The age-herald., 1898-08-09
ARMY WILL NOT H
 BE DISBANDED
Garrison Duty Will be Required
 of the Troops
WHO HAVE NOT SEEN SERVICE
Will be Perfected at Once-Ves- sels of the Navy Will be
 Cleaned and Repaired.

Washington, Aug. S.-Assuming that Spain has decided to accept our terms for the negotiation of peace, it is expected that the peace agreement will be formally com pleted in few days and that hostilities will be suspended at once.
 This will not be followed at an early date by the disbanding of the army, but on the contrary, the period before the signing of the formal treaty and its ratification by the senate will be devoted to perfecting a compact and effective organization of the army, and cleaning, repairing and placing in perfect condition all the vessels of the navy.
 The sick and wounded of the army, who are regarded as incapacitated for further service, will probably be given their dis charge at an early date. The men who are in good condition or suffering only tempor- ary disability will be held together and put in the best possible shape for service.
 For Garrison Duty
 A part of the force sent to Porto Rico will be kept there and others sent to Ha- vana and other Cuban cities for garrison duty.
 It is regarded as quite probable that some of the best of Shafter's army, after thor ough recuperation in the United States,
 
 The so-called 'immunes," who will take the place of General Shafter's forces at Santiago, are not in many cases, it is be- lieved, really immune, and therefore 1t is probable that some of them will fall vic timS to the climate.
 The protest of Senator Bacon against sending the Georgia immunes to Santiago indicates lack of confidence in the locality from which the so-called immunes come in their ability to withstand the heat. Com foot ianc to tho rfp fro, of the immunes show the feeling of anxiety which exists. The department, however while anticipating that there will be sick ness among the immunes and that some of them will have to be brought back in- capactated, does not feel that the great anxiety expressed is warranted. The regi- ments sent to relieve Shafter, whether actually immunes not, will land there under much better conditions than Gen eral Shafters army. Shafter's" forces had to land in the face of the enemy, and their rapid advance involved sacrifice of all the comforts and many of the necessaries even of field life. They were compelled to the utmost exertion and subjected to ex- posture and terrible hardships, which af- fected their physical strength and rendered them readily good subject to the fever.
 Provided With Every Comfort
 The troops sent to relieve them will be provided with every comfort possible un- der the circumstances, will not be called upon to endure exhausting fatigue and ex- posture, and will be provided with shelter, wholesome food and sufficient medical at tention. The department will be prepared to relieve those who succumb in short or der, keeping the standing at a full quota. It is known that Gomez contemplates be- ing called upon for service, and 1t is eX- pected no difficulty will arise, provided the insurgents are not brought in direct contact with the Spanish soldiers who have been disarmed.