New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-18
sT PAUL'S WAR WORK DONE.
m co 70 THE CRAMPS TO BE STRIPPED
OF ARMS AND ARMOR
TUE STEAMER NOW AT QUARANTINE BEING
CLEANED AND DIsINFECTED-CAPTAiN
CLARK OF TIE OREGON NOT


ON BOARD
wa United States auxiliary cruiser s.. Paul ar
,,.., \, Quarantine yesterday morning from Mon
,,r. po,ot where she had taken troops from Cuba.
T,A steamer at once ordered d!sinfec:ed and
cloo-sd As soon this work - completed she
nil he scrt 20 the Cramps shipyard, at Phila3ei-
nla where che Will be stripped of her armor plate
"a Ill her guns vii, be removed. She will then he
Attic. rs passenger steamer and returned 20 tho
American Line.
The -, Paul left Ponce Porto Rico with seven off,
s-s OF The Army passengers. and then proceeded
% Guantanamo. Cuba. where she took on board
,,a % Regulars and part Of the list New York
,,,,,.esrs and sailed with them to Camp Wikoff.
TIA six passengers from Porto Rico came up 10
a-o,,ire on :hc steamer and were there released
- came 20 the city on tug. They were Colonel
r " woodward. Lieutenant Colonel Chaffin. Major
= u Tavior Chapa Dessault and Captain A. G.
coodeu al officers of the 9th Massachusetts Vol
rr,eers wno had resigned and Leutenant-Colonel
Ives o: the Signal Corps. and Colonel Wagner. Of
TIE Commissary Department. When these officers
,.erA seen at the Battery landing they denied that
Contain Clark Of the oregon had come North on
the 81 Paul They had not seen him. they said and
they could not understand why his arrival had been
reported
The Massachusetts, officers who had resigned az
GER their regiment entered Ponce talked freely Of
their action and said that they felt they had done
right in resgning from the command. Colonel
Woodward. who commanded the regiment before
the trouble has been a member Of the Massa chu-
sets militia for twentv-nine years. He was made
q colonel last fall. He is State Senator from
Wakefield Mass. and is the president Of several
street railway lines In speaking of the trouble he
said:
II do not wish 10 go into details now as to why
and my officers resigned. 1t is sufficient to say
that resigned because ! would not carry out GER
tain orders concerning my regiment which would
have worked hardship to my men. shall make
& written statement; to the Governor OF Massachu'
se,ts and give all the facts connected with the
trouble.
We left Camp Ager for Cuba on July g. We
went by rail 10 Charleston in closed cars. We were
held there for twenty four hours in the cars and
then were put the Yale We had insufficient
water and food and thirty Of one company
alone were ILL., one man died the trip 10 Cuba.
! complained the proper authorities on the snip
as TO cur food and water. and the answer ! re-
S Se Was ca a W se W. arrived az Santiago
on July Il and after remaining there and at Guam
tanamo finally went to Guanca. Porto hlco,
arriving there on July % We were kept on the
transport all the time We were at Santiago.
AT Guanca seven companies of my regiment
did all the fghting there to be done. and then
we started on forced march 10 Ponce; Ct th gGdy
We had received. on this march the men Were
driven terribly. They carried heavy loads ana me
roads were bad They had 10 drink the water IRON
Inc irrigation dit hes along the road, and 1t was
filthy / saw a whole company OF Regulars drop
Ceived certain orders regard 10 my regiment
and l said | would resign before would enforce
them -, x -
When asked If it was true that he had neen OF
dered shoot strangers Colonel " ooo"ara re-
fused 10 answer the question He blamed the
Regulars for making il bad for the volunteers am
also said that one volunteer regiment %hIcn , ,a
been on the Yale her trip 10 CUBA had receiseu
favors He closed his interview by saying; VII
have good deal to say later about this "hole mat
ter after / have reported 10 the Governor wa
Army officers do not agl &c with toloneI Noou.
wards statements. and one Of them VINO was a. a,
~ Ea al Ponce
Massachusetts said: The trouble was that IN,
regiment lacked discipline When IL reacr' '
Charleston II was treated splendidly by the peopie
The men created some disturbance there, nut j
was overlooked. Before the men leit 'haiIestoh
so Confederate bills were given 10 them as souN
Mrs When they reached Ponce the soi1iers u 80
these souvenirs to purchase iuxuries IRON IN.
~nstives They would buy something or sns. maruv
and aef the change in silver This brouent nIhS
complajnts to headquarters from tnN psoP'., " "a
,nr having received kindly. were being triskeu
9iler nv ed o,her things showed that the oincers
could not control their men. ana wnen me
rappeared az headquarters they resisneu ia'"e
than have any more trouble r ,.a,
The Massachusetts officers went 10 Boston iss'
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