The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-18
OLD GLORY FLOATS OVER THE CITY
Hoisted the Bands Play The Star
Spangled Banner" Salute 81 Fired
Joy the Americans Is Boundless

mental bands and the muffied, hoarse
cheers of our troops.
The infantry came to "order arms"
moment later after the flag was up and
the band played Rally Round the Flag,
Boys" Instantly General McKibben
called for three cheers for General
Shafter, which were given with great
enthusiasm. the band playing Sousa's
"The Stars and Stripes Forever"
The ceremony over, General Shafter
and his staff returned to the American
lines. leaving the city in the possession
of the municipal authorities, subject to
the control of General McKibben.
Since 4 o'clock this morning stream
of refugees has been pouring into the
city, some naked and all hungry, and
many have fallen by the wayside. The
town of Santiago is a dismal sight.
Most of the houses have been sacked
and the stores have all been looted,
and nothing to eat can be had for love
or money. In the streets of the city
this morning, at the entertainments. at
the breastworks, and at every hundred
feet or so of the barbed wire fence
| were the living skeletons of Spanish
| soldiers.
Among the arrivals to-day were the
German. japanese and Portuguese con-
suls and their families, the British and
French consuls having arrived day be-
| fore yesterday.
| General Pando was never here, but
| $500 men of ManZanillo arrived on July
3, making the total garrison here 1000.
The contact mines in the harbur
were removed the day Admiral Ger
vera left, but two chains of electric
mines, one from Estrella point and the
other from Socapa are still down.
The armament of the shore batteries
off Santiago consists of five brass six
| inch muzzle leaders in the MORO for
| tifications; two six-inch Hontorias
from the cruiser Reina Mercedes, and
| three 21-centimetre mortars, never
used, in the Socapa upper battery; two
useless 21-centimetre mortars, two
S-centimetre muzzle-loaders and .our
s-centimetre field pieces in the Es-
trella battery; one 57-millimetre and
| -mllimetre Nordenfeldt and one 81
millimetre Hotchkiss in the Socapa
| lower battery, and two six-inch Hon
torias a 9-centimetre Krupp and two
| 15-centimetre mortars at Punta Gorda.
Four Spanish merchant steamers, the
Norte, the Reina de Los Angeles, the
Tomas Brooks and the Mexico and gun
boat Alvarado are now in the harbor.
The market place has been sacked by
the troops. Twenty-Five thousand refu-
Firmesa and 5000 at Cubitas el Bo-
nita, where they have been living foi
a fortnight. In one case 500 were crowd.
ed into one building, which was a regu.
lar pigsty, with horrible stencil. They
used the water of the river where soileo
clothing was washed and all manner oi
filth is floating.
The Spanish troops laid down theii
arms at o'clock this morning. The!
will be camped two miles outside of th'
city limits, under guard, until their EN-
barkation takes place.
The docks are crowded by incoming
refugees in a starved condition, await
ing the arrival in the harbor of the Rec
Cross steamer State of Texas, as ther
are no eatables to be bought in tn
! city.
The entrance of the refugees wa
quiet and peaceful. they viewing thei
wrecked homes philosophically as tn
| g., <,f a - lee
, bombardment of Santiago wrecked 5
houses in the city. causing heavy dam
; age.