The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-18
Admiral Sampson VIII Send an Ex-
ish Trickery Is Played.
GENERAL MILES INTERVIEWED
TERMS OF CAPITULATIoN GOOD AS
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
Naval Officers on the Fleet Call Atten-
eraI of the War Vessels.

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OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Saturday,
| July 16 p. M, by the Associated Press dis
| patch boat Wanda. by way of Port Antonio
and Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, July IT, II
a. m.-The news that the surrender of San
| tiago was an accomplished fact was wig
wagged this morning from the army signal
station at Aguadores to the flagship New
| York. Acting on General Skaters mes
sages of Thursday, which stated absolutely
that Santiago had already surrendered,
Rear Admiral Sampson abandoned all prep
arations for entering Santiago harbor and
further bombardment. When General
Shafter said yesterday that a hitch had oc
Cured ard the city might have to be taken
by force of arms 1T was believed that the
navy work would have to be continued and
| the harbor forced, and the arrangements
| already in progress for further campaign
| ing would be seriously interfered with. The
removal of this contingency rendered this
| mornings news of final victory doubly well
| come.
This forenoon General Miles and his staff
went aboard the New York. For an hour
| General Miles sat on the quarter deck of the
| flagship explaining the situation ashore TO
Admiral Sampson and discussing details for
| the future cooperation of the navy and
| army. Admiral Sampson decided to send an
| officer ashore to see that the Spaniards
| lived up to their promise to remove all the
mines from the harbor. He has promised
Miss Clara Barton, Of the Red Cross So
ciety, that the Red Cross ship State of
Texas shall be the fisas vessel to enter the
harbor after he is satisfied that the mines
| have been removed.
General Miles said to-day: 'I am most
gratifed over the surrender of Santiago.
| The terms are just as good as an uncondi-
tional surrender. The Spanish troops would
eventually have to be sent to Spain; by
| sending them at once we feed and keep
them for only month or so, instead of
perhaps a year. 1t would be hard work to
| keep them in Cuba, where, it must be
membered they would be a constant agency
for the spread of yellow fever. In Spain
they will have no chance to break their
oaths nor to fight against us. They will
never get back to Cuba. that's certain"
Asked as to the yellow fever among the
American troops, General Miles said: "The
| doctors report 237 cases to-day. OF course
it is serious matter, but 1 hope, by camp
| ing on the hills, to stamp it out, as it is
mild form of the fever and only a few
| deaths have yet occurred Our troops
fought splendidly, nobly. The entire cam
paign was complete success"
Rear Admiral Sampson said to the corre-
spondent: Il am delighted at the success
full termination Of the campaign. The ques-
tion of transporting the Spanish troops to
Spain will undoubtedly be settled by the
Washington authorities without delay If
the troops go on the transports now off
Santiago, or in other American transports
sent for that purpose, they will need no
| convoy, the safety of our transports on their
arrival in Spain naturally being guaran-
teed
All the American troops now on the south
side of Cuba will remain ashore probably
| for some time until the Spanish troops are
on the transports. Their task is likely to
be an arduous one. The marines will keep
| the camp at Guantanamo, where they have
| done such excellent work and which has
| proved such an invaluable harbor and base.
For the force employed and the lives lost
it is doubtful whether in the history of all
wars SO much benefit has been derived as
from the work done by this handful of ma
rines, backed up by the ships at Guantana-
| mo- Admiral Sampson is inclined to be-
lieve now that it would be advisable for
! Guantanamo to be made an open port AS
| far as the navy is concerned, it's work off
| Santiago has been done well, and the un-
broken blockade kept by the fleet and the
| consequent hunger and distress among the
Spanish troops had much to do with their
surrender. These are the negative causes
| that contributed to the victory
Throughout the campaign before Santa
| go, owing to poor facilities of communica-
ton and utter inability to see from the ships
what was going ON ashore behind the hills.
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| tween the army and navy. 1t is now known
| that twice since SIMPSONS pennant has
flown outside Moro Castle, an expedition
| to blow up the mines in Santiago harbor
has been almost ready to add another chan
ter to the annals of American naval hero
| ism. The first time this was frustrated nv
Admiral Cervera's dash, and the second bv
| the truce which General Shafter arranged
with General Linares.
| Naval officers ard surgeons with years of
| experience in tropical countries and with
their fevers suggested strongly the burning
of all the houses at Siboney the moment the
| troops landed. Their advice was not acted
on, however, until three weeks later, when
the yellow fever had already broken out in
one of these houses.
| At Guantanamo the first thing that Com
mander McCalla did was to burn everything
and there has been no fever there.
| The blockade of southern Cuban ports
| will be maintained more strictly than ever
Santiago will have only small force for
an emergency, as no blockade will exist
| there. The armored ships are coaling at
| Guantanamo. preparing for more serious
work. If the President intends sending a
| feet to Spain. the opinion OF naval officers
here is that several of the ships should be
docked and repaired before going. It is not