Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-08
VISITED MONIAUk POINT.
The President and Party Among
the Santiago Heroes Camped
at Camp Wikoff.
aAJ.-GEN. WHEELER DID THE HOHORs.
Gen. Shafter was Suffering from an At
tack OF Fever In the Detention Camp,
Where the President Visited Him-A
Visit was Also Made to the General
HOSPITAL.

camp N1kOH, MOnTauk 1Olnt, IL. Ia
Sept. 1.-THE president and secretary
of war arrived at Camp Wikoff at s: ~
a. m. Maj.-Gen. Wheeler and his
staff greeted Mr.. Mckinley, Mr.. Alger
and their party on the station plat,
form. Outside, a thousand smart
troopers of the Third cavalry were
drawn up, and the converted yacht
Eileen in the roadstead slowly doomed
forth the presidents salute of 81 guns.
Gen. Wheeler Did the HoDors.
Gen. Wheeler met the president be-
cause Gen. Shafter had a touch of fe-
yer, and does not feel able to move
from his cot. Besides, Gen. Shafter
is still in detention, and it would hard
ly comport with the discipline of the
camp for the commanding general to
disregard the detention rules.
Gen. Wheeler arranged for the in
spection party to go through the de-
tention camp, past Gen. Skaters tent.
To Gen. wheeler's Headquarters.
Maj.-Gen. Wheeler was surrounded
by a number of his staff. The car
riages, preceded by the cavalry, wound
up the hill to Gen. Wheeler's head
quarters. The president took a
long view of the wide, treeless eX-
panse, checkered with regimental
camps and hospitals, great parterres
of canvass amid stretches of grass.
The President Admired the Camp.
This is beautiful Mr.. McKinle,
said, and then later: 81 think I never
saw handsomer camp"
After two minutes wait, the pres.
ident drov through the detention
camp to Maj.-Gen. Skaters tent. The
general was in full uniform, but his
face was flushed with fever. He en-,
deavored to rise from the chair in
which he sat as the president entered
the tent.
Don't get up, general" said Mr..
Mckinley, as they shook hands. ssYou
are entitled to rest. How are your
"a little achy," replied the general.
"but otherwise all right
Mrs. Alger remained in Gen. Shaft:
tary Alger, Mr.. Griggs and others went
to the general hospital.
On visiting the infantry camp the
men were massed without arms, and
the president, after being introduced
by Cen. Wheeler, addressed the sol
Tiers as follows:
The Presidents Address.
''Gen. Wheeler, Soldiers of Camp Wi
koff, Soldiers of the Fifth Army Corps
I trust that you will put your hats
on. 1 am glad to meet you. I am
honored to stand before you to-day. ]
bling you the gratitude of the nation.
to whose history you have added by
your valor new and glorious page.
You have come home after two months
of severe campaigning which has en-
braced assault, siege and battle, so
brilliant in achievement, so far reach
ing in results as to command the I'M
stinted praise of all your countrymen.
You had the brunt of the battle on
land. You bore yourselves with SUI
preme courage, and your personal
bravery never before eXcelled any
where, has won the admiration of
your fellow citizens and the genuine
respect of all mankind, while your en-
durance under peculiar trial and suf-
fering has given added meaning to
your heroism. Your eXertions made
easy the conquest of Porto Rico. under
Maj.-Gen. Miles, and behind you, to
proceed at a moments summons, were
more than 100000 of your comrades,
ready to support you, disappointed
that the opportunity which you had
did not come to them, yet filled with
pride at your well-earned fame ano
rejoicing in your signal victories.
''You were on the line of battle. They
no less than you were in the line of
duty. All have served their country
in its need, all will serve it so long as
they may be required, and all will
forever have the thanks and regard of
a grateful people.
1--WE can not bid you welcome here to-
day without our hearts going out to
the heroes of Manila on sea and land,
whose services and sacrifices, whose
courage and constancy in that far dis
tant field of operations, have never
been surpassed by any soldiers or
sailors the world over. To the army
and the navy, to the marines, to the
regulars, to the volunteers, and to the
providence which has watched over
them all, the nation to-day is full of
Thanksgiving and praise. The brave
officers and men who fell in battle,and
those who died from exposure and
sickness, will live in immortal story.
and their memory will be perpetuated
in the hearts and the histories of
generous people, and those who are
dependent upon them will not be ne
elected by the government for which
they so freely sacrificed their lives"