The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 10, 1898, Image 6
FIRST REGIMENT,
S. C. V. L
OUR BOYS COMFORTABLY
CAMPED ON BANKS OP
THE ST. JOHN'S,
Special Cor. News and Courier.
Headquarter* First S C. V. L,
Camp Cuba Libre, Panama Park,
Fla., August 6.-Yesterday and to-day
bare been buey io camp. All the
officers a'a a many of the men are pat?
ting plank floors io their tents, fixiog
op washstands and benches and other
coe ven iee ces, as nearly everyone seems
to chick the regiment will stay here
for quite & while. All want to stay
bere, for their place so for is much
better than camp at Chiekamauga, Ga.
Tbe atmosphere is not as hot and dose,
acc. we get a sea breeze all the time.
Tho dews are no to io g like as heavy as
at Chiekamauga, and with tbe excep?
tion of about two or three hours in the
middle of the day the sun is not as hot,
andi even then it is pleasant tn the shade.
The water is excellent, and tbe supply
is inexhaustible It comes from an 1
Artesian will in Jacksonville, and is
conducted to the camp in underground
pipas. Each company baa a bydrant
at the rear of tbe company street,
near the kitchen. The quality of the
water is similar to the white sulphur
water at Cleveland Springs, N. C.,
only not so strong. Many of the men
when they Srst drank it did not like
the taste much, but since using it for
a few days they like it better than the
Blue Springs water ?it Chiekamauga,
especially as the Government furnishes
iee to cool the water.
- Each morning a four-mule team is
sect to Jacksonville to get the ration
for the day for each regiment.
As it usually the case with troops
when they move, and especially new
ones,rations were short wheo we arrived
bere, but now our usual army ration is
being reguarly issued, about the same
as at Chiekamauga, and everything is
running smoothly.
The camp is situated three-quarters
of a mile weet of the St. John's River,
fear miles north of Jacksonville and
bal: a mile from Panama station, on
the Florida Central and Peninsula
Railroad, on a high sand ridge, covered
v with tall long-leaf pines, with a thin
undergrowth of scrub oaks, grass and
palmetto. The saud is very deep, and
? fast BS the rain fails it is absorbed ;
v consequently there is no mod and very
little dost here.
* Story volunteer bas the privilege of
swimming or bathing from reville to 9
a. m., and from 7 p. m. to taps, and
nearly everybody takes advantage of
this, as it seems oature bas fitted this
o:icap on the St. J o ii n's for a bathing
place for a large number of men. The
bottom of the river slopes for two or
three hundred yards, giviog any depth
nf water, from three inches to twenty
feet. The bed of tbe river is oovered
with a thin layer of mod, then bard
8E,od or shell beds. To add to the nov
e:ty of this feature of our convenience
the Florida Central and Peninsula Rail
road bas ruo a spur track oat to the
river at this point, ?ind built a track
and trestle into the river about three
hundred yards for the purpose of haul?
ing in logs and dumping them into the
river for a saw mili near by. AU of
these logs are damped on the lower
side of the trestle, and the boys use the
other side from which to jump off into
the river, swimmiog and turning somer
eaults
Every com pao y of the 1st S. C. V
I nave men go fishing every day aod
they always returo with fish, and some?
times plenty of them. Fish is a great
luxury DOW to the boys, bot of course
the taste for them will wear out after
feasting oo them for r?verai days.
OD the 4tb instant the Sooth Carolina
boys were ordered oat by Col. Alston
for review and parade. They marched
a mile or so io thin sand before they
came to the parade groond, and wheo
the regiment was lined op and was
passing in review Geo. Hubbard re?
marked tbat it was the finest parade
and review that be had seen in Panama
Park since he had command here
About that time Company B, com?
manded by Capt. Ling ford, was pass
in review and Assistant Adjt. Gen.
Beacom said that that was as fine as
could be, that the regular army could
cot beat it for lioe, time and order.
The band cf the 1st South Carolina
is complimented by everyone who has
beard it here. It bas no peer here and
very few elsewhere, especially when
you take into consideration the work
they cid wheo passing in review before
Gen. Brooke at Chiekamauga. They
made a rythm of 121 steps to the min?
?te wheo regulation only called for 120.
Ac the same time the other bands fell
beiow 112 rythm steps to the minute, j
The position the 1st South Caro-1
lina volunteer infantry holds now is j
Sd division, 7th army corps. No !
brigade has been formed as ye/. !
