The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-14
ARMING THE CUBANS
SAMPSON SATISFIED WITH AT
FAIRS AT SANTIAGO
SPANIARDS on HALF RATl0NS
Ensign Palmer Disobeys Orders and
Gets Scolding That Tickled
Him-Active Operations
Associated Press Special Wire

ASSOcla.eQ FreSS special Wlro
WITH THE FLEET OFF SANTIAGO
Wednesday, June s, SIS p. M, via King
ston, Jamaica. June 9, 1O:15 p. m.-(Delayed
in transmission.) copyrighted, 1898, by the
Associated Press.) Approximately 0,0O(
worth of ammunition was expended on
Mondays bombardment, but it apparently
has not checked the Spanish activity on
the earthworks.
Monday afternoon the lookout men on
the Brooklyn saw boat approaching from
a point about four miles west of Ell Moro
The Vixen went out to meet it, and brought
to the flagship three insurgents, who asked
for a vessel to shell the Spanish force with
which the insurgents were then engaged
near the shore. The Marblehead, which
had been doing target practice. was sent
on this mission, and soon scattered the
Spanards, with the result that the insur-
gents captured the Spanish camp, the tents
and a quantity of ammunition. One Of the
Marbleheads shells killed Spanish cap
tain and a lieutenant, fatally wounded sur
geon and injured several soldiers.
Spaniards Famished
While the work of arming and feeding the
insurgents is pushed vigorously the Span
iards in Santiago are reported suffering
from an incipient famine, and Cuban Of
ficer off shore yesterday asserted that the
guerrillas were deserving in force to the
insurgents. Yesterday Lieutenant-Com-
mander Delehanty, with the gunboat. Su-
vance, armed 5000 Cubans with rifles. am
munition and machetes. Today he' landed
5000 rifles, 80 900 rounds of ammunition, a
re oh ~.
of medicine and several tons of bread and
bacon.
The Cubans are very active, expressing
the greatest confidence and promising to
maintain a close blockade of Santiago on
the land side. The insurgents represent
their number as rapidly increasing. Ger
tainly they have shown their ability in
the neighborhood of Guantanamo. where
they have got possession of the railway and
telegraph terminus.
Three Hundred Killed
The insurgents say that they watched
Mondays bombardment from the hills at
the rear of Santiago, and say that as many
as 800 Spanards were killed and several
guns dismounted. Terrible execution was
wrought by the 12-inch shells of the Texas.
III their SldleIu6ut Cdu De Iclcu OH TIE
Spanish garrison at Santiago is on half
rations and the town itself is even much
worse off, the military authorities refusing
to sell citizens provisions at any price.
Palmer Disobeyed
On Sunday night, June s. Ensign Palmer
took the New York's launch on harbor
picket duty and another launch was sent
from the Oregon. Ensign Palmer was
obliged to go within $50 yards of the Bat
.eries. The Spaniards opened heavy fire
but Palmer kept his position, regardless Of
the shells. His orders were not to go nearer
than a mile from shore.
Ensign Palmer and the crew got back
safely. When Admiral Sampson heard OF
the shooting he said to Palmer:
"You were ordered not to go nearer shore
than a mile
Those were my orders" replied Ensign
Palmer, "but, sir. I was also told to see
that no torpedo boats came out. With only
two boats I could not be sure that more
came out unless I went right under the bat
teries."
The admiral replied: "You were perfectly
right Mr.. Palmer. That's the kind of stuff
Of which officers Of the United States are
made"