The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-13
3lO SICK SOLDIERS HERE.
MISS HELEN GOULD PROVIDES FOR
1874 OF THE CoNVALESCTNG.

Most OF the Rest Sent to Hospitals Here
and in Brooklyn-Some Elect to Go to
Prohibition Park Because No Drink Can
he Got T~here-Others Go Home on Fur
louEhs-An Came from Camp wikoff.
The ambulance steamer Shinnecock. with
310 sick and convalescing officers and men
from the hospital at Camp Wikon on board.
arrived at her pier. foot Of Pike street, at TAO
o'ck>ck yesterday morning. The following
mon srom the Seventy-flrst New York we're on
board: Fred Nichols. Company @. Roselle. N.
J.IFrank l.. Glew, Company g; Morris Will
lard. Company B: John Thayer, Company E;
Edward Keegan. Company ii; John A.. Madden.
Company L.; George Froudell. Company L;
Henry A. Cragin. Company H. and James 7.
Howard. Company ].
TIL steamer was met at the pier by Major d.
NJ. Appel. Surgeon. u s. A. who has general
supervision Of the camps sick in this vicinity
and by friends of some of those on board.
Friends Of Private Nichols were there to take
the invaded soldier to his homo in Roselle.
All the other Seventy-flrst men were sent to St.
Catharine's Hospital in Brooklyn.
The wife of Major Henry La Motto, the chief
surgeon OF the rough riders. was at the pier to
meet her husband. Major La Motto is reeov-
ering from typhoid fever, and Mrs. La Motto
took him away in a carriage to III East For
tieth street. Chaplain Halsey o. Gavitte. u. 8.
A.. and Capt. Herman O. Foederle. Eighth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. we're permitted to go
home. and 1874 others were sent away on fur
loughs.
The steamer. having been cleared Of some Of
its passengers, steamed to the foot of North
Eighth street. Brooklyn. where ambulances from
st. Mary's and st. Catharine's hospitals were
waiting. Seventy-seven ofthe sick were sent to
st. Catharlne's and thirty-two to st. Mary's.
From North Eighth street the shinnecock
steamed over to the foot of East Twenty-sixth
street. where the only woman patient aboard
was sent. at her own request. to Bellevue
Hospital. She was Miss Rosa Dickman Of New
beginning OF the war. While there she con-
tracted yellow fever. recovered and then vas
taken with typhoid FEVER. II Is from this That
sf Eie ts e0x xn SiSSSs5Esn f. Winter. Acting Assistant
i sTSTso and 81 s tss Iah hieSf. Alfr enl Hsrle sfa Thir IN.
fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry. were also
landed at the foot Of East TXenty-sixth street
Winters condition is regarded as serious. Be-
sides having typhoid fever. he has phlebitis; or
Inflammation OF the veins. Lieut.. Harley has
The floating ambulance, then ran down to
Clifton gc, staten "a fPo lSia1d; T HhnesrGtnlf te afte pa Ms {
she continued, ~ to Prohibition Park. Some
time ago DIR, Kellogg. who has a sanitarium at
sick soldiers to care fol-. He qualified his re-
quest by adding that he preferred conva1escents
Major Appel told him to meet the shinnecock
at the foot OF Pike street yesterday morning.
60 among the staterooms' and md out 4 any OF
hospital. Somewhat to the surprise of Major
Appel, DIR. Kellogg found a great, many of the
use Of liquor. He had accommodations for
twenty-five. and more than twice that number
wanted to 60 with him. Twenty-Five were
From PEohiIbitiSSn Park the shinnecock ran
cents Hospital. The men in the worst shape
sent to St. Yincent's, were Lieut.; Henry, 9.
fantry. and Second Lieut.; Philip E. NJ.
Walker. Sixth United States Infantry;
Infantry The ttge reSyimsnts in Is the SeG regulars =! ins army sM8 So'G T6e
regiment was in every battle from the time
Skaters army landed at Bai9uiri until San,
there never tire Of recountinG, the wonderful
bravery aud superb fighting qualities displayed
Lieut.. Keene fell iii Just after he had led his
company In a charge at Fl Caney, and was sent
Gus on sn and rif he has SSG BEEN deiirious 81 most Of the time
port and put in the hospital at Cam. wikofI.
ftsSS'' is a ~ blank aaS' after 'F~"diaEnpsis.," Mrs,
Camp TSikoa. and she Went to him, She came
up on the Shinneeock and will remain ut the
hospital. Lieut.. Walker is developing a serious
case OF typhoid.
This distribution of patients left 1874 men on
the steamer who were we'll enough to be fur
Laughed. These. with Major Appel's permits
sion. were taken In charge by DIR. A. Ernest
Gallant Of % West Fifty.sixth street and con-
tenth street, a house leased by Miss Helen
Gould and fitted up with the equipment Of u
modern hospital.
There are wards for convalescents not quite
able to be about in which there are sixty cots.
Three other rooms in the house ate set aside
for bedrooms where the stronger convaleScents
may remain until they desire 70 go home,
The library Is supplied with all the hooks,
newspapers and periodicals that sick soldiers
could desire.
Az fast as the men are able to travel an agent
of Miss Gould will get their TRANSPORTATION from
the Army building and then send them to their
trains In carriages.