The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 27, 1898, Image 6
Scorching Bat
Very Dignified.
Gen. Garcia Writes a Letter
j to Gen. Shatter : Then
Tenders His Resigna?
tion to Gen. Gomez.
New York, July 22 -A dispatch
from Santiago gives the following as
being a letter sent by Gen. Garcia to
Gen Sbafter :
Sir-On May 12 the government of
the Republic of Coba ordered me as
commander of the Coban army in the
east to co-operate with the American
army, following the plans and obey?
ing the orders of its commande! I
bave done my beet, sir, to fulfill the
wishes of my government, and I have
been until now one of your most faith?
ful subordinates, honoring myself in
carrying oat your orders as far as my
powers have allowed me to do it
The city of Santiago surrendered
to the American army, and news of
that important event was given to me
by persons entirely foreign to your
staff I have not been honored with
a single word from yourself inform
ing me about the negotiations for
peace or the terms of the capitulation
by the Spaniards. The important
ceremony of the surrender of the
Spanish army and the taking pos?
session of the city by yourself took
place later on, and I only knew of
both events by public reports.
I was neither honored, sir, with a
kind word from you inviting myself
or any officer of my sfcaff to represent
the Cuban army on chat memorable
occasion
Finally, I know that you have left
in power at Santiago the same Span
ish authorities that for three years I
have fought as enemies of the inde?
pendence of Cuba I beg to say that
these authorities have never been
elected at Santiago by the residents
of the city, but were appointed by
royat decrees of the queen of Spam
1 would agree, sir, that the army
under your command should have
taken possession of the ci*y; the garri
son and the forts
I would give my warm co opera
tion to any measure you may have
deemed best under American mili?
tary law to hold the city for your
army and to preserve public order
anti! the time comes to fulfill the
solemn pledge of the people of the
United States to establish in Cuba a
free and independent government.
But when the question arises of ap?
pointing authorities in Santiago de
Cuba, under the peculiar circumstan?
ces of our 30 years' strife against
Spanish rule, I cannot see but with
the deepest regtet that such au tho ri
ties are not elected by the Cuban
people, but are the same ones select?
ed by the queen of Spain, and hence
are ministers to defend against the
Cubans and Spanish sovereignty.
A rumor, too absurd to be believ
ed, general, ascribes the reason of
your measures and of the orders for- j
bidding my army to enter Santiago !
for fear of massacres and revenge
against the Spaniards. Allow, me,
sir, to protest against even the
shadow of such an idea We are not
savages, ignoring the rules of civiliz
ed warfare We are a poor, ragged
army, as ragged and as poor as was
the army of your forefathers in their
noble wa.' for independence, but, as
did the heroes of Saratoga and York
town, we respect too deeply our
cause to disgrace it with barbarism
and cowardice.
In view of all these reasons, I sin?
cerely regret tobe unable to fulfill
any longer the orders of the govern
ment, and, therefore, I have tendered
to-day- to the commander iu chief of
the Cuban army, Maj. Gen. Maximo
Gomez, my resignation as commander
of this section of our army
Awaiting his resolntion, I with?
draw my forces to the interior.
Very respectfully yours,
Calixto Garcia
THE SPANISH PRISON?
ERS.
Washington, July 22 -The Mad
rid Government has officially recog?
nized the proposed retare by the Uni?
ted Stsites of the Santiago prisoners to
Spain. Recognition came to day io toe
form of a letter to Geo. Toral, com?
mander of the Spanish troops at Saotia
ago The fact of the reoeint of the
letter was communicated to the war de?
partment to night in tbe following dis?
patch from Gen. Shafter :
Santiago de Cuba, July 22 -H. G.
Corbin, Adjutant General, Washing?
ton : 1 am just io receipt of a letter
from Gea. Forai saying the Spanish
secretary of war desires the troops
landed at Vigor Corunna, OD the At?
lantic, and Santander, ou the Bay of
Biscay. ? Shafter.
