Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-08
WILL LEAVE CAMP WIKOFR,
Few Soldiers Will be Left There by Oct.
1-RooseveIt's Farewell Speech
The Death List.

Camp Wikon, Montauk Point, L. l.,
sept. This great camp will dissolve
during the coming three weeks and before
October l it will have shrunk to slender
proportions. The well men, according to
the war departments present designs, will
leave the camp as fast as transportation
can be conveniently provided, probably at
| the rate of 1900 or 1900 Il week The con-
vaescents from the hospitals instead of
being sent again into camp with their
commands, VIII go to their homes. The
President, Secretary Alger and General
Wheeler had a talk about it yesterday,
and although Gen. Wheeler thought the
men would do well in camp until October
| J. 1t Is determined to continue sending
the men away. The regulars taken from
posts east of the Mississippi will, accord
ing TO the Presidents instructions, be sent
to where they were before the war. The
war department has not transmitted the
order to Gen. Shafter yet. but 1t will no
doubt be received by Tuesday
The Eighth Ohio and First Illinois will
break camp Tuesday. The Rough Riders
will muster out toward the end of the
week probably. ard will not parade. The
Rough Riders had service in their camp
to-day. Col. Roosevelt, after Champlain
Grown had concluded, rose and made "a
little speech, a sort of farewell, some of
the men took 1t to be. Col. Roosevelt
complimented the daring and gallantry
of his men; their wholesome good fellow
ship; their skill in managing horses and
IN the use of arms When the regiment
was forming, he said, many men had Of
fered themselves, who said they were
ready TO storm the MORO or fight hell"
but would not take kindly to camp rou-
tine and drill. All such men had been re-
iected The Rough Riders had all the
forces of individual strength and in bat
tie were coherent and as effective as a
projectle.
Gen. Wheeler said to-day that Lieut.
Col Smart of the medical staff of the ar
my had come to chemically examine the
water supplied to the camp. He was at
the top OF his profession and would in
two or three days be able to give an alb
solutely authoritative decision as to the
purity OF the water. People had an idea
that the water came from the fresh wa
ter pond. Cen Wheeler said they were
mistaken. The water drawn from wells
two hundred and three hundred feet deep.
Women passed through the camp and
displcased by seeing that some fonts did
not have floors and fancied that the men
must sleep on the ground. They were
wrong in supposing that. In tents with
out floors were wooden hunks or thick
straw. AS for himself, Gen. Wheeler said.
he liked the camp better everyday and
would like to live in it until Oct. /.
The troop ship Roumana, five days
from Santiago, came in to-day with COM
panes X and l. of the 9th Massachusetts
and conValescents from various COM
mands, in all 800 men. Seven died on the
voyage and were buried at sea. They
were: Daniel X. Reynolds list New York
Charles Connors, Co. NJ. 9Th Massachu.
sets. paralysis; Orville Dean, U. s. en-
| glneer corps, acute dysentery: Timothy
! O'Malley, Co. *, 9th ssachusetts, acute
ldysentery; Henry M. Broderick, Co. X, 9th
Massachusetts. acute dysentery; Paul w.
| Friedman. Co. F., list New York, acute
mania; Joseph Franz, Co. b, 10th infan-
| try. acute mania.
The Unonist also arrived from Santiago
with $50 men. Fifty-three were of Co. e,
first Illinois infantry. The rest were
teamsters and carpenters. All on board
are well.
Those who died in the general hospital
to-day were: Samuel Osborne, private Co.
!, 7th Infantry; Michael O'Hare, private,
Co, b, Sth infantry; Jamesc McGrath, pri-
waite Co. II, Sth infantry Henry Sawyer,
private, 10th cavalry; James Ray private,
Co. IL, 18th infantry; Matthias Ills, pri-
vate, Co. F, third infantry; Elmer S.
Greene private. Co. F. 7th u. s. infantry;
Huekah Kelly, Co. G, private, oath in
fantry. Number of patients in general
hospital, 1910.
| No one died at the detention hospital
to-day. 1t has H5 patients. Arthur Fie-
States infantry killed himself In his tent
to-day He took his Kraegg-J orgsen rife,
put the muzzle to his left eye and touch
ed Off the trigger with his sword bayonet.
He was recruited In Tampt three and a
half months ago, went to Cuba, fought,
caught the fever and was out OF his mind
for some tina.