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HU A*—iw.
Government Puzzled
How to Dispose of
Toral’s Beaten
Spaniards.
YELLOW FEVER COMPLICATIONS
Neutral Steamers May Not
Ship Infected Men and
Spain May Reject
Them.
RATIONS FOR THE DEFEATED
Provision Being Made For the
Garrison and the Refugees
From Santiago.
PEACE OUTLOOK VAGUE
McKinley Hopes It Is Near, But
Spain Is Mooning Over Im
possible Terms.
FEW NEW FEVER CASES
Only Three Deaths in Our Army
" \.So Far—Very Mild Type of
the Disease.
WASHINGTON, July 15, 1S9S.—President
—_- ~ McKinley today in speaking of the fall
of Santiago said:—
“I hope for early peace now.”
The War Department has posted a de
spatch from Assistant Adjutant General
Greenleaf of General Miles’ staff, as fol
lows:—
SIBONEY. July 15.—Only 23 new
cases of, yellow and three deaths re
purieti wunin me i/nat.
hours. Type of disease mild. Camp
site moved whenever practicable.
Have taken vigorous sanitary precau
tions to prevent the spread of the dis
ease.
The Cabinet was in- session almost two
sours. There were several dispatches
laid before the members, -but it is said
none were of any particular importance,
save one from General Miles, who wired
some details as to what was- wanted in
the way of movement of troops from here
and the shipment of some horses and sup
plies. The royal degree of suspension- of
individual rights in Spain gave rise to
some discussion- as to the outlook for
peace. Secretary Day, however, reported
there were no overtures of any kind so far
made known to him. Detailed dispatches
folowing up the anon/uncement of the sur
render were eagerly awaited but did not
come. Secretary Long was the only ab
sentee.
The meeting adjourned without knowl
edge of the details of the terms of sur
render which wrere to be made at Santi
ago by the Commissioners referred to by
General Shafter in his despatch of yes
terday. Nothing further has been re
ceived from the General on this subject,
and the assumption is that the Commis
sioners are still at work endeavoring to
arrange the details of the surrender.
These are likely to be more complex
than generally supposed, for aside
from matters of actual moment, such as
the methods of transportation, the car
riage of arms by troops, and the trans
portation of the surrendered Spanish of
ficers, there are many smaller matters
to be attended to, some of them growing
out of the fantastic Spanish notions of
honor which are quite as troublesome to
deal with as matters of vital importance.
The French cable shut down over might
and that was supposed at first to be the
reason why further reports were not
forthcoming from Shafter andi Miles. It
was believed that the cable operators,
Frenchmen, had become worried from
their protected labors and refused to con
tinue at work last might. But with morm
ing came a renewal of cable communica
tion though no messages from Shafter
Wete on file.
- Many inquiries are coming to the War
Department as to the condition of the
sick arid wounded American soldiers
near Santiago. The appearance of yel
low fever among the troops was an ad
ditional cause of apprehension and doub
led the number of queries. The War De
partment does not deem It prudent just
now to make and detailed statement rel
ative to the conditions in the camp but
Adjutant Genera] Corbin stated that he
• could say that so far as the yellow fever
was concerned the conditions at last re
port were certainty better than they were
two days ago.
Colonel Hooker, who is in charge of the
transportation service of the War Depart
r. tr„, is now busy trying to arrange for
D. conveyance home to Spain of the
ii,.Uriah soldiers who surrendered in San
i tiago. There is a disposition to appeal
directly to the great steamship transpor
tation lines to make bids to carry these
people. The adoption cf such a course
i would relieve the government of a great
responsibility.
It would put the Spaniards under a
neutral flag which would insure their re
Bg.
ception without difficulty at home and it
would relieve our government of the ne
cessity of sending with the prisoners the
heavy guard that would be required if
they were conveyed in United States
transports.
Economically, it was thought that the
proposition was a sound one. Assuming
that the companies charged the usual
passenger rates for soldiers, the transfer
could be effected at a cost not to exceed
$500,000, a sum which is probabl less than
would be the cost of the service if under
taken directly by our Government.
But a disagreeable complication has
arisen from the fact that reports indicate
that yellow fever exists among the Span
ish troops as well as among our own. and
it is feared that if these reports are well
founded it may be difficult to Induce
the task of conveying si-ck 'soldiers and
those who had been exposed to infection.
There is also doubt whether the. Spanish
authorities will allow the men to land on
Spanish soil.
Adjutant General Corbin said that all
the necessary rations, to care for the
Spanish soldiers when they surrendered,
had been secured and were now in place
for immediate delivery at Santiago. It is
presumed that the Quartermaster’s offi
cers will avoid the enormous undertaking
of transporting these supplies over tne
mountain trails *by sending these supplies
in vessels into the harbor to the city of
Santiago.
This, it is believed, can be done safely,
as the terms of surrender will doubtless
require the Spanish to indicate the loca
tion of the mines in the harbor. It is
expected that the great body of refugees
that fled from the town on the threat of
bombardment will now return and great
distress is expected to result from the
lack of food supplies.
General 8hafter has been allowed to ex
ercise his full discretion In dealing with
these refugees, and, while he will not as
sume the responsibility for their main
tenance, he will llthout doubt snare as
many rations as possible from his own
stores to aid these unfortunate people.
