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The evening times., 1898-09-01
ALLEGHENY a PESTSHIP.
Fourteen Men Die on the Trip Amid
Terrible Conditions

Camp NikOf, MOntauk Point. Sept. l.
The Ninth Massachusetts Regiment. un-
der command of Major Donovan. arriv-
ed yesterday on the transports Aneghe-
ny and Panther.
The Allegheny came in with 200 out of
the $50 men on her sick and a record OF
fcurteea deaths during the trip There
is going 10 be q scandal over this trans
port, for that most conservative Of cffi-
Cials. DR.. MaSruder the health officer.
said last night:
The Allegheny is a cattle ship and
not lit for we'll men, let alone sick ones
She is the worst one that I have inspect
cd and / have been aboard every one
that has come into the bay"
1t was impossible to gct any details Of
the condition of the transport as she Is
clear out in the bay and is in strict
quarantine. The same is true of the Pan
ther
The Allegheny brings companies A. B.
c. u. f. T. G and II. of the Massachu-
setts regiment. There were le6 men of
Companies l and VI on the Ranther. fif-
teen Of whom are sick The only two of
the field and staff of the regiment to
come back with it are Major Donovan
and Adjutant Joseph ]. Kelley.
Col. Frank B. Began was brought her.,
some days ago and died at his home ana
the bodies OF Majors Patrick J. G:ady
and Michael J. O'Conner were broug ht
here last week on a transport.
The Allegheny brought north the body
Of Capt. John Drum. Tenth Infantry.
who was killed at San Juan His son.
Joseph. got permission 10 bring the body
ashore today and il was sent TO New
York tonight by train.
There are no contagious diseases on
either the Allegheny or the Panther.
Gen Wheeler received a teleg. am
fl ON Adjutant General Corbin yesterday
containing a peTemptory order TO the
effect that the Rough Riders should be
mustered out at once and that the mus
tcring out should take place here II
was Col Roosevelts idea to have his
men mustered out in New York but this
order cha ages his plan entirely If the
Rough Riders decide 10 parade in New
York they will have to use different
mounts their horses will have ., be
turned over to the Government here.
The evening times., 1898-09-01
4 Flower Clock.
(From the New York SUN }


The phenomenon Of certain species OF flowers
opening and closing at particular hours has been
utilized 10y an Ohio landscape gardener TO add
Rockefeller's country seat at Tarrytown- II eon-
sists OF a flower bed which can be used as
clock The bed is circular and divided into
twelve parts Each part contains figure COM
posed OF q flower which opens CT closes at a Ger
tain hour. Thus the space Is occupied by
II made OF tawkseed. which closes at D. m
precisely. The hands of course. are stationary
and merely ornamental They are composed OF
the common yellow dandelion, which opens at
$50 a and closeS at $50 p. IN. They point
10 arrangements OF figures representing these fig-
ures. There has been difficulty in fading Acw-
crS to suit the various hours and in some cases
the figure has been made up Of more than one
flower. Among these that have been uSnd are
the snow thistle. that closes at / p. m: the SOW
thistle, that opens At ) a.. IN. and begins to
close at IL, but does net fully close until noon;
the yellow goats beard, which opens at a. m
and closes at p m, with such accuracy that in
some of the poorer districts OF ScO,llnd-where
there are no clocks-the children are dismissed
from school by it; the blue chickory, which
closes at noon: the morning glory, poppy, water
lily pimpernel. and marigold, opening at > a.
m. a. m. a. m. and m. respectively;
the star of Bethlehem, which closes at II: the
passion flower, which opens at noon; the beauty
of the night. which opens az p. M; the evening
primrose which opens at 6: the white yctnis,
opening at G. and the blue convolvuuS at , a m
This clock is SO arranged that from a distance II
looks like an ordinary flower bed, but o. close in
spection none could mistake it for anything other
tnah what it is.
The evening times., 1898-09-01

