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Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, Directress General of the National Women’s War Relief Association.
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Asleep In The Rain
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Sec. of War Alger
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Sighting of the Transport Gate City, first transport from Santiago de Cuba to arrive at Montauk, August 13, 1898.
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America’s First Veterans of a War
Fought Overseas on Foreign Soil
—– FIFTH ARMY CORPS —–
Returned home to Montauk Point
from Santiago de Cuba
in August & September, 1898
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The VFW traces its deepest organizational roots to Camp Wikoff,
celebrating its centennial in 1998.
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Theodore Roosevelt & Woodbury Kane
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Camp Wikoff. 4,200 acre encampment. Original map — drawn in September, 1898 — is at the Montauk Point Lighthouse.
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Saturday, September 3, 1898
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” I bring the gratitude of the nation ,
to whose history you have added by your valor a new and glorious page.”
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“You cannot imagine how proud I am
of your friendship and regard.”
— Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
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REPORT OF THE WAR COMMISSION
February, 1899
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Illustrations from…
BULLY! Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders & Camp Wikoff,
Montauk, New York, 1898. A Newspaper Chronicle. Edited by Jeff Heatley.
Published by the Montauk Historical Society & Pushcart Press, 1998. Out of print.
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Please visit:
Camp Wikoff, National Military Park Proposal
& the other Camp Wikoff portfolios on AAQ / East End.
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