The evening times., 1898-08-06
BEDS FOR SICK SOLDIERS.
Alleged lack Of AceommoAations .,
Montauk Point.

Alleged Lack Of Aceommedatious ~
Montauk Point.
New York. August 6.-Under orders Is
sued from Washington to prepare a camp
on Montauk Point for Gen. Skaters ar
my. the machinery OF the Quartermas-
ter's. commissary ana medical depart-
ments Of the army have been set In mo-
ton. and by the middle of next week,
when the first arrivals from Santiago
mess.
Preparations are to be made for an ar
my Of IS 900 men, and, although Gen. Shat
ter reports about 1900 men In hospitals,
and It is plain that many others would be
there also. were there room for them. the
preparations seem to ne made for the
reception OF an army of well men,
Whether 1t is thought that the fever
stricken men of Skaters army will re-
cover on their way north does not ap-
pear, but the orders call for a field hos
pital of 500 beds only for the Montauk
camp.
When the camp was first proposed 1t
was expected that only the cavalry troops
with Gen. Shafter were to be brought
H.,
partment gave orders that q hospital OF
500 beds be equipped at the Point. Since
that time the department has decided TO
bring all the troops now in the field at
Santiago north, but no additional orders
have been received.
Had an army corps in normal heaIth
been ordered to the new camp the pro-
vision for the sick would have been as
large as has been ordered for smarter
men.
Unofficial reports from Santiago state
that a roster Of the sick OF some regi-
merts would be a copy Of their muster
rolls. and the official data on file In the
War Department in Washington shows
that besides the four thousand now In
hosp;tal, from five hundred to six nun
dfred convalescen.s have been turned out
OF the hospitals daily for nearly ten Gays.
From these figures II Is ;here-ore evl-
dent that the 500 beds IN the nospdtai'
which is to be established on the rfoSe
back OF the main camping g-ound, Will
not accommodate the invaltds that may
be expected at Mon,auk Point IN rouf VI
five days from now
Oats,de of the hospital arrangements
everything Is being done on an ample
scale Workmen have begun the erec-
tion OF two corrugated iron warehouses
for commissary and quartermaster
stores. The former viii be 800 feet In
length and the latter 200 feet. When
these are completed a 800 foot warehouse
will be built to give additional storage
room.
Col. Woodruff, depot commissary sta
toned in the Army Building. invited bids
yesterday for unlimited quantities OF
fresh beef, potatoes. onions and fresh
bread. He calculated that about 100000
pounds of good supplies will be needed
daily for an army corps. Nearly 1900
loaves of fresh bread will be supplied in
place of the hardtack on which the men
have lived at Santiago.
Commissary stores will be shipped by
rail as soon as the storehouses are ready.
The Long Island Railroad Company has
agreed to take all freight over Its lines
to the camp for 25 per cent less than
regular rates. provided the Government
does not establish a line of freight steam
ers from this city to Montauk. This will
not be done unless the railroad company
is unable to deliver the supplies prompt
ly -Four miles of additional sidings are
to be built at Montauk to prevent the
road being blocked.
Regulations relative to the bathing of
the men are to be made. What these
Will be is not yet certain, but care will
be taken that no harm results. The
men, 1t is feared will be apt to avail
themselves too freely of the bathing
privilege. II 1t is not regulated by rule
Col. Kimball. depot quartermaster, has
been ordered to ship thirty-eight wall
tents, which are about all that are on
hand here at present. The unusual de-
mand for canvas has exhausted the sup
ply, and, in order to prevent delay, tent
age from Boston. Philadelphia, Chicago
and ST. Louis is now on the way to the
camp. There are five carloads from Phil
adelphia alone. and enough from ths
other points to complete the camp.