On August 11, 1898, President McKinley named the military encampment at Montauk
in honor of Colonel Charles A. Wikoff of the United States 22nd Infantry
who was killed at Santiago de Cuba on July 1st

Rendering of Original Camp Wikoff Medallion by Illustrator George Bloem, 1997.

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—– Boston Globe / June 6, 1898

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General William Shafter

—– New York Herald

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Major General Young

—– New York Herald

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Secretary of War Alger

—– Boston Globe

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Col. Forwood, Red Cross Representative Howard Townsend,
and Red Cross Nurse Quintard

The American Red Cross, since its founding in 1881, was contracted to supply nurses
to the hospitals at Camp Wikoff. Army hospitals were historically staffed by male nurses only.

—– New York Herald

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—– Pulitzer’s The World

Ellen Walworth was the Directress-General of the Women’s National War Association,
assisted by Helen Miller Gould. She was also one of the founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
At Camp Wikoff, because of her tireless devotion to the fever-stricken soldiers,
she became known as the Camp Mother.

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Colors & Color-Sergeant of the Rough Riders, A.P. Wright

— New York Herald / James Gordon Bennett, Illustrator

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Colonel Theodore Roosevelt & Capt. Woodbury Kane, a Knickerbocker

— New York Press / W.H. Shindler, Illustrator

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—– Pulitzer’s The World

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General Joseph Wheeler

—– Boston Globe

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Colonel Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay

Roosevelt took a four-day furlough from Camp Wikoff shortly after return. There, he discussed political options
with his friend, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.

—– Pulitzer’s The World

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Mr. Platt is thinking hard of someone to fill this coat.

—– Hearst’s New York Evening Journal

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—– Pulitzer’s The World

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—– Hearst’s New York Journal / Homer Davenport, Illustrator

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Lieut. William Tiffany, Rough Rider, Knickerbocker

William Tiffany was a grandnephew of Commodore Perry, and a nephew of August Belmont.
He arrived at Fort Pond Bay on board the hospital ship, Olivette. Provisions were requested from
Camp Wikoff, but after waiting for six hours, the Olivette continued to Boston. The next day
Lieut. William Tiffany, under doctor’s care, nevertheless died of starvation, a result
of prolonged malnutrition.

“Imagine an American soldier dying of starvation!’
Editorialized the Kansas City Star.

Army Beef Scandal of 1898 exposed in the fall, following Congressional hearings.

—– Pulitzer’s The World