With all of our disposition to be on
friendly terms with the British, our nav
al officers are quick to resent the allega
tions made to the effect that ' Dewey
owed his marvellous success at Manila
to the employment of English gunners
whom he had engaged at fabulous wages
at Hong Kong before he sailed for Ma
nila. Such a statement as this was made
by Cunningham Graham, an ex-'Member
of Parliament, in a communication to
some of the British newspapers which
has aroused a good deal of discussion.
Captain Crowninshleid, the Chief of the
■Navigation Bureau, is directly in charge
of the personnel of the navy and when
this statement was called to his attention
he very promptly and positive said:—
“We never have yet been called upon
to get Englishmen to teach us how to
shoot. An inspection of the muster rolls
of Dewey’s squadron will convey the
amplest refutation of this charge and
show how absolutely false it is.
“Even iater than the muster rolls are
the prize lists prepared for the use of the
auditing officers of the Treasury Depart
ment and by comparison with the. muster
rolls as the squadron was originally
formed they show very clearly that no
Englishmen were behind the guns that
sunk the Spanish fleet and silenced the
forts of Cavite.
It is authoritatively stated by Secretary
Day that there is no truth, in. the pub
lished report that peace negotiations have
been opened at Washington, led by Sir
Julian Pauneefote, assisted by the Rus
sian Ambassador, the Japanese Minister
and other foreign diplomats.
‘■There have been no overtures for peace
received by any United States embassy
or legation abroad or by the Department
of State at Washington.”
That was the statement made by a
member of the Cabinet, who is thoroughly
familiar with the conditions as they exist
today and was called forth by various re
ports that ranged all the way from an
announcement that the basis for a treaty
of peace already had been reached, to the
more guarded declaration that the Spanish
Government had conveyed in an unofficial
manner to the United States Government
an intimation of some of the concessions
it was prepared to make to secure peace.
The prospect for the speedy institution
of peace negotiations have brightened de
cidedly since the collapse of the Spanish
resistance at Santiago. The moral effect
of that victory for the American arms is
beginning to be felt in the direction of
peace. If the Cabinet has discussed
terms of peace up to this moment, the
fact has not been divulged by any re
sponsible source. Now and then one of
the Government’s agents in Europe com
municates some message summing up
European gossip and naturally in view
of the earnest desire for the speedy re
storation of peace entertained by the
European powers, this gossip tends to
bear out the belief that peace negotia
tions are at hand.
The President hopes so. He has made
no concealment of his earnest desire for
a speedy termination of the war. Such
a position on his part is entirely recon
cilable with an earnest purpose to prose
cute the war until its original purposes
have been attained. Before that time any
overtures for peace must come from
Spain.
The news from Madrid, that Spain had
practically been placed under martial law'
is regarded as a most hopeful sign. It
is construed to mean a purpose on the
part of the Spanish Government to bind
up in advance the turbulent elements in
Spain that might be expected to take ad
vantage of the public discontent caused
must make to obtain peace in order to
cause a revolution andi overthrow the
monarchy.
It is realized here by the officials that
every day will bring forth a fresh crop
of peace rumors, few with any founda
tion, hut their very circulation and the
credence gained for them Is regarded as
an encouraging sign of a general belief
that the Spanish cause is near its end.
The fact that our Government has beer
engaged in a vigorous correspondence
with the German Government through the
medium of Ambassador White, has given
rise to the assumption that the State De
partment has been making representa
tions to Germany on the subject of the
conduct of the German naval commanders
in the Philippines.
This however, is erroneous, thp—-cor
respondence in question relating'to thai
old and troublesome issue, the exelusior
decrees of the German Governmen;
directed against United States hog pro
ducts.
The attitude assumed by the Germai
naval commanders in the Philippines if
without doubt a source of annoyance, anc
apprehension to our Government. Th<
spirit of quibbling/^ts between, the insur
gents and the American forces in tin
Philippines, attributed to the German
Government by its own papers, is tar
from satisfactory to a Government like
ours, accustomed to deal fairly, frankly
and openly in international issues instead
of adopting; underhand courses.
Still our government is satisfied that its
interests are safe in the hands of Admiral
Dewey and is adhering to its original in
tention of allowing him a free hand to
deal with the situation.
The State Department posts a bulletin
stating that Admiral Dewey pays a high
tribute to the Chinese on board the Am
erican ships at the battle of Manila, and
suggests that they should receive recog
nition by being made Citizens of the
United States.
Senator Cushmani K. Davis, Chairman
of the Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations, arrived home from Washington
just in time to "be welcomed by the news
from Santiago.
“It is a great victory for the. American
arms,” he said. “The fall of the city is
a splendid accomplishment and carries
^forward finely the operations planned by
our strategic board. The result amply
vindicates the judgment of our comman
ders at the front ins sparing a conflict
which must have resulted in great loss of
life. One half of Cuba has passed from
the Spanish possassion beyond dispute.
“This clears the way for the projected
move upon Porto Rico, which I trust will
begin at once. It is perhaps more- im
portant in its consequences than the siege
of Santiago. Porto Rico is a much more
desirable possession than Cuba, more
healthful and the land is pleasant. It
includes 3,700 square miles, very fruitful
and capable of prosperous development.
I have no doubt Porto Rico will scon be
ours.
“'We are entering upon a new era. The
flag will not be lowered from Hawaii and
the fate of the Philippines is linked with
the destiny of the republic. This nation
in the near future is to become the lead
ing factor in international politics. We
cannot retreat to our former policy of
isolation. In the domain of the Pacific,
ours is henceforth the paramount power
and we cannot escape the responsibility.
The future of an unborn empire of the
west, the' furthest west that borders on
the East again, lies in our hands.
