The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02
GENERAL SKATER IN NEW YORK.
Landed Yesterday From the City of Mex
ico-Glad to Get Home.

New York, Sept 1.-The CITY of Mex
leo arrived to-day with General Shafter
| on board. General Shafter and his
staff were landed from the City OF Mex
leo shortly before l o'clock being taken
on in the auxiliary gunboat Alamo and
landed al the floating dock some dis
tance away from the quarantine pier
General Young was at the pier at the
time. The coming ashore of the com
mander and his staff was unexpected.
General Wheeler had the cavalry
drawn up at the quarantine at the pier
and the guns awaiting to salute Cen
eral Shafter. He was not aware that
General Shafter was on shore until he
and his staff had been drawn to the
detention hospital in carriages. Cen
eral Wheeler was little put out when
he learned that General Shafter had
landed. General Shafter was in good
health when he came ashore.
On the City of Mexico. besides the
general and his staff, came one COM
pany OF the 1st regular infantry. No
report as to their condition has been
made.
General Wheeler. when informed that
General Shafter was ashore ordered
the salute of Is guns fired. 1t was diff
cult to get near General Shafter at the
detention camp. but the commander of
the Santiago campaign sent word to
the correspondents that he was glad
to be on American soil once more, but
was sorry to learn that so many ot
his men had died and were still sick
at Montauk. He said. however, that
had the troops remained in Santiago
they would have Jared still worse
Surgeon Meyer. who came north on
the Allegheny, had something to say
to-day as to the condition of the trans
port. 1t was on this vessel that IA 9th
Massachusetts, men had died. Surgeon
Meyer stated that when the Allegheny
left Santiago there were but u sick
men on board. but illness developed
very quickly on the voyage, and when
out only few days deaths occurred at
the rate of three a day. The Massachu-
setts men and the 1st Illinois men were
landed from the Allegheny to-day. ana
the l45 sick were sent to the hosnital.
me men from the City of Mexico were
also taken ashore.
General Shafter is now, strictly
speaking, by reason of rank i'm com
mand at Camp Wikoff. but he will not
assume the reins of control until his
term in the detention camp is finished
In an interview this afternoon General
Shafter said:
Il enjoyed the trim North on the
Mexico greatly. but more so on ac-
count of the ship being a prize From
a casual observation, / like Camp WIKI
on. 1t seems just a place as | should
nave selected. | shall acquaint myself
thoroughly with all the details of the
camp. | knew nothing of the Miles
Alger controversy until l was shown n
paper on my arrival here. / will not
discuss ii now that I am unfamiliar
with the phases of the case, nor will
/ enter the controversy at any time
Secretary Alger and General Miles can
take care of themselves. and so can l.
The Red Cross and other nurses did
good work at Santiago. but the front
is hardly the place for women. There
never was any real scarcity of food in
Cuba, but there were no transportation
facilities to get supplies to the front
other than pack trains. The army and |
sick in the hospitals down there Jared |
as well as possible in such a climate"