Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-10-13
WEEKLY WAR HISTORY.
COapIete Record of Events Told in
Few Lines Covering All
Imporf~~. News.
TUESDAY. ocTogER 4

The war department has decided TO send
more troops to Puerto Rico at once
Augusta. ~ will he fae headqpa rters
of the army corps which IS 10 be stationed
In Georgia and South Carolina
The American authorities ii Manila have
/ invited all the scnool-teaehers to resume
the instruction OF their classes.
Savannah. Ca. has been selected as the
] point of embaTkstion OF ali troops which
/ may hereafter be sent to Cuba or Puerto
Rico.
Gen. Otis re- ,rts the number Of deaths
/ among the American troops in the Phil
/ ippines since July at four officers and So
! privates.
4 Mai. Gen. Merritt. Who commanded the
| American troops at Manila. arrived IN
| Paris 70 appear before the peace commits
sioners.
| II Is reported that the American pea &c
| commissioners in Paris have formally De-
/ manded the cession by Spain OF the entire
/ Philippine group. This took the represent
! atives Of Madrid by surprise. and they
4 asked time to secure Instructions from
! the Sagasta cabinet.
| WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER S
Gei Wood proposes to fnaugurate a sys-
| tenn Of municipal taxation in Santiago de
| Cuba.
Twelve hundred Spanish troops sailed fer
Spain from San Juan and two transports
were being loaded with men as rapidly
as possible.
The Infanta Maria Teresa viii soon be
/ ready to sail Fe- the United States from
Guantanamo. cuba. Lieut.. Hobson says
| he l. confident he save the Colon
also.
Following out its policy to materially re-
duce the war strength Of. the navy, the
navy department has directed that the
monitors Puritan and Terror be withdrawn
from active service.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler testified before the
war investigating committee In Washing
ton that there was no shortage of food or
medicines for soldiers, and declared many
reports to the contrary we're false.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6.
1t Is announced from Madrid that Ad-
miral Cervera will be appointed life sen
ator.
The Spanish government has sanctioned
tho SALE to South American republics. Of
the S9anis gunboats lying In Cuban wa
tiers.
Spanish troops continue evacuating ter
ritory in Puerto Rico and the t-erican
troops took possession Of ii as soon as
Secretary Long has named the four new
monitors contracted for as follows: The
Connecticut the Florida. the Arkansas and
tho Wyoming.
1t is stated on authority that the various
stories published relating to the work of
the peace commission now in Paris are
purely speculat tive
President Mckinley and Secretary of the
Navy Long have. determined 10 recon-
OF vice admiral. to be flied by the promo
ton of Rear Admiral Dewey.
Gen. Boynton testified before the war in
vestigating committee concerning Camp
Thomas. It's location, Chiekamauga park,
he asserted, was one of the most health
ful in the country; the water supply
abou+ which so much had been said was
pure and abundant; typhoid fever was
brought into camp by the troops. but at
the wors. stage of the disease the sick list
did not equal that OF the regular army in
barracks; the officers of the quartermas-
ters commlssary and medical divisions
worked day and night, and he accorded
them unstinted praise. He said Is nue.
food was wasted In one day, or left over,
In Camp Thomas. as the army of the Cum
berlaud had TO eat during the whole of the
siege Of Chattanooga.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 4
Gen Calixto Garcia left Santiago de
Cuba for the interior on his mission OF
disbanding the Cuban insurgents
The transport Port Victor sailed from
New York for Puerto Rico with a large
quantity of commissary and quartermas-
ter's stores.
Orders were received at Jacksonville.
Fla, for the Seventh corps to prepare a
once to go TO Savannah. where it will be
embarked for Cuba
Mai. Gen, Fitzhugh Lee will 90 to Ha-
vana the latter part Of this month to as
sumo command OF the United States milf
tary forces In the Cuban capital
Admiral Howell has been relieved from
II command OF the North Atlantic squad
ron and his flagship, the San Francisco.
has been ordered out of commission.
Before the war investigating committee
Gen. Lee detailed the conditions prevailing
at the camp at Jacksonville. He said the
site was a good one, the supplies were
plentiful. the men well taken care of, and
ne had no complaint 70 make of the war
departments treatment of his command.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER S.
Admiral Sampson was reported to be ex-
tremely Ill Ia Havana.
Tbs government has informed Spain that
the evacuation of Cuba by the Spanish
army must be completed by December /.
general order was issued organizing
new army corps and designating various
points In the south where the troops shall
be stationed
The government has decided to make
Camp Wikoff a winter hospital camp and
win erect there the largest and best
equipped hospital In the world
President Mckinley notified the United
States military commission a Puerto Rico
that the Island must be evacuated by the
Spanish forces on or before October is.
Ger. Greene. Col. Lee ard Mai Hersey
testified before the war investigating com
mtttee in Washington that the vast ma
Jority OF complaints were exaggerated, IL
mo- without foundation.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10.
japanese papers strongly favor the re-
.ention Of the entire Philippines by the
United States.
An official statement shows that in the
war with Spain Il persons in the navy were
killed and 81 wounded
The American evacuation commissioners
gave a banquet in Havana in homer of the
spanish commissioners,
The sixth United States (lmmunes) and
the Forty-seventh New York sailed from
New York for San Juan. Puerto Rico.
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