“I believe we shall be equal to this re
sponsibility. We can take care of all the
possessions we may acquire and comfort
ably shoulder all the tremendous duties
we may assume. We shall find the neces
sary resources of statesmanship, the
qualities of diplomacy, the strength of
rulership that is our heritage. The future
broadens before us in wonderful ways we
could not have foreseen. We may go to
meet its destinies, calm, confident, secure
in the might of the nation and the just
ness of its purposes.”
WILL SUEJOT PEACE.
As a Preparation the Spanish
Government Abolishes
All Personal Rights.
[By Cable 'to THe Associated Press. 1
MADRID. July 15. 1898, 8.00 A. M.—T'he
official '‘Gazette,’’ today," publishes a royal
decree temporarily suspending through
out the Spanish peninsula the rights ol in
dividuals as guaranteed by the Constitu
tion. The decree adds that the Govern
ment will render an account to Parlia
ment of the use it may make of this
measure.
The publication of the decree is general
ly accepted as being convincing proof
that Spain is now ready to sue for peace,
arvd that negotiations to that effect are
actually in progress. The Government
wishes to have full power to suppress any
evidences of discontent or rebellion when
ever they anpear. The Carlists are fur
ious and are sure to attempt to create
trouble.
One Minister expressed the conviction
.-.wir.iai ftvprtiirps for neace will be
made before Sunday, and there is reason
to believe France has offered her ser
vices to Spain and that Spain has drawn
up conditions for peace which offer a
basis for negotiations.
Premier Sagasta is quoted as saying
Spain wants peace, "but it must be an
honorable peace, as Spain deserves.”
Continuing, the Premier is said to have
remarked:—"The army is anxious to re
sist to the last. But the Government
cannot consent to such a useless sacri
fice. Had we our fleet, the situation
would be different.”
The pacific tendency is increasing. The
general public take a favorable view of
the suggestion that the powers should
attempt the re-establishment of peace.
But, it is said, contrary to the reports
current, France has not taken the initia
tive.
The Minister for War, General Correa,
is quoted as declaring, in an interview,
that he thought peace might be arranged
on the following terms:—
The United States and Spain to agree
to let the Cubans decide by a plebiscite
whether they desire independence or au
tonomy under the suzerainty of Spain.
The two Governments to agree to abide
by the result of the plebiscite.
In the event of the Cubans voting fot
independence, the United States to allow
Spain nine months in which to withdraw
her army gradually and with dignity from
Cuba, "as soldiers should after having
fought like heroes.”
Continuing, the Minister for War re
marked:—"We ought to retain Porto Rice
at all costs, in order to be always neat
Cuba, of which the Americans will be
able to despoil us in course of time, anc
in order to more easily communicate wit!
eho smith American Republics, which
daily display the greatest enthusiasm foi
Spain.
"As to the Philippine Islands, It is cer
tain we will retain them, even though th«
Americans succeed in occupying Manila
of which place their occupation will bs
most brief. An official despatch announce;
that the rebel chiefs and the American;
will not always agree, which is to Spain’;
advantage.
"The Government has formed a schemi
which will not only assure Spa-ifi the pos
session of the Philippine Islands bu
which will re-establish tranquility.’’
PARIS GIVES 1 COIFORl
[By Chide to The Associated Press.]
PARIS, July 15, 1898.—The "Temps,’
this afternoon, says: "The hour for open
ing the peace negotiations was struct
with the fall of Santiago, particularly a:
the appearance of yellow fever will dls
pose the Americans to receive then
favorably.
"Spain ought not to baa* the sllghtes
hopes on the Irene incident, which was
merely a misunderstanding.”
A despatch to the “Temps” from 'Ma
drid says the Prefects report that the
Carlists are making preparations for an
outbreak In the Northern Provinces.
Spanish General Was on the
Verge of Annihilation
Fleet Waiting for
News.
_
[By Cable to The Associated ,Press.]
OFF AGGADORES, July 14, 1898. 3 P.
M.. via Port Antonio, July, 4:15 A. M.—
Santiago de Cuba was surrendered to
day. Menaced bv American forces on
land and sea, disheartened by past de
feats and without hope of victory, Gen
eral Toral yielded his city to save his peo
ple.
With the final stroke of the Spanish
General's peni the only stronghold in the
Province of Santiago has fallen, and the
power of Spain in Eastern Cuba is
crushed.
What the terms of the surrender were
is not yet known. They may be made
public when General Miles returns from
the front tonight, and they may be sup
pressed for days.
On board the flagship New York it is
believed that the surrendered Spanish
officers will be permitted to retain their
side arms, and that the Spanish, army
will be given safe c-onvoy to Spain, Ad
miral Sampson has not yet. however,
been informed of the details of capitula
tion, and he does,not expect the terms to
be made public for several days.
The end came swiftly and unexpectedly.
The Santiago campaign, with its deeds of
splendid daring and dark with the record
of slaughter, had been believed- by many
men high in rank to have only just be
gun. The refusal of the- Spanish to sur
render has -been so emphatic and so recent
that both army and1 navy had forsaken
the idea of victory without further blood
shed. and noon tod'ay had -been set for
the final and desperate, assault upon the
stubborn defences of the -city. That Its
fortifications were strong and that its
forces- we.ro brave all know, and today
had been looked forward- to as likely to
be the bloodiest in the history of the cam
paign; and when soon after two o’clock
this afternoon. Admiral Sampson received
by signal the- fact that General Toral had
surrendered. Admiral Sampson and his
officers scarcely credited the story.
