New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-14
WORK AT CAMP WIKOFF
COMPLETING QUARANTINE ARRANGEMENTe-s
WATER Supply SEEMS SUFFICIENT.

WATER SUPPLY SEEMS SUFFICIENT
fBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBrNEl
Montauk. Long Island. Aug. I3.-Generan
Young to-day issued order that has particu-,
lar interest for sigh,seers and visitors who
may have in mind visit to Camp Wikoff. and
II will be anything except satisfactory news.
for them. He has decided that visitors. eveni
though they be friends of the soldiers here. will
be admitted within the camps confines and he
said this morning that any one having In mind
a visit to Montsuk for the purpose os visiting
the camp might just as we'll stay at home andl
his money for he. she. as the case,
might be. would not be permitted pass thes
guard lines
While this may seem a harsh measure. par-s
ticuarly 10 the friends Of the soldiers IT Is not
without reasonable cause. There is still an inn
mense amount Of work to be done 10 get the.
several camps In readiness for the c0ldiers who
will shortly be coming in daily phe rpace
about the depot is already thronged with teams.
wagons, horses and workmen. and crowd oc
visitors excursonists landed at the station
would Of necessity be forced into places where
they would he in the way Of somebody who, in
the present crowded condition Of affairs, is do-
ing his utmost to accomplish the greatest possi~
bic work in the shortest possible time Besides.
there would he the usual number OF questions
to be asked by persons strange 10 the place and
situation. and nobody has time to answer oues~
tions here.
NO VISITORS TO BE ADMITTED.
So. altogether. General Young has thought 70
hest that visitors be kept away. at least for the
present and has issued his orders accordingly.
The Long Island Railroad. which had not as
vet thought OF doing so, will not run any excur-
sion trains therefore. and any excursion boats
that NAV come into the harhor will he promptly
met and ordered away BY the auxiliary Aileen,
which, on the water. in her coat of black paint,
looks 70 the uninitiated terrible as police
man does on land Preparations have not been
made yet for Transporting back 10 New-fork
the typhoid fever patients at present In the
Camp Wikoff hospital. as Dr. Do;y suggested
should be done yesterday The suggestion. how-
ever. has met with the hearty approval Of Gen-
eral Young commanding officer of Camp Wikon;
Colonel William II. Forwood. his chief surgeon.
and the Red Cross Association, and was consid-
cred a most excellent idea. because Of the inten-
ton from the first has been 10 make this camp
as healthy as possible and keep it absolutely
free from disease.
So far there are only about ten cases OF ~"
nhoid but II this number greatly Increases and
the increase be KEEP, here there is no knowing
10 what extent the disease may run among the
troops. Particularly II the drainage should ges
in the water and in such sandy soil there 10
the bare possibility even with the greatest pre-
cautions.
The disease. TOO. Is one that thrives quite as
well in Northern as in Southern climes. diuerins
from yellow fever in that respect. and II the
canp should once become contaminated with the
germs I would be difficult matter to stamp
them ont With yellow fever. there Is not the
slightest anxiety felt here. even II there should
he cases on the transports that are 10 arrive
They can best be treated in the camp hospitaiss
but the typhoid patients could have more con-
slant attention perhaps IN the city Hosp'"'S
and that is what they need
Colonel Forwood has received authority to acs
as he thinks hest in the matter. but II the
,vnboid patients continue to improve. he Will
not send them to the city. unless more cases
come in He would like however, To have all
tyuboid patients on the way 10 Montauk
switched of at New York and detained In the
hospitals there.
QUARANTINE ARRANGEMENTS PERFECTED.
The quarantine arrangements now prac-
tically completed. DR.. c. A. Maeruder who
is to be the water quarantine officer, has taken
the tug Lewis Pulver. of NewYork as his off,
caI boat and will meet ali incoming transports
and his corps will go board and make an
individual examination Of each man. and IL 1t
is decided 10 hold the vessel she will be sent to
the quarantine anchorage off Rocky Point. two
miles from the Montauk station. The lighthouse
tender Gardenia came in this noon and all the
afternoon has been placing anchorage buoys
marking the quarantine line. which will be q
mile long. II vessel is not held she will bt
permitted to land at the pier, coming there un-
der the Jurisdiction OF Colonel Forwood Un-
der the most favorable circumstances, this VIII
hardly be within less than four hours from the
time DR. Magruder boards her
Nobody will be permitted to go aboard any
Of the transports except the medical corps even
though the vessel Is not held at Quarantine. ana
all vessels and their crews will be thoroughly
disinfected before being allowed to depart.
This morning Drs. Macgruder and kinyoun
took the newspaper men on board the disn-
feeling barge Protector. to show them just how
she was ured. II is likely that this will be their
last visit TO the barge. for with the arrival Of
the first transport she goes into commission.
and nobody will care much about going on
h0a ri then.