The request of the Spanish Govero
ment will be complied with, onle89
sometbiog unforeseen should prevent
May Save Reina Mercedes.
Playa del E3te, July 22.-The com?
mittee appointed by Admiral Samp?
son to examine the wreck of the
Reina Mercedes reports that the ves
eel can probably be raised and added
to the American navy. Her guns
have been recovered by the iowa.
Sews From Manila.
THE FIRST CALIFORNIA
REGIMENT WITHIN 2
MILES OF SPANISH
LINES.
New York,July 22 -A special to
Tba Joaroal, dated Cavite, July 19,
via Hong Kong, July 22, says : The
entire regiment of First California vol?
unteers advanced to day to Janbo,
only two miles from the Spanish lines
i surrounding Manila. The California
troops have been thrown out by Geo.
Anderson to form the advance in attack
force.
Sooth Manila is to ba captured first.
The Colorado and Utah batteries are
being landed at Paraoguc . directly
from the ships.
The Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers,
with the rest of the artillery, will land
at Malabon, just north of Manila.
I Brig Gen. Franois V. Green, for?
merly colooel of the Seventy-First
regiment of New York, is in command
of the advance, Gen. Anderson remain?
ing at Cavite.
Manila, July 19, via Hong Kong,
July 22 -The insurgents are gradually
getting artillery into action against Pon?
do, Santa Meso and Molate. The
fighting is desultory. The Spaniards
have been driven from thc trenches out?
side Malate and the insurgents are j
strongly entrenched near the walls of i
the fort. The insurgents have begun
to bombard Malate fort and have struck
the telegraph company's cable bouse
it is said on semi-official Spanish
authority in Manila that the recent
news from Cuba is "a vile English fab
rication," that in reality the Span?
iards have been victorious, and that
"Admiral Camara's squadron has coal?
ed at Singapore**' and is expected here
on July 25.
: Hong Kong, July 22.-Lstters re?
ceived here from Cavite, dated July 19,
differ from the advices .received direct
from Manila. The former say that
they are now making less progress.
There is also said to be much dissen?
sion among them, owing to alleged bri
bery upon the part ot the priests.
Aguinaldo, ic is further said, refuses
j to be subordinated to the United States.
He does not seem to realize his position,
as evidenced by his appointment of a
cabinet, his declaration of independence
and the formal hoisting of tbe iusur
gents* flag
About 15.000 Americans, it also
appears from the letters from Cavite,
have been landed half way between
Manila and Cavite and the United
States cruiser Boston caso gone tsup
i port them io case o? an emergency.
LOOKS LIKE THE WHOLE
CORPS
Will be Taken From Camp
Thomas to Fight m Porto
Rico.
Caickamauga National Park, Joly
22.-The actual movement of troops
from Camp Thomas for the Porto
Rican expedition began this morning
when Gen Haines' brigade, the second
of the first division, first corps, broke
camp and marched to Rossville, where
they embarked for *^ewporr- News
The regiments included were the
Fourth Ohio, Fourth Pennsylvania and
the Third Illinois.
These troops wiil be followed to
morrow by Gen. Brooke and 6tafJ, the
reserve ambulance company, the re?
serve hospital corps, the signal corps
and Geo. Brooke's guard, consisting of
troop H, of the Sixth U. S. cavalry,
and Company F of the Eighth U. S.
infantry.
A special train will carry Gen.
Brooke and staff from Battlefield sta?
tion at 2 SO to morrow afternoon
They will go to Newport News to em?
bark.
The following four light batteries of
artillery will follow, breaking camp
early Sunday morning : Battery A,
Illinois; Battery B, Pennsylvania;
Battery A, Missouri, and the Twer.ty
ssventb Indiana battery.
it was conceded at headquarters this
afternoon to be the plan to take the
whole of the first corps to Porto Rico,
and it is the understanding that other
regiments are to leave as rapidly as
transportation can be provided, the
brigades leaving the park in regular
turn untilHhe last brigade of the third
division has been ordered out
Counting the recruits and taking
into consideration the hospital corps and
other organizations to be included, the
force will fall but little short of 40,000
cnicers and men It will require from
12 to 15 days to move the corps.
