New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-08
GEN. WHEELER'S son DEAD.
DROWNED WITH ANOTHER RATHER OH
THE MONTAUK CAMP.
DELAY IN DEPARTURE OF THE isT ILLINOIS
SICK MEN START on THE SHINE
cocK-fiAMI1roN rIsHs FATHER

WANTS HIS son = I1'iN"''
c,,on vikoA Nontauk n. Y. Sept Thomas
~ Wheeler. a younger son Of General joseph
Wheeler a cedet at Annapolis. who WIN o'he's
OF his class served in the feet COMMANDED ny
Admiral Sampson during the war. ana VINO was
staving AT the camp here for Few days III CUM
many with his father before going back to An
napolis 10 resume his stables. was droWned lh's
afternoon. Lieutenant Newton Kirkpatrick. Of
the lst Cavalry. was drowned at the same time
How they los, their lives will never he known
except by suppostion
They left General vheeler's headquarters
ebou. 3 o'clock. as nearly as can be remem-
hered and went down 20 the beach 10 take
sv,n, They entered the water about three
hundred wards from General Wheeiers head
,uarters and not far from the Ditch Plains He
saving station. There was high surf running
all day and there was a nasty underto"' VIII"
caused number of narrow escapes rum
drowning in the afternoon. II Is supposed ''a'
one or the other Of them was caught oF 'he
under.ow and lost his footing. and was peihS
carried outward and that his companion went
10 his aid and both were drowned.
They were expected back within an hour after
they left the camp. and when they mad not re-
turned at 4 o'clock several friends went 10 the
shore to meet them. They found their cio'fins
piled on the beach. but saw nothing OF 'he
Young men. supposing IT possible that they had
gone for a run along the shore AFTER Dathlns'
which is n common practice here the seaIchers
went away and did not return until O'CLOCK
by which time serious alarm was felt the
clothing was found in the same position ana ho
further trace Of the young men.
Their clothing was carried to General Wheel
ers tent All hope OF their being alive mas
been abandoned. Roth said to nave peeh
good swimmers General Wheeler is greatly
cast down 10y tho tragic fate OF his son. Inc
dead cadet is said 10 have Inherited the hgntlns
blood of the Wheelers and to have given promise
Of making a good naval officer
Tonight sharp watch IS being kept along
the shore for traces OF the bodies Inc
men were drowned the ebb tide. and. with
the wind and tide as they now are. there Is d
chance that the bodies will float ashore. The
nfe-savers patrol has promised to keep shafp
lookout for the bodies. and a large number OF
cavalrymen have volunteered TO "a'ch ior inc
body Of their commanders son.
NO LONGER A DETENTION CAMP
The detention camp Is a thing OF the past 'he
last of the men who came from Cuba having put
IN their time in the camp The guard about the
detention hospital has also been pracuca"E
raised. and the men there arc no longer In quar-
s,ripping the hospital has gone on as rapidly as
WAS thought best. and the depletion has now
reached such a poirt that there is not thought
IN he any danger Of there being another IN
s,ance of overcrowding. The furoughing Of the
recovering men from the general hospital has
permitted the removal 10 il Of many men from
the regimentai hospitals. These men are now
certain of better treatment than they could hope
for In the other hospitals.
II seems Impossible TO move regiment out or
camp without some kind OF a hitch or something
going wrong. Yesterdays dsgraceful scene or
the Ohio regiment sweltering In the cars all DAY
before getting started came near being repeated
to-day in the case OF the 1st Illinois, but owing
TO the lrmness Of Colonel Turner and the CO.
operation Of the camp officers II was avoided IN
part The Illinois men understood they were TO
get out Of camp early in the morning and con-
sequently broke camp early and marched down
10 the station. The sick taken along IN
ambulances The understanding that Sen
a.or Mason was to have lot Of sleeping cars
waiting for the regiment on the Jersey shore.
After a march of three miles the soldiers
reached the station only to find there was
hitch somewhere. and that the trains had not
been provided beyond Long Island City Colo
mel Turner objected to starting without know
men had proper accommodations. He ahso-
lutely refused TO take his two hundred sick men
on ordinary passenger coaches. and demanded
proper travelling accommodations for them.
After much telegraphing. Colonel Turner
wheeled his men about. and they marched back
70 camp with the avowed intention Of remain
ing where they we're II IT took g week or sixty
days to get them transportation
SICK START on STEAMER.
Colonel Turner suggested that the Shinnecook
be allowed 20 take his sick to New-York and
land them at Weehawk-n This ala not meet
with favor at the tine.
This afternoon the regiment. being Informed
that the ARRANGEMENTS from New-York were
committed marched down TO the depot. The
cars which tho Long Islana Railroad had pro
vided were still in waiting There was no pro
vision for the sick beyond baggage cars Colo
rel Turner when told OF this said. ITO n With
the baggage cars" and prepared 70 march back
once more TO tho camp. While the matter was
being discussed Surgeon Forwood appeared on
the scene and he backed up Colonel Turner, and
said no more sick must he taken out IN passen-
eer-cars He also condemned the use OF bag
gage-cars which had been provided by the
transportation department. and when 1T was IN
s,s,ed mo men would have to go In these or not
go ~ all. ne became ahStN- IL was '"Ns'0'NN
straw might be put or the bottom or the cars
hu, Colonel ForwoOd condemned the straw 10
the regions where IL would burn up IN snort or
der.
As NO other proper means couId ne octaiheo
for sending the sick through to New-York. Colo
ne, Forwood ordered them shipped by the shin
necock and this was done. Colonel Turner
after seeing his sick men comfortably at
tended to on the boat put his ether men on
hoard ~ the cars for Long Island City.
and was content, for he had won a
big victory, and II Colonel Forwood stands by
what he said this evening no more sick will 70
out on trains The Shinnecock will probably be
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