It is probable that the objection Of
Colonel Harries to an escort for the
District troops on their arrival at
Washington is due to the ragged and
generally unkempt appearance Of the
boys. To present a neat and trim as
pect to the public has always been the
aim Of the regiment. and we know il
only as il has looked on parade occas-
ions. Naturally the officers have q
feeling that il must detract from the
reputation of the soldiers 10 be seen
in the soiled. variegated clothing that
has been soaked in the turbid waters
OF the San Juan. has been slept in in
the trenches at Santiago and on a
crowded troopship and in camp. Many
Of the boys consider their worn attire
almost indecent 1t is safe To say that
IL is because Of his desire to shield them
that Colonel Harries does not heartily
approve Of the escort and parade fea-
lures Of the reception program.
Nobody in the District needs 10 be
told that our soldier boys Will appear
more glorified in the public sight in
their honorable rags than they have
ever seemed in all the glitter of gold
lace and dress uniform. In time they
will themselves learn to value these
tattered garments more than the rich
est uniform a soldier ever wore. I'm
shaven and unkempt. with torn shoes
and battered hats. sallow and thin from
exposure and privation, they will
awaken pride and an affection in the
hearts Of the people that only the
proofs Of loyal and hard service can
inspire. When they understand Just
how we all feel about it. they VIII not
refuse to give to the public the oppor-
tunity TO cheer them as they are.
Owing to the monctony of camp life
and the natural eagerness Of the boys
TO see their home people, they will not
be detained at Montauk a day longer
than is necessary. When the last of
them arrive from Cuba all will be
brought to Washington, and the time is
short. 1t is a duty as well as a
privilege for all those who live along
the line of march to decorate as elab-
orately as possible. 1t is important
too. that more subscriptions to the fund
should come in at once.
The evening times., 1898-09-01
SPANS WESTERN EXPORTS.
Chief Artic.es Sent Out TO Cuba and
Porto Rico.

The interest in the business opportuni-
ties offered in Cuba and Porto Rico
which is felt by the business men of the
United States is shown by the large num-
Der of letters on that subject now being
received by the Trea sury Bureau of Sta
ustics. These. come from all parts of the
country, but especially from the great
manufacturing. producing and business
centers. The inquiries are generally for
statistics as to the imports into those is
lands, the purpose evidently being to de-
termine the class of articles demanded
and the countries from which the sup
plies have been drawn in the past few
years. This information the Bureau of
Statistics has been able to supply very
the articles imported into those islands
from each of the leading commercial ma
tlonS during the past decade
In general terms it may be said that
the imports into Cuba and Porto Rico
have averaged about 500 O00.G00 a year
during the past decade. OF this about
one-half was from Spain, about one-third
from the United States, and the remain
der from England, Germany, France and
other nations. This average of $50 090, 900
per annum is probably considerably be-
low the normal consuming capacity Of
the islands. the imports of the past two
or three years having been greatly re-
duced because of the war. OF this aver
age annual Importation of $50 90, 900 into
Cuba and Porto Rico, about So per cent
has gone TO Cuba, about one-third, as in
d!cated above. being from the United
States, one-half from Spain and one
tenth from Great Britain. The large per-
centage of the imports of Cuba and POr-
TO Rico which Spain was able TO retain
for her own people was due both to Span
iSh influence among the merchants and
importers and To the discriminating tar
if in favor of goods coming from Spain.
Now that these influences In favor of
Spanish merchandise are TO be removed,
there is an especial interest in the ques-
ton of the class of articles which have
in the past been imported from Spain
into these islands, and this informal ton
the figures of the Bureau of Statistics
supply in detail
The following tables show the chief ar
ticles exported TO Cuba and Porto Rico
in 1895 and 1896, from Spain. the value
being given in Spanish pesetas, the value
of the peseta being 1873 cents:
Cubas chief imports from Spain in 1895
Nd
The evening times., 1898-09-01
NEW SOCIAL MILITARY ORDER.
Rough Riders Meet and Plan an Or
EnniXNfitn.

