New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-25
CAMP HAVEN SOAKED.
HEAVY STORM PREVENTS MOVEMENT Or
TROOPS EFFORT BEING MADE
TO HAVE ASSIGNMENTS
CHANGED.


Camp Haven. Mantle. Conn. May "a (speciaD,-
After twenty-four hours OF almost constant ram
the troops remaining in camp are thoroush.y
soaked The tents have become widowed ana Ia
many Of them It Is impossible 10 Keep dry No'il"1t
standing the weather. the health OF the men 10
excellent and but few cases OF sickness are re-
ported.
To-day a serious accident occurred 10 an eH- a'e
student Corporal G. Foster Sanford. OF New
Haven. a member OF the Yale platoon III l-sh'
Artillery Battery 4. He was engaged IN ruupihs
down OF the fifty horses which arrived III camp
for the Of the battery. The animal kicheu
him in the head and he FELL unconscious under It's
feet His comrades rescued him. and he was car
r.ed to the hospital stretcher. where the
surgeons brought him to. It was iouhd that
he WAS severely wounded the scalp While Cor
pora Sanford Will be laid up for several days. MS
condition Is considered dangerous
At retreat this evening Lieutenant-Colonel An
drew Hammond. late captain in the Sth Artillery
at Fort Leavenworth. Kansas. reported III camp
and became acquainted with the officers OF MS
command. the Is; Regiment. Leutenant-Coio-
mel Hammond is a native OF Connecticut, ana Is
well pleased with MS appointment. but disappointed
that the regiment has been divided by several OF
its companies being sent 20 different stations.
At noon Colonel Burdett announced that ne was
going Washington. presumably 10 try TO effect a
plan whereby the regiment may go TO me IRON. as
ferrinS with Adjutani-Genera Haven or Cohneeti,
cHil he returned to CAMP IT is neheVed 'ha' Tic
This morning Companies B, z and were ready r 10
board lighter for Gull and Plum Islands, accord
Ing 10 orders from the War Department. but as
the rain was pouring in torrents. Colonel Burdeit
after communicating by telephone with captain
Crawford, commandant at Fort Trumbull, New
London. decided that IL unwlse 10 fisk the
health OF the by sending them in an open
lighter TO barren Islands. where they would be
obliged to pitch their tents in the rain. They VIII
go tomorrow morning II the rain abates.
Ii is understood that Lieutenant Colonel Ham
mond will command the detachment OF two COM
panies Plum Island. Yesterday Lieutenant r.
:. .iriswold, assistant surgeon. in company with
Major Smith 5. Leach, Of New-l London. IN charge
o. the United States Engineer Corps for this dis
tricf, made tour the Governments steamer
Castle Of Plum Island Gull Island. Gardeners Island
and Napatree Point. Fortihcat!ons ara in process
OF construction at all these points and Lieutenant
Griswold reported 10 Colonel Burdett his obserya-
lions as to their sanitary condition. No barracks
OF any Kind exist at these stations. and the troops
that garrison them must take there only shelter
and subsistence supplies. II Is rumored that the
30 Regiment. c. y. G.. with headquarters in New
LONDON, Colonel Augustus c. Tyler commanding.
will be the next organization to be called into ser.
vice In case OF another call for volunteers Colonel
Burnee Of the % Regiment. c. y. G.. has been
In Washington recently endeavorng 10 have his
command called