The 2d Louisiana came in day before^
yesterday and camped in a beautiful j
jive oak grove, between the 1st j
South Carolina and Jacksonville I
They came from Miami, Fla , to this
place In addressing letters or send j
ing boxes to tbe boys of the 1st S
C V I., send them in care 1st S C
VI, always giving company, Camp
Cuba Libre, Panama Park, Fla
We have no express delivery here,
and each man has to go for bis own
box or package, so it would be well
for those sending boxes to always
notify the man to whom a box is sent
to c&ll at the express office.
AMERICAN FORCES
IN PORTO RICO.
They Made a General Ad
vance Yesterday.
Ponce, Porto Rico, August 7,
I Morning (via St. Thomas, D W. I )
-A general advance of the Ameri
can force began this morning. The
remainder of Gen Ernst's brigade,
constituting the advance centre sup
ported by two batteries, moved out
at 6 o'clock and a part of the Elev?
enth infantry, of Gen Henry's di?
vision, started to the left toward
Adjutantas Troop A of New York,
the Philadelphia city troop and Troop
H of the Sixth regulars are convoy?
ing Gen Brooke's transportation col?
umn along the coast road through
Salinas to Arroyo.
Wire communication with Gen.
Brooke, on the right, has not yet
been established
Col Rice, of Gen. Miles' staff, will
probably be assigned to the com?
mand of the Sixth Massachusetts
MILES' NEW HEADQ?RTERS.
Ponce, Porto Rico, August 7,
Evening (via St. Thomas, D. W. I.)
-Gen. Miles has moved the head?
quarters of hie division from Ponce
to Juana Diaz
Gen. Schwann, with the Eleventh
regular infantry and two batteries,
moved to-day through Yuaco toward
Mayagaez
Gen. Brooke is moving north from
Guayama with 10,000 men.
MADRID GETS REPORTS.
Madrid, August 7, 2 p m -An
official dispatch from Porto Rico says
the Americans yesterday seized the
custom house in the village of Fajar?
do, which place was without a gar?
rison.
, An American column, the dispatch
also 6ays, supported by artillery, ad?
vanced on Guayama. The Spaniards
made a brave defense, but were
forced to withdraw, to Alturas. Sev?
enteen of the Spaniards were killed.
Her Majesty Approves.
Madrid, August 7, 12:30 p. m.
Senor Sagasta, the premier, bas just
concluded his conference with the
queen regent. Her majesty approves
the general line of the reply of Spain
to America's peace terms, which Senor
Sagasta explained to ber
The reason for postponing the cabi?
net oounoil until 6 o'clock this evening
is that the note is not yet fully drawn
up The government believes that the
United States will aocept Spain's
answer, which will certainly reach the
White House by Tuesday. As a
consequence of the United States accept?
ing tbe reply, hostilities will immedi?
ately afterwards be suspended.
As the reply to the American terms
was only submitted to the queen regent
to day, all the reports of her approval
yesterday of the American demands
are necessarily without foundation
SPANISH IN CHARACTER
Madrid, August 7-According to
the most reliable sources of informa?
tion the Spauish note is couched in
dignified language. It asserts that
Spain bows to the force of circum
stance, having done nothing to pro
voke tbe war, into which she has
been unwillingly led. in the defence of
her rights and territory
It expresses a willingness to ap
point delegates to meet the American
commissioners to discuss a regime
for the Philippines
It is understood that both Senor
Sagasta and Duke Almodovar de Rio,
the foreign minister, told the Queen
Regent that they felt deeply tbe pain
fol duty circumstances imposed upon
them
SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES.
Madrid, August 7.-From well in
formed source it is learned that while
the answer to the United States'
terms does not discuss the four bases
which Spain accepts without reserva?
tion, it points out that in order to
avoid the definitive negotiations be
ing in any way complicated by inci?
dents of the war, it is expedient to
agree before hand to a suspension of
of hostilities.
It is reported that Duke Almodo
var de Rio, the minister of foreign af
fairs, and Monsignor Merry del Val,
Spanish ambassador to the vatican,
wiii be selected to represent Spain in
the negotiations.
The newspapers make no cora
ments on the situation owing to tbe
strictness of the censorship.
NO REQUEST TO ASSUME THE
CUBAN DEBT.
London, August 8 -The Madrid
correspondent of the Daily Mail tele
graphing Sunday, says: "The answer
of the Spanish government declaren
that Spaio cannot discuss rhe American
proposals, but only accepts them, be?
cause they are imposed on her by force.
