New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-10

rUo TRANSPORTS RETURN FROM CUBA
OFFICERS AND MEN SENT ON TO
THE HOSPITAL AT ATLANTA.
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TAMPA. Fla. July 9-The steamships Iro-
ouois and Cherokee. of the Clyde Line USED by
the War Department to transport troops from
Tampa to Cuba. arrived here to-n'ght direct
from Santiago with four hundred wounded SOL
ders. who were at once placed on the hospltal
train and sent to Fort Mcpherson Barracks,
near Atlanta. The IroQuo!s was the first to ar
rive.
,stbe familiar faces Of officers who had been
ouartered In Tampa for several weeks were seen
NJ the ships rail they were greeted with cheers.
,r,o noon,a on shore wanted TO hear the details
-, Tho battles in which the officers and men
,vere wounded but those on board the ship were
t,r more anxious TO learn what had happened
If Santiago since their departure. Nearly every
one believed that the city had already fallen
and all we're greatly disappointed when told that
the bombardment had not even begun.
on board the Iroquois were only fourteen
officers and about forty men. Several Of the
officers and men had not been wounded. but
were suffering from the effect of sunstroke.
having been overcome by the heat shortly after
their arrival. on board the Cherokee were
three hundred and fifty privates and non-com-
missioned officers who had been wounded or
who were victims OF disease
THE WOUNDED OFFICERS.
The senior officer on the Iroquos was Captain
Kavanaugh. OF the 18th Infantry; the other
officers on that ship were Captain Hunter. Sd
Cavalry: Captain Bloxham. 9th Cavalry: Cap
tain Parkhurst, 9th Artillery, Captain Torrey
9Th Infantry: Captain Brereton oath Infantry:
Lieutenant Mccoy. Sth Cavalry. Lieutenant
Twill of the list New-Yor Infantry; Leuten-
ant Meade. ODD Infantry; Lieutenant Stone. 18th
Infantry: Lieutenant Purdy. 9th Infantry: Lieu
tenant Carr. LIST Volunteer Cavalry. known
the Rough Riders.
The hospital train Of the Army was waiting
on a side track. close to the ship. and as the
men were brought off they were carried on
board the train. Only few were considered
to be dangerously wounded and these were
taken 10 the hospital camp on Picnic Island
where they given every attention The
corps Of surgeons and attendants on the train
were doing everything necessary for the COM
fort and convenience Of the men,
II was soon seen that the regular hospital
train could not begin 10 accommodate all the
men The Plant system was equal to the emer-
eencv. and soon provided another train for
those whose wounds were slight and VINO could
stand he journey TO Atlanta without occupying
a sleeping-car berth. The trains left here about
o'clock and will reach Atlanta tomorrow
night.
The most seriously wounded was Lieutenant
Carr Of the Rough Riders. Captain Bloiman
Of the 9Th Cavalry, was on crutches; he had been
shot in the leg All of the officers were placed
on a special train and taken to Tampa, where
some Of them who were well enough went TO
the camps of their respective regiments, while
others went TO the Tampa Bay Hotel, ana ar
terward started on the night trains FOR their
homes Colonel Bellinger, the depot quarter
master met the party and produced an oroel
from, the Secretary Of War granting all the or
Ncers p leave of absence until such time as they
ara able 10 report for duty, and also directing
him 10 furnish them with transportation TO their
respective homes.
one month ago the same ships salieo from
Port Tampa. carrying six hundred men each' Ill
eager and anxious for chance TO meet the
Standards upon the battlefield Many OF the
same men came back these ships, but the
.co,trast Of the departure and return was strik-
ing: the men who were the very picture OF heai'n
when they left Tampa came back looking ike
ghosts of their former selves
The terrible heat and the prvations that theS
have been subjected to had marked eiieo'
uDon nearly every man. Some or the Hos' SCH
o,slv wounded were so weak that they requieu
the constant attention of the hospital corps anu
/, Is extremely doubtful II all OF them pun
through The officers and men that were brought
over on the Iroquos and Cherokee were those
whose wounds were not, as a whole or serious
nature at the time they started. They have been
on the ships since last Saturday. however, ana
in many instances their wounds have proved 1af
more serious than 1t was at first supposed 'hey
would be.
The officers who arrived on the cherokee
were:
General NJ b YOUNG.
Manor ELLIS. 18th Infantry
Naio, cor. 2lst Infantry:
captain DUCHE. oath Infantry.
CAPTAIN j. +. PRATT. 2ith Infantry
Lieutenant LYONS 2ith Infantry. $3.50 .
CAPTAIN WILLIAM LASSlTER. l5th infantry
Lieutenant SPENCER 10Th Infantry.
CaDtain FRENCH, sd Infantry
Lieutenant LEWIS, ed Infantry.
Lieutenant SIMMONS. 6n Infantry