Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-14
SICK AND Wounded
Soldiers Arrive at Fort Mon
roe from Cuba.
ONE DEATH LAST MIGHT
Negro Trooper, Who Was Wounded Five
Times Dies In the Hospital. Crowds
ThronE the Dock and
... ..o1 Cheer. g..

The transport City OF washington ar
rived at Fortress Monroe at 10 O'Clock
yesterday morning from Santiago de
cuba. having on board twenty. wound
ed officers and zoe wounded and sick
priEates, who fought under General
Shafter at Santiago. Most of the men
belonged to the Seventy first New
York regiment. though some OF them
We're Rough Riders" while IL few We're
from the Ninth Massachusetts and
Thirty-third ana Thirty fourth Michi-
gan regiments. 1t was impossible To
get a list Of the wounded. the authori-
ties positively refusing To give out amy
informant ion.
Before any Of the wounded soldiers
We're brought ashore tile ship WAS
thoroughly inspected by Il quarantine.
officer At noon The officers Mere ear
ricd on itttrs from the vessel u the
dock in the presence OF several thou
sand people, but the privateS We're not
transferred ill late i'll the afternoon.
Some OF the scenes We're heartrending
while others aroused to the highest
pitch the Widest enthusiasm and
cheers mingled with snbs. When !. ne
gro trooper, who had received nine
Mtuscr bullets in his body. was
brought ashore on strctcher borne by
four white men the ramrarts of Fort
ress Monroe reSounueu with cheers
sent UP by soldiers and citizens.
Those soldiers who We're seriously
wounded We're taken tn the pos. hos
pita! where they arc being cared For.
and the others We're placed in hospital
tents. About fifty men who hae! been
wounded in the lands ana arms We're
permitted to go tn their homes and they
left on steamers bound for Baltimore
and Washington from which places
they will so to their respective names
Some of the wounded presented horri-
1,1 4,
their faces. There We're no deaths on
thu. transport on the "trip North. but Il
Negro. Who had been wounded live.
times. died in the hospital last night.
Every comfort has been provided for
the men who fought ON Cuban soil. ana
it is the opinion of the surgeons that
nearly all nf them will recover The sol
diers are enthusiastic and many eN-
press the hope of j speedy recovery SO
that they may return to do battle again
with the SpaniardS. 1t is revenge they
want for Spanish brutality.
Some of the men brought to the fort
are suffering from the effects of sun
stroke and malarial fever. f II
N The steamer Olivettta is expected to
arrive at Fort AIonr5e tomorrow. with
more wounded soldiers on board and
preparations are being made to re
ccive thern.
The City of Washington was anchor
ed alongside the hattleShip Maine in
Havana htrbur when that vessel was
blown up and it was owing 10 this fact
that a number of the officers of the
Maine We're on board her That they
We're saved WHEN the explosion took
place.
The hospital ship Solacc. formerly the
Creole which MAS built al CHS yard is
expected To arrive from Santiago TO-
day With between 200 and 500
led \ nj =
diers and sailors, the latter of whom
are prisoners nf war.
1t is not known Yet just where the
SIanards Will be treated. although ii
is believed that they will be taken to
the naval hospital 1T Norfolk. while
the Americans will be placed at Fort
Monroe With their comrades.
The transport lsesnlute. formerly the
Old Dominion steamship Yorktown,
sailed from Charleston to Newport
News Tuesday and is expected to ar
rive here today. 1t is reported
that she viii tale on troops here. al
though no Information to this effect
can be obtained.
The United States collier Justin
which has been here for the past few
days. left yesterday afternoon for Old
Point.
"A dispatch received by the Daily
Press last night from Washington
says:
Information was received tonight at
the War Department that the hospital
ship Seneca sailed this afternoon from
Playa del Este, Cuba. for Fort Mon
roe. She has an board all of the re-
manning wounded American officers
and nlen-10 in number-who can be re
moved with safety at This time. She
will proceed directly TO Fort Monroe"