Geo Fred D Grant tod*y took
formal command of thc third brigade
of the second division, first corps, to
which he wes assigned by the war de
j partmeot
I Col. Wood Made Governor
of Santiago.
Playa del Este, Santiago de Cuba.
July 21 (delayed in transmission).
Gen Wood of the Rough Riders was
appointed military governor of San?
tiago de Cuba yesterday, succeeding
Gen. McKibben, who returns to his
old duty, and who is on the sick list.
Squads of natives were sent to day
to clean the streets and bury the
dogs and horses whose remaios have
been lying in the streels Tor days and
weeks Farther 6teps to improve the
sanitary condition of the city are be?
ing taken
SHAFTE? TO HIS S?C
CESSF?L SOLDIERS.
His General Order in Which
He Expresses His
Great .Gratification at the
Conduct of His Men.
Santiago, July 22, 7 p. m.-Fol?
lowing is Maj Gen. Shafter's order
just published :
Headquarters United States Troops
in Cuba,
Santiago de Cuba, July 19.
General Order No. 26.
The successful accomplishment of
the campaign against Santiago, re
suiting in its downfall and the sur?
render of the Spanish forces and the
capture of large amounts of military
stores, together with the destruction
of the entire Spanish fleet in the
harbor, which, upon tue investment
of the city, was forced to leave, is
one of which this army can well be
proud This has been accomplished
through the heroic deeds of the army,
and to its officers and men the major
general commanding offers his sin?
cere thanks for their endurance of
?ardships unknown in the American
army The work you have accom?
plished may well appeal to the pride
of your countrymen, and bas been
rivaled upon few occasions in the
world's history. Landing upon an
unknown coast, you faced dangers in
disembarking and overcame obstacles
that, even in looking back, seem in?
surmountable
Seizing, with the assistance of the
navy, the towns of Baiquiri and Si
boney, you pushed boldly forth, gal?
lantly driving back the enemy's out
posts in the engagement, of La
Qua9ina and completed the concen
tratiou of the enemy near Sevilla.,
within sight of the Spanish strong
holds at Santiago de Cuba The out |
look from Sevilla wa3 one that might
well have appalled the stoutest heart
Behind you ran a narrow road, made j
well nigh impassable by rains, while
to the front you looked out upon high
foot bills covered with a dense tropi?
cal growth, which could only be
traversed by bridle paths terminating
within range of the enemy's guns.
Nothing deterred, you responded
eagerly to the order to close upon the
foe, and, attacking at Caney andean
Juan, drove bim from work until he
took refuge within his last and
strongest entrenchments, immediate?
ly surrounding the city.
Despite the fierce glare of a south?
ern sun and rains that fell in torrents,
you valliantly withstood his attempts
to drive yon from the position your
valor had won Holding in your
vice-like grip the army opposed to
you, after 17 days of battle and seige
you were rewarded by the surrender
of nearly 24,000 prisoners.. 12,000 be?
ing those in your immediate front, the
others scattered in the various towns
of eastern Cuba, freeing complexly
the eastern pa?t of the island froo.
Spanish troops
This was not done without great
sacrifices The death or 230 gallant
soldiers and the wounding o? 1,284
others shows but too plainly the
fierce contest in which you were en?
gaged The few reported missing
are undoubtedly among the dead, as
no prisoners of war were lost.
For those who have fallen in bat?
tle with you, the commanding gener
al sorrows, and with you will ever
j cherish their memory. Their devo
tion to duty sets a high example of
courage and patriotism to our fellow
countrymen. Ali who have participa
ted in the campaign, battle and seige
of Santiago de Cuba will recali with
pride the grand deeds accomplished,
and will hold one aoother dear for
having shared from the sufferings
hardships and triumphs together. All
may well feel proud to inscribe on
their banners the name of Santiago
de Cuba
By command of
Maj. Gen. Shafter.
