New York and the war with Spain. History of the Empire State regiments (1903) (14576037758)

Identifier: newyorkwarwithsp02newy (find matches)
Title: New York and the war with Spain. History of the Empire State regiments
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). State Historian Burt, S. W. (Silas Wright), 1830-1912
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Regimental histories Spanish-American War, 1898 -- New York (State) New York (State) -- History 1865- New York (State) -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: Albany, The Argus Company, Printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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rovost duty and Captain McBean and twenty-five men fromCompany E were royally entertained by the hospitable citizensof >Varreuton, at which they were stationed. The regiment broke camp at 7.15 a. m. on August 29th andproceeded in two sections via Washington to Camp Meade atMiddletown, l*a. The first section reached Camp Meade thesame night; the second section under command of Major Butlerreached Washington at noon and remained until 3 p. m.; theWomans Relief Corps fed the men so well that they distributedtheir hard tack and other rations to the people gathered at thestations of the towns through which the Battalion passed. As stated in the foregoing the Third Battalion of the regimentremained on duty at Camp Alger as provost guard until August12. when it was relieved by a battalion from the Seventh Ohioregiment. On the same day a tremendous rain storm prevailed,swelling all the streams to such an extent that all the bridgesin the neighborhood were washed awav. A raging torrent came
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Camps of Third Regiment, New York Volunteers. State Historian. 105 down from the hills, and the lowlands were overflowed to a depthof from four to five feet. It was with the greatest difficulty thatthe Ohio troops relieved the outposts and detachments of theThird Battalion were obliged to wade in water to their arm pitsto get into camp. An ambulance from the First Division hos-pital, transferring four sick men to the camp, was overturned luone of the streams. The mules were drowned and the men inthe ambulance were rescued with difficulty by a detachment fromthe Third Missouri regiment that had been left behind to care forthe tentage and baggage of that command. As a result of thisstorm and the consequent exposure and the long stay in the in-fected camp many rases of typhoid fever developed. Some ofthe sick men were sent to the hospital at Fort Myer, others toGarfield Hospital, Washington, and still others were taken toCamp Meade and from there transferred to hospitals in Phila-delphia