New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-20
OFF FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
LAST INSTALMENT OF AMERICAN PER
SONNET FOR THE HOSPITAL
SHIP MAINE.
AND TWO APoTHEcARIEs SAIL

On THE MANITOU.
The last instalment Of the American personnel
OF the hospital ship Maine which the Assoca-
ton Of Women OF American origin in London.
represented by Lady Randolph Churchill. Is send
Ing out to South Africa. sailed for London at 2A5
D. m. yesterday on the Atlantic Transport liner
Manitou The party consisted OF sixteen male
nurses from the Mills Training School at Bellevue
hospital. ten orderes who also act as nurses,
and two apothecares. and was In charge Of Dr.
lhomas Wood Hastings who is q graduate OF
johns Hopkins University. and has served in the
Presbyterian Hospital In this city and the Johns
Hopkins Hospital. The members OF the party were
on hand in good time. They were accompanied by
large number OF friends who had come to bid
theIn goodby. Mrs. Ada s. Willard, superintendent
OF the Mills Training School, was also on hand to
see that there was hitch in the arrangements
Tor the departure.
As the Man!tou cast OF and began to glide slowly
out into the stream the voyagers gathered on the
FORWARD deck. and those who to stay behind
moved out toward the end Of the pier moment
iater volley OF usty farewels greeted the OF
those who were bound for scenes of danger in for
eign chmes. After the steamer had swung about
ana was well on her way out to the handker-
chlefs still waved from ship and pier.
Inc nurses In the party Charles s. Austin
victor {. Bates, A. II. Chapman. Stephen Crick,
George T. Cole, Ralph W. Ellsworth, Furman NJ
Green. Leon NJ. Howard, W. c. Kuder Charles
MAST John NJ. McCntock John J. Reilly W. B.
Rust' Theodore V. Speer, A. Bunner Valance and
Archibald Glllles. The orderes are Otto Ran
strom. W. D. Ross, Charles c. Brien. Charles H.
Rudgreen, P. VI. Rayner. Ernest Wynne, Dudley
VIVIAN D. II. Kase, Robert Lowndes and Henry
Niderer The two apothecaries in the party
Albert SPOTS and Herbert Haigh
Dr. Julian Mayo Cabell. who goes out as chief
surgeon OF the party the Maine, sailed last
wednesday for Liverpool on the Oceanic DR..
Caoell has seen service In the hospital in Manila,
where he was assistant to DR.. Woodruff, the Sur
geon-in-Chief. He returned from Manila a short
time ago. and since his arrival in this country
had been assigned to the charge OF the Column
bia Hospital in Washington. D. c. DR.. Ca
bell was chosen for his present work on account
OF his large experience special fitness and high
recommendations. He Is on the retired list Of the
Regular Army. with the rank Of major. A special
leave OF absence was granted to him through the
Offices OF General Corbin and the directors OF
Columbia Hospital have also allowed him six
months leave of absence. in order that he may
take up his duties in connection with the Maine.
The nurses who sailed on the Manitou yesterday
have been selected only on the highest recon-
mendation and after the most panstakng
animation into their records and qualifications
Some Of the nurses have already seen active SER
vice Ralph w Ellsworth served on the United
States steamer Topeka during the with SPAIN
and Furman NJ Green and w. B. Rust both saw
service the hospital ship Solace. W. c. Kuder
helped care for the Spanish prisoners from the
feet OF Admiral Cervera while they in
fnement at Portsmouth. y. H.. and later he made
voyage to Spain nurse OF the ships
employed to repatrlate the prisoners.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. who supervised the selec-
ton OF the nurses. requested to do It by the
women in charge OF the London committee, on ac-
count Of her relation to the work during the Span
fish War. and her selection OF the Red Cross nurses
who still IN service In Manila. She made a
personal inquiry into the record OF each before
he accepted. and was actively assisted In her
work by Dr. McCosh. Dr. Billings L. s. A. and
DR.. McBurney.
The expenses OF the hospital ship Maine are to
be betrayed by the money raised by the commit
tee Of Women OF American origin in London which
already amounts to about $4,000. and which has
been largely swelled by the proceeds of the enter
tainment given under the management OF Mrs.
James Brown Potter. 'Hl" Iii'