E. J. McClernand,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Two Prizes Arrive.
Charleston, July 22 -Two priz's
were brought io'o Charleston harbor
to-?i^ht and are at anchor at quaran
? tioe. The Oliode Rodriguez of Ha?
bana came in this morn'mg frnrn Sac
Joan The Frenchman was mabins s
second attempt at running the blockade
on Sunday last ut San Juan nnd was
hauled up by a shot from the Now
Orleans. Lieut. Russell anti a priz.?
crew were put on board and broushr
j the ship to Charlearon Thr- Qiinde
j Rodriguez is cf 1,075 too* register and
j ha? a crew of 107 and 34 passengers,
j the latter chiefly re^roe-. who embark
I cd at Puerto Plato f >r Francf. The vs
j sel was cleared from 'ic San Joan de
! Poi to Rico with a car;jo of tobacco and
coffee it is a 6ce ship.
Toe second prizi iu rort is ?he sinai!
British pte3ta^r Newfoundland, cap?
tured by thc Mayflower 'if Cieofurgos
while attempting to run thc Cuban
blockade. This *?hip hos also a ??-r^o
of provisions and a number of passen?
gers. Libel proceedings have been in?
stituted and the prize commission will
ooo venera a few days.
THREE CHEERS FOR
COL. ALSTON S MEN.
Truly "Diamonds May Be
Hewn Prom Cobble
Stones."
Special tc The State
Chickamauga Park, Ga , July 22.
-Unless by some mishap the cup
may be dashed from the lip, the First
South Carolina may yet be destined
to aid in the repetition of history
and to prove the valor that is in
the men
To-day Gen Sanger reviewed the
division on Snodgrass hill, made im
mortal by the gallantry of Kershaw's
heroic men from the Palmetto State.
When the 10,000 men composing
the division reached the field only
one from our regiment had dropped
out of ranks from exhaustion. The
ambulances of the other regimeuts
were full
Our baud played as never before,
and the regiment kept perfect step to
the cadence.
The line was as straight as the
lines of our state house, and the com
posite showing was a pleasure and a
gratification to Col. Alston and to his
faithful battalion and company com?
manders
When the regiment returned to
camp not half a score had dropped
out, while in other regiments 200
men were prostrated from the heat
and the 10 mile march.
Gen Sanger sent his compliments
to Col Alston, saying that our band
had kept the best time of all, the
beat being 121 to the minute, while
the bands of other regiments averaged
112 beats. #
It is headquarters laik that he said,
that with a month's drill our regiment
could "out drill and lick anything in
the park "
The progress of the regiment is re
markable considering that few of the
men had ever touched a rifle until ten
days ago.
The men are in good spirits to day
Diamonds may be hewn from cob
ble stories.
ti -.
NEWS FROM MADRID.
If Cuba Must be Lost, 'Tis Far
Better That America
Annex Her.
London. Juiy 25-The Madrid
correspondent of The Times S3ys :
"Peace prospects have greatly im?
proved during the last 48 hoars.
The diplomatic exploration of the
Duke Almodovar de Kio, the foreign
minister, has been more practical
than was supposed, and it is now
tolerably certain that the govern
merit's efforts are entering a new
phase, which may gradually lead to
tangible resuits
'.The precise nature of the change
is a secret, but there is little doubt
that il tends to direct negotiations
between Spain and the united States,
there being- no inclination io 6eek the
mediation of any neutral power. The
moment has arrived when America,
having reached the parting of the
ways, must choose between war with
a specific object and au indefinable
war of conquest
.'The present pause in hostilities
is held to prove that the United\States
ie reluctant to plunge into a wider
sphere of action, aud it may be con
fidently? predicted that, if direct
negotiations are opened without de
lay, both countries will find their
views on the maiu point-the future
of Cuba-far from irreconcilable
"The growing dissensions between
the Cuban insurgents and the Ameri?
can authorities are noted here with
great satisfaction ; and on ail sides I
hear it said :
" '?f we must lose Cuba, rt is bet?
ter that the islands be annexed by
America, because the traitors would
thereby be punished and the ^nor
i mous Spanish interests in the isl-ind
would be protected.'
