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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 315.
SOUTHERN ARMIES
Another Fight ii Porto Rico—Gar
cia Wiis a Battle
Hew department of War for Santiago—Troops aid
Prisoners Going Horne —Tie Latest
News From tie Froit
COPYRIGHTED, 1898, BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COAMO, Porto Rico, Aug. 10, noon, via Ponce.—Troop C of We*
York pursued a party of fleeing Spanish engineers,, after the capture of
Coamo yesterday, a distance of four miles along the road to Aibonito.
The Americans were checked at the Cuyon river, where the Spaniards
had blown up the bridge, and were shelled by a Spanish battery on the
crest of Azonite mountain. The dismounted cavalry returned the fire,
receiving no damage and holding the position. A battalion of the Third
Wisconsin volunteers came to their support. Today Gen. Wilson's col
umn is resting, repairing the bridge and reconnoitering the enemy's po
sition. There are formidable gorges on either side, and the Spanish
have works on the crests of the mountains commanding the road. They
have several guns mounted, among them two machine guns, sent back
Into the country from the torpedo boat destroyer Terror at San Juan. It
will be difficult to flank these positions.
All the men wounded in yesterday's fighting will recover.
THE SPANISH ACCOUNT
MADRID, Aug. 10.—An official dispatch received here from San Juan
de Porto Rico, says:
"American forces returning from Guantanamo attacked the heights
of Guanamo. A guerrila force under Maj. Cervera kept up a continuous
fire for an hour and held the position, the enemy's attack being re
pulsed. We suffered no loss. The enemy's losses are unknown. The vil
lage of Gamao had been attacked by a largely superior force, and had
to be abandoned. Our troops are retreating."
A NEW DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—A new geographical department was cre
ated tonight by order of the president. It is to be known as the depart
ment of Santiago, and is to consist of all that part of Cuba which has al
ready, or may in the future, come under the control of the United States.
Maj.-Gen. Lawton has been assigned to the command of the new depart
ment, with Brig.-Gens. Leonard S. Wood and Ezra P. Ewers as his princi
pal officers. Gen. Wood will continue to act as military governor of San
tiago city.
The assignment of Gen. Lawton to the command of the new depart
ment does not affect Gen. Shafter's command in the slightest way. The
entire Fifth army corps, commanded by Gen. Shafter, will return. No
pan of the troops constituting the Fifth corps will be kept in Cuba. Quite
naturally, so long as Gen. Shafter remains at Santiago, he will be in com
mand of the forces there. When he leaves he will turn the command
over to Gen. Lawtotn. The orders issued to Shafter and Lawton with ref
erence to the new department direct them to agree as to the time when
the command shall,'be changed.
\ To the command of Gen. Lawton will be assigned two brigades of in
fantry, which will constitute the permanent garrison of Santiago city and
province. Of these brigades, five regiments have been selected. They are
the First, Second, Third and Fifth immunes, commanded respectively by
Cols. Roche, Hood, Bay and Sargen'. and the Eighth Illinois (colored),
commanded by Col. Marshall.
FEVER STI X RAGING
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The war department tonight made public
the following from Gen. Shafter:
"Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 10.—A' jutant-General of the Army, Wash
ington: Sanitary report for Auarust 9th: Total number of sick, 2830;
total number of fever cases, 2043; to il number new cases, 233; total num
ber of cases returned to duty, 6"<i'i ; deaths August Bth and 9th, 14."
HOMEWARD BOUND
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 10.—6 p. m.—The Tenth regular infan
try marched through the city this afternoon, on their way to board the
auxiliary cruiser St. Louis, which is to transport them to the United
States. The men were in fine spirits. For many of them it was a first
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SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO, ON WHICH GENERAL MILES IS ADVANCING
LOS ANGELES, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1898
PURELY A CASE OF CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED
ANXIOUS ABOUT AGUINALDO
LONDON, Aug. 10.—(Special to The Herald.) The Hong Kong correspondent of the Evening Newt
cables as follows:
"I learn upon good authority that a delegation from the Filippino junta here informed Consul-Gen
eral Williams that officers of the Japanese cruisers Matsushima and Yakasaga called on the junta Satur
day last and said they were authorized by the Japanese government to offer to supply Aguinaldo with arms
and munitions free in case the United States abandoned the Philippine! and Aguinaldo and his forces still
wished to continue the fight for independence. The Japanese cruisers have gone to Manila, and will make
the offer directly to Aguinaldo there. The junta at Hong Kong claims to have made no reply to the Japan
ese proposal, and promptly reported the offer to the United States consul-general."
