The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-29
SAN MARCOS BRINGS
TROOPS FROM TAMPA.
Many Of the Men In = P1tiable Cen.
diti0n, and Are Carried Oh
ON 4tPefcheFU.

Many Of the Men In = P1fiable Cen.
dition, and Are Carried OF
ON stFetchers.
NEW FORK, Aug. &.-Cnitsd States
transport San Marcos. which sailed from
Tampa August %, ard from Key West
August e. arrived this morning with two
batteries of the FRS. artillery. two com
psnies OF the Third Texas volunteers and
the general hospital corps and a ds.ach-
uient from the corps OF engineers The to
tai number OF men aboard was s8. OF
which fifteen are officers. Capt. A. II.
Miller, First artillery 10 in command.
TIE San Marcos arrived OF the Sandy
Hook llgh.sfip a. 10 o clock last night.
where che anchored until daylight, when
she proceeded up the bay TO Quarantine
Deputy Health Officer sanborn boarded
the transport. and after brief inspection
permitted her 70 proceed.
The Ban Marcos then steamed up the bay
and anchored OK Liberty island. where she
VIII await instructions from the war de-
partment at Washington. The troops Will
probably be sent TO Camp Wiko1. one
artileryman Is reported sick with tie
measles
Six OF the worst cases were removed from
the San Marcos this afternoon. Nearly all
the men are convaleseents frcm the gen.
eral army hospitals at Key West and Tam
pa. Ten were sent TO the New York hos
pisai one TO Governors Island and the re-
n,ainder to Fort Hamilton and Fort Wads-
worth. Very few OF tie men We're able TO
walk. The scene at the landing was pa
thetic In the extreme. The men could not
DO transferred on stretchers. and clad in
paiamas, their emaei2ted forms were car
ried down the plank.
Private Stephen Eaton Troop X, First
volunteer cavalry, was the only man land
ed at Governors island as the field hos
pital Or the island Is crowded. lie Is suf-
fering from melaEchol.a, having lost his
voice and hearing as the resui. OF fever
contracted while serving before Santiago.
During the trip TO this city his attempts TO
end his life became SO frequent ana deter
mined THAT 1t was necessary to have a
guard watch hlm night and day. Eaton
enlisted In the Rough Riders from New
Mexico.
The men are delighted that they have ar
rived in New York. They complain tow
ever, that they have not received their pay
for two months. There are a number OF
men on board who are suffering with
wounds. bat the majority of them are re-
covering from malaria. The men also
complain some Of lack OF suitable ac-
commodatons while on the ship In the
main. however. the trip from Key IVES,
Was without incident.
Among the sick and wounded brought TO
this city are John z. Hall, A. II. Defd,ana,
Thomas ". Virgins, John II. keans.
Thomas Cavanaugh NJ. +. Mathanical,
James NJ. Dean, Stephen Eaton. OF the
First cavalry and Thomas 6. Jones. Of the
THIRD Texas
Seven officers and is3 pryates arrived In
Jersey City from Fernan3ina Fla. today
and were transferred to Montauk Point.
They were detachmcnts OF all the regular
army infantry regiments not in The Phil
ippines or Porto Rico. Surgeon Lieut. II.
p. Mesner sad lie had eix men seriously
i'll. OF these Lieut.. j. IT. Schoefre,. OF ths
Third infantry. was down witt malaria,
fever. The detachment contained men
from these regiments: The First. Second.
Third. Fourth. Sixth Seventh Eighth
Ninth. Tenth. Twelfth Thirteenth. Four
tenth. S.xteeDt. Seventeenth Twentiath
Twenty-flrst, Twenty-fourth and Twenty
afth.