The evening times., 1898-08-19
SAKS & COMPANY,
''SAKS' CORNER.
IN COMMAND OF CAMP w1KoFF.
General Young Retires and General
Wheeler Takes Hold.

Montauk Point. n. Y. Aug. 1a--Major
General Young retired from the command
Of Camp Wikof this morning to give
place to Ma jor General Wheeler. The new
commanders first announcement upon
taking hold was that he would rescind
none of the orders for camp government
issued by his predecessor. and that the
completion of the camp will be carried
out on the plans laid out by Gen. Young
in the beginning
Gen. Young takes command of the cav
airy under Gen. Wheeler. whose lease as
commander of the camp will extend only
until the arrival of Gen. Shafter-
Every day sees great Improvement in
the condition of both sick and well, and
by the time the last transport arrives
from Santiago Camp Wikoff will be
model and credit The greatest i'm
provement made so far is the building of
roads by the few companies of volunteer
engineers who have been here but
| few weeks.
The problem of getting water was solved
! q week ago. but not until today have the
plans of the well diggers for supplying
| the camp been carried out
Last night the erection of a tank with
! a capacity of 25,0c0 gallons was com
pleted and today the men are drawing
| their drinking water from faucets all
! along the lines
A pump which can supply io.0oo eai-
| Ions a day forces the water up a steep
! incline for a half mile into the tank.
! which is SO high above the level Of the
camp as 20 furnish ample pressure for
| the miles of small pipes which form
4 the distribution system
The we'll from which the water is drawn
| furnishes only 10000 gallons per day.
! and not until the other new wells now
| digging In the vicinity are ready can the
| full supply be obtained
Now that the Rough Riders have got
out of quarantine and have had a
| chance to rest their wits from devisinS
plans whereby they might run the guard
and ge into the station. Camp Wikoff
has been comparatively quiet. 1t was
| broken las. night however. by the Sem
eca. Comanche and Olivette. which
came into the harbor and kept every
| body hus:ling.
DR.. Magruder's tug ran out and pilot
| ed the transports to an anchorage OF
| the western point. where they are ly-
! ing this morning.
The news that the OIivette brought 300
convalescents set Col. Forwood and all
| the hospital corps hustling. One hum
dred tents. which arrived yesterday
| and an equal number from the Red
| Cross Society. had to be set up. The en-
| tire corps worked all night with the re-
| suit that every cot was up this MORN
| ing.
| The physicians here are at variance al
to whether the cases which were first an
| nounced as yellow fever are that of the
Cuban fever.
The symptoms of the two
are said by the experts to SO
| nearly alike that only long experience
will enable the difference to be told ac-
| curately. While the Cuban fever is fatal
nearly as often as the yellow fever. 1t il
by no means so infectious the experts
say. and the danger here Of an epidemic
| is very small. ~5'
| Among the plans for the comfort of the
| soldiers set on foot by Gen. Young Is
| that of establishing bank where checks
can be cashed and the dificulty Of the
soldiers procuring money will be reduced
| to a minimum. The War Department has
approved the plan. and the bank viii be
established within few days.