Whether Morro Castle and the batteries
above the harbor will also surrender is
at 3 o’clock this afternoon a matter of
conjecture. At that hour the Spanish flag
still floated above Morro Castle, and the
Spanish forces still clustered about the
earthworks and batteries.
With the American Army controlling
Santiago, however, further reslsterjce by
the harbor batteries would be absurd, and
their surrender undoubtedly will quickly
follow General Shatter's occupation of
the town, if indeed the seafront fortlflca
tions and all others are not Included in
the city’s capitulation.
When General Toral, on Monday last,
refused absolutely to consider the terms
of unconditional surrender, and when
General Shatter announced negotia
tions at an end, it was believed
that the taking of the nlty with
out further fighting was an. impossi
bility. The artillery of the Federal forces
were ordered to be rushed to the front,
the investing line was extended: to them
in the town completely, and every prepar
ation was made for the final assault.
Acting under instructions from Wash
ington, however. General Shafter again
proposed surrender yesterday, and at a
conference in which General Miles and
General Toral were present, it was pro
posed to allow the Spanish officers to re
tain their sidearms, and the American
Commander offered to send the defeated
army to Spain, under convoy and on
parole.
The story of the conference has already
been told. General Toral’s announce
ment that the matter would have to be
referred to his Government convinced the
majority of the officers at headquarters
that nothing further would come of the
negotiations and an order was issued to
prepare for a general attack at noon to
day, at which hour the armistice expired.
The men at the front made every prep
aration for battle, the fleet gathered
around the little Bay of Aguadores, ready
to hurl shells over the hill and into the
city, and the combined American forces
quietly and grimly awaited the word of
General runes.
But while, all these preparations were
going forward General Shatter and Gen
eral 'Miles were still hard at work in an
attempt to avoid the slaughter which
must follow an attack.
The telephone and telegraph wires from
the front to Juragua were burdened all
the forenoon with messages to and from
Washington, and General Toral was
busy in communication with either Cap
tain General Blanco or with the Govern
ment at Madrid.
At about eleven o'clock General Miles
sent an Aide-de-Camp from Juragua to
Rear Admiral Sampson, telling him the
chances for a surrender were good and
that no shots must be fired from the
fleet without definite orders from the
shore.
As the hour of noon approached, the
New York ran close to shore at Agua
dores and took up a position in .readiness
for the expected bombardment of the—to
the fleet—hidden city. The Brooklyn
ranged close in the rear of the New York
and the other vessels took up the po
sitions previously assigned to them. The
swift little Hist steamed down to Jurag
ua to await word from General Miles.
Noon came and although the expected
call to quarters were not issued the men
lingered, anxiously, close to their places,
eager to begin the work of bombardment.
From the bridges of the warships the
officers trained their glasses alternately
on the signal station ashore and on the
fleet of transports off Juragua, behind
which the Hist had disappeared.
As one and two o’clock passed without
an order to begin the bombardment, the
excitement among the officers, who know
the significance of the delay, became in
tense.
It was a few minutes after two o’clock
when the 'Hist pushed her way from be
hind the anchored transports and started
on a short run from Juragua to Agua
: dores. Rolling and pitching in the rough
: sea, the gallant little yacht dashed for
the flagship, signalling as she pressed on
i ward.
The battleship Oregon was the first ves
sel in line and the signal, “The enemy has
surrendered,” was first made out from the
bridge of Captain Clark’s ship. A cheer
burst from the officers on the afterdeck
and it was echoed by the men clustered
forward.
At almost the same instant, the other
ships in the "fleet caught the momentous
meaning of the bright colored signal
flags, which flashed' at Hist’s swaying
masthead, and a great cheer from a host
of American throats swept through the
squadron, from ship to ship, while an
swering-pennants flow from each vessel
in response to t'he New York’s repetition
of the Hist’s signals. Eventually the
Hist ran alongside the flagship and de
livered her despatch. It contained no de
tails, being simply a brief message .by
wire to Admiral Sampson from General
Shafter, saying that the enemy had sur
rendered.
The Admiral has not taken an active
part in the negotiations; but, he has been
consulted freely by General Miles and
General Shafter, and undoubtedly he will
be considered in the settlement of the
iinal details of the surrender. He declined
to discuss the matter further than to ex
press joy at the fact that the taking of
Santiago was accomplished without
further bloodshed, and to remark that the
terms of the capitulation were not to be
made public for some time.
Within five minutes of the Hist’s ar
rival, the signal officers ashore began
sending messages with the wig-wag flag
on the hilltop to the right of the ravine
in which the ruins of Aguadfores' fort lie.
This hill has been selected as the signal
station and from there was telegraphed
lO AUimrtU OillllipaOXl) it i;uumiuauuu> Vi. u*v
surrendei*. This message was as unsat
isfactory as was the Hist's to the officers
of the fleet, who were anxious to know
the terms of the surrender and other
details, while the wig wagged message
simply set forth the hare statement that
the surrender of Santiago de Cu'ba had oc
The Iowa was at once ordered to steam
to Morro Castle, evidently 'being sent to
watch the movements ofThe men manning
the shore batteries. v
General Toral surrendered In the nick
of time, for had the plans of today’s bat
tle been carried out the city of Santiago
would have been torn to pieces before
night. The fleet had the exact range,
and, although the city was about eight
miles away and hidden by the hills alQng
the coast, Commodore 'Schley announced
that, shells could be dropped in the heart
of the town every two minutes for as
long a time as General Shatter thought it
necessary.