Ooly a few unessential chaoge* io
the American demands were asked for
and it is not expected tha? President
McKinley will refuse them
A com misti?n composed of Span- !
?ards and Americans will decide the j
question of the Cuban debt, -he dates j
aod manner of evacuating Cuba ana j
Porto Rico, and the protection of Span- i
iards aod Spanish interests in these j
places. The commissioners will also
decide whether Spain is to be allowed to
withdraw her artillery and the re
maiodei of her arms and ammunition
from the colonies, while the question of
the Phripoines will be settled by the
same body. A treaty will be signed
subject to approval by "the cortes,
whiob ?ill be convened at once.
"The cabinet counoil to-night will
appoint Spanish commissioners to meet
the Americans to arrange as to the j
fature of the Philippines aad other de?
tails "
SENDING TOR AL'S AiwMY
TO SPAIN.
Washington, August 7-The war
department officials are entirely satis
fied with the progress so far made
toward the shipment to Spain of Gen.
ToraPe army surrendered at Santiago.
The vegisels which are for this pur?
pose are now on the way to Santiago
and barring accidents they are ex?
pected lo arrive there about the 13th
instant, when the troops will be em?
barked as rapidly as possible and pro
ceed at once to Spain. It is recalled
that most of the other competitors for
the transportation contract required
until September 1 to accomplish the
embarkation.
Management of War Depart?
ment Freely Criticised.
Louden, Aagnst 8 -The Times says
editorially this morning : "It is a hard
nut tho negotiators have to crack re
garding Cuba Tho Americans cannot
garrrison the isknd, and it would be
rather absurd to be compelled to ask
the Spar ?sh troops to remain and to
keep order there. There is such a
thing as victory t>o complete and easy
as to be more embarrassing than a
struggle upon {?omsthing like equal
terms.
"Had the Spanish army in Cuba
been beaten in the field, the situation
would have been mach lees complicated,
as the administration of the island
would simply be taken over by the
victorious army. The American war
office is the subject of serve criticism
by all parties, tmd Secrttary Alger,
as our New York correspondent caust?
ically observed, is regarded seriously
a? a candidate for retirement into
private life. There undoubtedly bas
been mest serious mismanagement in
conneotioo with the Santiago forces,
and had not public opinion intervened
upon the manifesto of the generals,
it is oot improbable that the war
cince weald bave gone OD covering ap
its own mistaken until the Santiogo
force bad succumbed entirely to disease
and privation.
"Nov the troops are being deported
from th<! island is rapidly as possible,
but with them goes every traoe of
American power to deal with a posses
sioo of which Spain is to be deprived.
"No aative government is possible,
no American government is ready or
likely tn be ready for a long time }o
come In the meantime the Spanish
army is starving with the civil popula?
tion Events seem to have moved so
quickly as to leave the American war
office absolutely unprepared to deal
with problems much greater than the
provisioning of tae field for Santiago."
It ?9 reported, on the authority of the
secretary of war h imself,that "lhere have
been fewer deaths in Santiago by yel?
low feyer than by typhoid fever in any
camp of the .-same siz3 in the United
States." It is & pity that the figures
were oct given to ceo firm this state?
ment, but it is interesting in any event.
Either the yellow fever outbreak at
Santiago, it is plain, bas been a very
trifling ?ffair, or the typhoid outbreak
in the camps has been a very serious
one
wm
"Every dispatch from Porto Rico,"
says the Hartford Time?, "continues to
dem?nstrate the utter needlessness of
sending any more soldiers to that island
in order to deprive the Spaniards of its
possession." It regards Gen. Wade's
expeditions as a "purely politicaF'picnic,
decided on "after peace was assured,''
and got up to satisfy oertain Congress?
men and the troops who had oot had a
taste of real service. Ex Governor
Woodbury, of Vermont, seems to en?
tertain practically the same views
Ile telegraphed to Secretary Alg*r
wheo he learned that (be Vermont reg?
ment was to be sent to Porto Rioo :
' I respectfully protest against seodiog
the Vermont troops to Porto Rico un?
less their services are aotualiy needed
there. Those of us who bade our sons
God speed when tbby enlisted in the
country's service were prepared for any
sacrifice they might make, even to life 1
itself, and they are cow of the sam*;
mind. But when tho war is over we
feel that their place will be at home,
with their families, and io their wonted j
places rf business. An excursion to
Porto Rico after the war is over can
not add to their honor nor to the honor j
of Vermont."-New? and Courier.
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SHAFTER MAKES
A SrATEMENT.
