New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-06
STERNBERG AT MONTAuk.
THE SURGEON GENERAL VISITS CAMP
WIKOFF.
GENERAL. sHAFTER TO TAKE COMMAND
TO-DAY-NOSPITAL FACILITIES STRAINED
BY ARRIVAL OF MORE SICK MEN.
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Camp Wikon. " Y. Sept. i.-Mcntauk Is stih
growing. although IT has not assumed the pre-
tension Of the city blocks il IS credited WIN IN
the map which hangs in the railroad s'auoh'
But II is doing very well, nevertheless Inc
road In the vicinity Of the station. which at hrst
was merely "A beaten way made by the Army
wagons is being now inclosed on both sides for
some distance ny new structures, giving II the
appearance o. village street. only 1t lacks
well-dehned sidewalks and prohibltory oru'-
nance 10 keep wagons Off Of them mere oeIls
neither at present. the pedestrian Is Kept busy
lodging teams and horses II he wishes 10 escape
danger.
The new buildings. those at least laterV
erected have been put up to meet the needs
occasoned by the influx Of so many thousdhu
soldiers and camp employees. They are posi-
tive necessity. and while none Of them are arcni-
tecturally beautiful or expensive In construc-
ton. they answer every purpose, and furnish
few luxuries which in ordinary life are neces-
sites.
There is FOR instance. new general store
where fresh fruit, canned goods, tobacco. Shirts
trousers. candles needles. pins and such arti'
cles are obtainable
Just beyond it on the other side or the post
Office little moro pretentious in construcuoh'
Is the officers club. which tomorrow ana loi
the duration of the camp will provide meals.
cigars ETC. to officers only, While just arounu
the corner thereby. AT least. starting Guy
block is a printing Office. Government aHalr'
established for printing blanks and forms USED
by the Army. Across the way from the cluo
house is new express building, larger anu
more conmodious than the first one erected
which long since ceased t, hold all the luggage
and express matter that Army trains ouHped
down on the station platform. and between the
two express buildings IL the new electric Hsh'
and power house put up by the Signal Corps
under direction Of Captain Higgins. The en-
sines and dynamos are running now and the
electric arc lights that CLEAN about the station
buildings at night give the place an important
air Most Of the buildings in the station VI
entity are illuminated by the lights in the com
missary and quartermasters storehouses' ana
make work at night possible and easy.
In a few days the light will be EXTENDED out
20 the roads and to the signal headquarters ana
colored globes will be used to make their desig-
nation certain. For inst lnce, General smarter
headquarters may have red light Geherai
Wheelers blue one. and so on that there may
be no mistaking them when the night is dark or
fog or mist settles down over the camp. While
all this seems considerable work and expense
for camp whose exist ,nCe may be o. snort
duration. yet there is possibility Of perma-
nenoy about Camp Wikoff for the regular sol
der There is under Amusement the establish
ment Of Army post at Montauk, and while
such a plan may be abandoned and Army SOL
diers sent home barracks. yet the possibilities
are that portion Of the Regulars will linger
here through the greater part OF October
sURGEoN-GENERAL sTERNBERG IN CAMP.
With Surgeon General Sternberg. who is in
camp for couple of DAYS 1t was more or less
conjecture. but he said he thought in two weeks
that one-half Of the soldiers now here would be
back at their homes Army posts, and that
from then on there would be a gradual breaking
up Of the entire camp.
The sick soldiers are receiving the attention
OF kind hearted people from miles around, and
In several nearby towns houses have been fitted
up. doctors engaged and volunteer nurses OBJ
tanned 10 care for as many sick the houses
will accommodate and ihe surgeons here will
send Miss Helen NJ Could who has taken alive
~ interest in hospital matters at Camp Wikoff,
and in sick and needy soldiers particularly. has
requested the hospital authorities here TO send
twenty of the sick in the hospital to her home
at Tarrytown. where she has made every
preparation to have them we'll taken care Of.
Three Of the large buildings her estate
have been especially fitted up for the purpose
and Hrs. Ellen II. Waworth. the Director Cen
eral Of the Womens National War Relief Asso-
citation. have been requested by Miss Gould to
have such OF the hospital patients as need spe-
cial care and attention, and who can be moved
sent 10 Tarrytown Mrs. Waworth has been going
through the wards to-day. and this afternoon
took two men TO the city with her. The eigh-
teen others will go tomorrow.
GENERAL SKATER TO TAKE COMMAND.
General Shafter is suffering from malaria and
wants to get rid of II, so last night he took forty
grains Of quinine His bulk is great but the
bulk OF the drug proved the greater and this
morning the General was in sad condition. but
liberal doses Of strong coffee and little exercise
worked the effects off pretty we'll. and this
afternoon he in fair shape and improving.
He expects to be all right in the morning. He
got out of quarantine to-day. and tomorrow
morning he will resume active command of his
corps. He would have done so to-day. and, in
fact. this afternoon transacted some business,
had he not felt so bad.
General Skaters staff Is practically helpless
1ust now. for all or nearly all. suffer from
malaria or malarial fever
General Sternberg visited Generals Shafter.
Wheeler and Young to-day. and saw the hospi-
tails and observed the general workings OF the
camp He said that from what he could see in
the short time he had been here things
were working all right. but that he would have
q better chance 10 observe tomorrow, and that
his stay was indefinite He did not come under
orders but In the regular course Of his duties.
and this was his regular ofncial visit TO the
Fifth Army Corps.
MANY MORE SICK MEN
The only thing General Sternberg saw that
was not as 1t should be was the condition OF the
detention hospital. and there he found Surgeon
Ebert in a frame OF mind anything but angelic.
Last night. almost without warning. all sick
from the hospitals Of Santiago and Siboney.
brought North on the Roumania. were landed