Aside from the work of the fleet, seven
batteries of artillery were In position, and
so placed that three-inch shells could have
been hurled into the town from all sides.
The Spaniards, however, had made care
ful preparations and had even erected
barricades in the streets, ready to fight
to the very last.
General Shatter and his officers confi
dently expected the American loss to be
heavy if the attempt had to be made to
capture the city by assault, and elaborate
hospital arrangements were made in an
ticipation' of such an occurrence, a large
number of tents having been erected at
Siboney since the buildings there were
burned.____
PORTO RICO PANIC.
[By Cable to The Associated Press.]
ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies, July
15, 1898.—Advices received here from San
of that place are greatly alarmed. They
expect Che port will be attached by the
Americans today, the terrified inhabitants
are ileeing Into the interior, and it is
said' the city and suburbs are practically
deserted.
[By Cable to The Associated Press.]
LONDON. July 15, 1898.—It is announced
in a special despatch from Barcelona this
afternoon that the Inhabitants of that city
are panic stricken. They believe the
Americans will select defenseless Barce
lona as the first point to bombard. The
local banks are removing their specie to
the country, the merchants' are sending
their goods to places of safety and many
of the citizens are leaving.
The Governor of Barcelona has informed
the people that they cannot expect help
from the Government.
BMplZt
[By Cable to The Associated Press.]
KEY WEST, Fla., July 15, 1898 (10:05 A.
M.).—The British prize schooner E. R.
Nickerson., which was captured on June
30 by the Hornet, Hist and Wampatuck,
off Cape Cruz, while: attempting to run
.the blockade into Manzanillo, was brought
iiere this morning by a prize crew under
Lieutenant Dougal. She has a cargo of
provisions, hogs, goats, etc. She had a
crew' of negroes and two passengers are
on board. She was bound from Jamaica.
SPANIAnUSJftHY ILL.
Malarial Fever Has Half
the Harvard’s Prisoners
Down—Dozen Fatal
Cases.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 15, 1838.
The United States auxiliary cruiser Har
vard, in command of Captain Charles F.
Cotton, from Santiago de Cuba, having on
board 1,008 Spanish prisoners, arrived in
Portsmouth harbor, and dropped anchor
about threo miles from the centre of the
city, at 6.30 o’clock this morning.
The port physician boarded the vessel
at 9 o'clock and in company with the
Spanish doctor made an inspection. His
visit disclosed the fact that nearly half
of those om board are ill. Six Spaniards
died on the passage from Santiago to
Portsmouth. Another death occurred this
afternoon, after the cruiser reached this
port, and three patients were not expect
ed to live until night. There were forty
serious cases in the sick bay. and forty
equally as bad in other portions of t*he
ship.
All these patients are said to be vic
tims of malarial fever, with which disease
also those who died were affected. These
facts have been reported to the authori
ties at the Navy Yard and the four phy
sicians there will make a further inspec
tion of the vessel and determine whether
or not she shall be sent to quarantine.
Owing to these conditions nothing has
been done in the line of preparations for
landing the troops. The trip from San
tiago north was without unusual inci
dent, aside from the sickness and death
referred to._
NEW ARMY OFFICERS.
WASHINGTON, July 15, 1898.—The
President today made the following ar
my appointments:—
Army—To be brigadier or generals of
volunteers—William S. Worth, Edward
P. Pearson, Emerson H. Liscum, Ezra P.
Ewers.
To 'be assistant adjutant general, with
rank of major—John Miley.
To be captains of infantry—'Benjamin
Alvord, William H. Sage, George H. Pat
ton, Edward O. C. Ord, John1 A. Dapray,
John F. Morrison.
To be captains of Fifth volunteer—
Robert S. Teague, Thomas H. Underwood,
Walton Shields, James C. Hixon, Edward
S. Whitaker, Thomas H. 'Sharp, Kibble
J. Harrison.
To be First Lieutenants, Fifth Volun
teer Infantry—Byron Dozior, Dabney H.
Hood, Marion Letcher, William J. Jen
nings, William Grainshaw, Thomas B.
Frank, George G. Whitehead. Arthur W.
Orton, Philip H. Storm, Norman C.
Jones, Claude A. Allen.
To be Second Lieutenants, Fiftn Volun
teer Infantry—Robert L. Bullard, George
Culver, Thomas C. Baird. Virgil P. I
Randolph, Charles J. Fromberg, Thos. !
L. Anglin, John Burke, Thos. W. Train
er, William A. Crossland, Jr., Jennings
. j. icu c, >» aucl v. iiai nuio.
GAMP THOMAS INTERESTED
Troops Hope te Move on Porto
Rico—Vast Hoard of
Supplies.
o lireka mat;ga, chattanooga
NATIONAL. MILITARY PARK. Tenn.,
July 15, 1898.—The departure of General
Brooke for Washington, there to make
arrangements for the expedition into
Porto Rieo is the main subject of inter
est at Camp Thomas. The men of the
regiments in the First Corps are await
ing the outcome of the General's trip
with especial interest on account of the
fact that they will accompany him on the
Porto Rican invasion.
The First Corps is ready to move at
any time. The weather is again unfav
orable for steady work today. Frequent
showers interfere with the drills and the
men are kept in camp the greater portion
of the time.
Fifteen carloads of supplies—an entire
train—are being unloaded at the camp to
day. The amount of supplies now on
hand is enormous but more arrive daily.
Since the soldiers have been encamped
here no less than from $3,000,000 to $5,000.