Reception of Round Robin
Causes Him to Speak.
CONDITION OF ARMY AT SAN?
TIAGO NOT SO BAD.
Washington, August 8 -Geo. Shat?
ter, io a report to the war departmeot,
emphatically decies that be is respon?
sible for the ioadequate provisions
made for tbe sick and wounded
brought from Saotiago to the Uoited
States on thc Seneca and Concho.
Gen. Sbafter speaks in high terms
of Dr. LsGarde, and says that he has
worked under "the most disadvantage
008 circamstaoces from the day the
forces left Tampa until the present
time." He says that there "have never
been sufficient medical attendants or
medicines for the daily wants of the
command. Three times since reaching
Cuba has the command,7' be says,
"been aimost entirely without medi?
cines
This statement, be says, is msde to
him by the medical directors, and on
one occasion they suggested taking
medicines away from the Spanien hos?
pital.
SHAFTER ENTERS A DENIAL
Washington, August 8.-General
Sbafter bas telegraphed the President
regarding the "round robin'' signed
by the general officers of his com?
mand as follows : "I can very readily
see what intense excitement the pub?
lication must have occasioned ; a great
deal more than the situation warrant?
ed Situation is greatly exaggerated.
At least 75 per cent, of the com?
mand had been down with malarial
fever, from which they recover very
slowly and are in no condition to
stand an attack of yel'ow fever or
dysentery, Placed here now in the
condition in which they were when
they came here, I do not be ve they
would be in any particular danger
The regiment of immunes that recent?
ly arrived is not suffering at all, and
I do not believe they will They
can keep out of the sun, are well
clothed and well fed. What put my
command in its present condition was
the 20 days of the campaign, when
they had nothing bot meat, bread and
coffee, without change of clothes,
without shelter whatever, and duriug
the period twice as stormy as it has
been since the surrender.
"Fresh troops reaching here in the
middle of August, with good camps,
good water, abundance of tentage
which they will find here-need not
apprehend serious danger. I thank
you for the high regard in which you
hold my command and the vaiue of
the service they bave rendered. It
pays for all the suffering we have en
dured I have read this to Gens.
Wheeler, Lawton, Bates and Kent,
who concur with me in the view ex?
pressed above "
The issuance of this statement
from Gen. Shailer was the sequence
of a conference held at the White
House this afternoon between the
President, Secretary Alger and Sec?
retary Long. It was felt that the
statements made as to tbe condition
of the troops at Sautiago might create ?
a grave impression abroad. While
the statement as issued was brief, it
occupied almost an hour in its con?
sideration, it being felt that the ut
most precaution was essential at the
present stage of the negotiations be?
tween this country and Spain which
it had been first felt might be at ieast
impeded by knowledge of the serious
conditions revealed in the appeal
signed by the officers there The ip
suance of the statement was the re?
sult and it speaks for itself
FURTHER REPORT MADE.
This eveoiog Gen Sbafter supple?
mented his ?rsc dispatch with a second
on the same subject addressed to the
aojutaot general as follows : '"In con?
nection with roy telegram of tbe 3d
inst , and the letter of the geuera! offi?
cers to me of same date, 1 have the
honor to say that since then I have
talked with the division cono m anders
and (hey join me in saying tbat (he first
report was made so strong because of
the weakened and exhausted oonditijo
of the command, more than 75 per
cent of which have been ill with a
very weakening malarial fever iastiog
from four to six days and which leaves
every mau too much broken down to be
of aoy service, and io no oooditioo to
withstand au epidemic of yellow fever
For 8troog and healthy regiments com?
ing here now, and a little later, with
Dien ty of tentage to cover them and
not subject to any hardship, and with
plenty of oouri?hiog fo.id the danger, 1
in my opinion, aud that of tbs division
cotumaoaers, would be reduced to a
minimum "
THE MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL i
SUPPLIES.
Washington, August 8.-Surgeon j
Gen S ero berg of th;; army bas reced?
ed a report from A*6?8?aol Surgeon
E i ward L Munson concerning the
conditions at Santiago pertaining to
the medical depanmeoi about wnicn KO |
much complaint has been marie. This
report alerts that medical and botpi-al !
supplies were loaded on transports at j
Tampa in quantities sufficient to meet
(be demando of the Santiago ezpedi- ?
doo, tbat the landing on Cuban soil !
was made as rapidly as possible, but on
account of lack of adequate transporta?
tion facilities only in limited quantities
and that after the troops left the ships,
the lacier, only partially unloaded, pro?
ceeded to sea where they hove to inde?
finitely. Reference is made to subse?
quent attempts to get hospital supplies
ashore rendered abortive for a time at
least bj the inability to obtain trans?
portation.
