Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-03
New York Sept, IA conference OF

doctors has decided that. in view of Dr..
Senns warning, a distillins plant will
be best, and one has been asked for.
1t will be of considerable capacity. and
if another is needed it will be ordered
Orders have also been issued that no
water from the wells or from the ponds
shall be used until it has been boiled.
and captains and commanding officers
are charged with seeing that this order
is strictly obeyed by all in Montauk
Point.
Over 5000 cases have been treated in
the hospitals. OF this number so have
died. This is considered an extremely
low percentage There is no change in
the program of the government as 20
getting all the volunteers gu. of this
camp just as soon as they can be sent
away.
Three hundred sick We're taken out
Of the hospital yesterday, and trans
fcrred to the Shinnecock. which is now a
I division hospital under command of
Surgeon Major Borden. The Shinne-
cock sailed for New York where the
sick We're transferred to hospitals. The
Red Cross yacht. Red Cross. took Is
to New London. Mrs. Livingston Ma
son offered to take 10 sick to New Ha-
ven on her yacht, and the offer was ac-
cepted and the men sent. The sick and
we'll on the. Allegheny We're landed to-
| day. AS one explanation of the 10
deaths on the Allegheny. which arrived
| Wednesday, 1t is said that the Ninth
Massachusetts regiment took along moro
of its sick than any other, and that men
who really ought to have been left be-
hind We're taken on the ship. as they
and their comrades preferred to risk
the voyage home rather than to remain
to what seems to have been considered
certain death in the hospitals about
Santiago. Some of the men who were
taken on board are said to have been
50 sick that it was never expected that
they would live until the end of the
voyage The trip was long one, a. the
ship sailed Aug "A. The Allegheny was
cattle transport not well fitted for the
work cut out for her. Her condition,
according to DR.. Magruder. was fright
full before the arrival here. The ship
is said to have been hastily fitted ont
as troopship when ships We're so sorely
needed to take Skaters men to Cuba
after the Spanish fleet had been trapped
in Santiago bay.
General Young admits that of all the
! soldiers thus far received at Camp
Wikoff, the men of the Ninth Massachu-
setts We're in far worse condition than
any of the other regiments Despite the
fact that the Ninth has not had the OPP
portunity of mixing in the free-for-all
fight in Cuba yet their appearance yes
terday plainly demonstrated that every
man had seen his share of the hardships
of Cuban climate. Poor weak. totter-
ing creatures they We're as they stumbled
along the gang-p!ank. They could not
walk. They had to be almost carried
to the waitin. ambulances: and when
placed in these the soldiers. in many
cases, lapsed into state of coma.
This Is the first time that ambulances
have been sent to meet incoming regi-
m.nts. Not one man of the Ninth was
able to walk 10 feet.
Montauk, Sept. 1.-The arrival of the
Massachusetts regiment yesterday with
chill over the entire camp. Nothing else
is talked Of The official announcement
is made that 145 men on the Allegheny
are sick. This in reality will mean 200 OF
possibly more, as sick in the vocabulary
of DIR. Magruder means nearly dead.
One explanations of the 10 deaths on
the steamer is that the Ninth took along |
more of it's sick than any other, and |.
that men who really ought to have been
left behind were taken on the ship, as
they and their comrades preferred to
risk the voyage home rather than to re-
main to what was considered certain
death in the hospitals about Santiago. |
The trip was long one. The Allegheny |
was cattle transport, not well fitted for .
the work cut out for her. Her condi- |
ton, according to Dr. Magruder was
frightful before the arrival here.
Nothing can drive us out of this camp .
but cold" said Colonel Brown, when
spoken to regarding the epidemic pre-
dcted by DR.. Sem. This seems to pre-
dict long stay in Camp Wikoff. AL
though the regular soldiers never COM
plain. it is easy to see that they are be-
coming more discouraged every day,and
the same thing pertains to many of the ,
officers. 1t Is probable tnat an OfdSr (
to go to war would be welcomed by the
entire camp.
Washington. Sept. 1.-The war depart
ment directs all men absent from their !
posts to report their whereabouts and
reason for absence by letter to their
company and regimental commanders.
Surgeons are required to report the
name of each man in their charge to the
regimental commanders of such men.
Another order states that all books, pa
psrs. etc, are the property of the United
States and will he required in the set
Element of claims against the govern
ment, and for this reason must be care
fully preserved. All soldiers sick and
wOurded, who have been granted fur
loughs, are entitled to transportation to
and from their homes. Commanders Of
Independent brigades and other small
commands have been authorized to
grant furlOughs to not more than per-
cent of their force.