000 worth of Quartermaster’s supplies
have been issued the various commands
by Captain McCarthy. This does not
include the enormous amount of cloth
ing and equippage handled through the
office of Captain Zalinski, in charge of
these supplies, as a separate department
of the Quartermaster's department.
From official figures furnished by the
Quartermaster it is seen that at least
$1,000,000 worth of stock has, been handled
since the mobilization of General Brooke’s
vast army. There are now over 10,000
head of stock scattered over the great
military camp. There are two regiments
of cavalry, two extra troops of cavalry
and about thirty-five batteries of artillery
and several thousand horses attached to
the commands, while the remainder are
used as wagon and1 ambulance trains and
officers mounts.
This stock consumes an enormous
amount of forage in a month, much more
than could be furnished in this section
alone. The records for thirty days show
that no less than three and one-half mil
lion pounds of oats and four and one-half
million pounds of hay have been con
sumed.
JIM II THROUGH.
ALBANY, N. Y„ July 15, 1S98.—The As
sembly at 10:53 o’clock, by a vote of 77 to
63, suspended its rules so that the Metro
politan election district bill could be con
sidered on final passage immediately. The
vote is a test of the strength of the ma
jority on the measure and Insures its pas
sage later in the day.
Nothing Slow About the Is
landers—Their Bitter
Grievances.
{Correspondence of the Associated Press.]
LONDON. July 5, 1898.—Mr. S. C. Valdes
is in London as the nominated repre
sentative of the insurgents under Agui
naiuo. iy±r. v aiuc»
tive of the Philippines, direct descendants
of the Japanese who were the traders
in the islands when the Spaniards first
made their appearance centuries ago. Mr.
Valdes was born in Batangas and was
educated in Hong Kong. Chicago and
London. To a representative of The As
sociated Press. Mr. Valdes said:—
“There is a sea of blood between the
Spaniards and the Philippines, who have
,,^A wnthino' frnm rh<-» Snimiards but
outrage, injustice ami prejudice. The op
portunity of the Philippines has come.
We will be faithful to the Americans and
will follow their advice. We have an
agreement with the Americans—with Ad
miral Dewey—as follows:
1. The independence of the Philippines
shall be proclaimed.
2. A Republic shall be established with
a government designated by General
Aguinaldo and approved by Admiral
Dewey or General Merrit, as the case
may be.
;t. The Government will recognize the
temporary intervention of the American
and European commissioners designated
for the present by Admiral Dewey.
1. The American protector shail be
recognized on the same conditions as ar
ranged fee Cuba.
5. Philippine ports shall be opened free
for the commerce of the world.
$ Precautionary' measures shall le
ad-opted against Chinese immigration so.
as to regulate the competition with the
work of the natives.
3. A'l*XIts OJ/'FJLCt.
—New Jersey's best flour costs 23c. more per
barrel than ordinary flour, but worth a dollar
extra. Wholesale only at D. E. Cleary Co.’s
stores, Greene and Montgomery streets.
Governor Voorhees today notified Adju
tant Gerardin that Jersey City could
have another company of the new regi
ment. An officer will be at the Armory
this evening to look over applicants and
determine whether they will be likely to
pass the physical examination which will
be held at Sea Girt. One hundred and
six men are wanted.
DISPOSITION OF TROOPS.
Weekly Bulletin Shewing Where
the Various Regiments Are.
WASHINGTON, July 15. 1898.—In the
weekly bulletin Issued by the War De
partment giving the st J ons of the volun
teer troops for the benefit of friends and
relatives who wish to communicate with
them, the following changes are noted
over the last issue:—
Third Alabama Infantry, Mobile, Ala.;
Eighth California Infantry, at San Fran
cisco; Battalion California Artillery, Cali
fornia; First Colorado Infantry has sailed
for the Philippines; First Colorado Bat
tery, Denver; First Connecticut Infantry,
Camp Alger; Third Connecticut Infantry,
Nlantic, Conn.; First District of Colum
bia Infantry at San Francisco; First
Delaware Infantry, Middletown, Del.;
Third Georgia Infantry, at Griffin, Ga.;
First Illinois Infantry, to Santiago; Sixth
Illinois Infantry, to Santiago; Eighth
Illinois Infantry to Springfield. 111.; Ninth
Illinois Infantry, to Springfield, 111.; 161st
Indiana Infantry, at Indianapolis. Ind.;
Iowa Battery, at Des Moines, Iowa; Iowa
Battery, at Des Moines, Iowa.
Twenty-third Kansas Infantry. Topeka,
Kas.; Fourteenth Kentucky Infantry,
Lexington, Ky.; three of Louisiana light
batteries at Jackson Barracks, La.: Troop
A of Maine Heavy Artillery at Fort Pop
ham. Me.; Troops B. C and D. at Augus
ta, Me.; First Maryland Infantry at Fort
Monroe, Va.; Fifth Massachusetts Infan
try at South Framingham, Mass.; Sixth
Massachusetts Infantry at Santiago;
First Massachusetts Artillery at Quon
sett, R. I.; Thirty-fifth Michigan Infan
try at Island Lake. Mich.; Fifteenth Min
nesota Infantry at St. Paul. Minn.; Third
Mississippi Infantry at Jackson. Miss.;
Sixth Missouri Infantry at Jefferson Bar
racks. Mo.; Third Nebraska Infantry at
Jacksonville, Fla.; Battalion of Nevada
Infantry, Carson City, Nevada; Third
New Jersey Infantry at Pompton Lakes,
N. J.; Fourth New Jersey Infantry at
Sea Girt, N. J.