WILL INCREASE OUR FORCES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—(Special to The Herald.) Despite confidence in an early peace, the president
decided today to reinforce Gen. Merritt. The ostensible reason for this was Aguinaldo's sullen refusal to par
ticipate in the recent engagement. Ec withdrew his troops from an important point, on the theory that it
was the insurgents' feast day and they had to make merry. The coincidence of this withdrawal and the at
tack by the Spaniards is deemed remarkable, and the fear is expressed that Aguinaldo's act was in concert
with the Spanish. Aside from this consideration, which is weighty, there is the bare possibility of the fail
ure to reach peace, and even if peace should be obtained it is thought advisable to have enough American
troops on hand to take all the islands, in case the peace commission disagrees on the Philippines.
MERRITT'S ARMY AT MANILA
Meritt has now 18,689 soldiers. The 10,000 or 12,000 which will be sent, and which will include cav
alry, will raise the American force to the neighborhood of 30,000 men. Gen. Anderson specifically stated he
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FORCED TO ACCEPT
EiToy Cambon Agrees to Al! of the
American Terms
A Protocol Beiig Written—Will Take No Claices
01 Spall's Honesty—Watson's Fleet
Is leady to Sail
SPECIAL TO THE HERALD.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—Should Spain refuse our peace terms, the
eastern squadron, before twenty-four hours have elapsed, after the receipt
of the refusal, will start across the Atlantic, bound for the Canaries. An
island in the Canaries will be seized as a base of supplies, and the squad
ron from that point will ravage the Spanish coast.
In case of peace, Commodore Watson will take his eastern squadron
to Manila. This squadron is composed of the Oregon, the Massachusetts,
the Indiana, the Brooklyn, the lowa, the Newark, the Dixie, the Yosemite
and ten colliers.
Such a reinforcement would make Admiral Dewey absolutely inde
pendent and ready to meet any foreign navy.
The war department, in the hope of peace, is preparing to muster
out a large part of the volunteer army. The government will find use
for at least 100,000 volunteers, in addition to the regular army, for at
least two years. The volunteers, however, are to be sent here as rapidly
as possible. State troops now concentrated in the camps of the south are
to be brought north. The war department will devote its energies to the
military occupation of Cuba. It is expected now that this force will be
sent there in October. It will be large, at least 100,000 men, and its du
ties will be to preserve peace and order.
CAMBON COMES TO TEBMS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—(By the Associated Press.) The prelim
inary negotiations looking toward the confirmation of peaoe, advanced a
long step today. Secretary Day at 1 oclock made the following state
ment to the Associated Press:
"We have agreed upon a protocol embodying the proposed terms for
the negotiation of a treaty of peace, including the evacuation of Cuba
and Porto Rico, and it is expected that the protocol will be executed."
The secretary of state and the French ambassador agreed upon the
terms upon which future negotiations for a treaty are to be conducted,
and reduced these to the form of a protocol.
This protocol, it is true, is yet to be signed, and it is to be submit
ted to the Spanish government before the formal signatures are affixed,
but the administration's views as to the progress made today is set out
in Secretary Day's sentence: "It is expected that this protocol will be
executed."
There is always the possibility, in dealing with the Spanish govern- , -
ment, that it may recede at the last moment from an implied
but it is scarcely probable that it Would be willing to involve the French
ambassador in the difficulties that would follow what to the world would
seem to be a repudiation of his benevolent efforts in behalf of Spain.
A NECESSARY DELAY
There must be a delay, possibly from twenty-four to forty-eight
hours, before the next step can be taken, and then the protocol, made
binding upon both the United States and Spain, by the attachment of
the signatures of the plenipotentaries. Secretary Day for the United
States and M. Cambon for Spain. The delay will be largely attributable
to physical causes. The protocol is long. It must be translated and
turned back and forth into code and simple language no less than five
times before it reaches Madrid through the French foreign office. This
work was not begun until late this afternoon, after it had consumed the
best energies of Assistant Secretary Adee of the state department and M.
Thiebaut, secretary of the French embassy, in the preparation, in formal
shape, of two copies of the protocol, one in English and one in French.
These were prepared very carefully. The length of the protocol imposed
a great amount of labor upon the cipher clerks, or whoever is charged
with the work of rendering the original into cipher, so that altogether
it is apparent the consumption of time involved in purely mechanical
functions will be so considerable as to make the condition of a very
early answer improbable. »
As to the character of the protocol, it can be stated on authority
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