New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-27
sanable Of and they could not have gone faster

nended unon 4. The men who went were those
least SICK and who had been longing for some
thing more exciting to do than the rounding UP
O. horses and camp patrol and police worK'
The well troopers all envied the chance OF eA-
element tire detail was having.
The general Interpretation here Of the fur
Tough orders Is that within two weeks none
save Regulars will be here and that the hesu-
lar regiments will be reduced TO skeletons oni!
enough men being retained 10 care ior inc
horses in the case Of the cavalry. and for the
equipments in the case of the infantry IL Is
considered likely that every man who saw ser
vice in Cuba will he allowed 10 60 home Tor
sixty days and that in the case OF most Of the
Regular regiments the men Will not report
here again. but at some Army post for gar
rson duty. their regiments being assigned in
the mean time
ALL WANT TO GET AWAY
Every ore wants 70 get away from here not
because Of the location Of the camp or because
Of the discomforts so much as because each man
wants to get away from the sight Of so many
gaunt and wasted men. They want 10 get
among fresh. healthy people for few weeks The
sight Of so many sick and 50 many who are too
sick to he around but are still officially we'll.
has a dspirting effect upon the strongest and
few minutes to think which is not often, hap
PLY
Outside Of the regimental camps this is proba-
bly, as busy a place as there is In the State OF
New-York Manhattan not excepted. About the
railroad depot everything is hustle from long
before daylight until far into the night At no
time during the night does activity stop, and
trains are coming and going all the time. Great
trains OF loaded cars are coming In constantly.
and as fast as the cars can be emptied they are
hauled out OF the way TO make room for more
The express business here is amounting 10 some
thing enormous. Friends Of the soldiers are
now sending them delicacies by express. and the
railroad sends carload after carload OF express
matter to Montauk every day. This In addition
to the seemingly endless string OF freight cars
This state Of affairs continues about all the
time and the business about the depot never
ceases Hundreds OF horses and wagons are al
ways about and moving in and out coming In
empty and going away empty. Everywhere are
the tough and troublesome mules htched. two,
four six and eight to a team. and with every
team is the uoisy driver whose language is not
choice enough for drawing-room.
DISCIPLINE OF REGULARS
One Of the remarkable things about the camp
Is the discipline Of the Regulars where their
officers are absent. Some of the companies nave
but one lieutenant left with them the captain
and other lieutenant being either dead or sick
The one lieutenant has many things to do with
out looking after his company. for he has TO
watch that his supplies arrive properly. and the
thousand and one other things that fall TO an
officers lot. The officers have found that shout
der straps go long way in dealing with team
sters and Others and that a captain or lieu
G,-a cx-ifh hose
people than sergeant in an hour Conse-
Quently the charge Of the company falls to the
lot of the first sergeant. and in every case they
keep excellent order and things go on smoothly
The abolition OF the guard about the deten-
ton camp has bettered the condition Of the men
there They are now being looked after by
comrades who are we'll and who can skirmisn
around and corral good things, which they carry
TO those in the camp who are not able TO he
around and get where things are distributed.
Many Of the privates Nho had a chance to-day
got q lot Of relief goods. about the depot and
lugged them on their backs out 10 their friends
in the detention camp.
There Is an impression in the camp that New
York is away behind the New England cities in
aiding the men in the camp. A large portion OF
the relief supplies that have arrived have come
from Boston and other Eastern cities Tons
have arrived by way of New London and New
Haven 1t may be that because this source OF
supply is observable, while New-Yorks conui-
buttons come b. raj, and, canno. be so readily
noted. the difference. or supposed difference, is
noticed
A 10; more hospital supplies were received
last night and this morning. and are being dis
tributcd. Cots are also on the way. and should
arrive tonight They badly needed. They
are what the men need as much as anything, for
II Is too cold here 70 sleep on the ground and II
the soldiers have TO continue 10 do this there
Will be run of pneumonia in the camp that will
make the typhoid list look small. and pneumonia
here looks like sure death.