Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1898 — MONTAUK POINT, WHERE THE AMERICAN CUBAN ARMY IS CAMPED FOR RECUPERATION. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MONTAUK POINT, WHERE THE AMERICAN CUBAN ARMY IS CAMPED FOR RECUPERATION.

SPANI H WAR VICTIMS. ' Statistics Showing the Death Rate in Battle and Camp. The Chicago Tribune prints statistics Showing the number of soldiers who have been killed in battle and have died of diseases in camps during the war with Spain. The Tribune says: “While 850 officers and men have been killed in battle or died of wounds received, there have died of disease in camps between 1,200 and 2,000 volunteers and regulars. The Tribune has secured the names of 1,284 who died in camp, on transports or at home after contracting the dread malady at one of the camps. There is no doubt about the 1,284 whose names have been secured. Neither is there much doubt that there are hundreds dead whose names could not be secured on account of lack of records and the inability or unwillingness of army officers to furnish lists of the dead.”

The Tribune gives statistics of dead in each camp. The list by camps is as follows: Camp Thomas 362 Santiago 311 San Francisco 78 Camp Alger 76 Camp Wlkoff d 8 Jacksonville 50 Tampa 68 Miami 20 Fernandlnn, Lakeland, Camp Meade and other minor camps. In private brapltals, at home, etc 115 State camps 30 Transports and hospital ships 00 Total 1.284 Deaths are attributed to the following causes: Typhoid fever 615 STollow fever 81 Dysentery 03 Meningitis 47 Malaria 81 Pneumonia 01 Cause reported as fever lt'fl Miscellaneous ailments or diagnosis uot reported 3J7 Of the regular army, 21 Ml are dead. Massachusetts is first. with 130; Illinois second, with 100; Michigan third, with 91; and New York fifth, with So. REGULARS GOING TO FORTS. Fourth May Come to 1 heridnn uml Others Muy in the East. The War Department has decided to send some regular troops to the United States garrisons in the Hast instead of keeping them in camp at Monlatik after their recuperation. The Thirteenth infantry will be sent to Forts Niagara and Porter, in New York; (he Twenty-first Infantry to Plattsburg barracks, New York, and the Ninth infantry to Fort Madison, New York. The Fourth infantry will probably return to Fort Sheridan, near Chicago. Married In a Itcspltiit. Ensign William Van Nest Powelson, >ne of the survivors of the battleship Maine nnd a hero of the war with Spain, was married in hi* vom in a Philadelphia hospital to Miss Margaret Olivia Miller of Wyoming, Ohio, daughter of Col. Miller, U. 8. A. Merritt Hoc* to l'uria. The United States transport China left Manila Tuesday, having on board Maj. Cl on. Merritt nnd hi» staff. The general is bound for I’nri*. where he will lake part 'n the Spanish-Americap peace eonfer•liee. Maj. (leu. Oils is acting governor if Mnuiln. Porto Itlcno Postal Service. Perry Heath, first assistant io*:tnns;pr tenoral, t*nys that the postal service will be extended in Porto ltleo ns rapidly ns possible. In many towns the S|>nnish ofIces are still in operation and the sale of Spanish stmmpr toaPuues. »

MONTAUK POINT. Ita Occupation by Troops May Cause Legal Complications. The camp at Montauk Point, L. 1., where the tired and worn-out soldiers of the American Cuban army are camped, may bring about some legal complications between the Montauk tribe of Indians and the United States Government. The attorneys for the Indians have served notice on Attorney General Griggs that the tribe claims ownership of the land and protests against dealings for the possession of the point by the Government. Montauk Point is the eastern terminus of the Long Island Railroad, and is within two and onehalf hours by train from Long Island City. The point proper is about ten miles long by one and one-half miles wide, and rises right out of the sea to a height of fifty to a hundred feet. It has a rolling surfhce, a duny soil, and many brackish ponds and marshes. Montauk Point is historic, and it is said that Spanish pirates once buried treasures there. The camp is commanded by Maj. Gen. S. B. M. Young.

SHAFTER IS AT HOME. Hero of the Santiago Campaign Arrives at Montauk. Gen. Shatter, the hero of the Santiago campaign, has returned. His arrival at Camp Wikoff Thursday was unpretentious. The transport City of Mexico, whidh carried him and his staff, was which carried him and his staff, was sighted early and the news sent through the camp that the general was neatly home. Gen. Wheeler immediately ordered out Troops M, E, C, H and K of the Second regular cavalry. He also directed the Hotchkiss battery to fire a salute of fourteen gnus when Gen. Shatter landed. Gen. Wheeler and stiff in full uniform prepared to receive the commander of the army of Santiago with honors. A mistake as to the time he was to land led to practically no reception for the general when he came ashore. At noon, almost two hours before he was expected, Gen. Shatter came to the Montauk beach to find there only Gen. Young, who warmly greeted him.