The report continues : "This con?
dition of things remained until after
the fight at Las Quaeir.as, at wbioh
time there were absolutely no dress?
ings, hospital tentage and sup
plies of any kind on shore within
reach of the surgeons already landed
While subsequently outfitting the
Cherokee aod Breakwater, this work ;
was continued as well as opportunity
and limited facilities permitted, getting
supplies from perhaps a third of the trans?
ports composing the fleet. Outside of
this it is believed that no other regi?
mental medical property was ever
unloaded np to the time of my depart?
ure with wounded on July 10. Ap?
pealing on several occasions for the
ase of a lighter or smaller steamer to
collect and land medical supplies, I
was io formed by the quart m aster's
department that they coola render no
assistance in that way, and the medical
department was compelled to rely upon
its owe energies and improvise its own
transportation."
Spain's Reply*Will Be
Presented To-day.
Apprehension That it Will
Not be a Plain Answer to
Demands.
Washington, August 8.-Tbe reply
of the Spanish government to the peace
conditions laid down by tbe United
States was received by the French am?
bassador, M. Cambon, shortly before 3
o'clock this afternoon. The reply came
io sections, the dispatch received* giv?
ing only the opening passages of the
Spanish reply. A few minutes later
another dispatch brought a second sec?
tion and these kept comiog uninter?
ruptedly by a procession of messengers
antil seven sections of the Spaoisb
rep) v had been received at 10 min?tes
to 4 o'clock, when the last part was
still to arrive.
ALL RECEIVED; TO BE PRE?
SENTED TO-DAY.
Washington, August 8.-The con?
cluding portion of the Spanish reply,
was received during the evening, but
it was not until a late hour that it
was deciphered as a whole and gone
over by the ambassador. No effort
was made to communicate to the
United States government to night
beyond a note to Secretary Day ad
vising him that the document bad
been received, but not disclosing its
contents It is probable that the re?
ply will be delivered to the President
before the cabinet meeting to mor?
row, although no hour has been fixed
There is complete reticence in all
quarters as to the text of the reply,
but there is reason to believe it is not
an unqualified acceptance of the
American terras, bet is framed on
theory of accepting the essentials and
trusting to a hoped for concilatory
spirit on the part of this government
to moderate to some extent features
which the Spanish government seems
to regard as unessentials
WHAT THE CONTENTS LIKELY
A RE.
Madrid, August 8, 9 a m.-The
Liberal this morning saya : "The
government accepts the?nited States'
conditions ad referendum, believing
that it is not authorized to cede terri
tory without the vote of the cortes
If McKinley objects the cortes will
be convoked this month A fresh
note from President McKinley, reply?
ing to Spain's reply, is expected dur?
ing the course of this week "
Continuing, the Liberal expresses
the opinion that "certain passages of
Spain's reply may iead to an ex
change of cable messages of ? criti?
cal nature, possibly creating fresh
difficulties."
Great Wave of Prosperity.
London, August 5 -The Statist
predicts a great wave of American
prosperity after the war and active
European business in the American
securities
"Cuba." It says, "will give em
ploy ment to a vast amount of capital,
and the stimulus to industry there"
will react upon the United States, j
The investments ir? Cuba, Porto Rico j
and the Philippines will particularly i
benefit railways."
- - - --
About one mornh apo ray chile!, which is
tif:ern monih3 o?d, had an attack of diarrheal
itc.onptoied bj vomiting. I g?ve it such
lenieuies as arr; usually given in such cases,
bu! as nothing gnve relief we s.jnt for a phy?
sician and it WKC under his care (or a week.
At thrV time the child had been sick for
about ten da^ s and w;i.s having about ' wi nty- ;
five operations of the bowels every twelve j
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Washington Letter.
Washington, Aug. 8.-If the Span
? ish minister had any proper idea o^
j the pubiic sentiment in this country
he would not have wasted ten days
? in decidi?g whether to accept the
j terms of peace offered. If they knew
[ a good thing when they saw it, they
would have jumped at those terms*.
