The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-09-02

The Returning Commander Declares
That lie win Not Enter Into the
Ouaircl-"Algcr and Miles Can Take
Care of themselves, and So Can L.
New York, Sept 2.-The transport
City of Mexico, with General Shafter
on board, dropped anchor in Fort Pond
bay yesterday afternoon The city of
Mexico is one of the captured Spanish
vessels General Shafter brought with
him fl old guns which were also cap
turcd from the Spanish. The CITY of
Mexico had on board besides General
Shafter the members Of his staff, in
cluding Lieutenant Colonels e. j. Nc
Clernand, B. f. Pope and G. McC. Der
by, Majors Robert H. Noble, John
Miey, and $. w. Grosbeck, Captains ].
Il. Gilmore and r. II. Plummer.
General Shafter and his staff were
landed shortly before / o'clock, being
taken off in the auxiliary guuboat Allen
and landed at the floating dock some
distance away from the quarantine
pier. General Young was at the pier at
the time The coming ashore at the
float Of the commander and his staff
was unexpected. General Wheeler had
the cavalry escort drawn up at the
quarantine pier, and the guns waiting
to salute General Shafter. He was not
aware that General Shafter was on
shore until General Shafter and his
staff had besn driven to the detention
hospital in carriages General Wheeler
was a little put out when he learned
that General Shafter had landed. Gen
eral Wheeler, when Informed that Cen
eral Shafter was ashore, ordered the
salute of Is guns fired, and these We're
sent off after General Shafter had ac-
tuary passed hearing distance.
] General Shafter is now, strictly speak
ing, by reason of rank, in command OF
Camp Wikoff, but he will not assume
the reins of control until his term in
the detention camp is finished.
In an interview last evening Genera
Shafter said:
"I enjoyed the trip north on the Mex
leo greatly, but more so on account
of the ship being a prize. From a casua
observation l like Camp Wikoff. II
seems Just such a place as 1 should have
| selected. / VIII acquaint myself thor
oughly with all the details of the camp
Il knew nothing of the Miles-Algel
controversy until | was shown news
papers on my arrival. l will not dis
.
the phases of the case, nor will I en-
ter into the controversy at any time
Secretary Alger and General Miles car
take care of themselves, and so can 1.
1.-THE Red Cross and other nurses die
good work at Santiago, but the from
is hardly the place for women. Their
never was any real scarcity of fooC
in Cuba, but there were no transporta
IN
front other than pack trains. The arm,
and the sick in the hospitals down ther
Jared as we'll as possible in such a eli
mate"
When told that 1t had been denied
that there was yellow fever in tn
camp at Santiago. General Shafter SAT-
that ii was nonsense, as there was vel
low fever there, and the doctors II
Santiago, who knew 1t like n book, sal,
it was yellow fever and nothing else
Santiago was on the mend the genera
said, and the sanitary measures takei
by the Americans We're having gooI
effect.
When asked if It would not be almne
as we'll to allow the mon "y" SICK a
Santiago to fully recover In Cuba, nov
that the wet season is almost over, n
! said the best place for every man VIII
could get there was home, and that
while the wet season was nearly ovel
Cuba was not a good country for sic
men to be in, and that the condition
Z would remain poor for two months a
+ least In and around the city there ha
; been two armies in camp, and armie
/. did not leave the places where the
had been in the best of condition. For
It few months, he continued, things woul
It not be at their best near Santiago, br
}. nature and time would work out hC
y own rehabilitation