The times., 1898-08-15
J0HNNYIs MARCHING HOME
Three More Transports Arrive
OF Montauk With Troops.
IOOSEvELT'S ROUGH RIDERS
All of Tf3em Who Served i'm Cuba
Are believed to he Within a Few
Hours of Complete Rest and Such
Comfort as the Camp Affords-The
Health OliciaIs' Precautions.


The transports vigiiancia. st. Louis and
Miami arrived here TODAY.
On the Vigilancia are 699 officers ana
men of the Sixth and Thirteenth Infantry,
and on the St. Louis are S72 men OF the
Ninth and Tenth United States Infantry
and several companies Of the Seventy hrst
New York Volunteers. The number ca
couapanies of the Seventy-frst Regiment,
and which ones they are, it has been i'm
possible TO learn. as the strictest guiiru L'
being kept on the St Louis.
A case of yellow fever was deye!oied
on the trip the victim, Private cllVer
Longwood, of Company B, Ninth lAfan-
try, dying this morning. He was buried
at sea, and although there is not the
slightest evidence OF any further outbreak
OF the disease, the men on the big amer
ican liner are TO be kept in the str:cteSt
kind of quarantine for the next I've days.
For the same reasons 1t is impossible to
name the troops of the Rough Riders that
have arrived, but as there are four troops
from Tampa now here, two more stalled
In Jersey City and six troops on The 81.
Louis. ii is pretty certain hat :h4 wf:fle
Of Colonel Roosevelt's fighting niE who
served in Cuba are on the transport.
The Yigilancia was the second transport
in She was sighted OFF Ditch Plains at
s o'clock this morning. AT $50 she round
ed into Ford Pond Bay and was ordered
about three miles from shore by Dr.. Ma
gruder and DR.. Bruner. the yellow fever
experts
An hour after the Vigilancia was sight
ed the ST. Louis loomed up in the hori-
ron. There was great bustling around
camp al once. and tents and other quar-
termasters' supplies were hustled over 10
the detention camps, where everything
was soon in readiness. The ST. Louis
rounded Montauk Point, arriving in the
bay at 10 o'clock.
Both the Vigilancia and the st. Louis
were so far out from shore that the men
On them could not be distinguished so
that there was nothing for those interest
ed to do but to await the return of the
health officer.
1t was a long wait, for DR.. Magruder
had his hands full When he stayed on
the ST. Louis for nearly an hour and a
half all sorts of narrowing rumors about
yellow fever began to ny around and
the people on shore began TO get excited.
But pretty soon the tug Pulver, which
carries the doctor around the bay,
steamed away. She went over to the
Vigilancia and from there to the Gate
City, anchoring in a cove four miles from
here.
After that. until 4 o'clock in the after
noon Dr. Magruder kept going from
transport to transport. Once he re-
turned TO the quarantine landing TO or
der the excursion steamer Vigilant to 90
out to the Yigilancia prepared TO take on
board ali of the men on the transport
preparatory to landing them, but he
went out again. When he finally finish
ed his labOrs he made the following state
ment:
The ST. Louis left Santiago on Wed
nesday last There was no suspicion OF
yellow fever at that time In fact, Pri-
Vate Longwood was only stricken down
two days ago. He had a bad case and
sunk steadily until he died. Twenty-fouI
other men on the St. Louis are down with
dysentery. malaria, and other troubles
but none OF them is in a serious condi-
ton and a few days on shore. with proper
attention, ought TO put them in shape
The St Louis will be thoroughly disin-
fected and the clothing of the men, in
Guiding the $50 men of the crew, will be
burned. The men viii go to the isoIa-
ton camp and the sick to the isolation
hospital There viii be five days of quar-
antine under strict watch. There is nc
occasion for yellow fever scare"
Gen. Ames is in command of the troops
on the St Louis The men on the St
Louis will be landed some time tomor-
row The djsinfecting boat Protector
viii 20 alongside of her in the morning
and every man will get chemical bath.
Then all clothing vii be burned and new
uniforms. which arrived here today, will
be served out to the isolation camp.
The thousand or more men who were
landed from the Gate City and Nigilancia
today presented a sorry appearance, but
. the Homecoming brought the light of nap
piness 10 every mans face. There Were
some who fairly staggered under the
weight of their blankets and rifles as
they walked down the pier.
About 2Oo0 engineers from Fort Sheri-
dan under Col. Young. arrived today.
The engineers are here TO build roads
one hundred of the Third Cavalry also
arrived today from Tampa.
The Miami entered Fort Pond Bay about
o'clock. having on board Col. Roosevelt
and the officers and men of the Rough
Riders. Gen. Wheeler and his son and
secretary. and the four troops OF the
Third Cavalry.
The Rough Riders numbered $50 pri-
Yates. There were 81 sick men aboard
and the health of all had improved
greatly since leaving Santiago.
Owing TO the lateness of the hour, DIR
Magruder was unable to make an tnspec'
ton, but will do so tomorrow morning
and expects to have them ell landed by
noon. There were no contagious case:
aboard.