The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius has arrived in New York from Cuban waters. An order has been issued forbidding visitors boarding warships at the Brooklyn navy yard. Gen. Blanco is doing all he can to suppress hostile feeliugs toward Americans by the people of Cuba. Lieut. Hobson has been advanced to the grade of naval constructor without undergoing an examination. The insurgents in Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, welcomed the tidings of peace, as they were without clothing and starving. Gen. Polaviejn, who is regarded as the possible dictator of Spain, says the Spanish people are thoroughly disgusted with the present leaders. The officers of the army at Manila who distinguished themselves at the capture of the city have been promoted by the President. The graves of American soldiers at Santiago are being located, preparatory to returning the remains to the United States. For the first time in the history of the United States army, a woman has been

appointed a member of the medical staff. Dr. Anita Mi < J«•*> ha* recently been sworn into the service as actKg assistant surgeon. The Spanish prisoners nt Portsmouth, N. 11.. loudly t-iieered the marines from Guantanamo, Culm, who arrived on the Itesolute. t ’Hie transport Charles N. Nelson Tins arr.red nt Sun Francisco from Honolulu. She reports everything quiet on the Hawaiian Islands. It is reported that Gen. Garcia. upon entering tlibnrn, slapped the customs administrator in the face, and afterward ordered u negro to bent L'lm with a machete. The Spanish Government lins decided to <N>nrt martial Admiral Cervera. and will not publish Ills n port on the dent ruction of his squadron, reserving it for use in his trial. '1 i e four big monitors. Terror, Puritan, Mir o.u mnli and Amphitrite, and the cru -i r Montgomery have been ordered from Cuba uud Porto Itico to Newport, Rhode Island.

TO SEDUCE ARMY. Corbin Orders the Muster Out of Nine* teen Volunteer Organizations. Adjutant General Corbin Friday issued orders for the muster out of nineteen volunteer organizations, numbering more than 20,000 officers and men. Including former orders more than 50,000 of the volunteers have been ordered mustered out, and it is said at the War Department that the work will now go forward mpre rapidly and within a week or two fully 100,000 volunteers will be mustered out. By December there will not remain more than 50,000 volunteers in the United States service. When Congress meets it will be confronted with the necessity for increasing the regular army to not less than 100,000 men, because of the necessity for troops in Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines. The attitude of many State executives and a great many people in demanding the release of the volunteers and the peculiar provisions of the law authorizing the President to coll for volunteers, does not warrant the adntinistration in depending upon these

troops, keeping them in the service, and trying to maintain discipline. Regular army officers are disposed to the opinion that with the increase of our territory the increase of the regular army is inevitable, notwithstanding the opposition always manifest in Congress to a large standing army in time of peace. ARMY EXPENDITURES. For August Aggregate $33,000,000, and September Will Equal Tbis. The war department finds it slow work • getting back to a peace basis in the army. For the month of August army expedltures for all purposes will aggregate in round numbers $33,000,000. During the month to come the outlay will be nearly as great, and in the opinion of army officers it will be December before the outlay appreciably lessens. When the department completes the task of mustering out the first 100,000 volunteers, which cannot be sooner than October, it will reduce expenses by at least $6,000,000 every thirty days. FLAMES IN A HOSPITAL SHIP. Catania Has a Narrow Escape on Way to Montauk. A e*a horror was narrowly on the transport Catania duriug her recent trip from Santiago to Montauk Point with hundreds of sick soldiers on board. Firs broke ou/t in the coal in the bunkers of the vessel during the voyage from Cuba, but, fortunately, it was discovered in time by the engineers. By hard work it was

kept under control until the steamer reached Montnuk and discharged the sick soldiers. The transport was then ordered to proceed to New York to unload the burning coal. Transport Reaches Spain. The Spanish trnnsjHirt Covadouga, which sailed from Santiago de Culm on Aug. 19 with 2,148 Spanish soldiers, 109 Spanish officers, 44 women and 45 children, a total of 2.340 passengers, arrived safely at Santander, Spain. Ploi Gets Gay. Gen. Rios, the Sjninish Governor of the Viaoayas Islands, is reisirted to have proclaimed himself governor general of the Spanish dominions in the Philippine Islands and to have invited the adherents of Spain to rally at Iloilo. To Investigate Cninp Wlkoff. damp Wlkoff, at Monlauk Point, L. 1., la to be investigated. Gen. Wheeler has ordered Gen. Adelbert Ames, chief of iftaff on Gen. Kent’s staff, to conduct an investigation. lie is giteu almost autoorotia powerm

MAJOR GENERAL YOUNG. Commander of the camp at Montauk Point.

IN A HOSPITAL TENT.