
hastily tied together to make line. and the
bathers were just preparing to enter the surf
when big wave struck the swimmer and
knocked him about twenty feet toward shore
Another wave following closely behind gave him
another lift. and he staggered out upon the
beach, pretty well worn out
ROUGH RIDERS MAY PARADE.
1t seems that New-York City people are stn
making efforts to have the Rough Riders parade
in the city. They are to be mustered out on
Tuesday after they have been physically ex-
amined again. and the permission 10 parade
must come quickly TO be of any value. Colonel
Roosevelt received a telegram from Mayor Van
wyck tonight stating that he had telegraphed'
the President asking permission for the reg-
mcnt TO parade.
But II the permission does not come and 1t is
hardly expected in camp that 1t will. the people
IN New-York will doubtless have an opportunity
Of seeing some rough riding by Rough Riders.
Of is 70 ma e
arrangements whereby he will be permitted to
purchase Of the Government twelve Of the very
worst bucking bronchos in the outfit. The
bronchos are Of absolutely no value as cavalry
horses. but they will be invaluable to Sergeant
Darveli II he carry his plans through.
His scheme Is. II ne can secure the animals. 10