The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-01

santiago In order as he saws. tina, moro
complete history OF the ar,io, go, ~,
IN combination Win the army mag b, 81 tna
disposal OF the ueDartmelit 70,
Some OF the additions follow.
Wnen shafter slgnailed that VI,ns 5an,
nimseif were. to have a conference lo,s
,ns 10 tAe surren-er OF Santiago SAMPSON
49, s,r.., = niessass TO shafter SAVING he de-
s'reu 70 ne represented In any conferans *
which included the. SURRENDER 81 mo ann
ping General Shaf,er agreed 10 Ihla
IN July IA Sampson sent Inc fuijonin,
to Secretary Long. We
July u, 1925, Published kilograms ~
u .u shaitsr in the IIerali OF .iuly q
,,.,r, on the navy. | Wish the Sispars-
~ f, ana tne president 10 understand inai
| ne nc iil5t requisite to opening ha,bor NJ
santidgo dc Cuba is the occapStlcn, ~ foe,s
.tnu lntrenchlDen;s at It's entrance guards
ins mine fields ana shat the general has
nereE iihde move TO do this, although
prlofe his army landed he stated that
such Was tho primary Offices OF lis opera-
.iohs. II The general chooses 10 igaor@ Tho
sea approaches and attack Santiago 10 the
East ana north. that is his affair. but II
saogfi be cleary understood that this ~
sack does not influence che situation ~
lne harDor entrance, from which his lett
llahk is distant not less than four miles.
nave been ready at auy time during
tne last tMee weeks to since works 10
wv, s.eaI ehtrance OF mines and 10 cnter hat-
poI whenever the army VIII do uhe uart
which the proper conduct of war assigns
10 u, 10 throw the silips to certain de-
structlon upon mine fields would be sui
ciuai folly. aud | have not the force 10
ioiih ianeing party strong enough TO insure
the capture OF the forts No Disagree
inehts mentioned by the paper have been
Drought TO my notice by General Shaftarr
IL
which Sampson claims the Spanish vessels
lying in Santiago harbor as prizes, he refers
to the expulsion of Lieutenant Doyle from
me captured vessels and the failure of
General Shafter TO invite any of the SQUAD
ron officers TO be present at the surrender.
ana adds: This, Of course may have been
mere oversight, but 1t is, of course, 10
be regretted that any such should take
place. Had the navy been Withdrawn after
the action of the third day, after all the
heets operations were to aid the arny-all
the shipping referred to would have es-
capod ana our army have become the be-
sieged instead of the besiegers, as. of
course, the Reina Mercedes and the gun
! boat Alvarado, lying In the harbor, would
nave been free TO destroy or drive off tho
troop fleet. do not think the commanding
general quite appreciates how necessary u
part OF our forces We're to the reduction
OF Santiago and the surrender of its gar
rison In any case Independently of the
effect of our she'll. which latter was UNI
doubtedly one of the principal causes OF the
surrender at this time"
Skaters rejoinder came on August l.
directed to Admiral Sampson, as follows:
Santiago, August J. lS9S.--I don't ac-
knowledge the authority of the secretary
OF the navy in the matter of which ycu
wire me. The surreGder of Santiago was
made TO me by General Toral in person.
in surrendering verbally all the prisoners
and public property of Spain in the jlstrict
commanded by him and accepted the same
in the presence Of the troops representing
all the respective armies. The details Of
carrying this into effect were arranged by
three commissioners on each side. These
articles were signed by the RESPECTIVE com
missioners in duplicate, one copy of which
was handed to General Tora and the other
was sent by me to the secretary OF war.
Neither General Toral nor myself signed
them. Certainly coul5 not and would rot
permit these articles to be presented 20 ANY
other officer for signature, my own no
being affixed, and / shall protest 10 the
secretary of war against your signai'rs ,c
that document ! respectfully invite your
attention to the fact that 70 claim for any
credit for the capture OF Cervera and his
fleet has been made by the army, although
II Is fact that the Spanish feet did not
leave the har Dor until the investment was
practically completed and Cervera had suf-
ficient losses on land on July 1 and 2,
notably among them his chief of staff.
"W. Il. Shafter, Major General"
Sampson says that he acknowledged re-
cept of the above without argument and
that the matter should be decided at Wash
ington. Meanwhile he cites a number OF
kilograms and signatures to show that
Shafter had the assistance Of the fleet in