Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-08-06
PLENTY OF TRAHsryE1c.


InOS0 Now NJ IouCo to hoip hiAhS
shafter's Army Home.
Washington, Aug. 6. - The war de-
partment has ordered the large fleet OF
transports at Ponce to proceed to San
tiago, there to join with the transports
already at Santiago in bringing General
Skaters army back to this country
There are ten large transports in the
fleet at Ponce, some of them, like the
Mobile, having a capacity of 1000 men.
In all they have capacity OF 6,54o men.
This. with the capacity of the ships al
ready at Santiago, will give carrying
strength of over 1000 men at trip.
In addition to the transports announc-
ed bv the war department as being
ready at Santiago it now appears that
the Orizaba, capacity $50 men, Is also
availab The Yale will also be brought
into this service in the course of week
or ten days. At present she is to pe
utilized in conveying General FREQ
Grants brigade to Porto Rico, after
which she will return by way or Santl-
ago and take on a load of Skaters
men.
With the arrival of Skaters army in
This country every facility Will be given
to the troops to recuperate. This Will
anply not only to the sick, but to the
well, as it is appreciated that the nara
| ships through which the men have gone
must have taxed the vitality even or
/ the strongest There will be no yellow
fever cases brought to this country, as
such cases can be best handled without
removal. The less serious cases or SICK
ness. not involving contaglon, VIII pe
brought here if the patients are con-
valescing to n point where removal Will
! be advantageous
Surgeon General Sternberg has in
view several points for patients ana
convalescents. The actual hospital sta
ton will probably be located at Mon
tank Point, where a field hospital LOT
200 patients is being prepared, III auui-
tinn to the hospital equipment which
General Skaters forces Will prihe
along with them, bat in addition 10
this General Sternberg has in view two
6ro locations. where the bracing noun
tain and lake air will help convales-
cents to recovery. These points are
Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, and the
army most at Plattsburg, N. Y. The
,o+ter mint is on Lake Champlain ano
tha former in the bracing latitude OF
tho mountains. General Sternberg has
M nurnoss of making these points hos
,i+al car,ns. in the ordinary sense or the
word where severe cases will be han
dlad but only to make them available
for the conyalescents already well or
tbe wav to recovery, who need good all
and surroundings to bring them com
n1eta,v back to health. Each post vii
ncoommodate some 500 to 500 men. Th'
order designating them for this purpos
has not vet been made, but Genera
Sternberg doubtless will make the rec
ommendation for their use.
,rbe impression that there is differ
apce of opinion between the medical OF
ficers at Santiago and those at WASH
;ngton on the question of removing th
troops of Shafter's- army Is SAID TO d.
without foundation, as it is pointed ou
+ho+ Surgeon General Sternbergs off1c
o h.s maintained from the first that tn
i .rY,,v should be removed as fast as tn
,,,i,;tarv situation would permit. 1t |
p .aid bowever. that the military situa
e ton in the common custom OF held op
erations. dominates the medical sltua
tion and that the latter must shape IL
self to the military requirements. Gen
eraI Sternbelg felt that it would be dis
ostrous for the troops to remain a
Santiago through the late summer an
eorlv fall months, as these are mos
r likely to breed serious cases of yello'
faver. In the event that removal wa
: not nossble because of the military sit
e uation then 1t was General Sternberg
1,iaw that the camps be removed a
sneedilv as possible from points OF IN
q fectiou and new camping ground bac
). of Santiago hr established