Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-15


az I'm ~ H. morning o; the ard. the bat.
a, ,,,s renewed. but the enemy seemed
tn have expended his energy IN me a.
-, - Inc previous night. and III
a.s.s, Yong M lines was dgsultory I'M
~ .i,npsd by my sending The Following
49, ,,ithin the spanish lines Gen.
.,5.r mon gives the dispatches pass-
in@ hetwsen him aud Gen. Toral' al
ready published. lie proceed s:
u was % .he opinion INA. the span
i,ria would surrender II given a liiile
-, srJ Thought This result would
h. bastene1 II the men OF their army
rsuid he made 80 understtni they
,N,,id be Won 4reitei az prisoners ~
VIZ Acting on this presumption,
determined to offer ~ return az the
wounded Spanish officers az ~ Caney
VINO were able 90 p.er itansi i'o W.
and who were willing 60 give thflr
paraiea moi To- serve against the forces
nf the United states until regularly eN-
changed. This offer was made and ne
repted. These officers. az well az sew
erai OF the wounded spanish pflvatcs'
tWenfy seven In all. were sent % thelr
lines under the escort VI some OF our
~, ,ttnted cavalry. our troops were re-
cclved with hbnors. ami ! nave every
lrelaou 10 believe she return or the
gparlsh prisoners produced a g1ld lm-
precision on their comrades.
"The cessation " firing about noon
- lhe grd practically terminated the
battle Of Santiago. all ih,i occurred
after this time may properly d. trsltcd
under the head u the siege which fll-
lowed. After deducting the dench-
mpnta retained al Slboney and Bal
auiri. TO render those dep0ia secure
/ from attack. orEanlzgsious held g. pro-
/ tcci our banks. nshcra acting ne escorts
and guards TO llrht batteries. tha mem-
! nara - fhN hHHuI.HN FNfrH HffTHFNH lHfI
/ In charge of bianke rolls whldh ,ho In
tense heat caused she men GO east aside
] before entering battle. urlHrll0H, ETC.,
! % Is doubtful " We had more than ~
| 900 men on the frlnF line un july tat.
/ when the battle was ncfcCs. and when
| The lntrenchcd and strong positions Of
/ n Cancy and san Juan were captured.
"a few Cuhant assisted boz ihc attack
40 ~ Canfy, and fought vallhntly, bu.
! their numbers were 800 small 90 ma
| tcfiilly change the strength aa indicate
| cd above.
| beers about equal 90 our own. They
| fought obstlnatciy In strong intretrhed
| positions. and the results attained
/ clearly indicate the intrepid gaiiintry
| Of the company officers and men. and
/ the benefits derived from the careful
| training ana instruction given In the
company IN recent years IN rifle prac.
4
"our losses IN these battles were
twcnty-tvo officers and 20s men killed
ana slFhty-uno officers and 1908 men
wounded. Missing. Heventy-nlne. The
missing. with fow exceptions. reported
| later on"
Cen shaf,cr says the arrival OF ten.
| Ercnrio 40 santiago was not nntlCi.
patcd. lie said; Gen. Garcia, with
between 1000 and 5000 CuhanH. was IN
| trusted with the duty " watching Tor
and lnicTcepiIng the rclnforccnsnt cN-
pccitd. This. however. be failed 10 do
and Escario came Into the city Oh my
extreme right. near the bay"
After speaking " Admiral Ccrvcra'a
noftic ana the destruction 81 his ncct,
Gen. Shnftnr says he again called on
the Spanish commander 20 surrender.
Tie says ION the same date IN
formed Admiral sampson that II he
would force his way Into the harhor
the city would surrender without any
further sacrifice OF lie. Commodore
Watson replied that Admiral Sampson
was temporarily absent, but hat In
his opinion tNatHon'a) the navy should
not enter the harbor. The strength 81
the cnlmy's position was such that I
ala not wish 20 aHaauit n 10 could DO
| avoided, An examination % thp
cnUmy'a works, made after the SUR sn-
der, fully JuHtincs the wisdom Of she
course aduUcd. The lntrvnchmcnta
could only have been carried with grgat
loss OF lfo."
Gen. shafior gives the varying cs-
forts toward securing a surrender aad
hlr rcopenlnE the engagement on the
i0th when the truce ended. ON thc
nth the surrender was again d..
mandcd. ny this date the sickness
ln the army was Increasing very ra3ld-
~ as "a result 90 exposure In ths
trenches to the Intense heat OF tho Fun
D "a
drwH IN CUBA are almost equal o.
rains Tho weakness uf the troops was
becoming apparent, 1 was anxious 90
bring the siege tu az end, but la com.
mon With most ~ the officers Of the
army. I ala not think an assault would
De juatihahlc, especially IA the cnomy
seemed 90 De acting loo good faith lu
The preliminary propositions 10 sur
render.
July 18th 1 Informed the spaaish
commander that MAJ Gen. Miles, CON.
mandcr-lu-rhlcf OF the American army.
had Just arrived in my camp and re-
qucaicl hIfn iu grant ~ a personal
Interview on the following day. He re-
piled De would boz pleased TO meet Us
The Interview took place on lhe igih
and l Informed him hla surrender only
could be considered, and that aa he vas
without hope or escape he had no rlght
TO continue the fght'
Gen. Shafto- then gives the details
OF the mar surrender, his entry Into
the city ana the raising ~ the AmsiI.
can Tag. In closing he says.
dwell upon the natural obstacles we had
dwtll upon tho natural obstacles had
10 encounter and which no foresight
cuud nave overcome ur ubvlAtcd Tho
rocky and preclnlt0us coast afforded no
shelter Tor landing places. the roads
| were mere bride paths. the effect OF
the tropical sun ana rains upon I'M
| ncclmated troops was deadly and u
dread Of strange aud ufknOwn dis
eases had iiH eject on The army.
AT Baiqulrl, the landing u the
| troops ana stores was made az a small
wooden wharf, which the spIniards
| tried 10 burn, but unsuvceasfully, and
the animals were pushed Into the water
ana guided 10 a sandy beach about 800
| yards In extent, As Shoney the land
ing was made on the beach and az q
small wharf erected by the engineers.
Il had neither the time nor the men
70 spare 20 construct permanent
Nhhrves. In spite OF the fact that l
had nearly 1909 men continuously az
Motk ON the ruada. they were at times
imnasaahle FOR wagons.
he san Juan and Aguad1roH rivers
would often suddenly rise 20 as 10 pre-
vent the passage u wagons ana then
the freight pack trains with he com
mnnd had 10 be depended upon for
the vlciuallng OF my army, as well a.
ne 10000 refugees who could not In the
interests u humanity be left 10 stltve
while we had rations. Often for days
nothing could be moved except on pack
After the great physical strains md