"The French embassy at Washing?
ton seems the most likely channel for
opening negotiations ; and the semi
I official statement that America intends
j to retain Porto Rico is regarded here
as a hint to Spain tc hurry up
"There is still much talk about
Carlist intrigues and preparations,
but the government, though vigilant
and ready to act energetically if
necessary, seems to think that at pre
went there is no serious danger of
untoward developments The dan?
ger of Republican movements is still
less. Senor Emilio Casiolar has just
rendered a service to the cause of
order by publishing a long letter, in
which he impressed upon all good
Spaniards the necessity of sinking
party differences and remaining firm
ly united at the present critical cir
cu Distances.
" 'Patriotism, ?ike the church.'
says Senor Castclar. imposes unity
<>n us, and if unity does not exist, let
us be silent upon the subject The
project of presenting him with an
address ol confidence, signed by I <'0,
000 of his admiring fellow citizens,
'nap been indefinitely postponed ''
--i .?.?.
Moth, rs, we ca i I your attention i.> Pins'
Cirnvinati.e lt acta promptly, M I? pleas?
ant to trie t:*e?te, ur. ri the children will t ke it
without coaxing. It relieves pr. raptly und
pero aocntly If'we on grt von to u?" if,
you wi 1 get others to do likewise Your
drugg st sells it. J. P. W. DeLorme.
TOGO OR NOT TOGO.
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i -
One Report Says Our Boys
! Will Go to Porto Rico,
Another Says They
Won't.
Cbickamaaga National Park. July
j 25.-The expected movemeot of the
I Third brigade, First division, First
; corps, did not take place to-day. It
j looks to night as though the First Ken?
tucky will get out to morrow afternoon
and the Fifth illinois and Third Ken?
tucky will break camp Wednesday
norming.
This brigade will go to the front un?
der commaod of Geo. Grast, who was
recently transferred- to its command
from a brigade in the Third corps.
The Third battalion of the Sixteenth
Pennsylvania iofantry, which was re?
cruited and sent here after the regimeot i
left for Charleston, will go to Porto
Rico attached to the Fifth.Tllioois
Maj Gen. Wade, now io commaod j
at Camp Thomas, issued au order to day
d rsi go ail Dg the members of bis staff.
In addition to those heretofore pub?
lished the following arc named : Co!.
J G C Lee, assistant quartermaster
genera!, to bs chief quartermaster ;
Lieut. Col. HarstufF, deputy surdon
general, to bo chief surgeon ; Maj.
Henry B. Osgood, to be commissary of j
subsistance.
Frequent showers at Camp Thomas
to day closed drill work to be practically
abandoned.
The First South Carolioa, of the
First corps, will not be included in the
Porto Rican expedition, and it is the
hope of Col Wilder of the Fourteenth
New York and his men that the Four?
teenth will be assigned in the place of
the South Carolina regiment.
Special Says She Will.
j Special tc Tbe Stats.
Chickatnauga NaiioGai P?rk, July
j 24 -Wc are under orders to go to
j Porto Rico. No decumsntary orders
j have been transmitted as yet, but Gen
j Sioger, while paying a viet:, to Col.
Alston to day, stated that the regiment
was ucder orders to go to Porto Rico.
The general was very complimentary
in his remarks concerning the regi?
ment, and stated that he bad ce?er
seen a regiment make as mach pro
j gress as has this eoe. He spoke of the
cleanliness of ?hs camp, of the fine
appearance of the men, and was par?
ticularly pleased with the magnificent
exhibition made io the review on Snod?
grass Hill. Although he did not say
6o, it is reportai that in the official
reckoning this regiment made the sec?
ond best show oo that occasion, and
wa^ very nearly first
What a transition I From a cadaver?
ous, half-uniformed, undisciplined col?
lection of recruits, fhis regimeot has
risen to first place io the division,
! which is itself on? of the best io the
corps. From tbe gooregt to the best.
