The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-06
.CROND|NG TIE HOSPITALS
Six Hundred more Troops Arrive
from Santiago of Whom
200 Are Sick.
MATTRESSES USED INSTEAD OF COTS.


Need of Fifty More Tents Is sorely
Felt by the Detention Hospital
Two Soldiers Die While Being
Taken from tho Transport Kou-
mania to the Hospital.
Camp WilSoff, Montauk Point, L. L,
Sept. 5.-The transport Roumania,
which arrived Sunday morning, with
600 troops, from Santiago, was the
means of an additional test of the ca
pacity Of the hospital in the deten-
ton camp.
OF the 600 men on the Roumania
about 300 were so sick that they had
to be put in the hospital. The au-
thorities of the detention hospital, al
though they knew of the Transports
arrival, had not received notice as to
the number of sick men they would
be expected to care for.
About five o'clock the ambulances
with the sick man began to arrive at
the hospital. The detention hospital
will accommodate $50 men, with eight
cots to tent, which is the normal CO.
pacity. BY putting ten cots in each
tent $50 patients can be taken care
of, but with corresponding decfease of
comfort.
AT the time of the arrival OF the sick
men from the Roumania the hospital
already had nearly 600 patients, and
these 200 additional ones swelled the
number to about 500, $40 more than
the hospital comfortably can hold.
Although there were enough cots for
the 500 sick soldiers there was not
the space under canvas to place them.
| Therefore, as a mattress on the floor
takes up less space than cot num-
Der Of patients were taken from cots
and placed upon mattresses on the
floor and the cots removed. Mattresses
were also placed between cots on the
floor.
Consequently about 200 men are ~
ing on mattresses on the floor, because
of the lack of tent space. The deten-
ton hospital needs about so more
tents. It does not look as though the
construction department can put up
more than ten or fifteen tents in day,
consequently it is probable that some
men will have to lie on the floor for
several days.
While the sick men were being taken
from the Roumania to the detention
hospital, two Of them died. Theywere:
Dorgas Broomer, private company F,
Twenty-fifth regular infantry, and Al
bert Pickworth. private company G,
Thirty~third Michigan volunteers
Gen. Shafter In Command.
Gen. Shafter came out of the deten.
ton camp Monday. He is somewha,
Improved in health. He said that
Camp Wil1off would be continued FOL
come time. and, although many of che
troops here were to be sent away, the
camp would be fitted up with barracks
for the accommodation of several
thousand men during inclement
weather.
Advices were received from the war
department. Monday by Gen. Wheeler
that 1900 recruits were to be sentfrom
southern posts to join the Fifth army
corps at Montauk.
Gen. Wheeler has resumed command
OF the cavalry and Gen. Young will per.
form executive duties about the camp.
Gen. Shafter Is now in full command
Of Camp Wikoff.
Lieut.. Stacy Dead.
Washington, Sept. 5-The following
was posted at the war department
Monday:
Camp wtkofr. Montauk Point, N. r..
i Sept. 5.-Adjutant General, o. S. A.. Wash,
1ngton. D. c.
Following telegram Just received:
1 Georgian. Me-, september4 Lieut.. Lucien
Stacy died here this morning. Signed,
Clinton Stacy, NJ. d.
'M'CASKEY, Commanding"
Lieut.. Stacy was one of the most cele.
brated football players on the West Point
team. IT has been subject of remark
that any of the highly-trained athletes and
football players Of the army succumb IN
service as quickly. II not more 80, than
others. Many Of the young men who APP
peared for examination recently for ar,-
pointment from civil life, and failed TO
pass the physical examination, are re-
puted, persistent,y so by their friends, as
being the most celebrated athletes of
their various colleges. It would appear
from this that the best preparation for
service in the field is not always the ath-
letic grounds, particularly where 1t is car
ried to excess.]
Feeding Destitute Miners.
Port Townsend, Wash, Sept. 5.-H.