Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-26
SKATER SAYS.
Tells the why. aud wherefore. OF Hast.
mess al santiago.

Tells the Why's aud Whsrotorcs Of HAST
ness AZ santiago.
Now York, Aug. GA Herald dis
patch from Santiago says; Prior 90
ombarking on tho steamer Mexico.
Major General shafior consented 20 be
interviewed. Ito nill;
Il hook upon che campaign Just
cloA a. n successful one ln che hlgh-
a., degree. no, only In regard 20 tho
military operations. but mora especial
" ln regard % The great results
Prom a military point OF view. I
nffhipl took steps which might not be
deemed iuHilnalls under other cirrum-
stances, but know the temper aud The
capabilities OF my soldiers ana tho
moral erect % our gradually cl1plns
ny ne enemy within hia own Inca
MY engineers were very apprr hnn-
alvo tllat tho Spnnlard- might break
through on my lcft,and Gus ~ slboney.
tbs from a purely military standpoint
might have been iruihfriiy correct.
but personally | had not f0r a mnmsnt
any ftar uu tha, score. The result has
! think. proved the correctness u my
"uur primary object was % drive
30 NMH NNNN NNfNH TO- NNN| IN NNMM.
We had gradually driven the Rpinnrd
back on hir lines. clrolinF tho clay ana
slowly advancing day by day The
"ntmY began losing HpIrlt as slan nH
our guns had been placed In a poalilou
90 ylver The town.
when CefveN ie't the situation was
changed. The town was ut my mercy.
anu hld ] F.vcu the order Or direct
s'aus ! would have been taken With
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teIe's thnn at my c1mmind. raln-
forced 90 hey had been, 1 Wua In "A no.
niiloh % take she city By force,
hus N ! hld taken "a stem % such a
character whht would have bssn me
Frsu.tf l estimate that our cnsualties
N1tll nave been 1900 and fhe action 1
so.N nae had more brilliant real results
W,h1u; The hnavy losses on lives.
rom ihf moment Gen. Toral ma1o
"a proportion for conference. 1 linz
Ne was determined 20 give up ami /
acted accordingly.
"ieWonal reflections have boon e,st
upon mo because l was not on the firht.
INK Une' Ihut was not the place f1r /,
general IN mmand ~ an army. 1,
must ~ remembered that I was CON.
ntclrl by telephone with tho officer,
al the mont, and was better able 10 az.
t,s' operations from the position 1 had
AHH'HN 70 A'AHN ~. AMM nMNMs WHOM Ill
was 10 direct command of this ram-
pairn, which 1 consider unique In Amer.
ic1n history fur Il was really the mn
Time The United States had fought with
10 ifullr army The Civll War was
war ~ volunteers. but this campaign
was fought by our regular troops
dld not notice the fact 90 nfat, hut
there were only three volunteer rcri-
mgnW gnFugrd against the spInllris
While lhe highest credit " o. Dr. given
ANA my fought hfayoly and vgll. there
was lhe moral support Of tn rtEuara
back NJ q uli
"our volunteers lacked that unity
cohesion and individual support notice.
able ln uur trained troops. but nt tho
same time un diauaraF mpnt should hH
made Of che volunteer regiments in tho
campaign.
What thsy lacked otherwise they
made mp Cor u enthusiasm and patriot.
DE- spirit. nul I desire 90 command ro
better army than the one composed ~
th class uf volunteers under me ln inc
Santiago campaign.
"Thr operations ~ the regulars ln
me campaign had proved cnclualvo.
ly their superiority over some urgani4a-
lions VI state militia, In whic htho men
aia partially compelled 10 serve by a
sense Of shame, but do not show th'
enthusiasm uf volunteers,
There has been some question cpn-
corning the transportation facilities oi
tho army The facilities were an there
and the transportation equipment pro-
vlded was all Il should have been, hut
our dlnculti "a wore enormous.
There WINS only one road, ana o.
have built another would have taken
two years The nature Of the country
To- weather an these things, holpod "a