New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-01
SAILORS REFUSE TO SERTE.
MAJOR suMMERHAYEs OBLIGED TO GET MANY
NEW MEN FOR THE MOHAWK AND
MISSISSIPPI

The mon employed OF the new Govern
nent troop ships Mohawk and Mississippi. re-
Gently purchased from the Atlantic Transport Com
panv. have refused In the main to serve under the
American flag. and men will have to he Sc
cured for these v,'s,,s Thera were eighty .hv .
men tho Mohawk and seventy on the Mis-
si.~ippi When Major Summerhayes had tho Stars
and Stripes run up on Wednesday most of the
officers and men who are OF British nativity.
refused 10 serve. The captain and the chief en-
cneer OF tho Mohawk remained For the Miss!s-
sippi the FIRST assistant engineer. who remained
was promoted Major Summerhayes took imm"-
date steps to secure new men. and yesterday some
OF the old ones said they would serve.
Major Summcrhayes said yesterday tina, he would
&c, fun crews hy to-day and that the vessels would
be ready 10 sail by SUNDAY. He /, also making
ready the Port Victor and the Panama for trans
ports The Lampasas and the Nuec"s. OF the Nal
lory Line will sail to-day for Tampa. and they
each convoy large quantities OF subsistence sup
plies OF the Port Victor the captain. steward and
engineer are the only ones willing to serve under
the United States flag Major summerhnyes Will
take steps to-day for the Government TO take pos
session Of the Ho!land-Amcr!ca steamer OLDHAM
which Is 10 he made troop ship.
He said yesterday: The Mohawk and the Missis-
sipp are our first real troop ships. SUCH as the
English nation has with accommodations for both
men and horses. And they are better than the
vision for stock. the men have 10 camp out aboard
and take care OF themselves We viii provide
hamrnocks for the men. slung from The 'standes
or iron bed frames. mat they can sleep com
fortaby aboard.
The Mohawk will comfortably carry 100 men
and 600 horses. The cattle pens are being suodi-
y,ded into stalls and all that work will he COM
pletcd to-day The Mississippi will carry 500 men
and as many horses. and 200 tons Of Goa! The
Nohsuk has A, disabling pian. capable OF furnish
ing 1900 gallons OF fresh water every twenty-iour
hours and IL has a storage capacity OF 800 IONS
OF water and 100 tons Of coal There are accom-
moda lions for sixty-fve 'rstclass passengers Both
vessels are equipped with electric plants search-
lights and suction fans for veniliatlon tach car
towing purposes IL It is needed. These are the best
equipped vessels have sent out The others OF
the Mallory Lire AMI so forth are good freight
boats but these he real thing In troop SHIPS
We will get the Others ready for use as fast as
they In port
The hospital ship Relief Major Summerhayes
said Nigh, sail to-day. but would surely get OF
NOT later than tomorrow. In addition 10 the $50
beds for patients aboard her she carries 400 toldnS
cots and go extra matre-ses,so that in an eTner-
cency about fourteen hundred patients can be cared
for aboard. She has medical stores for an army or
100 900 and food supplies for large force In adj
dItion TO the regular supplies put aboard her there
are many decacies which have been ordered by
generous persons and sent to her for the use OF
the sick that she is amply and adequately sup
niIed for taking care Of the wounded who Will be
put aboard her Her Ice plant can turn out two
IONS a day which is twice what will be needed
aboard her and the disting plant also has dou-
bic the capacity OF what the vessel herself needs.
will be possible to furnish the camps with much
and