The Princeton union., 1898-08-25
MOST CORDIAL GOOD WISHES.
Are Sent by Spanish Soldiers to
ST. Their AVictOrs

are sent EE ny spanish Soldiers to
Their VictOrs.
Washington, Aug. PA document
entirely unique in the annals of war
fare was cabled to the war department
by Gen. Shafter. 1t is in the form of a
c1ngratulatory farewell address issued
to the soldiers OF the American army
by Pedro Lopez de Castillo, a private
Spanish soldier On behalf of the 11,OOO
Spanish soldiers. The president was
much impressed by the address ana
after reading it carefully authorized it's
publication. Following is the text Of
address as cabled by Gen. Shafter:
Santiago Aug. %, 1s9s.-H c. Corbin, Ad-
1utant General, U. S. A. Washington The
following letter has just been received from
the .s,,s soldiers der now embarking fer Spain:
TO Maj. Gen. Shafter, Commanding the
American Army in Cuba-Sr: The Spanish
soldiers who capituated in this place on the
10th Of July last, recognizing your high and
Just position, pray that through you all the
courageous and noble soldiers under your COM
mana may receive cur good wishes and fare
our below I'd Spain. For this favor. which We
have no doubt you will grant. you will gain
the everlasting gratitude and consideration Of
eleventh hour and the Spanish soldiers, who
are your most humble servants. S .gned, Pedro
Lorez de Castillo Private of Infantry
Also the following letter. addressed to the
soldiers of the American Army: We would
not be fulfilling our duty wel-born men.
In whose breasts there live gratitude and
courtesy, should embark for cur beloved
Spain without sending to you most cor
dial and good washes and farewell. We fought
you with ardor. with all our strength, en-
deaVorng to gain the victory, but without the
slightest rancor or hate towards the American
nation. We have been vanqushed by you $50
our generals and chiefs judged in signing the
capltulatlon), but our surrender and the bloody
battles preceding it but left in our souls no
place for resentment against the who
fought US nobly and valiantly. You fought
and acted in compliance with the same call
Of duty as we, for we all but represent the
power of our respective states. You fought us
as men, face to face and with great courage,
as before stated. a quality which we had not
met with during the three years we have car
ried on this against people without re-
ligion. without morals, without conscience and
of doubtful origin, who could not confront the
enemy, but, hidden, shot their noble victims
from ambush and then Immediately fled. This
was the kind of had to sustain in this
unfortunate lard.
''You have complied exactly with all the
laws and usages of war as recognized by the
armies of the most civilized rations of the
world; have given honorable burial to the
dead of the vanquished; have cured their
wounded with great humanity; have respected
and cared for your prisoners and their comfort,
and lastly, to us, whose condition was terrible,
you have given freely of food, of your stock OF
medicines and you have honored us with dis
tinction and courtesy, for after the fighting the
two armies mingled with the utmost harmony.
With this high sentiment of appreciation from
all, there remains but to express our fare
we'll and with great sincerity we wish you all
happiness ard health in this land, which will no
longer belong to dear Span, but will be yours.
which you conquered by force and watered
it with your blood, your conscience called
for, under the demand of civilization and hu
manty; but the descendants of the Congo and
of Guinea, mingled with the blood of unscru-
pulous Spaniards and of traitors and of adven-
turers, these people are not able to exercise or
enjoy their liberty, for they will find it a bur-
den to comply with the laws which govern civ
iliZed communities.
From II 900 Spanish soldiers. (Signed) Pc
dro Lopez de Castillo. Soldier of Infantry, San
tiago de Cuba, Aug. 21. $685."