Camp Wikoff, Sept 1.-At the regimen
tai mess of the Rough Riders this even
ing a social order to be known as ''The
Roosevelt Rough Riders" was formally
organized A charter will be applied for,
and the constitution of the order will be
framed to admit the eldest son of each
member on the death of the father. 1t is
hoped in this way to perpetUate the name
and fame of this remarkable cavalry regi-
ment.
Lieut. Col Alexander Brodie was chos-
en- president of the new society. Brig.
Gen. Leonard Wood and Col. Roosevelt
were elected vice presidents, and Capt.
Goodrich, secretary.
When the organization had been COM
pleted Lieut.. Col. Brodie-a West Point
er and the first officer of the regiment to
be wounded by a Spanish bullet-address-
ed Col. Roosevelt:
THE officers and men of the First Vol
unteer Calvary, wishing to perpetuate the
name under which they were popularity
known, and to transmit 10 their sons the
heritage of renown they won so distinctly
before Santiago, propose TO organize
military order that they sincerely believe
will become as honored an inheritance as
any title to nobility. We are proud to be
known as members of Roosevelts Rough
Riders, and we have therefore given our
association that precious name-the name
under which We fought and under which
some of our beloved comrades died gio-
riously on the battlefield. All the pre-
lininaries have been concluded without
your consent but We are confident of
your approval"
Col. Roosevelt was much affected. He
said:
Comrades, no happiness can ever
equal that which this evidence of your
love and respect brings to my heart.
The most delightful weeks of my exist
ence have been spent with you, asso-
ciated in camp. in social life or in the
activities OF actual warfare That l
have retained your esteem is qualification
enough for any man.
Il can say with you that to have been
Rough Rider is the pride of my life. /
feel that l certainly was born to COM
mand this regiment. and you tell me by
this graceful method OF perpetuating the
love each Of US feels for il that | have
commanded II To your satisfaction and
approval. | thank you, and am greatly
honored as well as made gloriously hap
Ply"
An Informal reception then took place.
The idea is that every man in the regi-
ment shall stand on the same equality
in the Order of the Roosevelt Rough
Riders" A distinctive badge will be
selected before the regiment is mustered
out.
II Is practically decided that the regi-
ment will parade in New York on Labor
Day, with Col. Roosevelt at its head.
The evening times., 1898-09-01
General Boynton,, ReDort.

without doubling the sincerity of
General Boynton's conclusions in rela-
ton to the health conditions of the
camp at Chickamauga. it is hard to es-
cape the conviction that his inquiry
was made under a strong desire to find
everything favorable. This idea is sus-
1ained by the manner in which the
health records are used. He finds that
from the beginning there have been
seyenty-five thousand soldiers in the
camp. and among these thyse were only
one hundred and ninety-eight deaths.
His statement Of the percentage Of sick
is based on that number OF troops.
Now. these deaths did not occur when
there We're seYenty-five thousand SOL
diers in camp and the largest number
of sick was not reported from thar
number. In the first few weeks. when a
great many regiments were in camp
typhoid fever had not developed.
Nearly half of the seventy-five thou
sand soldiers We're removed to Florida
and elsewhere before the fever assum-
ed an epidemic form. There were
nearly five thousand men sick-too sick
for duty-and as many as possible in
the overcrowded hospitals when the
total number Of troops was about forty
three thousand.
Perhaps il occurred to General Boyn-
ton as entirely fair to take the total
number Of troops during the whole
time and the total number of sick and
dead, as the basis of his calculation.
1T would be fair but for the fact that
it takes time for an epidemic to de-
yelop and a longer time for the soil,
water and atmosphere TO become pol
1uted-
According to the official report of AS
The evening times., 1898-09-01
PENSION BUREAU RULINGS.
Orders Excluding Reviews of Exam
lining Surgeons Reports Modified.

Assistant Secretary Webster DAVIS, OF
the Interior Department. has directed the
modification of the rule in force In the
Pension tureau excluding from re-
view of examining surgeons reports all
persons save the claimant or his recos-
nized attorney.
Mr. Davis has directed that the repre-
scntatiyes of recognized attorneys. who
have written authority from their en-
pioyers. be granted the same privie ege
of examining the certificates of exaIlin-
ing surgeons as is provided by law for
the attorneys in person
The elimination of the various rules
and orders promulgated by the Com
missioner pf Pensions. and relating TO
this issue. is found in his order Of Oc-
tober % 1S1 wherein he declares that
THE certificates OF examining surgeons
may be examined or inspected b. the
claimant or his recognized attorney. In
person only, after final adverse action
is taken thereon and within three months
OF the notice OF such action" And this
only upon the personal order of the Com
missioner or Deputy Commissioner OF
Pensions.
1t was urged by the Commissioner of
Pensions that every opportunity should
be afforded and every safeguard adopted
that would permit the examining sur
gcons TO make an impartial report with
out being affected by local conditions
and influences. The nature of these "lG-
cal conditions and Influences is appa--
ert in the complaints of some examin-
ing surgeons that a knowledge Of their
findings was detrimental 10 their pri-
vate business; that is. that they were en-
barrassed in their practice by the knOwl-
edge of claimant that the surgeons
report was adverse
The necessity for securing am unbiased
report and the annoyance incident 10
copying of said reports BY attorneys
clerks. together with alleged intin1ida-
tiOn Of medical examiners. embrace the
principal reasons urged in support of the
rule
The evening times., 1898-09-01

