Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-07-05
TODAY AT NOON.

4O0h Il II l. 4t004Ne
shafler Gave the Spanish Commander
Until Then to Surrender or Bonn
bardment Would Follow.
WASHINGTON, July 5.-Following is
correspondence of General Shafter de-
manding the surrender of Santiago:
"PLAyA DEL ESTE, July 4, 1878.
"Hon. r. A. Alger. Secretary of War, Wash.
ington.
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS 3.
"The following is my demand for the
surrender of the city of Santiago:
" HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES
FORCES, NEAR SAN JUAN RIVER, CUBA,
July 3, 1898. $50 q. m.
ITO the Commanding General of the Spanish
Forces, Santiago de Cuba.
SIR
g 4 shall be obliged unless you sur
render, to shell Santiago de Cuba.
Please inform the citizens of foreign
countries and all women and children
that they should leave the city before
10 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Every respectfully,
sssY our obedient servant,
'''W. II. SKATER,
Major General u S. A."
Following is the Spanish reply which
Colonel Dorst has just returned at $50
p. m.:
"SAATIAGo DE CUBA, p. m,
July g. 1898.
"sHis excellency, the general commanding:
forces of United States San Juan river:
:" SIR have the honor to reply to
your communication of today, written
at $50 a. II. and received at D. M,
demanding he surrender OF tais city,
on the contrary case announcing to me
that You will lombard this city, and
that / advise the foreign women and
children that they must leave the city
before 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, it
is my duty to say to you that this city
will not surrender and that / will in
form the foreign consuls and inhabit-
ants OF the contents OF your message.
Very respectfully,
JOSE ToRAL,
COMMANDMENTS chief Fourth
corps,
''The British, Portuguese, chinese
and Norwegian consuls have come to
my line with Colonel Dorst They ssk
if non-combatants can occupy the town
of Caney and railroad points, and ask
until 10 o'clock of 9th instant, before
the city is fired on They claim that
there are between $4,000 and 10000
people, many OF them old, who wi
leave. They ask ii can supply them
with food, which | cannot do for want
of transportation to Caney, which is 10
miles from my landing.
The following is my reply:
"'July 5, 1898.
The Commanding General Spanish forces, San
tlago de Cuba:
g 'Ssir-In consideration of the re-
quest of the consuls and officers IL your
city for delay III carrying out my inten-
zion TO fire on the city. and III the in
sserest Of the poor women and children
who will sa1fer very greatly by their
hasty and enforced departure from the
city. have the honor to announce that
[ viii delay sach action solely III their
interest until noon of the 9Th, provided
during the interval your forces make no
demonstration whatever upon those OF
my own.
9 1 am, with great respect,
t.Your obedient servant,
(SignedJ "sW. r. SKATER,
''Major General Commanding.
.'PLAYA DEL ESTE, July 3.
10 Secretary Of War, Washington:
s.Camp Near Seyilla, Cuba, July s.
We have the town we'll invested on the
north and east, but with very thin
line Upon approaching it we find it OF
such character and the defenses SO
strong it viii be impossible to carry it
by storm with my present force. Our
losses up to date will aggregate 1000,
but list has not yet been made. Bat
little sickness outside of exhaustion
from intense heat and exertion of the
battle of the day before yesterday and
the almost constant fire which is kept
up on the trenches. Wagon road to the
rear is kept up with some difficulty on
acbount of rains, but / will be able to
use it for the present.
General Wheeler is seriously i'll, and
will probably have to go to the rear to-
day. General Young also very i'll; cont
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