New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-30
SICK SOLDIERS AT FORT nONROE.
BIG ARMY HOSPITAL-YELLOW FEVER IA
TENTS MAY BE CARED FOR THERE
MORE MEN FOR CUBA.

Newport News Va June % (SpeciaD.-The
next detachment Of troops to embark from Ne"
mort News for Santiago de Cuba will arrive here
/ on Monday morning from Camp Alser. Inc
| Chesane and Ohio has orders 10 he prepared
| TO transport TWO regiments. or about nineteen
hundred troops Sunday night. and the caterer
who has the contract to feed the men mas peeh
! instructed 10 be prepared to furnish TWO meals
for two thousand men, If necessary. Monday.
The two regiments expected are the w Massd-
chusetts and the 9th Illinois.
| This will he the first detachment OF General
Garretson's brigade to embark. and will be fol-
lowed in the week by the 9Th and 9tn ONO
This will complete General Guy Y. Henrys
/ division which is under orders to reinforce Gen
oral shafter at Santiago. General Henry Is eN-
| nected in the city daily. A heavy mail for him
has already arrived.
The Yale which Is 10 carry the troops that
will get here on Monday will arrive In port carry
| Saturday morning. she carried four thousand
tons OF coal with her. and, as she consumes
about three hundred and seventy-hVe IONS
dav. she will have barely one thousand tons
left This will make it necessary for her 20 re-
penish her bunkers and Immediately on her ar
rival the work will begin
! It IS probable that. in order 70 facilitate the
work Of coaIing the Yale will run alongside one
Of the Chesapeake and Ohio piers. when J. con-
trarv TO naval regulations. and is only allowed
by special permission IN this manner she Ga"
be coaled by Monday. otherwise it will he neces-
sary 10 consume more lime. and the troops from
Camp Alger would have 20 pitch their camp ior
I eovaral davs The city officials have been as
sured bv the Army officers here that a repetition
Of the disgraceful conduct of the 9th MassachI-
setts. when it embarked on Saturday. VIII not
no permitted and that the troops VIII receive no
unnecessary liberty.
Fort Monroe Is to become the most important
hospital point on the coast. Steps to that 81"
were taken more than week ago. and today IL
,rae learned on good authority that the final ar
ranpenents were completed. The first plan con-
,empated the erection Of a large wooden Ouid-
ing but this idea was soon abandoned IN ld'"l
Of tents The tents will be large. and wul be
provided with every comfort ana convenience
known 70 modern medical and surgical science
They will be on the moat. near the fort nospltai
! building corps Of twenty surgeons mas Dee,i
detailed for service at the new station ana Will
arrive next week. - ia.
It was learned this morning that BETWEEN az s,H
hundred and eight hundred SICK ana ""unueu
! soldiers from the South Will be sent TO fo't
1 Monroe for treatment Some Of them are ex-
/ r,octed here next week This news caused some
a,,rohension on account OF the danger Of in
reducing yellow fever. While ordinarily the
disease could not exist so FAR north as rVtt
! Monroe, once introduced II "ou'" u''- iy.--1tl
thrive in such weather as has Deen eHpe'ie"ceu
here in the last week It Is not known nov
ever. that yellow fever patients VIII be orough'
J To Old Point They have TO be treated r 9olie
/ - bo,rovar and as the citizens Of Tampa
and other Florida cities are vigorously pioles.-
ing against the establishment OF hospitals II,
! ,hat state Il may be necessary 70 send the SICK
| snid,ers North The hospital tents will have &C
comrodations for one thousand sick and wound
ed and +, is stated that the Army ana navy
hospltal-shlps Will bring all OF their "oun'eu u
this point. -,. ., 1o..ha,n
The green coated turtle back ram katahdln
loft old Point this morning. and came up 10 me
city 70 take hTe hundred IONS OF eoai, M
LII ro,urr 20 Old Point for orders on Saturday.
The renairs TO the Minneapolis will be completed
on Friday and she Will then be ready for Crders
/ ~ nroceed 10 Santiago. Sixty-four Army horses
/ co- tho Pennsylvania artillerymen at camp
! Worburton arrived to-day. and hereafter bat
tories and c will have mounted driIis. Inc
| Two batteries AZ Fort Monroe which were oil,
/ dorod "a hold themselves in readiness 10 proceed
10 Tampa are still awaiting orders