Show I 1 1 1 THE DETENTION CAMP IN 1 r its location on angel island WI I 1 1 open to criticism ia 14 nil 6 MEN HEN VIRTUALLY LLY IN PRISON I 1 t camp tor for tho the nebraska boys completed recruits drilled in the 4 setting up exercises the lonesome I one lefful regular ar at tho the m navy yard headquarters besieged ai by wives 9 of soldiers who want to follow them to the philippines aa volunteer as muises a it I 1 J i tribune I 1 I 1 I 1 san july afi M the detention r camp on angel island Is fast nearing comp completion letton the wisdom of t its 10 1 I 1 location la Is ahle while intille it II Is on the iho opposite side eld from tho the ocean and sheltered by a large hill front from the ands yet it Is open to the bumming ra rays 9 ot of tile sun as there Is nt not a shade tree free Ivi within thirl yards of 0 the iho main camp the tents tent are the small ele kno a as tho the co common men rail nall and are arc fe separated by large and roomy streets sti cc ts the there ri are no accommodations any I 1 v here near except those that will 1111 later te be afforded by the government and 1 11 the man once placed on that island 1111 tor the time be virtually in a prison and they 1 v ili hive have a know kanom led ledge ge john the tha baptist felt when lie he h was on tile tho isle of 0 palms the government erime t steamer gen mcdowell makes IINO ni 0 or three trips there it a day will break the monotony of 0 the 1 camp hut but the sight eight of it vt III chill the 1 marrow in many a poor fellows fel lotts bones I 1 the camp for or ib the nebraska boys at the Pre presidio nia as A coln completed plated today and 0 when they arrive and have been overhauled hv by the customs collector they can march in and take a lest jest small continue to arrive dally daily from different towns louns and cities in tire tha i I 1 state to receive their boys boya and see ee to it that nothing noil ilni Is letl left undone for or their comfort there appears to be b a great 0 many things lacking II if the expression of some rome uhn ho have no idea of army tile t ij to be taken for the opinion of ell all lit one old cold atay haired lady whose son is ie a captain thought it ridiculous thit that 1 the iho men could not be provided dod ill matli wash boul boa 1 and pitcher an and that all sho mas as sure they deserved deserve it that favor after finx through as much rou h as they I 1 I 1 batter fand ad zono through mer her remarks N opre ere made to 10 a regular army officer aho vho he suggested that it would be chat charming ming to have carpets on the th noor floor as there tta a danger of the men taking papu anu I 1 monta inonia from ohp th air coming through the cracks of the licter door to the recruits that sailed on the trans ports r nw now N w york and ohio were informed by the commanding officer that as they had been under instructions but a short mon time they would have to be drilled in the setting oett ln ni up exercises every day nh steamers le on en route 1 hue bile abnit 1 1 i ing ng tor for the to sall sail the folsom street charf hart as ai for the time converted into a drill hall ball and it the th to I 1 officer on drill displays as much bray brav ery cry in the face of the enemy as he I 1 did energy on drill he will certainly 1 be I 1 complimented in orders I 1 if fl there Is no t time ln in the ari alce of a a 1 gular tc though he be may serve thirty ye veara TS that ho he feels h 0 wn W entirely n arely alone he is in the world a as a ho he flops does in time of war and returns to his home A great many ot of the regulars pay ay that they have to say efty they are a volunteer to even pet get a kind hind word front from tor home of the visitors when the answer anser la IS given 1 I am a regular to hie oft risked que question s tion are arc you an all oregon boy it le a generally answered by all ail iob ob and a goodbye good bye the regulars feel the slight vary much and say that it la Is but a little encouragement to a men man to lo be in the regular army there la Is HISO also much dissatisfaction among I 1 tho he regulars in thin the summing up of their h final in that the 1 without I 1 h any excer tiong gets jel two months extra pay for sei vice outside the limits of the united states sin tea tind and the regulars ex pt those IN who ti croll enlisted sted dut ing tho the I 1 or ido do not si get anything any thine extra obi old geay halrid veteran vp teran vi ho hn have sard fifteen or twenty inertly spars 5 pars con coll sic BIC aary pry vehement tn in denunciation of such a low law and the claims department at washington would save time lime to have a rubber stamp prepared arp ire chich n alch to andors the many claims I 1 hot vi III be mide m ide for two months extra pay for service serice out fid tile limits of tile the united states I 1 kon of the th regulars returning nom from the th philippines she show a disposition to re rc As fast ns as they pet get their pa ars they the amount of their fare to their hornes homes nith ith one of the ticket agents I 1 1 there lq t also als nuch act lItY in the navy yard at mare marc island there ere are fron from two ti ta t i three hundred men m employed daily making prop callons nal lons for the new diy daiy docks and getting transports and gunboats gun boats in order the cruiser Is n now in the docks docka certain re repairs pairs and the iowa ious Is in lying at it tile the foot foat of folsom street t wharf baling just como come from there i the department line lias been besieged hesle pod during the list two or I 1 three days bilth the ches iet of both beth oni cers and enlisted men begging io an h ile il loMed to sall sail on the two tiri transports sports and titter after being informed that thai ordia orders a vore issued early in ili the spring by tile the war department that tile the elvea of of bleers and enlisted men not be allowed to go to lo the islands many of thorn them offered oft cred their services sis HS nurses nurse they were referred to the chief nurse at the Fie and if they pass pans t the ic ex x required by that august personage I 1 there trill he be tittle little need for any one ibe elc to apply who has not EL a husband in the islands to to orders were issued today directing of the unassigned recruits now at the Pre presidio to be put in readiness to sail for the philippines on the of 0 this number there win ill be a dirgo nuni num her of men who he fire are returning from sick furlough and who nho arc utilized as a instructors of the recruits chile bite awaiting transportation this large number alii make quite a thinning out of the casuals as that will make a total of more than 2300 that have sailed during the list live davs these men will be accompanied by about twelve vill im corn cers belonging to the different moats now over mer there they will it I 1 be placed under the command of col co I 1 charles C hood of the sixteenth infantry who was once conce n captain in the twenty fourth infantry the demand for nurses in the philippines Is evidently very great as six sit adal additional ones were cr ordered olfred to sall sail on the newport today that mailing making a total of twelve ori on board the two transports |