New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
coInExpECTED AT MONTAUK
CAMP WARNED OF FALL OF IENrhHA,
TURE AND A STORM EXPECTED
MORE SICK ARRIvE-ROUGH RID
rpS ,rO MISTER OUT TUESDAY.
r,v rr1rcRArH TO THE TRIBUNE

=. change has taken place IN the general
,.b and spirits Of the soldiers since they iirst
-. - Camp Wikoff. The listlessness that was
.r., everywhere noticeable is fast disappearing
"a from the regmental camps there now comes
= ..oae,onal song or a burst OF laughter Ihose
..o have gone furthest along the road to recoY-
-. orc beginning to get interested again In out
~ .norts and athletic games, and light drills
- hA,re held daily in most OF the camps. There
~ .,u n1enty Of weakness though, and the ma
-, hangs closely to those II has infected. but
.,,.r the weakest are feeling far better than
-. ,nov came 20 Montauk. But the nights
arA Getting cool. and the thick Army blan-
49,, An not keep all Of the chill out
,o,diers who have been in Southern climes
-,osa blood has been thinned by fever and
o,.-a feel II most. but 1t is the kind Of weather
800. % be expected from now on. Long Island
,.o,-. say. and worse may be looked for after
september 20
Rrt Of the sudden changes IN temperature and
high storms the surgeons In the hospital are
h,rv advised, and ere warned at such times TO
rrovide the sick with extra blankets and cloth
,nS One Of the bulletins sent by order OF Gen
n-,I Miles was read by the commanding officer
OF Camp Wikon. General Bates. to-day. and
rss sent at once 10 the general hospital. 1t
stated that the weather buiefu iVPVi 'VH "a
marked fall Of temperature probably Of ten de-
grees IN this locality tomorrow, and II instruct
"A the General 70 call the immediate attention
Of the medical officers 20 the report, and 70 see
that the sick were provided with sufficient bed
ding and that nothing be left undone TO make
them as comfortable as possible
COLD WEATHER AND STORM EXPECTED.
In anticipation OF a storm with cold wave
FOR there was sun dog in the sky this morning
the surgeons at once set about making prepara-
tons for the weather change which seemed I'M
rninent Oncers' call was sounded the ward
surgeons came to the hospital headquarters. and
the telegram from General Miles was read 70
them. Instructions were also given that the
guy ropes Of the hospital tents should be tight
ened, and that the pegs should be driven IN 'he
ground more securely If the cold wave and the
storm arrive now. even though they come To-
sether, they will find the hospital pretty Sc
curely guarded against their onslaught
The census Of the general hospital went up
with Jump again to-day. 1t was occasioned
by the arrival O, the hospital ship Missouri,
which brought $40 sick men and convalescents
from the First and Second Division hospitals,
tho division field hospital. the Nautical Club
Hospital. the hospital ship Los Angeles. and the
detention hospital for yellow fever cases and
suspects ct Santiago, and FROM the detention
reserve hospital at Siboney. There were 20
sick on board when the Missouri left Santiago
five and half days ago. but thirteen % these
died on the voyage Twelve Of these were
buried az sea. Five Of these were members or
the list New-York Regiment OF whom there
were thi-ty-eight on board at the time OF sail
ing There had been a marked improvement
among the men the voyage up from Cuba
and this was shown by the fact that when the
sick were taken on board al Santiago $50 had
to be carried in litters. while to-day. in disen-
barking filters had TO be used for only sixty
two.
THE MISSOURI WELL FITTED UP.
But the ship admirably fitted for the
duty she had to perform. There We're six hos
pital wards board and four diet kitchens,
electrically heated. for the preparation OF the
food for the sick. These kitchens had been pro-
yided for the vessel by Miss Helen Gould. who
went 70 Surgeon-Major w. II. Arthur, when the
vessel was fitted UP for a hospital ship. to see
what she could do in aiding in the Quitting
Major Arthur suggested the diet kitchens, and
they proved # incalculable value. The vessel
was also as clean and neat inside and out as
she could we'll be. and the sick throughout the
entire trip were comfortable as IL IS possible
20 make sick men.
9 80 o'clock. ard the ganGplank had no sooner
been lowered than Joseph Nilsson. one OF the
hospital nurses dashed down Il and began TO
look FOR an ambulance One was pointed out 20
him and he leaped upon the seat. took the lines
and whip and going 70 drive Of saying he
the head OF affairs here. Several soldiers
rushed up and restrained him, and he was taken
back 10 the ship. Worn out by fatigue and the
constant nursing, his mind had given away
Two deaths occurred after the Missouri
reached Fort Pond Bay. The first one, that or
10 TOvf1ro 7 Y
and the other that OF Jesse W. Tracy Of Com
pany c. I'd Infantry. Tracy died in the am
bulance on the way to the general hospital. He
had been III with typhoid feNer, and AFTER Delhg
placed in the ambulance had sudden relapse,
and died before the hospital was reached.
ROUGH RIDERS TO MUSTER OUT TUESDAY.
The Rough Riders expect TO be mustered out
on Tuesday although they will draw pay up to
the 18th OF the month. They TUNED in all their
saddles, brides and equipment TO the ordnance
officer to-day, even 70 their horse blankets. and
some OF them were wondering II they would be
able 10 keep warm tonight. with only AN army
blanket 10 sleep IN. That they 20
get out OF the service makes glad the heart OF
every one Of them, and they looking eagerly
forward to the day when they will be plain or
binary citizens which Is the highest position
any man can occupy in life ~ he only knew It,"
az one OF them remarked.
Inc sick, VINO viii have to be left behind when
the regiment is mustered out, will be looked
after by w. Bayard Cutting. OF Islip, and by
Mrs. Armitase, Of Southampton 10th Of whom
nave said they wlll give quarters to some Of the
sick Rough Riders and look after them until
they fully recovered
August Belmont has sent 81 900 to the Rough
Riders but as Colonel Roosevelt thought they
rad more decacies and Injuries than they could
dispose OF IN the short time they were TO re-
main in the service the fund should be re-
sarded as memorial Of William Tiffany. The
pest disposition that could be made OF It, he
thought, was 10 divide II among the widows
and families OF those VINO died here or IN Cuba
ana the families Of the wounded and sick who
TOT the time being will be unable % do any
work, and this was done to-day
"A telegram has been received at camp from
MISS Helen Gould saying she had been in
,,gimed the ship Relief had been ordered 10
ecnSoh,auk TO take the sick away from the camp.
Hne 0ners holm In dlsnnalng Of any OF the