First New York Infantry, at California;
Twenty-second New York Infantry, at
Fort Slocum, N. Y.; Forty-sevemth New
York Infantry, at Fort Adams, R. I,;
Mist, 2i)2nd and 203rd New York Infantry,
at Hempstead, N. Y. Three light batter
ies are also at Hempstead, N. Y. Third
North Carolina Infantry, at Raleigh, N.
•C.: Russell Battalion- of North Carolina
Infantry, on its way to the Philippines;
Eighth Ohio Infantry, at Santiago; Tenth
Ohio Infantry, at Columbus. Ohio; Troops
A and B of the Oregon Light Battery,
are at Portland. Oregon; Second Penn
sylvania Infantry, at Montchanin. Del.;
Fourteenth Pennsylvania, at I'ort Mott,
N. J.; Fifteenth Pennsylvania In
fantry. at Sheridan Point. Va., Sixteenth
Pennsylvania Infantry at Charleston, S.
C.; Eighteenth Pennsylvania infantry at
Delaware City, Del.; Philadelphia City
Pennsylvania cavalry at Camp Alger;
Governor's troops, Pennsylvania cavalry
and Sheridan troop, Pennsylvania, at
Camp Alger; Troop A. Pennsylvania
light battery at Newport News. Va.:
Troops A and B. of the Rhode Island
light battery, at Quonsett Point, R. I.;
Second South Carolina infantry, at Col
umbia, S. C.; heavy battery of South
Carolina artillery at Sullivan's Island, S.
C.; Fourth Tennessee infantry at Nasn
ville, Tenn.; Fourth Texas Infantry at
Austin', Texas; batery C of the Utah light
artillery at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Fifth Virginia Infantry at Richmond,
Va.; First Washington Infantry at Van
couver Barracks, Wash.; Battalion of
Washington Infantry at Olympia. Wash.;
Second West Virginia Infantry at
Charleston, W. Va.; Second Wisconsin
Infantry at Santiago; Third Wisconsin
Infantry at Santiago; Fourth Wisconsin
Infantry at Madison. Wis.; one troop of
Wisconsin Light Battery at Madison.
Wis.; First U. S. V. Engineers, at Peeks
kill N. Y.; Second U. S. V. Engineers at
Chicago. 111.; Third U. S. V. Engineers
at Washington, D. C.; First U. S. V. In
fantry at Galveston, Tex.; Second U. S.
V Infantry. Covington, La.: Third V. S.
V. Infantry at Macon. Ga.: Fourth U. S.
V. Infantry at Fredericksburg, Va.; Fifth
IT. s. V- Infantry at Columbus, Miss.;
Sixth U. S-' v. Infantry at Knoxville.
Tenn.: Seventh U. S. V. Infantry at
Jefferson Barracks. Mo.Eighth U. S. \.
Infantry at Fort Thomas. Kyi; Ninth U.
g. y. Infantry at New Orleans; Tenth U.
S. V. Infantry, at Augusta. Ga.
CRASH ON THE EAST RIVER.
Wall Street Ferryboat Collides With
Iron Steamboat.
NEW YORK, July 15. 1S98.—A collision
occurred about 9:45 this forenoon between
the Iron Steamboat's Company’s steamer
Pegasus and a Wall street ferryboat, re
sulting in about twenty feet of the joiner
work on the starboard side the Pegasus
being smashed, but apparently no further
damage being done. The collision occurred
when the Pegasus, which had about 150
people on boad bound for Coney Island.
KoMrinir out from Pier 10, East
River
\s she got beyond the pier, the tide
rushing swiftlv past swung her across the
Wall street slip, just as a ferryboat from
Brooklyn, crowded with people, was en
ter! iS As the ferryboat had such little
headway, neither she nor the people on
board appear to have suffered any injury.
The injury to the Pegasus was not enough
to stop her. and she proceeded as soon as
she was clear to Coney Island.
STEAMSHIP LINE TO MANILA.
SEATTI.-E. Yf ash.. July 15. 1S9$.—Ship*
ping -men here believe that the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company Intends to es
tablish a line to Manila. They base their
opinion on the manner in which the
troopships Senator and City of Puebla
were fitted out, the equipment of the ves
sels Indicating that their service to the
Philippines is not to be temporary.
It you have bean sick you will find Hood’s
Sarsaparilla the best medicine you can take to
give you appetite and strength.
Officers of the New Fourth
Regiment Receive ,rrfierfr
Commissions.
JERSEY CITY SECURES THE MAJORITY
Two Battalion Adjn,taTjciefl
and Several Minor Offices
• Vacant.
[Special to "The Jersey City News.**J
TRENTON, July 15. i>AlS.--Oo remission*
were Issued today by the Adjutant Gen
eral's Department to four regiment*! jpffie
cere and nearly all the company officer*
of the new Fourth Regiment. Coaojol*
sions were issued some days; ago to th*
Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Regimental
Surgeon and Regimental Quartan>»a*t«*l
The regimental officers commleelotved
today were: Majors Henry Lohmann, Jr.,
Hoboken ; Thomas S. Chambers, Trenton;
Regimental Adjutant, Benjamin. M, Ger
ardln, Jersey City; Battalion Adjutant,
Ulysses G. Lee, Camden. The company
officers commissioned were:—
Company A, Captain Richard R. White
head, Trenton.
