The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-28
MAJOR GENERAL SKATER
FITTING WELCOME TO CO1EMANDER
 OF AMERICANS AT TSANTI4Go.

Major General William R. Shafter, u'
 S. A., commander of the U. s. forces m the Santiago campaign arrived in this city Saturday afternon and is the guest
 of Major George Albee. He was gwen d hearty reception Saturday night by the members of Admiral Foote Post, who to the number of 400 turned out to wei
 come him. To-day public reception wll be rendered him at the City Hall at 12 o'clock. A joint committee of the common council, of which Alderman Cooley is the chairman, has the recap- ! tion in charge. It will be rather an in- formal affair. At 12 o'clock General Shafter will come to the office of the
 mayor and from thence the party will go to the aldermanic chamber where
 the reception will take place. Any one desiring to meet the general vii be glv-
 en an opportunity to do so.
 From to o'clock another recep- tion will be rendered General Shafter by the Chamber of Commerce and
 Quinnipiack club which has been hand somely decorated for the occasion and will be lighted by electricity. Admission to the reception will be by card and will be limited to the members of the two organizations and ladies. Several other prominent persons will be present among others being Governor Cooke and his complete staff and Col. Miley and Captain Brice of General Shafters s staff, Captain McI<ittricll of the regu lar army and a son-in-law of General Shafter and Major Noble of the depart
 ment of the east from Governors 1s- land These army officers are expected
 to arrive in the city to-day. Col. Miley was General Shafter's chief of staff and
 adjutant general of the army at Santi- ago. He was the officer detailed after
 the surrender of Santiago to notify the
 outlying Spanish garrisons of the cap- itulation
 Captain Brice is the son of U. &. Senator Brice of Ohio.
 The membership of the Chamber of
 Commerce and Quinnipiack club is be-
 tween 800 and 300 and the welcome giv-
 en General Shafter promises to be 8
 brilliant success.
 General Shafter will attend Rosen- thal's recital at the Hyperion tonight He will be accompanied by Governor
 Morgan G. Bulkeley, Mayor FEB. Earns
 worth, General CHI. Ford, Col. NC. Os-
 born and Major George E Albee. The
 boxes will be handsomely decorated. At the reception of the Admiral Foote
 Post Saturday night Judge Dow bade
 him welcome and the formal address
 of welcome was made by Adjutant
 General Embler. He said:
 General Shafter, Companion Shafter: | "The compliment, general you pay to Admiral Foote Post by this visit to our headquarters, is appreciated be as sured, by all the comrades present. these old soldiers of '61 to '65-these veteran volunteers, who, in the Grand
 Army of the Republic keep the touch
 of the elbow, for the sake of old times,
 and who, notwithstanding recent gall
 lant deeds of their sons and grand
 sons still have a notion that they, too,
 know something of war.
 ''In cur post membership has been
 represented nearly every one of the 25 corps of that great union army of a
 third of century ago. All present to-
 night are gratffied to have the oppor-
 tunity to take by the hand one of their
 own kind a volunteer of those gallant
 by-gone years. One who has just suc-
 cessfully finished, by capture of a
 city and an army, a splendid campaign in foreign land.
 ''The greatest degree of pleasure per- bo1 in, eft is with the men who, in their prime, had the honor to wear the tre-foil of the
 corps of Sumner and Hancock, and it is an especial pleasure to a few here to meet and greet Lieut., Shafter, Sev- enth Michigan volunteers of "Ours," General Shafter.
 ''The mention of the Seventh Michi-
 gan regiment, one of the Fighting
 30O'-quickens the blood of Second Di- vision, Second Army Corps men, be- cause it calls to mind Yorktown and Fair Oaks, the sad and disastrous days from Savage Station to Malvern Hill, and other bloody but glorious days, during three years of toll and trouble we are proud. We have a right to be proud, to welcome member of the
 grand old army, a volunteer, who has made the mark of our last war. May it ever be our last.
 General. regardless of division or corps, we all give you greeting, hearty welcome and congratulations, and we trust your stay in our City of Films
 may be of purest pleasure, long to ling CT in your memory.
 May you live long to enjoy the
 honors you have so we'll earned, and
 now I close with the Oriental wish of
 may your shadow never grow less.' General Shafter was received with hearty applause and spoke for an hour on the Cuban campaign. He said that the Cuban war was waged for human ity' 5 sake. It was so declared by the
 resolutions of congress, and so confirm ed by General Shafter He spoke of kindnesses of the American soldiers which so astonished the Spaniard5 that they could not be brought to believe. He said that if the SpauiarGs could
 have been brought to a true realization
 Of the result Of the war at its begin ming it would have saved many lives and dollars.
 General Shafter, after his address met the members of the post individu-
 ally and shocked them by the hand. General Shafter said Saturday that
 he never ordered a retreat from San- tiago and that the Cubans were only
 good as bush fighters.
 As to the rations he said the army