The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-01
NOT Fit FOR CATTLE
Complaint Is Still Loud About
the Transports.
NEW M0NTAUK ARRIVALS
Rough Riders to Be Mustered
Out Today.

New York, Aug. 31.-A Brooklyn Eagle
special from Montauk Point says:
The transports Allegheny and Panther
arrived this morning from Santiago. The
Allegheny cast anchor in the bay about
8 o'clock She left the south coast Of
Cuba August "a and made a slow voyage.
On board are companies A, B, c, D, Z, +,
G and II, Of the Ninth Massachusetts,, in
all 625, of whom 145 are sick. Fourteen
men died on the voyage and all were bur-
led at sea This is the largest number Of
deaths at sea on any of the incoming
transports and the deaths were mainly in
the cases Of those who were critically i'll
when placed aboard at Santiago. The
soldiers were in command Of Captain Sui
livan.
The Panther left two days later than the
Allegheny and got in shortly after II
O'Clock this morning, making compare
lively fast trip. She carries JOG members
OF companies l and NJ of the Ninth Massa-
chusetts, and fifteen are on the sick list
Private Dadden Of company NJ died and
was buried at sea.
Following is d list of the dead. all Of the
Ninth Massachusetts regiment:
PANTHER.
CHARLES II. BRADEN. Company NJ.
ALLEGHENY.
WALTER J. TILTEN, Company NJ
WALTER SMALL, Company NJ.
NJ. T. COCHRAN, Company B.
JAMES a. CONROY, Company B.
JOS. A. DONOVAN, Company B.
CHAS. 7. TCANN, Company B.
MICHAEL a. HEALY, Company G.
AUSTIN DUNBAR, Company C.
JAMES T. DUNN, Company C.
THOMAS J. MURRAY, Company H.
PATRICK J. DONOHUE, Company H.
ROBERT J. FLINT, Jr., Company II.
JOHN T. RYAN, Company +.
EDWARD T. SULLIVAN, Company e.
TINS man fell overheard on August Is
and was drowned.
In explaining the fourteen deaths OF
Massachusetts men while on the voyage
from Cuba, the surgeons said that the Al
legheny brought all of the seriously Ill Of
the regiment. There are 145 i'll of the Mas
sachusets regiment still on board the yes
sci, but they are not down with contag-
ious diseases. DR.. Magruder and inspect
ing officers say the Allegheny is a cattle
ship, not even fit for well troops, much
less for sick soldiers.
CARE OF THE SICK SOLDIERS
New York, Aug. 3L-The transport Allie
Chevy arrived at Montauk Point today,
Massachusetts and the remainder of the
First Illinois men, who sailed from Sanu-
ago on August p. The hospital accom-
moGations are stil unequal to the de-
mands made upon them, and last night 100
sick soldiers were obliged - lie upon the
bare oors instead of being supplied with
cots. A majority of these We're members
of the First Illinois regiment who reached
Montauk Point yesterday on board the
transport eBrlin. The work Of removing
the sick soldiers 10 their homes or to city
hospitals is to be pushed as rapidly as
possible.
The steamer Shlnnecock is at Montauk
Point being fitted up as hospital ship,
and a corps Of doctors and nurses have
been detailed to care for the sick soldiers
city
The transport Yucatan has been fitted
mp as a hospital ship, with accommoda-
tons for go. She is expected to sail for
New York with that number Of sick this
evening.
The delicacies which arrived in camp
last evening for the First Illinois have
been distributed to the boys today.
WATERMELONS IN DEMAND.
Chaplain T. q. Stewart, of the Twenty
nth regular Infantry. is in New Jersey
purchasing watermelons, peaches and
other fruit for the troops at Montauk
Point. He sent word today that he had
secured 400 melons and 100 baskets of
peaches and hoped to get more. Chaplain
Stewart is a colored man and It was for
tho benefit Of the colored troops that he
Went on the foraging expedition.
The men of Companies D and NJ of the
reXac volunteers and those of A and d
IF the First artillery were Ilnded from