From bsiog tolerated merely oo ac?
count of tbe ueed of men in the army,
j ir. has became an houor to be associated
j with the Frsti South Carolina.
With the glorious history of our
! S'ate behiod u*, 7?ith thc distrust of
sectionalism to overcome, shall we fail
ta any achievement? We have nc;
yet failed, although at first there wa*
some disposition at home among the
thoughtless to make li^ht of the bovs
from their own Scate who had volun?
teered to uphold the glory of (be
mother State. With the palmetto for
j our talisman we cannot fail
The news that the regiment will gc
to the front will be received with vary?
ing emotions by the soldiers aod by the
loved ones at home-as varied as the
feelings incited in many breasts by the
call to arms and tbe subsequent preff. r
of jcrvicfs by a thousand young men
There are in thc regimeot some wbo
are out merely from a spirit cf adven?
ture, and these will be gratified to
kucw that we are soon to move for?
ward. There are others ?hoare io the
r.'gimeut because they were out of em?
ployment and were, consequently ne< r
desperation. These will accept the ul?
timatum diffidently. There are others
who relinquished the j^ys of home and
thc pleasure^ of steady employment
from the purest motives cf patriotism,
i While these will not be overjoyed at
i tbe prospect of the loog separation
j from friends for the hardships of the
j ?old, where death in many forms must
1 be met, still they will accept thc decree
bravely, and with stout hearts will fol
? iow the tune of "Dixie" even to for
I eign lands
And the folks at boms-how wiil
; they receive thc news ? There are some
I who have no ties of kio in the ! ; r tie
j band of aieo here, but they, like true
Carolinians, no doubt will ucl a thrill
of pride that their State, foremost in
every war since tbe song of Maiiou's
men echoed in thc swamps of Carolina,
i will be leprescn'ed in this war of phi
; lanrhropy, and represented T.vorrh:iy by
1 men ivmnjand'd by those to whom the
hooor of tbe State is ss hoiv as the
honor of our women There are other.-*
' at. home who are bound to ?bi? rc;:i
ment by flexible bonds of love ?hieb
i may bend over tbs waves and b;i!s of
Porto Rico, dt awi na their hearts even
closer to their dear boys ap the lime of
separation grows longer whiie the
tension leave* mnoy :? heart, ache. To
those doting fathers and 1 )ving m>th
ei? let it be fa;d that, ir, were far better
for their boys to die as Carolinians
have died, than to remain at bcaie like
poltroons when their State needs their
services.
I Bat remember the motto of cur
j mother State, tbe watchword of cur
: liberty aod tbe keynote co our patriot?
ism-"Spes/' L?t os all have bope.
Ali cannot die. Perhaps few will die.
; Lat us bope that nooe will die, and
j feediog ocr beartc on hope look for
i ward to the blessed borne coming. Ic
j may be that in the mutability of time
j aud affairs, we will not be t>ent to the
? front, though the regiment viva voce
i would rebel against heiog restrained
j for aDy cause save the ending of thc
J war.
if we leave it will not be for two
weeks probably, on account of many
delays. However, in the uncertainty
of events, all absent from the regiment
should make haste to return. Recruit?
ing cfficets should bestir themselves
j too
Tbe second battalion, through the
J efforts of Lieut. McGowan and Sergt.
! Kirder, lacks but few men. In the
first battalion Co. B is nearly full. Io
the third battalion very few have been
received. The officers in command are
chsf??g at this delay.
William Backs. .
! Good Result at Guantanamo
The Seven Thousand Spanish
Soldiers There Laid Down
j Their Arms Yesterday.
