The San Francisco call., 1898-08-01
GEN. MILES HOPES TO
 SOON TAKE SAN JUAN

i PORT OF PONCE, Porto. Rico, July l 29 delayed in transmission).-Wi seeing or hearing anything of the ~en- leny the advance guard of General
 Henry's division, which was landed at 1 Guanica on Tuesday, arrived here to- day, taking en route the cities Of. ! au- co. TalIaboa, Sabana Grande and
 Ponuslas Attempts by the Spanlards to blow up bridges and otherwise de stroy the railroad between .Yauco ana l Ponce failed. only a few flat cars being burned. Our troops have fired up the Locomotives and are now operating the Troad from end to end. carrying sup plies, messages and men. @.:.. At Yauco, the Americans were wei
 comed in an address made by the Al calde, and a public proclamation was issued dated :'Yauco, Porto Rico,
 United States of America, July 27:"
 Major Webb Hayes of the Sixth Ohio,
 son of former. President Hayes, haul
 ed up the flag. on the palace amid
 cheers from the. populace. The people
 seemed really glad that. the Americans
 were here, but they fear an uprising
 of the natives in the interior who, 1t
 is asserted, will raid, kill and destroy
 property in revenge for many years of
 Spanish misrule. General Henry has
 made report to this effect to General Miles and advises that a guard be left to protect the captured cities. The empty transports have left for Tampa. | A delegation of nurses of the Red
 Cross Society from the hospital ship I Lanpasas waited on General Henry at Guanica yesterday. and asked to be all lowed to return home with the sick ] They said their supplies had given out and that the condition on board their ship, which was crowded with patients was terrible. They are willing to go back at once.
 General Miles is in constant com
 munfcatiOn with all his forces and is
 keeping the artillery steadily in ad- vance. By tomorrow 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
 in motion. He is acting throughout
 however, with promptness which in-
 d1cates quick action all along the line as soon as the transports containing the remaining troops arrive.
 A correctC1 list of the injured in the first days battle at Guanic follows all
 of the injured belonging to the Sixth
 Captain Edward J. Gibson, shot in the left hip
 Private James Drummons. Company
 K. shot twice in the neck.
 Private Benjamin Bostwick. Com pany K, shot in the right shoulder. Corporal William F. Carpenter. Com pany l., shot in the right hand. Corporal Henry Gary, Company K. shot in the neck
 Sergeant George Carleton of Battery B, Fifth Siege Artillery, died from
 typhoid fever and was buried at once 1 This makes five deaths from that dis ease on the transports
 Private Arthur Draper of Con,nanv M, Sixth Massachusetts, has been pro-
 noted to lieutenancv for galIantrv in
 action. On Tuesday he led the final charge which drove back the Sr- niards He is the son of General William F Draper, American Ambassador to Italy The news that Spain had consented ] to sue for peace was received here in a l disDatch to the Associated Press and was at once taken to General Miles l The general Wrinkled his grave brow when he read 1t and said he did not ] know what effect it would have on his expedition, but he hoped to push on ahead and take San Juan, pending or ders from the President The Asso- ciated Press dispatch boat carried the information out to the fleet and there
 was a celebration at Ahe first indication of weakening on Spain's part Outside of the typhoid fever from the trans ports and in Guanica the general health of the army continues excellent, and
 there has been no trace of yellow fever
 thus far.