Company B, Captain Andrew Derom,
Jersey City; First Lieutenant Frank A.
Reirjhard. Jersey City; Second Lieutenant
Frederick Ege, Jersey City.
Company D, Captain Edward See, Jer
sey City; First Lieutenant Harry J.
xiaipn. jersey uity; second lieutenant
George G. “Broderick, Jersey City.
Company E, Captain Waldo E. Gibbs,
Jersey City; First Lieutenant E. Harri
son Randolph, Jersey City; Second Lieu
tenant Chas. W. Schoonover, Jersey
City.
Company F, Captain Louis T. Bryant,
Atlantic City; First Lieutenant C. Stan
ley Grove, Atlantic City; Second Lieuten
ant Walter Edge. Atlantic City.
Company G. Captain Bernard Rogers,
Trenton; First Lieutenant John M. Rog
ers, Trenton.
Company H. Captain A. LaRue Chris
tie. Jersey City; First Lieutenant Frank
H. Cole, Jersey City; Second Lieutenant
Wm. B. Brister, Jersey City.
Company K, Captain Claude S. Fries,
Camden.
Company L, Captain Clayton J. Bailey, .
Trenton; First Lieutenant Wm. E. Pad- !«;
rick. Trenton; Second Lieutenant Freder- ;
lek F. C. Woodward, Trenton.
Company M, Captain George F. Sey-|l ;
raour. Hoboken; First Lieutenant Freder-’’
ick Steigleiter, Hoboken; Second Lieuten
ant Harry L. Bark. Hoboken.
Adjutant General Stryker left this after
noon for Sea Girt, with the commissions,
A commission was issued to Adam
Hubbschmitt, as Second Lieutenant of
Company D, Second Regiment, to suc
ceed Second Lieut. John H. Doremus,
of Passaic, who resigned because of
physical disability.
LIFE aTseTgIRT.
Mayor Eyoos’ Volunteer Boy
Writes a Lively Story of
His Experiences.
Mayor Hoos today received the follow
ing from his son Robert:—
‘iMy Dear Papa—Am safely quartered itt
tt Mi- hvnoiriflnpo innt t*
gether cheerful or pleasant. However,
good humor prevails and we are endeavor
ing to forget what we don’t like.
“A terrible storm is raging and has
been all night. We arrived at our quar
ters at about six o’clock last night and
were immediately assigned to tents. Two
privates and a non-commissioned officer
in each tent. We had to get out our
guy posts and set up tents ourselves with
no tools* but logs of woods as hammers.
By good fortune one of my boys got an
axe and our tent was pitched very quickly
and by good luck well put up, the test
some went through last night being a.
severe one.
“We did not get supper last night until
P.30 o’clock. Owing to the system, a few
amateur cooks were detailed, and after
quite some experimenting we were served
with boiled potatoes in jackets, beefsteak,
bread and coffee. We received the gov
ernment eating equipments, some consist
ing of an iron knife and fork, spoon, tin
cup and a combination frying pan and
tin plate. We had to wait in line and the
commissary sergeant served out rations.
By good luck he’s a friend of mine, and
I received a good sized steak and four
boiled potatoes. We were so hungry we
did not even wait to use knives or forks,
or even to peel the potatoes. It tasted
just as good as a table d’hote, at th*
Hotel Martin.
“Now that we are here we know our
needs. I need a pipe, an emergency out
tit containing safety pine, nedtile-% etc., a
book called the manual of arms, a flannel
bandage to go about the body, writing pa
per arid stamps. There are a few com
panies of raw recruits here and their ap
pearance is very comical. Our first on*
was a guard at post No. I. He wore a
sun-burned ditrby and a peculiarly fitting
cutaway coat. A cartridge belt around hi*
body and a rifle completed his outfit. -
“We were informed that a number of
crooks were among same last ni^ht. ana
after we retired we expected visits from
same. My cot is in the centre of th*
tent, and owing to the cold last night I
wrapped my trousers around my legs, and
put my coat over my head.
“About one o'clock I was awakened by
some one touching my feet. I grabbed
a stick, jumped up and commenced hit
ting the front of the tent where some
body was trving to open same. I swore
lustily, called him thief, etc... when I was
answered bv an aupealing voice of one of
the bovs who had been on guard and
had mistaken our tent for his own. I
gave him a nip at the flask in order to
square myself.
“No other events have occurred, so 111
close Tell the girls of what I have writ
ten and let them address me as
"Corp. ROBT. J. HOOS.
" “Co. B. 4th Regt.. N. J. V.,
“Camp Voorhees. Sea Girt, N. J.
VV C.M i nun vy rv i i i' sj»
NEW YORY. July 15. 1S98.—Forecast for
thirty-six hours, ending at 8 P. M., Sat
urday.
For New York and Vicinity*: Fair to
night and Saturday; cooler tomight; north
erly winds becoming southerly.
Hartnett's Thermometrioal Reort
July 14. Deg. July 15. Deg.
3 p. M. S2; t> A. M...*2
6 p. M... 79 9 A. M.85
9 p. M.75 12 noon. 88
12 midnight.73 •
arlimjtom ce.tieterv
Was the first ‘'Landscape Lawn Cemetery” iif
the State. Lot owners have no expense fot
care of grounds, nor for fencing. If you heed
a cemetery lot (and every family needs one), •
you will be interested in Its beauty and neat
ness. Us moderate prices and easy terms of
payment. Office in Jersey City. 23$ Washing*
ton street, over Piovldent Savings «"»>■ Tsi#*
phone No. 521.