! In the stateraeut of the terms of
! peace, last week, the administration
j wa8 given credit to which it was not
i entitled Instead of providing that
claims of Americans for property de
I stroyed in Cuba should be paid by^
I Spain and disclaiming responsibility
j for Spanish bonds issued as a lein on ^
! the revenues of Cuba and Porto Rico, "
I it mentioned neither, leaving those
troublesome matters to be added to the
numerous other troublesome things,
that will have to be tackled by the
commission that will negotiate the
treaty of peace. The only certain
things in the terms of peace are that
Spaiu eball evacuate Cuba and Porto
Rico and tl ?re shall retain Maniia
and Manila bay ; everything else ie
to be settledjby the commission.
Mr McKinley apparently fully be- ^
Heves that the Spanish ministry is
i honest in informally telling him that
it intends to accept his terms of
peace, althoueh officially it still re?
mains silent His faith is so strong
that the orders for the reinforcement
j of Gen. Miles have been held up, and..,
that nothing is being done to send
Gen Merritt the reinforcements that
he has asked for. If Spain accepts
the terms, these hold-ups wili do no
barm, but 6?ould Spain be foolish
enough to reject the terms, they may
be fracght with serious consequences.
Gen Miles is still having everything *
bis own way in Porto Rico, and be?
ing royally welcomed by the Porto
Ricans, but if it becomes necessary
for him to attack the strong fortifica?
tions at San Juan, he has not men
enough to take that town, without a
great sacrifice of life.
Notwithstanding the harsh criti-#-?
ciam which baa come from all sec?
tions of the country and from the
holders of all shades of political opin?
ion of the partiality shown by the
navy department, in favor of Acting
Admiral Sampson and against Com?
modore Scliley, that partiality still
exists, and, according to current gos?
sip, is about to be strikingly exhibited
by a shifting of orders for the pur?
pose of giving Sampson an oppor?
tunity to spiurge in European waters.
The orders for sending a strong fleet
to the coast of Spain, issued some
weeks ago, for bluffing purposes,
have not yet been revoked, and the ^
officials say that the fleet is to go for
the purpose of "impressing Europe,"
now that the pending cessation of
hostilities and the prospect of perma?
nent peace have made further fight?
ing apparently unnecessary There
being no farther opportunity for
Sampson to acquire either glory or
prize money ii; Cuban waters, he is
to be given command of the Euro?
pean fleet, and Commodore Watson,
who was first assigned to that com?
mand, is to have command of all the
ships that remain in Cuban waters.
As Watson ranks below Schley there
will be no imDOrtant command left**
for the latter. This navy department
may succeed for a time in depriving
Schley of honors he has won, but.
Congress can be depended upon to
see that justice is done him.
Secretary Alger's mixiug of poli
tics with military matters bas added r~
nothing to his popularity nor to his
reputation for political sagacity lu
his eagerness to injure 4 Teddy''*
Roosevelt's political fortunes. Secre
Alger went to the extent of publish?
ing a private letter from Roosevelt to
himself, in which slurs were thrown ,
at the fighting qualities of the volun?
teer soldiers, in order that he might
accompany it with an official repri?
mand from himself to Roosevelt.
Alger was so much afraid that
the "round robin" sighted by the
Generals under Shafter, headed by
Roosevelt, who is acting commander ?
of ? brigade, would be credited with '
the accelerated movements of the
War Department in getting our sol?
diers a*ay from Santiago ; that he
had an official statement made to the
press, saying tbat the soldiers weye
being moved in accordance with 1
plans made before the publication of
the "round robin," which, by the
way, Roosevelt is accused of having
furnished to the Associated. Press.
This need not fool anybody, as it says
that the Secretary of War bad some *
time ago notified Gen Shafter that
his men would be brought back to
the U S. "as soon as the fever sub
sided " The fever has not subsided,
Ont the men are being brought back
as fast as they are able to get aboard
transport* There isn't the slightest
doubt that the "lound robin,*' how
ever much it may nave been tinged
with insuboidination from a strictly
military point of view, caused the
men to be moved sooner than they
would otherwise have been mored,
and that thereby many valuable iives *
were saved insubordination that
breaks red tape that is killing our sol?
diers is uot tikeiy to receive popular
condemnation, nor does it deserve it.
DeWitt's Witch Hnzel caire bas the ?argest
S ile of fttiT snlve in tbe world. Trna r.nct *.ad
ils uer t h*s ?ed diebooe?t people to ?tte'upt
lo coutt.-rftit i:. Lock out for the mar, wbo
attempt to d*ctive you wheo you Cali for De?
witt's Witch H?Z2i ?alie, the grent pi:e cure.
- Hughstn Ligon Co.
War ia sewing machines, bal tbe "White"
ie victorious.