sistant Inspector General Parker for
the four weeks from July 20. when
there were on the sick list two thou
sand two hundred and twenty-six
out OF forty-three thousand-of whom
some were comparatively recent arriv-
als-the sick increased by one-fourth
every week, as follows: Week ending
July %, the sick numbered two thou
sand two hundred and twenty-siX; Au-
gust j they numbered two thousand
nine hundred and seventy-fiye. an in
crease Of seven hundred and forty-nine;
August they numbered three thou
sand six hundred and thirty-one, an
increase of six hundred and fifty-siX;
August Is they numbered four thou
sand four hundred and twenty-six. an
increase of seven hundred and ninety
five; August % they numbered four
thousand eight hundred and ninety
four. an increase of three hundred and
sixty eight, or a total increase in the
four weeks Of two thousand six hun
dred and siNty-eisht. or more than
double the number reported July %.
To say that a camp in which such
an increase is possible is wholesome is
TO fail to understand the normal con-
ditions of a camp of forty-three thou
sand men.
Then, tCo. the reports of Inspector
Parker DR.. Sem and other experts
agree that the soil is of such d char
acter as to be easily poisoned by the
refuse of a typhoid fever camp. and
that il is. in fact. saturated with the
germs Of specific disease. According TO
all experience, in such a case, the
water supply cannot long escape con-
tamination- If the camp Is fatisfac-
| tory as to health matters at this time.
! il is creditable 10 the officers VINO have
| labored TO enforce sanitary conditions,
and we have no disposition To criticise
that important conclusion of General
! Ruyntln's report. But that the place
has been pestilential and that his basis
OF statistics is wrong appears from the
records published by Inspector Par
! kpr
The evening times., 1898-09-01
Red Tape

The noise of the country's indigna-
ton over the condition of its soldiers
has called forth a statement from one
Of the correspondents who was az ST.
bonsy when the stores were landed.
He tells a story which throws some
light on the reason for the starvation
Of the troops. According to his idea.
il may all be summed up in two words
red tape.
He says that for the most part, the
men who handled the quartermaster's
stores in Cuba worked as well and as
quickly as anyone could ask, but that
they were hampered by orders from
Washington. The stores which came
with the troops were packed IN the
holds of the troopships. and the pack
ing had been done in Tampa by con-
tractors who got their jobs from the
War Department, and worked indie
pendently of rfle military leaders. The
consequence was that when the stores
arrived at Siboney nobody knew just
where anything was. Orders came
from Gen. Shafter to unload the trans
ports one by one, in a certain Crd5r,
which the general doubtless supposed
was the proper one. The army officer
who was put in charge of the job
found. after several tons Of goods had
been unIoaded from the first trans
port, that every box had on its end
the lithograph of large and rubcUnd
tomato. The officer did some quick
thinking, and embarked in a rowboat
for the transport. He called cut to the
captain:
''What have in your hold?''
''TeTmaters,'' said the captain.
ANYTHING elsey'
''MuieS'' said the captain.
Anything eiseg'
''Sot . thing, except soldiers that's too
seasick to be- carried out.
The of+icer then rowed over to the
next transport and inquired what that
had on board. He was told that il
carried beans. He ordered the captain
to get inshore so that his goods could
be unloaded. The captain said that he
could not do it; his orders were to wait
until the first boat was empty. The
officer said that the captain would move
in there-pointing to an anchorage
within thirty minutes. The captain
again said something about his orders.
Said the officer:
"Damn your orders. Orders were only made
for the use of people who haven't got sense
enough to get along without them. We've got
ten Thousand troops shore with no rations,
and do you suppose I'm going to LET them live
for the next three days ON tomatoes2 Do you
move, do l move your
The captain said he moved, and he
did.
Next morning there were transports
The evening times., 1898-09-01
NEWPoRT's GAY WELCOME.
Elaborate Preparations to Receive
the Naval Heroes.

