New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-16

HE RESUMES COMMAND AT MoNTAUh
POINT.
COLONEL. ROOSEVELT MUSTERED OFT GOES away
.rn..spoers READY TO TAKE MORE MEN
FROM cAMP-soMB TROOPS NAY hh~
MAIN UNTIL OCTOBER
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FROM C.NP-sOME TROOPS NAY tf
MAIN UNTIL OCTOBER
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Camp wikoT, Montank Point y. l. Sep' 10
The Roumapia the MANITOBA 'He
and the Berlin ride at anchor IN For' Fo"n Day
tonight. ready 10 take troops away from camp
WIZ h,,, inst what regiments are 10 90 upon
.ha,, "a NOT known because Colonel Kimball' the
Nam. Ouartermaster in New-York had sent the
ordArs bv mail, and they had not been received
I'D 10 this evening.
The 10Th and 22d Infantry. which have oeen
ordered to move tomorrow. are inclired TO think
I, barely possible they win be put upon one ol
them but II not they are going by rail- loi H.
Is reasonably certain that tomorrow hlghr 'Iel
regimental camps will be deserted All inc o'I'ei
organizations under orders 10 move are 'heIe'
fore in the present uncertainty, In an eXpec'dH'
mood to- night, each one hoping i VIII ne 1oI'u-
rate enough to be included in the troops Tor
whom Colonel Kimbau is furnishing this water
transportation. Camp life is becoming lrksome
20 them. and they are all anxious To set near''
city or town life again
Rut the date OF th- ultimate evacuation OF INC
camp swings back and forth like a penduiuh''
At the beginning of the week nearly every CIV
thought its close would see the majority oi ''S
regiments on the road home. or ready 10 60 III
day or so. but now it looks as though few OF
the regiments would remain her" UNI" W."
along into the month.
MAY REMAIN UNTIL OCTOBER.
General Wheeler. who returned TO camp late
Les, night. was Of the opinion that some Of the
regiments would he here until rs late as ccto-
her l. the facilities for getting them away oeinS
not the best The % Infantry Will prooaoiy De
one Of these its Sd Battalion broke camp
today to move from the infantry PLAIN 10
camp near the general hospital, where II is to DO
guard and patrol duty. This protection OF the
general hospital has been an idea Of Major Ira
C. Brown for long time. and II Is only now
ne sees its contamination. Its need has been
growing daily. and with the gradual thinning
out Of the camp, and q final desertion Of IT, the
guard is needed to protect the Government prop
erty at the hospital.
When the latter is broken up, IL is understood
AL It's furniture is 70 he shipped to Havana
where hospital Of two thousand cots is TO be
Installed
1t is supposed in camp that Major Brown the
executive officer Of the hospital. will go 10 Ha
vana also 10 perform duties there similar to
those he has had to perform here His execu-
tive ability has made him invaluable to the
Csmp Wikoff hospital and he would be most
capable officer To take charge OF the Havana
hospital.
Although the breaking up Of Camp Wikon
has thus far been a gradual one. the deserted
appearance of the camps of regiments already
gone is beginning to give it an air Of desolation-
II makes one feel lonesome Just 10 Wahaer
through the Rough Riders camp where only
YESTERDAY there was much life ana actlNlF.
Here and there in the deserted company streets
ono runs across an occasional Regular who IS
hunting for some souvenir Of the regiment il 1t
were only an abandoned hat or lost button
HORSES LEFT BEHIND BY fFOUGH RIDERS.
ON the picket line the horses and mulas still
tethered there switched their tails in disco1-
ISOLATE sort of way as though wondering what
had hecon,e Of all the hoSs, md from the de-
serted pack Of tents not sound issued, save
from the men who had already begun the dis
mantling Of the camp Even Josephine. the
mountain lioness. had gone. and down at the
station in her cage, she Crowled az the people
who gathered around her end dashed her tell
In angry fashion. as though already homesck
for the old 1st Volunteer Cavalry. and tho Ari-
zona boys particularly
But they had all gone even Colonel Roosevelt
with whom she had had her picture taken yes
terday had departed He had been mustered
out too and had gone back home to oyster
BAY on the o'clock train taking Teddy. the
Eagle with him. and Josephine felt absolutely
deserted SomewhCre in the camp Cuba. the
dog. was still knocking around, but he was no
where 10 be seen lie was probably as happy as
dog can he who has got rid of as great a
number Of heas as he carried around in tn
island whose name he bears
Along the roads and about the station the de
The wagon trains are not so long po- so numer-
Gus as they were short time ago. and the con
gestion of traffic about the stations has heon
greatly relieved Neither is the crowd. which
was wont 10 gather about the platform. 50
great The decrease in number is also felt in
the Young Mems Christian Association tents
Their average daily attendance is now IN the
wsne and they beginning 70 talk IF con
soliGation Of some Of the tents
What would have facilitated 2 speed!er hresk-
ing IN Of Camp Wikon-the marching 0. the
cavalry 10 New-York to take transportation
there for their home stations-has been aban-
doned as not feasible General Wheeler. who
has resumed the command Of the cavalry divi-
sion. stated that fact to-day. and troopers and
horses will now have to await trarsportstcn
from Montauk
GENERAL SKATER AGAIN N COMMAND.
General Shafter is again in command Ct Camp
wikoff having returned on the afternoon 'rain
General Greely the chief signal Officer came N
Camp Wikon with him to inspect the work done
nv Captain Hggins's company Of the Signal
CORPS He was much pleased with the work
which had been done by the corps. i has been
extensive ard has consisted in the construction
Of telephone and telegraph lines oil over the
camp and the installation Of The electric light
plant with it's several miles Of wire lines The
latter has been completed. and the nein roads