The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26
.INCONPE ETENCY'S VICTIMS
Pitiful Sights at the Penn
sylvania Station As Sick
Soldiers Arrive.
SEVERAL DIE IN CARS En- ROUTE
Massachusetts, Men Suffer for
Lack of Proper Food
and Medicines.
SEVERAL DIE IN CARS En- ROUTE

Nearly 1000 soldiers, belonging to New
England regiments, passed through Jer-
sey City, en- route for their homes, dur
ing last night. They travelled in Pull
man sleeping cars. All came from Camp
George H Thomas, Chickamauga. Over
half of the men were i'll and scarcely
able to stand the strain of travel. The
others We're worn out from their long
stay in camp and looked anything but
healthy and robust The men would
scarcely be recognized as the same who
passed through Jersey City on their way
South two months ago Many Of the sol
| diers who were well on leaving the camp
| took sick on the journey North. Two men
died between Chickamauga and Jersey
| City. Their bodies were left at the cities
| nearest the place where they expired, to
be embalmed and forwarded to their rel
atives.
Many pitiful scenes were witnessed in
the Pennsylvania freight yard, where the
trains arrived in Jersey City. A few Of
the officers and men had friends await
| ing their arrival in Jersey City. The
greetings were affecting Several of the
| sick of the First Maine Regiment were
/
! through Jersey City One man was raw
| ing He had been out of his mind for
two days The First Maine Regiment of
Volunteer Infantry, under command OF
Colonel L. Fl. Kendall, left Chickamauga
in four sections. Two of the trains were
| fitted up as hospitals. The first section,
a hospital train, in charge of Lieutenant
DR.. G M. Elliott, arrived late yesterday
afternoon. The train, which consisted OF
nine Pullman sleepers and two baggage
| cars. was freighted into the Harsinus
Cove freight yards.
| DR.. Elliott had in his care Us fever pa
| tients He left Camp Thomas with 179,
but when the train was near Fayettes-
| will, N. c., Private James F. Haggerty,
of Company l. succombed to typhoid
! fever. His body was left at Fayetts-
| villes to be embalmed and sent to his
home in Lewiston on later train. Dr.
Elliott had the assistance of ten hospital
| orderlies. but he was the only doctor with
| the train With the soldiers was Elliott
G. Dill, correspondent of the Lewiston
Journal who devoted his services to
/ the care of the sick. He was of great
assistance to DR., Elliott Dill declared
| that the suffering Of the Maine Volun-
| teers in Camp Thomas was terrible.
Nearly half of them were i'll. Two of the
! sick with DR.. Elliott, Privates Head and
scribner were in very low condition.
ana were not expected to live until they
reached their homes. Scribner had been
raving for two days and a close watch
had to be put upon him to prevent him
from jumping from the train.
Al, rlrar
bones but all who could speak and raise
| their heads appeared cheerful at the
thought of getting home again. Nearly
all the men carried passes for thirty days
in their pockets The intention was to
drop them off as they reached their
i homes. Among the sick officers in DR..
Elliott's care were Lieutenant Colonel Z.
| c. Morton Captain Calvin, of Company
M. Lieutenant Lord of Company M.
Lieutenant Harris, Acting Quartermaster
on Brigadier General Mattock's staff, and
Lieutenant Atkins. of Company ID
Lieutenant Colonel Morton who had
severe siege of typhoid fever, is rapidly
recovering.
Lieutenant Lord is a shadow Of his
former self. He had a hard struggle for
his life Just before the sick left Camp
Thomas, his wife, who had been warned
that his life was hanging in the balance,
| arrived at the camp from ner nome in
Maine. She found her husband less than
! an hour before the hospital train left.
She was able to see her husband only
| few minutes She begged Golonel KEN
dahl TO let her travel north with the Lleu-
tenant. but it was beyond his power to
| grant her request. She followed on the
| first regular train. The coaches in which
the men arrived were put on floats aud
| taken to Mott Haven, where tney We're
| taken charge of by the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad. The hrst
section of the train to arrive IN the
| Pennsylvania yards last night came in az
9:52 o'clock and was shipped to Mott
Haven at 12.39 o'clock 1t consisted OF a
| travelling hospital of nine sleepers and
box car. There were on the train one
hundred sick men OF the Elgnth Massas
| chusetts Regiment and ninety-six men OF
the First New Hampshire. They We're IN
charge of Lieutenant DR.. w Young.
| Yardmaster Frank McNally had a tele-
was from DIR. Sullivan of Worcester,
Mass III said that he was acting un-
der instructions from Governor RamsdaH
of New Hampshire He wanted to Know
ter and what supplies the sick needed He
| said that he had been instructed by Gov
| ernor Ramsdall to have everything neees-
sary for the comfort of the New 7amp-
| DR.. Young replied that the ninety-six
! New Hampshire men were all III GOOD
condition and that what they needed
| most was pure milk and light food or
| the Massachusetts, men all but two We're
| doing nicely The two exceptions were
| in a very low condition, and DR. Young
| feared he would not he able to get them
| home Before the train left he had them
| hacked III ice. He is using every effort
| 10 save their lives. Following the Alassa-
| chusetts and New Hampshire men came
the second section Of the First Maine
1 Regiment There We're eleven ear loads
of them They arrived at l.29 o'clock
and left at 3:35 o'clock. One man died
on the Journey North. The third section
! Of the Maine Regiment arrived in eleven
Pullman sleepers which reached the
IIarsimus Cove yards at 2:lo q clock this
1 morning and left at 5:35 o'clock. The
! fourth and last section of the First Maine
Infantry came in at 4:3S o'clock and left
/ for Mott Haven at 7:20 o'clock Colonel
/ Kendall was with the last division. In
ali 500 soldiers OF the First Maine lnfan-
/ try passed through jersey City. Yard
4 Master McNally has received advlces
/ that the First Regular United States
| cavalry is on its way north in seven sec
| fions. the first Of which should arrive
early this afternoon. The eavalrymen
| will go to Montauk Point