thc HEROES
Newport, r. l. Sept. Newport will
give a royal welcome TO returning officers
and men of the navy who will come here
week after next by orders of the Secre-
tary Of the Navy Citizens and cottagers
are cooperating. and an elaborate pro-
gram has been arranged. Il is not known
yet just what ships Will visit Newport
though a monitor and the torpedo hotiIla,
headed by the battIe-scarred Winslow.
are 10 come here. Several cruisers are
expected in addition, and the Rhode Isl
and representatives hope 10 have one of
the battIeships ordered 70 -Sewp6rt
The committee on reception met this
morning and organized. with Representa-
tive Melville Bull as chairman. State Au-
ditor Albert Chambers secretary. and Mr..
Hollis II. Huuneweu. jT.. treasurer. The
executive committee is Mr.. Oliver II. P.
Belmont. Mr.. Hermann Oelrichs. Mr
Lispenard Stewart. Mr.. Hollis H. Hume
We'll. jr.; Col John Jacob Astor and
Lieut. f J. Be-wind, United States navy
There is also an advisory committee. con
Sisting of Senators Nelson W AldriCh
and George Peabody WeJmOre. Repre-
sentative \ d. CaQrOn. Gov. Elisha Dy-
er. Gen. F. NJ Sackett. Mayor P. j.
BOYLE. Col. J. G. Eddy. of the Forty-sav-
enth Regiment, ana Lieut. Col. Haskias.
Second United States Artillery.
There Is s.. 90 in hand for the ceIebra-
ton. and it can be doubled in a day if
necessary The exercises will continue
through four days. September IL. Y. Is
and II have been selected. conditionaHy
upon all the ships getting here at that
time.
A feature Of this part of the program
VII! be a boat race for a cup which Nh
Oliver H p Belmont has offered.
The evening times., 1898-09-01
AGU1NA1po,s PROCLAMATION.
There MRS Method I'm His Ignoring
the United Sfutes


Administration officials, including two
Cabinet officers who are in the city. are
very much interested in the Tines
dispatch from Manila yesterday
telling OF the action of Aguinaldo,
the rebel leader addressing memorial
in his own behalf 10 all the foreign pow
ers. His request for the recognition OF
the independence of the Philippine re-
public is regarded as somewhat signih-
cant and important. especially in view
OF MS failure 20 mention the United
States III the memorial
This failure was evidently p-emedi-
taied, and would, if not considered in tha
light of official dispatches passing be-
tween Manila and Washington, be sig
nidcant as indicating that ASuinaldo IS
determined to ignore the United States
and refuse to recognize the authority OF
Admiral Dewey and General Merritt.
The fact is. however. and it has never
been published that Gen. Merritt was
recently instructed by the President,
through the War Department, not 10
form an alliance of any sort with Agu1n-
aldo but to formally notify him that
the United States had taken military
control only of the island of Luzon and
authority merely to carry out the orders
of his superior officers
General Merritt was instructed to tell
Aguinaldo further that the United
States does not regard him as an ally
but merely as the representative of one
class of the inhabitants of the conquered
Spanish territory.
Aguinaldo was given to understand that
moreover he must not represent himself
as being in any sense recognized ally OF
the United States These instructions to
Gen. Merritt were made necessary for
many reasons, not the least important of
which is the fact that more than one Of
the United States military officers at Ma
Mia had assumed to regard Aguinaldo as
a friend and ally of the United States,
much as the military officers in Cuba
had regarded the insurgent leaders there
Being engaged in fighting a common
eremy il was taken too much for granted,
the Government thought. that the oppos-
ing forces therefore constituted an al
lance for offensive and defensive pur-
poses. This view of the situation the
Government found it necessary TO dis
courage and destroy by the instructions
TO Gen. Merritt.
1t has long been known to the officials
of the Administration that representa-
tives of this country were consulted by
Aguinaldo at the time he announced him
self a dictator and the rightful wearer OF
a gold collar, and that he took this step
in opposition to the wishes and the ad-
vice of the American officials. The fact
that such a protest was made has. how
ever never yet officially been admitted.
In view of the state of things as out
lined above it is the general opinion
among those who have knowledge OF
the facts that in emitting all mention Of
America in his appeal TO the powers
AguinaidO keeps I'm mind the time-honor-
ed adage that discretion is the better
part OF vaIor"
1t is the firm purpose of this Govern
ment 10 remain entirely clear of any en-
tangling alliances with the leader of the
Filipino rebels. at least pending the ne
gotiations of the peace commission