The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-05

their resistance. The publicity given K
these reports is most strongly deprecated
by almost every official of the admins
tration, but the American army at Santi
ago is being loaded upon transports as
rapidly as possible and it is hoped thai
within a few days the bulk Of the army
will be at sea bound for Montauk Point
Long Island.
In the place of these weary and battle
worn troops will be five regiments OF
immunes now due at Santiago, supposed
to bep roof against yellow fever, and at
any rate gifted with fresh store OF
energy of health to draw upon. General
Miles has with him in Porto Rico a force
probably equal to the actual demands
of the campaign there, so that the heavy
reinforcements now on their way to that
island or about to be despatched, can be
safely diverted to Santiago or any other
Cuban port at short notice if occasion
should make it recessary.
With a knowledge of these facts the
officials breathe easier and feel tolerably
safe as to the conditions at Santiago. II
is supposed that the government eensors
at New York made an effort to prevent
the communication of the facts stated In
the Santiago dispatches to Europe, but
it is unlikely that they succeeded, mas
much as the same news, being freely
given out at Santiago, undoubtedly must
have reached Kingston, Jamaica, and
have been transmitted to Europe without
censorship at the hands of our governs
r,ent.
1t is said to be overstating the case to
say that General Shafter was rebuked for
allowing publication of the round robin,
for the Secretary of War confined his
communication to a simple inquiry as to
whether the General had given publicity
to the Roosevelt letter and the round
robin. but it is certainly the fact that
henceforward the effort will be made to
guard such information more closely from
the public.
The War Department has ordered the
large feet Of transports at Ponce TO pro-
coed to Santiago, there to join with the
transports already at Santiago in bring
ing General Skaters army back to this
country There are ten large transports
in the fleet at Ponce. some of them like
the Mobile having a capacity of 6,o40
men This with the capacity of the ships
already at Santiago will give a carrying
strength of over 1900 men at a trip
In addition to the transports announc-
ed by the War Department yesterday as
being ready at Santiago. 1t now appears
that the Orizaba, capacity $50 men, is
also available The Yale will also be
brought into this service in the course of
a week or ten days. At present she is
to be utilized in taking General Fred
Grants brigade to Porto Rico, after
which she will return by way of Santiago
and take on load of Skaters men.
The press dispatches from Santiago.
saying that the troops were greatly elated
over the prospect of beginning the home
ward move today is accepted with sat
isfaction by the war officials here. They
say that the embarkation has already be-
gun, and that the Louisiana, which left
day before yesterday with cavalry on
board, is now well on her way home.
With the arrival Of Skaters army in
this country. every facility will be given
to the troops to recuperate. This will
apply not only to the sick, but to the wei. !.
as it is appreciated that the hardships
through which the men have gone must
have taxed the vitality even of the
strongest.
There will be no yellow fever cases
brought to this country, as such cases can
be best handled without removal The
less serious cases of Sickness not involv
ing contagion will be brought here if
the patients are convalescing to point
whree removal will be advantageous.
Surgeon General Sternberg has in view
several points for patients and con-
The actual hospital station will prob
ably be located at Montauk Point where
a field hospital for 500 patients is being
prepared, in addition to the hospital
which Gen Skaters forces
will bring along with them. But in adj
dition to this Gen. Sternberg has in view
two fine locations where the braclng
and lake air will help conval-
escents to recovery. These points are:-.
Fort sthan Allen, Vermont and the,
army post at Plattsburgh. N. Y. The
latter point is on Lake Champlain, and
the former in the bracing latitude of the
General Sternberg has no purpose of
making these points hospital camps in the
ordinary sense of the word. where severe
cases will be handled, but only to make
them available for the convalescents al
ready we'll on the way to recovery, who
need good air and surroundings to bring
them completely back to health. Each
post will accommodate some 500 to 800
men. The order designating them for
this purpose has not yet been made, but
General Sternberg doubtless will make
the recommendation for their use
The impression that there is a differ
ence of opinion between the medical Of
ton on the question of removing the
troops of Skaters army, is said to be
without foundation, as 1t is pointed out
that Surgeon General Sternberg's office
has maintained from the first that the
army should be removed as fast as the
military situation would permit 1t is
said, however. that the military situation,
in the common custom of field operations.
dominates the medical situation, and that
the latter must shape itself to the mill
tary requirements.
General Sternberg felt that it would be
disastrous for the troops to remain at
Santiago through the late summer and
early fall months as these are more like
" to breed serious cases of yellow fever
In the event that a removal was not pos
sible because of the military situation
then it was General Sternberg's view that
the camps be removed as speedily as pos
sible from points of infection and new
camping ground back of Santiago be es-
tablished