The times., 1898-07-22
THE shat GARCIA ROW
Cuban Commander Withdraws
His Army TO the Interior.
RESIGNS HIS COMMISSION
The DisGruHtIed officer Sends 81
Special Courier to Cen. Gomez,
Carrying the RcsiGRntiOn-Caus-
die Letter to Gen. Shnfter, Detail
ing Cuban Grievances

Santiago. July 2O.-The ill-feelng pro-
duced among the Cubans by Gen. Shat
ter's latest orders in Santiago eliminated
this morning in a serious rupture between
Gen. Shafter and Gen. Garcia. AS a con-
sequence, Gen. Garcia has Withdrawn.
with his army. from the outskirts of
Santiago to the interior, taking the road
to Jaguan
He first held a council of his officers
and rendered to Gen. Gomez. the Cuban
commander-in-chief his res .gnaton as
commander of the Cuban arny of the
east. y special courier was sent TO Gen.
Gomez. carrying the resignation.
Gen. Garcia also sent the following let
ter to Gen. Shaiter:
''Sir: On May l2 the government of
the Republic of Cuba ordered me, as COM
mander of the Cuban army in the east.
10 cooperate with the American army,
following the plans and obeying the or
ders of its commander. l have done my
best, sir, to fulfill the wishes of my
government, and / have been until now
one of your most faithful subordinates.
honoging myself in carrying out your or
/ ders and Instructions as far as my
| powers have allowed me TO do it.
The city OF Santiago surrendered to
| the American army and news of that i'm
/ portant event was given 10 me by persons
| entirely foreign o yONr staff. have not
! been honored with a single word from
! yourself informing me about the negotia-
| tons for peace or the terms of the capt.
| ulation by the Spanards. The important
! ceremony of the surrender of the Spanish
army and the taking possession of the
/ city by yourself took place later on and
I 1 only knew of both events by public re-
! ports.
/ Il was neither honored, sir, with a kind
| word from you inviting myself or any Of
! fcer of my staff TO represent the Cuban
/ army on that memorable occasion.
Finally, ! know that you have left in
/ power in Santiago the same Spanish au-
| thorities that for three years ! have
fought as enemies of the independence OF
! Cuba. l beg to state that these author
| tiles have never been elected at Santiago
! By the residents of that city, but were
+ appointed by the royal DEGREES of the
] Queen Regent OF Spain.
Il would agree, sir, that the army
! under your command should have taken
| possession Of the city. the garrison and
| NAlb Abl - 1 Hpul1 B4fG MS W IL III Ib-bii-
! Grafton TO any measure you may have
| deemed best under American military Law
] TO ho5d the city for your army and TO
/ preserve public order until the time
! comes 10 fulfill the solemn pledge OF the
/ people of the United States TO establish
! in Cuba a free and independent govern
| ment but when the question arises OF
! appointing authorities IN Santiago de
Cuba, under the peculiar circumstances
/ af thirty
Spanish rule | cannot see but with the
! deepest regret that such authorities are
I not elected by the Cuban people. bat are
the same ones selected by the Queen o
Spain. and hence are ministers to de-
/ fend against the Cubans the Spanish SOW
/ creignty.
"A riimor too absurd to be believed
| general ascribes the reason of YOU
nea sures and the orders forbidding my
army 20 enter Santiago for fear OF massa
| crsS and reVenges against the SpaHiards
Allow me, sir, 10 protest against even tn
shadow Of such an idea. We are not
! SavageS Ignoring the rules of civilized
warfare. We are poor, ragged army. a.
ragged and as poor as was the army Of
your forefathers in their noble warfare
for independence but as did the heroes
of Saratoga and yorktown We respect
too deeply our cause 70 disgrace it with
barbarism and cowardice.
In view of all these reasons sincereI;
regret to be unable to fulfill any Longer
the orders of my government. and there
fore ! have rendered today TO the com
manderjR-oihief Of the Cuban army, Mai
Gen. Maxine Gomez my resignation a!
commander OF this section OF our army.
Awaiting has resolution, l withdraw M
forces to the interior. Very respectful!
yours. CALIXTO GARCIA
Besides the above document other i'm
portant letters have been passed todal
between Gen. Shafter and Commodor
Sampson about the possession of the gun
boat Alvarado, the capture of which
| Commodore Sampson claims was an op
GRAFTON that only the feet had the righ
to conduct
Gen. Shafter came from his headquar
ter-s into Santiago today and attended
to some business at the offices of tn,
civil government.
All the mines have been removed from
the hariDor. Experts say THAI they wert
not at all dangerous. as they were too
rotten to have injured our ships, even l.
they had been struck.
The transports Hudson. bearing thi
bodies of Sergt. Hamilton Fish. jr. anC
Cart CaDron, of the Rough Riders. VIII,
were killed in the fighting at La Quay
amas. left for the North today. TIL,
Hudson also had on board many wound
ed officers and men.
There is great scarcity of American
flags here. Many of the blockhouse
turned over to the Americans by tn,
Spaniards are flying colors. AS ye
the only flag displayed on the house;
here is the ensign from the Suns dis
patch boat.