_
Santiago de Cuba, July 25 -Every?
thing here is peaceful. The 7,000
Spanish soldiers at Guantanamo laid
down their arms to-day. The 3,350
from Palma Soriaoa, San Lois aad
Longo surrendered yesterday to Lieut*
Miley, and to day pack trains with
provisions were sent tbem.
The only others included in the capi?
tulation are 2,000 troops at Baracoa
j and 1,000 at Sagua. They have nos
j yet been turned over, but they are co
. where in Gen. Garcia's vicinity.
j He Is at Ji^uaoy to-day and reached
I there without encountering any Spau
I iards. Gee. Shaftcr authorises au
j absolute contradiction of thc report that
I Garcia eucoantered a force of Span
j iards who were retuning to Santiago
? to surrender, and was defeated by
?htm
Col. Ezra P. Ewers of the Ninth in?
fantry, acting fer Geu. Sbafcer, will re
ceive the formal surrender of Guantan?
amo Yesterday Geo. Shafter released
40 Cubans who had been coofioed ia
tho local jail on political charges.
Indeed, some of them were confined
without charges of any character,
others on the most trivial pretexts and
! yet others solely because of sympathy
j frith the insurgent cause. The jail is
I aiil fiiled with many whose crimes aud
j sentences are not oe record and are
; absoiutely unknown, 30 far as bas yet
! been ascertained. A general investiga
. tico bas been ordered immediately.
Atcerie&o newspapers which have ar
j rived here contain articles written ap
j pareotly under a misapprehension cf
j the facts regarding the cooduet cf the
; campaign aDd the dictation of the terms
1 of surrender Gea. Miles was herc
I simply as a visitor and adviser. Ia hts
i cfi?2?aI capacity be bad nothing to do
I with the terms of the capitulation, tbe
! entire credit for wbioh belongs to Gen.
j Shafter, who, on July 10 received the
j following dispatch 'rem Washington,
I of that date : Gen. Shafrer, Sibocey :
I The eecretary of war direct* me to
j inform vou that Gen. ?<!iies left bere at
10:40 last night for Santiago, but with
instructions which do not in any man?
ner supersede you as thc commander cf
the United Sutes troops io the field
near Santiago so ?ons; 3s vou are abie
j for duty.
(Signed.) Corbin,
Adjutant GeoeraL
SPAIN PREPARING
i
FOR WATSON.
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j London. July 25 -The Gibraltar
j correspondent of the Daily News, teie
j graphing Sunday f-ays : "According
I to ministerial acmissioo peace is fur
i thsr off than it was last week. The
i great difficuty is tbe loss of tbe Cu ba ti
I cable. Senor Gamsz.), tbe minister i?
i public iostruatioQ and publia works, of
j disappointed and threatens to resign.
"The administrative haste and bus
j tie in Spaio about port defences are
j prodigious, but who can think that all.
I toi* means business after what has hap
I pened. The heavy French guns eup
I plied from the Saint Cbamoad works.
. have been lying for the last six weeks
io the dril! ground as Carabanch
El. They are being tested and will
; no sf-M to replace th-" brass and
! other old fashioned piecrs at (?*d'z, but
i the? mean? of loading them ;?.re defee
. fir.", ard so, ruo, is the smokeless pose
i der. However tho military engineers
expect that ali the*? defects will ce fet
; right
'Ordinary railwav tn.ffic is almost
; suspended, a:- (he fraie.- ?re wanted to
j uko soldier? and marines with muni
! fions of wfer hither and tbwber.
The uvid artillery, which was sup?
plied by trance before war w.\s declar
? ed, was oriirieaiiy centralized at Mao'- ?
rid, tut it is now bcia?: chipped to the
Northern Sierra, wht-rc Cariis? ti?in<rs
. appear. The ?re brigades at the va
i rion* seaport? are constant!? drilling to
prepare themselves to deal wirb buro
; ing houses during tho bombardments.
Thc et-gineern r-ave created what appear
; to be strong defences at Cidiz, bn: the
.strength munt depend altogether upon
j the range of the gujis.'.'