New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-02
WITH SIMPSONS SQUADRON
WAITING TO DlSEMBARK TRANSFER OF
TIE SICK TO THE OIlVETTE.

fFROM STAFF CORREsPo%prNT OF THE TRIBUNE
on Board the Ol.vette OK Santiago de Cuba.
June 2l-More than day has passed since the
half a. hundred vessels comprising the trans
ports bearing the army II invasion and their
conveys arrived ~ the harbor wherein lies Ad-
mlrai Cerveras feet but no troops have yet
been landed 1t Is. OF course. recognized that
those In command are anxious 10 get men ana
animals ashore at the earliest possible moment.
and the inference is thai there are weiShty rea-
sors for delav. Meantime the mountains ~
cuba furnish n panorama that Is grateful both
FOR It's intrinsic beauty ana the promise II bears
OF an immediate debarkation and an early meet
ing with the Spanards \ haze hangs over the
land az blue the skies. and veivety IN the
seeming softuess Of its texture. The mountains
rise TO a height ~ several thousand feet. and
are covered WIKI patches of forest. AT Santiago
n line Of foothills runs between the shore and
the range behind and on this stand Castle
MORO ard Castle Socapa. guarding either side
Of the narrow mouth Of the harbor. Castle
MORO Is the worse for the shot that have been
poured On It from the American warshps.
Along the shore are the vessels Of Admiral
Samps0n's fleet
SOME SHIPS SHORT OF SUPPLIES
Las, evening the Army. or part OF It. had It's
first view OF actual hostties an interchange
Of shots from fort vest Of Santiago HarbOr
with one OF the mon-of-war At the distance at
which the flee, lay the puffs Of slole could he
distinguished. but nothing more. Last night
Captain Taylor ~ the Indiana nestled the trans
ports as hen would her chickens. in n group
about twenty miles from shore. GU. of pos
sible danger. Some o, the boats have already
exhausted their water supplies and have had 10
hove hon reDlcpiahpd the ! eCatur 81.
Miller was short ~ provisions as well as water.
Altocether II was mos, fortunate that no storm
separated the fleet and retarded its progress
Had this happened som" OF the vessels must
lave nut into foreign harbcrs The sidewheel
steamers OF the Southern IA ,lhc Company were
most unfortunate in scAnt tank capacity. All
tour. the Gussle the Whitney. the CLINTON ara
the Morgan had t. be waiered 10y the Oliveue
before the landing las mace. Ihey carried
chiefly horses and MUGS. Up u today aoout
fifty Of these have died. oi The total or 2'-oo
brought on the expedition. IL mas neeh week
OF strain for the poor beasts.
Watering vessels at SEA Is delicate opera
don The sea could hardly be quieter thar II
Is this afternoon. the waves having heen beaten
down by A ra!nstorm OF tropical herceness ana
brevlty The hose Is passed astern from the
Olivettc TO the ship she IS supplying. IL Is al
lowed 10 hang much looser than the cables hold
Ing the vessels but la spite OF this sometimes
parts. One boat crashed into the Olveue's
stern. but did little damage.
HARD TO TRANSFER THE SICK.
The transfer OF the sick 10 the hospital ship.
also the Oliyette is another task that has 10
he performed with care. \ small boat is used
for the purpose. In the weather that has been
encountered up to now well man could make
the tourney from ship to ship with no more risk
than a little wetting. but for man cAfeebled
by sickness there are more difficulties. The
COMPANION ladder Of the Red Cross ship is low
cred and two orderlies of the Hospital Corps
stand at the bottom. After casting of lines.
showing off with boathooks. ad!ice from over
the rail-. and appeals from the officer In charge
Of the lifeboat the ladder Is finally grasped
The wan looking patient. half -dressed. is sup
ported TO his feet just as the swell sinks the
boat in IT'S deep depression. out Of reach Of the
companion way. Another wave perhaps. breaks
over these in the boat. including the patient
AS the little chip Of a craft bobs up and down
there are more attempts 10 hold her STEADY
long enough to lift the sick soldier up To the
ladder. Finally this il done. and. exhausted
from the ordeal. he Is supported to state
room There are twenty-five patients on the
Ouvcttr to-day. The most serious case Is or
tvphcId fever; several have this In q mild form,
one man has measles. one or two rheumatlsn,
and the rest various ailments. Although turned
into hospital ship only few days before the
departure, the Ol!yette Is we'll equipped FOR the
purpose.
MISS GODDARD JOINS the RED CROSS.
Providence. II. l.. July Miss Madeleine Ives
Goddard, well known In Providence and New-iork
society has been accepted IS . volunteer nurse by
the Red Cross Society.