New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-27
NERCHANTS TO SEND RELIEF
A sHIPLOAD OF DELEGATES TO BE DIS
PATCHED TO THE SICK AT MONTAUk
THE REGULARS AT CAMP wIKoFF. WHOSE
FRIENDS ARE FEW, THE ONES TO HE
HELPED-CONTEIBUTIONs TO RE


FRIENDS ARB FEW. THE ONES TO BE
HELPED-cONTEIBUTIoNs TO RE
RECEIVED TO-DAY
Al specIal meeting OF the directors Ct the Mer-
chants Association Of this city. held yesterday.
John c. Juhring the first vice president. presiding
in the absence Of the president. William Z K!ng,
It decided 10 supply, as far as possible. the
OF the sick soldiers of the Regular Army at
Camp Wikor by sending relief ship laden with
delicaoies to the camp to-day
The meeting was called for he purpose Of hear
ing a report 10 be made by S. c. Mead, assistant
secretary o. the association and William r. Cor
wine who had spent two days and nights at Camp
Wikon investigating the conditions there These
TWO men were appointed special committee for
this purpose at n previous meeting or the directors
held last Tuesday. the result OF information re-
Ceved b. the directors to the effect that. Whle the
volunteers in Camp Wikof were receiving supplies
in the way Of decacies OF one kind and another
from their friends. the Regulars were entirely neg
leced. and suffering severely because they
could not get the food necessary for them IN thelr
weakened condition.
Messrs Mead and Corwine reported that they
had found the statements which had been mad'
10 the directors true. so Ear as the 81
men Of the Regulars we're concerned. The food
furnished was good as 10 quality and quantity for
able -boC!ed in actual Army service. but Il was
not the kind of food for men who were II. or were
weakened through Illness. In many cases the meE
elected the food they had swallowed
It, and in many other they could not touch
II at all. Up Thursday there were in camp about
fourteen thousand men, and OF this number some
fourteen regiments. parts Of rcsin ents. were OF
Regulars. together with some artilierJ. In the nos
pital there were about fourteen hundred and sixty
cases. with many in prospect on tht
arrival OF the Harv ard. which came In that daJ
with troops Tho conditions in the hospital wcrc
as good as could &c expected. but the sick men
outside Of the hospital suffering The I'd
Massachusetts, Regimen. supplied by rs
friends. who sen: provisions by the boatoad from
Boston and the list Regiment received from
friends in New-York large quantities OF fruit.
canned provisions and decacies Of all kinds. while
Colonel Roosevel: Of the Rough Riders doing
his best to amcloratr the condition Of his men.
TIE Regulars hCw apparently had no friends.
Nobody though, Of them nobody seemed 10 care
anything about them except their own officers. who
were a creater.or less extent. powerless In this
matter. In instanc, there were 50 men in resi
ment Ill. Of total in camp OF $40 and the sur
geon o: that regimen; only had for his little
mewater. small Jar Of beef extract half
bottle OF blackberry brandy, which had been given
10 him by the Red Cross, and some medicines such
as could be found in any ordinary nome. This
regiment stormed the heights Of San Juan. and
was in the brigade where the loss was one out of
five This. the COMMITTEES reported was an aver
age case
The committee reported that. after going all over
the camp. its members called upon General
Wheeler who received them courteousy. and sen;
for Colonel Forwood. who has charge OF the hos
pital and quarantine arrangements The object oi
the visit of the committee explained and Cen
cral Wheeler and Colonel Forwood were told thar
f. seemed 10 the committee that the best thing -
do under tho circumstances was 10 send TO the
camp in boa, such material needed 70
ameliorate the sufferings Of the Regulars. under
charge of some person or persons who would see.
with the permission Of ths commanding officers
tina; the supple, reached the surgeons in charge Of
each regiment Both General Wheeler and Colonel
Forwood though. tho idea good one. and promised
DO everything in their power TO facilitate the de-
livery Of the goods and the issuance OF permit
for such vessel might land at the quaran-
tine pier. They promised also TO give the Mer-
chants Association tents in which to store the sup
plies If necessary. guard for the supplies ana an
escort TO carry the supplies 10 their destination
John II. Starin, who had been approached with
the idea OF chartering a boat, had orered the Use
Of a vessel and crew free. and this offer was &C.
copied by the directors The boat designated by
Mr. Star1n is the John Lenox. with capacity OF
abou, three hundred tons. 1t will be loaded under
the direct supervision OF Mr. Stsrns employees at
the Cortlandt-st. pieN from a. m. TO p. m.
to-day and the Merchants Association mas agreed
TO load her whether contributions come IN or not
The association asks for contributions OF cereals
Of all kinds OF matted milk OF SOUPS and OF pep
tanized milk eggs. ice jeues. cornstarch-in fact
all and every thing that can appeal 10 the stomach
OF sick man unable TO eat solid food.
A Dispatch received YESTERDAY from Mon,auk said
Need urgently two dozen hypOdermic syringes,
twenty-five camp thermometers. also hypodermic
tablets Of srychnine. one-hrtieth-grain hypodermic
tablets OF digiais atrophia and morphine and afro
phia, hve hundred Of each strength not stated
Need in large quantities soup. cocoa eggs butter
evaporated milk: canned peaches. grapes: Wire me
what YOU send This supplemented by an
other telegram whlcA read: III not gone. send med
zeal supplies by messenger to me. railway practi-
cally congested: get transport ton at once Have
investigated every quarter Can say solemnly sick
Army slowly starving to death
Mrs Catherin Hunter. Of the Red Cross will ship
81 600 worth OF fooi on the boat The Armour com
pany has informed the Merchants Association that
i viii, give supply OF soups.
1t is time that this starvation business
stopped" said member of the Merchants Associa-
tion yesterday. and the association proposes 10
stop H. II persons do not wish TO contribute goods
if they cannot send the goods called for. they
can give money. We also want 10 give notice that
1. the appeal we making 10 load this ship
with responses from persons who have not carts or
deliver the goods to the ship, II they viii in
form rs will furnish the transportation TO the