New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-16
THE CONCHO IN FROM PONCE.
MAJOR GENERAL JAMES H WILSON AND
OTHER OFFICERS ON BOARD.
MISSOURI. PENNSYLVANIA AND INDIANA voLrN-
TEEps BROUGHT mo SICKNESS

TEFpS BROUGHT mo SICKNESS
on TIE SHIP
Tire transport Concho arrived here YESTERDAY
morning from Porto Rico With Major-Generai
James n. Wilson. thirty three offcers ana oS' en-
listed men on board She sailed from Ponce on
sAoter,ber : AZ r m and throughout the entire
VOYAGE had cough weather Strong eastery winds
and heavy cross seas prevailed during me voyage
and the Concho rolled and tossed heavily Inc
soldiers On board all suffered from seasickness ana
only glad 70 lane when they arrived mere
The men on the ship all we'll with me ex-
caption of their little experience with the sea and
had few complaints 70 make as 20 their campaign
The chief complaint was the lack Of vegetables
on tho transport Canned beef bareback and an
occasional dish 81 canned tomatoes formed their
meals. and the men tired ~ this diet lhey
argued thar II would have been an easy matter
10 place On the ship supply ~ potatoes and onions
for their
The following is the list OF officers and troops who
arrived IN the Concho
Major-GAneral James II. Wilson and stsr Of
Sixth Army Corps twelve officers .
STAFF ~ the Firs' Division First Army Corps four
Detachment United States Engineers. Company
Arrillarv battalion field and STAFF two officers.
Pat,ery \. Missouri Volunteers. three officers ana
Battery 27th Indiana Volunteers. four Officers and
B1trery 3. PENNSYLVANIA Volunteers. three officers
corPs and division s;aens TaN' W.Gn d +tS
- Colonel
carlton. Varnedoe. Hoyl4 and Woodbury. CAPTAINS
Allison Hewitt Gardner. Breckenridge, Latrooe;
Lamar and Elkins and Lieutenan's BACK ana
Unattached ohi-~rs-coone Eugene Grimm; i.t
General Miies's staff Lieutenans-colonel Burpee
,IdsA advocate. Contract Surgeon West. ar,ilIrry
MS Llenfenants Eicheniaub Weber. Garrard. John
son Marks cross Emo and Callan and Contract
Surgeon Haskins
The Concho wen, N the Pennsylvania Railroad
pier a, Jersey city. and the men we're there met
BY friends from their honA towns Committees
from each ~ the three cities which thr batteries
hailed from we're on hand 70 look after the comfort
~ ,hA mer Tho committee from 81 Louis 10 vel
come Battery ~ The Missouri Volunteers COM
manded bv Captain Frank " Rumbod. was as
follows Jules 2 Snucker Lieutenant " j. Mur-
ray Dr ne Courcey Lindsey George D Dana,
Frank Nace and James l. Johnson. AZ soon as
taken on tugs 10 the terminal OF the West Shore
Railroad ~ weehavken srd ver- put aboard
special train for s. Louis
The COMMITTEES from Pittsburs ~ welcome ne
bows Of Battery r. Pennsylvania Volunteers, con
sisted q the following 2 Henderson. D ".
English. \ HANDY Major Richardson. chief
ordnance of1cer NJ Governor Has'ings's sraf Colo
nel : ~ Hl' and George Marshall
The committee from indianapolis. accompanied
h. Congressman Oversrreet 81 Indiana. 70 escort
Pa'tery 4 27th Indiana Volunteer. vas composed
samuel ( Rant ant Mr. rs webb and Mrs Palmer
Major John MEG Woodbury. chief surgeon. In
charge ~ the roncho on this particular trip. said
I invite public inspection ~ the transport
Do not think that 4 cleaner ship ever came INTO
port pi'h ne number ., soldiers Or Dotv
saws fhaf fhs "oncho this trip was the clsanest
tTfuFDorr n had since the beginning OF N.
Tar There IL not 2 case % sickness on board. W"
had four men who little under the weather
f-or the roushness - the passage. ou, the mere
though o. getting back 70 the Tinted States hraced
'ren Up cor-pletelv that uas able - report
truthfI'ly clean n.ll % health
Genera wilson after landing from the transport
said fhs' he lid not know where re would be sent.
a. ~ mad received 10 orders Yet He said that
there si!Eh' Increase - fever among the men
stl A. Ponce
IRE troops spent tho afternoon IN Jersey City
The removal o., their ratlons and accou.reents rom
NE ship KEEP, many 0. the soldiers nj work FOR hours
Inc Pennsylvania and Indiana artillerymen had 20
carry tho'- freight two hundred yards 20 Pennsvl
rauia trains IN the freight yards Ire Missouri can
nonce-s piled their supplies and other things IN the
Bst-st ferry station until the Neehawken Inc
fArrrh71- Albany came down At o'clock The
A.bany 1ss compelled 70 move out into the river
now and 'hen Of the way or the B1y-st
Tire ,~rryboat John Darcy
Many OF the soldiers stroli.d about lower Jersey
Ci'y A. - o'clock they rearsemblcd in the Bay
neNt hour 10 had started for home
The transport Alamo witch lef' Ponce few
hours ahead ~ the Concho with Illinois Volunteers
IN board. has not Vet arrived IN port
The h~avy Weather which he Concho encountered
has probably de ayed the Alamo. and she vii bA
n ror, to-day rith large rurnh-r - seasi"k sol
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