The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-19

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one of the commissioners. Everyone OF
my generals was killed or wounded
have not single colonel left, and am
surrounded by powerful enemy. We
have counted sixty-seven ships on the
| port And BESIDES" he concluded ear
Ay. waving mis- hand toward the city, Il
| have secrete troubles there"
Speaking OF the battle Of June "A. IN
which the rough rider and a part of Cen
| eral Young's command participated. Gen
eral Toral said that less than two thous-
and Spanish troops were engaged his
| loss being 265 He would not say how
many Spaniards were killed at FL Caney
and before Santiago.
Heavy. heavy" he said dejectedly.
| In response 20 an inquiry he said that
transportation would be required for be-
tween $4,000 and 5000 men. there being
hat much Of a force in he capitulated
district. He informed the officers that
| Santiago harbor had been again mined
since Admiral Cervera left
! General Miles remained at Juragua
| during the completion Of the agreement
} yesterday and a copy Of the articles was
sent him by General Shafter this morn
! ing. THAT is splendid" he said. I'VE
have got everything we came after"
General Miles went to Guantanamo to-
| day and it is reported that he will remain
there until the Washington government
definitely decides about the Porto Rico
campaign.
large number Of troop ships are ly
ing off here and it is generally believed
| that large part of general Skaters
army will be moved soon.
The camp at Juragua contains nothing
now but hospital tents. with gurd of
two companies. The blackened ruins of
a few burned buildings are still visible,
but in most places the debris has been
moved and the white tents Of the hos
pital corps are pitched in the sites of the
burned buildings. The fever hospital
is situated about half mile across the
railway bridge to the northeast of the
town and is well Isolated. Two hundred
and fifty wounded men are still on the
hospital ship Relief which hes here. All
are recovering rapidly.
TIL volunteer regiments which have ar
rived here since the fighting ceased are
standing the climate remarkably well.
The men seem greatly disappointed be-
cause they arrived too late to share in
the battles, but they are seeing plenty of
real hardships Of campaigning. The daily
dOwnpour Of rain last week rendered the
capm very uncomfortable. The rife pits
and tents and the guards are soaked with
water. the misrablel yllow clay of tn Gu
ban coast making marching almost an
impossibiity. The narrow trail from Jura-
qua to the front is cut to pieces by a con-
slant stream of wagons, and it takes
hours for a supply wagon, drawn by four
starving, exhauted horses, to make the
II mile trip.
The troops look to be in good condition
by daylight, but when the swift tropical
nights come down, damp and cloudy, with
the men shivering miserably about the
suffering campfires or searching for dry
places for their blankets, the great mass
of troops seems little like a victorious
army. The men do not complain, but
accept the rain-soaked bareback and wet
shelter tents with cheerfulness.
Scarcely a warship remains off San
tfago harbor entrance, almost the entire
fleet holding positions directly opposite
the deserted forts of Aguadores.
This afternoon the New York flying the
blue flag of the admiral, lay anchored
with her bow almost on Aguadores beach,
while clustered about her were the other
ships of the great squadron, the Brook
Ign lying a little further out at sea
The rife pits which crown the bluff
were deserted, the Spanish soldiers 1oung-
ing unconcernedly on the beach under thu
guns of the fleet and within hail of the
men or the New York. The men of the
navy are impatient TO get into Santiago
harbor, but it is not known yet when the
entrance will be made. The refugees,
who have been CHARTERED at FL Carney,
were ordered back to the city today, and
as most of them are without food, the
Red Cross society's aid is considered
very important.
The open-handed geterosity OF Ameri-
can seamen was shown today when a sub
scription was opened on Commodore
Schley's flagship. the Brooklyn. for the
benefit of the young wife OF George II.
Ellis, the only man killed on the Ameri-
can side during the battle with Admiral
Cerveras fleet. The men eagerly offred
Their money, many whose salaries are but
Sl7 and SIS Elorth giving 800 and SO.
The subscription soon amounted to 1907,
and then one seaman. who had a silver
coin taken from one of the Spanish YES
sells, offered it for sale for the benefit of
the fund, and it was bd n BIZ another sea-
man for $25.
Lieutenant Commander Mason offered Il
peseta, piece from the Infantra Maria
Teresa, and its auction brought $50 more.
The fund tonight amounts to ovr 81 900.