New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-25

President Ba,dwin's private When seen
there this evening. after inspecting the camp
he said
Il am very agreeably surprised at the conan
tons ] find there. With such large Hu''''0'
OF men, much confusion might have oeeh eN-
pected. II Is estimated that there are l''" nv"
in the hospitals to-day find the H'cnens ~
the general hospital. and the sinks neeo "N''s
M \ large detail of men has been made ana
they will put them all In perfect order -.
row The sick seem to he very cheerful 81"
some few who were very ILL., 1 saw and spoke
10 every man in the detention hospital anu
went through wards from 20 OF the gen
eral hospital I shall finish my inspection 'hefe
tomorrow am as said very aSFeesoH s"i
prsed with the whole situation, and thinK 'h'S
air Will build the men up soon.
In addition 10 what has already been suppled
and given. have arranged for oaiS sup
ply Of two thousand gallons OF milk. whiCh WI"
come up every morning in refrigerator cars Il
necessary we will increase or double tflS
amount Whatever the surgeons recommend
for the Ill or well Will be ordered ~
once 1t is true that the hospitals are
somewhat overcrowGed. Some tents lntendeu
10 hold FIVE six have seven ihen
in them but they are all thoroughly ventha'eu'
so that is no great hardship There has been
bread particularly. That is due TO the fact that
Saturday was an unexpected holiday in New
York, and the condition has been already RENE
died Most OF the men saw in the hospitals
to-day had bread and milk talked 10 one
hundred OF them, and asked them If they needed
anything or were dissatisfied. All seemed pleased
and cheerful and expressed themselves as well
satisfied with the treatment they were receiving.
BURROUGHS FOR ALL THE SICK
"Ar the sick will receive furloughs as soon
as they are able 20 leave In fact. all the vol
unteers and as many Regulars as desire II Will
receive fu-oushs soon as they are out OF
the detention camps and hospitals great
many OF the Regulars say that they desire TO
get back Immediately 10 their regiments. When
the volunteers go on furloughs they Will not re-
turn here Each States quota will be assem-
bed at some point within its respective State.
and the men will be mustered out From the re-
ports OF the newspapers expected to find much
worse condition Of affairs than have found. l
understood about the former inadequacy Of
transportation. but the quartermaster says he
now has all the wagons that he use to ad-
vantage To-day they got all the lumber at the
station Up 10 the camps. and got mos. Of It laid
into floors in the hospitals. Fresh supplies Of
lumber will arrive every day until all needs
satisfied
Il tasted water from the wells. and find II
cellent. Pipes are laid everywhere. The big
well has a capacity Of 10000 gallons in twenty
four hours and now pump. to go In operation
tomorrow. will increase that by 100000 gallons.
New storage tanks have been erected for each
pump, holding reserve supplies Of 60000 gallons
each. so we cannot have any shortage. Water
from the ponds ought not to be used. find
on investigation, that the wells are sunk
through az upper gravel stratum. a second
stratum of hard clay. another gravel stratum,
and still another stratum of hard clay. They
are down from sixty to fifty feet. The pumps
are all on high ground. and there sinks
above the water supply. IT cannot possibly
be contaminated We shall have a thousand
gallons of milk in the first instalment. on the
early train tomorrow. Every man getting off
a transport will be given glass Immediately
and 1t will be followed up until everybody has
as much as he vents. .It
General Shafter was expected to sail to-day
or tomorrow on the Mexico. That is good
joke. for the Mexico is one OF the ships we
captured from the Spaniards. Our new hospital
ship. the Missouri. left NewYork for Santiago
on Monday. and with 1t and the transports, we
hope and expect TO get every man of the Fifth
Army Corps away from Cuba this week. | shall
stay here several days spending brief vaca-
ton. the first that ] have taken.
HEAVY STORMS CAUSE CONFUSION
Three storms broke over the camp last night.
The first one was comparatively light and oc-
Cured early In the evening, but later storm
! clouds could be seen gathering in the east and
so1th. and then began 10 draw together. AS
they united came the deluge and the wind,
which whistled through the camp at rate not
less than seventy miles an hour
The electric display was grand. AS the storm
banks approached each other the lightning
leaned from cloud 10 cloud and in almost con-
tinuous flashes. The thunder claps so
close together as TO be almost continuous Then
came the rain in great sheets and with the rain
the wind The coding currents caused the
wind to shift and veer and blow first from one
direction and then from another. until II seemed
that the blast came from every direction at
once
When the storm broke there was much ex-
element in the cavalry camp. The terrified
horses and mules threatened 10 break loose and
stampede. and cause trouble The soldiers. clad
in their ponchos, went 10 their horses and tried
70 calm them but do what they might all could
not be controlled. and many got away. Some
became so frantic that their fright terrified the
animals about them, and they were cut loose, 10
scamper across the hills at will. This was
thought better than TO have them remain with
the others
This morning the cavarymen were busy
rounding up the horses All through the camp
tents were blown down, but there was no general
ievelling Of canvas. as was feared Tents In
all parts Of the camp-ground went down, and
some were ruined and one or two disappeared
entirely. evidently blown into one Of the ponds
or the ocean.
HOSPITAL TENTS UNFRAMED
All night there was anxiety in the camp TO
know how the hospitals had Jared. Daylight
brought word that they had all stood the strain