The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-27
AT CAMP WIKOFF.
Secretary Alger Spends Another Day
in Investigating Conditions.

NEW YORK, Aug 26.-Secretary Alger
resumed his work of investigating the af-
fairs of Camp Wikoff to-day Among the
first things he did was to give attention to
granting thirty-day furloughs to members
of the Seventy-first New York Volunteers
and the Second Massachusetts. General
Alger told the commanders of these regi-
ments to make out lists of all men able to
leave camp, so they can depart for their
homes as soon as possible. The Rough
Riders are also to be granted furloughs and
SO will be the Michigan volunteers. At the
expiration of their furloughs the Seventy
first men will not return to Camp Wikoff,
but to Camp Black, to be formally mustered
out. The Second Massachusetts men will
report at South Pennington for mastering
out after their furloughs.
General Alger has given notice that sick
regulars will also be allowed to go home
on furloughs, so that within a few days
many of the men now in camp will be away
to make room for those now on transports
in Fort Pond bay waiting to get to shore
and those yet to come from Santiago, in
Guiding General Shafter and his staff. Gen
eral Alger said he did not know when he
would leave, as he wanted to see things in
better shape before he went away. General
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full inquiry on routine affairs, and whether
sufficient supply of ice and milk had been
received at the hospitals. When he found
what he considered neglect anywhere he
plainly called to account those responsible.
Secretary Alger to-day received dispatch
from AdJutant General Corbin at Washing
ton informing him that President Mckinley
could not come to Camp Wikoff this week
Inc president will visit the camp, but he is
not looked for now before the middle or
end of next week.
The auxiliary cruiser Prairie ran aground
on a sand bar off Amagansett, l.. l., to-day.
Inc Prair1e is manned by Massachusetts
naval reserves, under Commander G. J.
Train The Prairie had troops on their way
TO the Montauk Point camp They were all
landed shortly after noon. All were trans
ferred from Amagansett to Montauk by
train. AT 2:15 the Prairie was hoated and
left Amangansett for Montauk Point.
Mr.. c. II. Dickerson, of Detroit who was
stopping at Amagansett, chartered train
and forwarded some of the men who had
been landed from the Prairie to Montauk
Point When the Prairie floated the well
men on board were conveyed to Fort Pond
bay where the Prairie dropped anchor. She
was not injured by grounding.
Another transport reached the camp to-
day 1t was the d. H. Miller, and she has
on board. Twenty of them were sick, but
there were no deaths during the voyage,
neither are there any of the sick men down
with contagious diseases.
There were two deaths in camp reported
to-day. John GULLY. Company c, Seventy
HfSI regiment, uleu OF GySenlefy ana JOhn
Dorm, of Company d, Twentieth United
States Infantry, died from dysentery and
exhaustion. In the general hospital there
are 1850 patients. There are $50 typhoid
patients in the hospital, which is a decrease
The number of men in the detention camp
is only 267
carload of fruit sent by fruit rasers i'm
the neighborhood of San Diego, Cal. for the
soldiers at Montauk Point through Miss
Helen Gould. arrived at Weehawken to-day
and was ferried around to the Long Island
Railroad in bulk.