New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-20
INCIDENTS OF SURRENDER.
T4TING THE FALLEN CITY.
HOW GENERAL SKATER ENIEnED
GO-WITIIDRANAL VI
SPANISH TROOPS.


,.o s,r.irs ~ martial music and the wild cheer-
ING If twenty thousand men along Hc'c" ''''
Of intrenchments were full Of interest.
chor,,v after q o'clock on Sunday morning
lieutenant Rrook OF General Skaters stan en-
,o,ad Tho c,tv and all the arms in the arsenal
,oro ,,,rrel over TO him. The work OF removing
.,o r,,,es which oh ,tructed navigation al 'he
entrance Of the harbor had been progressing oil
night. c,,sh
A. ahout : o'clock General Toral. the spanish
commander sent his sword to General shal'e'
ne Audience Of his submission. ana Mt o'1' It. H.
all tbo general officers and their STAINS asse"
hicd At General Shafters headquarters Eat"
rog,,,4rt Was drawn up along thu crest oil 'He
heights. . .
c.reraI sraf.er and his generals. with mount
"a ascorts ~ ore hundred picked mon OF the "a
C,.rolrv then rode over our trenches to the open
,ro,,nd NJ the foot of the hill on the main roau
to S.ntiago. midway to the deserted '9t"'''
works. There they were met BY General w a.
and his staff all in full uniform ara '''o"'''''
and a select detachment OF spanish "oop"'
What followed took place in ful! vie" OIL ''e
American troops
MEETING THE VANQU1SHED FOE.
Tho scene was pic Iresque and dramatic. Cen
eral Shafter with his generals ana 'he suns
grouped Immediately in the rear ana VIZ" ''''
troops of dashng oavalrymen. with Draw" 80
bro. =, ,he ,ef, advanced to meet the van
pushed foe.
After few words Of courteous greeting Cen
eral Skaters first act was TO return 'e"e' ."
Torals sword. The Spanish General appeared
to he touched By the complimentary "o'u' VII"
which General Shafter accompanied THIS a'''o"'
and he thanked the American COMMANDER
Then followed short conversation as 10 the
place selected for the Spanish forces 10 uepos''
their arms and Spanish infantry detachment
marched forward to a place facing our cavalry
where the spaniards We're halted. The latter
we're without their colors. Eight spanish uui"-
meters then saluted and were saluted in turn by
the American trumpeters. both giving nourisheS
for lieutenant and major generals
General Toral then personally ordered 'he
snanish company-which. in miniature. repre-
scented the forces under his commanded srouhu
arms Next. by his direction. the company
wheeled and marched across our line into the
r. aid and thence to the place selected for camp
ing It. The Spaniards moved rapidly 10 the
Quick notes OF the Spanish march played by the
trumpeters.
sPANIARDS APPEARED INDIFFERENT
Although no attempt made 10 humiliate
them. the Spanish soldiers seemed to feel the'r
disgrace keenly. and scarcely glanced at thelr
conquerors as they passed BY. But this appaT-
ent depth Of feeling was not displayed oy the
other regiments Without being sullen. the
Standards appeared TO be utterly indifferent 10
the reverses suffered by the Spanish arms. and
some Of Them when not under he eyes OF their
o,ucers seemed secretly to rejoice at the pros
nect ~ good food and an immediate return TO
Spain
General Tora through ,ut the ceremony was
sor.lv detected When General Shafter intro
duced him by name 10 each member or his stan
the Spanish General appeared TO be very
broken man He seems TO he about sixty years
OF are and OF frail constitution. though stern
resolution Is shown by every feature. The lines
are strongly marked and his face Is deeply
drawn. as II In physical pain.
General Toral replied with an air OF abstrac-
ton 70 the words adore sed TO him. and when
ne accompanied General Shafter. at the head OF
the escort into the city to take formal possession
OF Santiago General Toral spoke but few words
The appealing faces Of the starving refugees
streaming back into the city did not Tove him.
nor did the groups OF Spanish soldiers lining the
road and gazing curiousy at the faii skinned.
stalwart framed conquerors.
STRONG BARRED WIRE DEFENCEs.
Only once did the faint shadow OF a smile Turk
about the corners Of his mouth. This was when
the cavalcade passed through a barbed-wirc en-
tanglement No body OF infantry could ever
have got through this defence alive. and General
Skaters remark abou' its resisting power found
the nrst gratifying echo in the Defeated Gen
erals heart
Further along the desperate character 81 the
Spanish resistance. planned. amazed the
Americans Although primitive II was well
done Each approach 10 the city was thrice
barrcaded and wired and the barbados were
high enough and sufficiently strong to withstand
shrapne Tho Slaughter among our troops
would have ncen frigntfu had II ever become
necessary to storm the city.
Around the hospitals ard public buildings and
along the west side Of the line there were addi-
tional work, and emplacements for guns. though
no guns were mounted In them.
The streets Of Santiago are crooked. narrow
lines Of story houses most OF which very
duapidated but every veranda OF every house
was thro nred by Its curious inhabitants dis
armed soldiers These were mostly OF the lower
classes
FILTH IN THE CITY'S STREETS.
Few expressions OF any kind were heard along
the route Here and there there was n shout for
Free Cuba from some Cuban sympathizer but
a. a rule there were only low mutterings. The
better class OF Spaniards remained indoors or
satisfied their curiosity from behind drawn
blinds Several Spanish women in tumblcdown
carriages averted their faces a; the invaders
passed.
The squalor In the streetsNwas frightful. The
bones OF dead horses and other an mails werc
bleaching In the streets. and buzzards. as tame
as sparrows. hoped aside to let the soldiers
pass The windows Of the hospitals, In which
there a.c over fifteen hundred sick men. were
crowded with invalids who dragged themselves