Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-05
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ment of governors of states and terri
tories for costs and expenses which
NAV have incurred in aiding the Uni
ted States to raise volunteer army.
He holds that the governors may be
reimbursed for reasonable costs incur
red before the acceptance of the troops
into the service Of the United States.
General Shafter in letter to
friend saws: "The attacks of the yel-
low press upon me and others of the
administration are simply outrageous.
The articles are filled with untruths.
The behavior of some of the yellow
journalists was so outrageous before we
ever got into Cuba that had to put
nv hand on them, and after we got
into Cuba it was worse. Their letters
are the result of personal spite. If |
had come back with defeated army
there might have been some excuse
for their talk, but having commanded
one of the most successful campaigns
of modern military history, it is simply
an outrage"
Major General Hamilton S. Haw-
kins, United States volunteers, colonel
2Oth infantry, who commanded the
division which captured San Juan hill
in the second days fighting at Santa
60, has been appointed brlgadler
general in the regular army to fill the
vacancy caused by the retirement OF
General William H. Graham. lmme-
diately after receiving his commission
he was placed on the retired list on
his own application under the 80 years
service clause, and this will enable the
president to similarly advance Major
General J. S. Kent, U. S. v, colonel
Oath infantry, to the grade of brigadier
general in the regular army. General
Kent commanded the wing of General
Skaters army which effected the gal
liant capture of Caney in the first days
fighting.
- The following official announce
ment for the sites for army camps in
the south selected by the Schwan board
sent south for that purpose was posted
at the war department last Saturday
night The following points have
been recommended by the Schwan
board Augusta, Ga; Columbia, S.
c.; Greenville, S. c.; Spartanburg, 5.
c.; Atlanta, Ga. .; Athens, Ga; Ma
con, Ga; Columbus, Ga. ; and Albany,
Ga. These are the camps at which
all the volunteer troops not sent to the
front will be quartersd for the winter,
in accordance with the decision of the
department to transfer the troops in
northern camps to the south when the
cold season begins. The selections
were made by special army board,
headed by General Schwan, with Sur
geon O'Reilly and Colonel Hodgson as
associates.
- Senator Mark Hanna, on last Fri
day, gave expression TO the following,
which is supposed to be the views OF
the president on the Philippine ques-
ton: II do not know what the in
structions given to our peace commits
sioners are," said the senator, "but so
far as concerns the negotiations which
will be instituted in Paris tomorrow, /
can see no other result than that Spain
will have to relinquish her sovereignty
not only over Luzon island, but the
entire Philippine archipelago. Spain
has no reason TO expect to be able to
retain any portion of the group. She
went into the war and lost, and now
ought to be prepared to suffer all the
consequences which such defeat i'm
plies. l regard the Philippines as lost
to Spain, and that being foregone
conclusion, in my opinion, the problem
which next confronts us relates to the
form of government which we will
give the islands,"
- The Dawes commission has just
issued orders declaring about 10000
white men who have married Indian
women in the Indian Territory to be
intruders and ordering them to leave
the country at once. The Indian
agent has been called upon for his
police to eject these squaw men, as
they are called. For 25 years they
have been coming into the Indian
Territory and marrying Indian wo.
men, and they and their families
comprise the more civilized popula-
tion of the country. They are settled
upon large areas of tillable land, and
have fine farms. The Indian laws
allow them to vote and hold Office
but not to share in the land. Last
fall the Dawes commission issued a
similar order declaring them intru-
ders; but no attempt was made to
enforce it. The commission recently
arrived from Washington and issued
the order anew, with strict instruc.
tions for the enforcement. Conster-
nation reigns, as the wives of the
white men will have to remain at
home to retain the allotments.
Two mandamus cases were filed
in the United States supreme court last
Friday against Secretary Lyman G.
Gage, growing out of the issue of bonds
to carry on the war; In the first case,
William H. Wharton, Of Jersey City
sets up that he was a subscriber for
$3.50 of the bonds. He employed the
Exchange Trust company, Of New
York to make the necessary advance
ments on the bonds, holding them
as collateral. Thereafter, Secretary
Gage refused to make this allotment
of bonds, on the ground, it is under
stood, that the subscription was not
bona tide, but was made in the inter-
est of third party. The second suit
is instituted by George B. Wightman