The age-herald., 1898-08-23
4 DOCUMENT
 MOST UNIQUE Spanish Soldiers Farewell to the
 American Army FOUGHT WITHOUT HATRED Bore No lII-WiIl T57F ds His Heroic and GeneS : Foe. SPANISH ARMseS 2 MNA ;HEu
 $ But No Place for Resentment Was in the Soldiers Soul. PEDRO LOPEZ DE CASTILLO B Writes to General Shafter and in the Name ofSpanish Army Thanks the United States Troops for Their
 Kind Treatment.
But No Place for Resentment Was in
 the Soldiers Soul.
PEDRO LOPEZ DE CASTILLO

Washington Aug. 22.-A document en- tirely unique in the annals of warfare was cabled to the war department by General Shafter. It is in the form of congratu- latory farewell address issued to the sol- diers of the American army by Pedro Lo- peg de Castillo, a private Spanish soldier on behalf of the Il 900 Spanish soldiers. No similar document, perhaps, was ever be- fore issued to a victorious army by a van- quished enemy.
 The president was much impressed by the address and after reading it carefully, authorized it's publication. Following Is the text of the address as cabled by Gen. eral Shafter:
 Santiago, Aug. 22, 1898. "H. c. Corbin, Adjutant General, Wash- ington:
 "The following letter has just been re- ceived from the soldiers now embarked for Spain:
 Major General Shafter, Commanding the American Army in Cuba .~- "'Sir: The Spanish soldiers who capf- 1 tulated in this place on the 18th of July last, recognizing your high and just posi- tion, pray that through you all the cour- ageous and noble soldiers under your com mand may receive our good wishes and farewell, which we send them on embark- ing for our beloved Spain. For this favor. which we have no doubt you will grant, you will gain the everlasting gla-.t--sA and consideration of Il ,0O0 Spanish soldiers who are your most humble servants.
 (Signsd)
 "PEDRO LOPEZ DE CASTILLO,
 Private in Infantry "Also the following letters addressed to the soldiers of the American army:
 Sincere Good Wishes
 Soldiers of the American army:-We would not be fulfilling our duty as we'll born men, in whose breasts there live gratitude and courtesy, if we should em- bark for our beloved Spain without send ing to you our most cordial and sin4Ee good wishes and farewell. We fought you with ardor, with all our strength endeavor- | ing to gain the victory but without the | slightest rancor or hate towards the Ameri- l can nation. We have been vanquished by you (so our generals and chiefs judged in signing the capitula tion) but our surrender an dthe bloody battles preceding it have left 1 nour souls no place for resentment against the men who fought us noby and vahantly. You fought and acted in com pliance with the same call of duty as we Tor we all but represent the power of our respective states. You fought us as meh
 
 fore stated, quality which we had not met during the three years we have carried on war against the people without morals, without conscience and of doubtful origin, who could not confront the enemy, but hid- den, shot their noble victims from ambush and then immediately fled.
 This was the kind of warfare we had to sustain in this unfortunate land. You have compiled exactly with all the laws and usages of war recognized by the armies of the most civilized nations of the world, have given honorable burial to the dead of the vanquished; have cured their wounded with great humanity; have respected and cared for your prisoners and their com- fort; and. lastly, to us, whose condition was terrible, you have given freely of food of your stock of medicines and you have honored us with distinguished courtesy, for after the fighting the two armies mingled with the utmost harmony. With this high sentiment of appreciation from all, there remains but to express our farewell, and with the greatest sincerity we wish you all happiness and health in this land which win no longer belong to our dear Spain. but will be yours, who have conquered 1t by force and watered it with your blood, as your conscience called for, under the demand of civilization and humanity, but the de- scendants of the Congo and of Guinea mingled with the blood of interruptions Spaniards and of traitors, adventurers, these people are not able to exercise or enjoy their liberty, for they will find 1t a burden to comply with the laws which govern civilized communities
 From Il O00 Spanish soldiers.
 (Signed) PEDRO LOPEZ DE CASTILLO,
 Soldier of Infantry. Santiago de Cuba, August 21. 1898.
 G5igned) SKATER,