The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-01
MOVING ON SAN JUAN.
Natives Cheer the American Flag Waving
Over Yauco.

Natives Cheer the American Flag Waving
Over Yauco.
Porto Rico, July %, 4 p. m.-Delayed in
transmission. .)-Without seeing or hearing
anything of the enemy. the advance guard
of General Henry's division, which was
landed at Guanica on Tuesday arrived here
to-day. taking en- route the cities of Yau-
co, Tallaboa, Sabana Grande and Ponue-
las.
Attempts by the Spaniards to blow up
bridges and otherwise destroy the railroad
between Yauco. and Ponce failed, only a
few fiat cars being burned Our troops
have fixed up the locomotives and are
now operating them from end to end,
carrying supplies and men.
AT Yauco the Americans were well
coined in an address made by the alcalade
and public proclamation was issued
dated "Yauco, Porto Rico, United States
of America, July "a"
Major Webb Hayes of the 9th Ohio. son
of former President Hayes, hauled up
the flag on the palace amid cheers from
the populace. The people seemed really
glad that the Americans are here but
they fear an uprising of the natives in
the interior, who, it is asserted, will raid,
Kill and destroy property in revenge for
many years of Spanish msrue
General Henry has made a report to
this effect to General Miles. and advises
that guard be left to protect the cap
tured cities. The empty transports have
left for Tampa
A delegation of nurses of the Red
Cross society from the hospital ship Lam
pasas waited on General Henry at Guam
lea yesterday and asked to be allowed to
return home with the sick. They said their
supplies had given out and that the condi-
tion on board their ship, which was
crowded with patients. was terrible.
General Miles is i'm constant communi-
cation with all his forces and is keeping
the artillery steadily in advance. BY to-
morrow night he will have the entire
army encamped along the military road
to San Juan, but he does not say when
he will put them i'm motion. He is acting
throughout, however, with a promptness
which indicates quick action all along the
line as soon as the transports containing
the remaining troops arrive.
A corrected list of the injured in the
first days battle at Guanica is follows.
all of the injured belonging to the 9Th
Massachusetts: Captain Edward J. Gihon
shot in the left hip Private James Drum
mond, Company X, shot twice in the neck;
Private Benjamin Bostick, Company X
shot i'm the right shoulder: Corporal VIII
liam f. Carpenter, Company l., shot in
the right hand; Corporal Henry Gary,
Company X. shot i'm the neck; Sergeant
George Carleton of Battery b. fifth siege
artillery, died from typhoid fever and was
buried at Ponce. This makes five deaths
from this disease on the transports.
Private Arthur Draper of Company NJ
9Th Massachusetts. has been elected TO a
lieutenantcy for gallantry in action. On
Tuesday he led the final charge which
drove back the Spaniards. He is the son
OF George William +. Draper, American
ambassador to Italy. The news that Spain
had consented to sue for peace was re-
ceived here in a dispatch to the asso-
ciated press and was at once taken 10
General Miles. The general wrinkled his
grave brow when he read IL and said ne
did not know what effect IL would rave
on his expedition. but he proposed to push
on ahead and take San Juan pending or
ders from the president
The associated press dispatch boat car
ried the Information out to the feet and
there was a celebration at the first indi-
cation of weakening on Spains part.
Outside of the typhoid fever on the
transports In Guanica the general health
of the army continues excellent and there
has been no trace of yellow fever thus
far