New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-13
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SHINNECOCK LANDS SICK.
HOSPITAL SHIP BRINGS THREE HUN
DRED AND TEN SOLDIERS FROM
CAMP WIKOFF.
MOST OF THEN TAKEN TO ST. cATHARINEs AND
ST MARY's-MAHY TYPHOID FEVER CASES

The hospital snip SAinnccock, WIN CIV sl'h anu ~"
valid soldiers from Camp W.kon. arrived at FieT
No 20 East River. al 7S) O'Clock yes'erGay morn
Ing The men came from the general hospital al
tie camp The majority Of them were Regulars
bat few were from the Massachuseus and ONO
volunteers and nine were members o: the list New
York. The following officers were on the Ness'''
Captain Herman Foederk sth Ohio; Chaplain ha'-
sey c. Gavitte and Surgeon Vcney showal'e7' 81
the i?th Infantry, and Lieutenant Henry & heehe'
Gath Infaatry Major Borden was ia charge OF the
men on the vessel. With him was Major Appel
The following were the members of the list Resi-
ment: Henry C.agin, Company H. George ffouueI
Company /. Frank l. Gov. Company "a James
p Howard Company !: Edward keasan Company
l.: Joan A. Madden. Company l.; Fred Nicho's
COMPANY c: John Thayer. Company f. and Morris
Willard Company Is.
The Shinnecock started from Montauk 81 o'clock
on Sunday evening. she came up the Sound ana
anchored at He'll Gate before dawn Her frs; stop
after she came Up the East River was at Pier NO
40 where Private Nichols OF the list. with chap
lain Gavittc and Captain Foederk were discharged
Nichols lives at Rosee. y J. He has been le!d up
with typhoid malaria, and had 10 he assisted when
he landed. lie was ~ once taken 10 MS nome
Iieutenan, Keene found his wife waiting for Inn at
the pier After the Shinnecock left Pier No. 80
shs proceeded to the end OF North Eishth-s1. VIII
!amsburs where seventyfve men were landed FIJI
/ teen am5uances and patroi-waeons were waiting 1T
! the pier to take the more serious cases 10 ST
| Catharine's Hospital and ct. Marys Hospital
| Among those taken 10 81. Catharlnes Hospital were
Priyates Cow. Willard and Thay~r OF the list Reg
| ment Private Howard landed az Villa maburg.
but went to his home.
seventy-seven men were taken to s. Caiharine S
| HospItai and twenty-five 10 81. Mars While
the Shinnecock at Williamsburg Dr. A T. Gal
liant representing the Women's National War Re
lie. Association. telephoned to the association IN
New York requesting that four Fifth-ave stages
with doctor and dozen nurses. be sent 10 walt
for the Shinneeock a. the Charities Pier, at East
Twenty-sixth-st. which was tho vessels next stop
Ming Mace Dr. Gallant went 10 Montauk to az
company the sick men here He acted as the agen;
OF Miss Helen Gould. who is deeply interested IN the
Relief Association. Before the stages arrived at
the Twerty-sixth-st pier eight patro-wagohs ana
a number Of carriages had reached the place ana
| the stages we're found 10 be unnecessary The
presence of the patroi-wasons attracted large
crowd most Of the people apparently thinking That
| the police about 10 make number OF arrests.
| Commissioner Keller asked that a pla toon OF police
10 sent 10 the pier, and the crowd was kept back
! until all the soldiers had been disembsrked
| one hundred and twenty-sx men were landed
At the Charities Pier at 1890 O'Clock. Two ef them
.ara ,aken N the New-York HosIitaL The rest. WHO
orc corvelsseert were taken the quarters ot the
| Women's National War Relief Association. four
story house at No. SIG East Fifteenth-st The house
WAS given 10 the association by tho Savaton Army
| for hs
| went there yesterday are actually on furlough.
though their furloughs have not yet been made out.
| They Will stay there until they receive their fur
| loughs and while there will be personally looked
| after hy Miss Could and her associates III they
wish they can he sent 70 homes in the country IN
| stead.
landing the men a, the Charities Pier. would pro-
| ceed 10 Yonkers where men would he landed 10
| he placed in houses arranged by Miss Could and
the association in that place. Tarryown and Dooos
Ferry However Major Appel who arrived on me
| Shnnecock and attended 10 the distribution OF the
men went to the Army Building at o'clock m
and telegraphed 70 Miss Gould that owing 70 me
lateess Of the hour hospitals had seen found 'r
New-York In which 10 place the
7, had also been intended that the vessel shoul'
20 TO Clifton Staten Island, after touching a
Yonkers but Major Appel decided that this wa
unnecessary in vi.w Of the excellent arrange
rnen,s made 70 take care az the sick soldiers II
! this city.
All the entire afternoon a long line of soldiers
stood al the door of Major Apres Office In m
Army Building awaiting information regarding
their transportation home. Many OF the men ar
stu weak Despite this they had refused hou
or two earlier the offers made nv the Women's Ma
tianal Relief Association 20 send them into M
| country 10 recuperate.
| The list # names Of The men shows that man,
typhoid fever cases are among the arrivals
These men are weaker than they think they are
and as many of them are members Of regiment
from far away. their Journey home is likely to b
. greater tax on their strength than they antici
| pate. On the Shinnecock was Miss Rose Dlckmanr
. ! q nurse who had contracted malaria while nurs
: Ing the soldiers at Siboney. Cusa. Miss Dick
mann is twenty-five years old Her home is a
. orleans She was taken to Montauk Po!n
with the soldiers and yesterday morning re
moved 10 Bellevue Hospital Her cas-" is said 10 h
? 1 serious.
! Major Borden said Yesterday that there were sti
in the general hospital al Montauk bout five hur
!; dred invalids who would be moved He added tha
! he expected that the Relief would arrive in New
York to-day with hundred or three hundre
| more The men who arrived the shinneco,
o Yesterday were in considerably hetttr shape tina
S those who were brought - this city tho esrlis
D trips OF the vessel Major Borden though
| that every man fair way 10 recover
u Each man who arrived had pinned on the lapel (
his coat his name and regiment with descriptio
: Of his illness so that the nurses and doctors kne
" exactly now 10 treat each case IT,, cool wealth,
has proved very beneficial 10 the sicH soldiers, ar
their transfer from the ship 10 the patrol wager
ard carriages accomplished with much le
discomfort than former occasions Followir
IL the entire list Of the men who arrived on n
- Sh!rnecock, these who were taken 70 hospitals al
e those who received furlouehs being classified sep
rately;
= REMOVED TO BROOKLYN HOSPITAL.
: ALLIN William. Company c. Eth Infantry. S
: Mays.
t AUGUST Richard. Company f. 9th Cavalry. 5
: ASHTON. Rpdd. Company A, 2ith Infantry. S
= cath3 iiac's.
, BERVER, o J.. sergeant Company 3. lst Ca
> airy 81. catGGrine's.
RIANDFORD. William J. corporal Company
" Goth Infantry, ST. Mays
e BROWN. Tracy. Company r 10th Cavalry
Cataarines
, BoUNsLER frank. Company p. s4rh Infantry 5
3 BROWN Frederick W Company /. % Mass
Is chusetts. 81. Cstharire's.
y BLACK. John. COMPANY l.. lst ilino.s, s.. Cat
: arines
!, BUSCH. George. Company {. .2d Infantry;
= BISHOP Woliord Company G Sd Infantry.
y ca'aaTines.
~ cLAEI,. Andrew. Company Z, 9Th Infantry.