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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-07

Sampson, l went down the coast about
90 miles and saw General Garcia, and
asked him his opinion of the country,
what his force was and whether he was
disposed to assist I found him very
willing and very glad to offer his serv-
ices at once, with 3, 900 men that he
had with him and another thousand that
he had up the country little farther,
which were to join us Immediately. In
sailing along the coast, looking for
landing place, 1 selected two places
Siboney, a little indentation in the
coast about 10 or IS miles east of San
tiago, and another little bay about eight
miles farther, east, where small streams
entered into the sea, making a valley
and sand bar about $50 to 900 yards
in extent. All the rest Of the coast is
abrupt, perpendicular wall of rock
from 10 to 80 feet high, against which
the waves were dashing all the time,
and where it is utterly impossible to
land. We had the earnest and able sup
port of the navy and its assistance in
discriminating, and the next morning
were bombarding the two little places
and driving the few hundred Spanish
soldiers that were there away. We be-
of the day the men were OH shore, with
2,000 horses and mules that we had to
throw overheard to get ashore. and the
artillery.
"In going down had read the diary
of an English engineer officer and an
English surgeon who were present and
engaged in the siege of Havana in 1861,
in which were about Is, 600 or 1000
English troops and five or six regiments
from the colonies, New York, Connect
icut and Rhode Island. That campaign
was undertaken at the same time of the
year that ours was and I read the diary
with the greatest interest. 1t showed
how after few days the men began to
sicken, and in few weeks there were
hardly we'll men enough to bring water,
but with the pluck of the American
colonial troops and the well known
bravery of the British and their tenaci-
ty, after about five months the town
was taken, but of the "a, 900 troops
composing the original expedition H.,
900 were buried in front of Havana,
and that in few months.
81 knew that my entire army would
be sick if it staid long enough; that it
was simply question of getting that
town just as soon as possible. 1 knew
the strength, the courage and the will
of my men, or 1 thought 1 did, and the
result shows that l was not mistaken.
1t was question of starting the mo-
ment we landed and not stopping until
r we reached the Spanish outposts, and
therefore as soon as a division was put
on shore it was started on the march.
On the Gath of June the first engage
| ment took place, in which we had be-
tween 800 and 900 men on the Ameri-
| can side and probably 1000 or l, 200 on
the Spanish. The enemy was strongly
intrenohed, showing only their heads,
while the American forces had to march
exposing their whole bodies to the fire
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-07
SKATERS FULL STORY
A Detailed Account of the San
tiago Campaign.
HIS LIPS UNsEALED AT LAST

General shafter Says the Difficulties
of the Campaign Were Not In the
Fighting, but In Getting Food and
other Supplies to the Front He
Knew of the Fever Scourge and
Started His Men on the March rs
Soon ms n Division Was Landed-A
Spanish Commanders Surprise ut
Our Mems Behnvior-The Surrender
and the spnninrds' Anxiety to Get
Home.
At the peace jubilee in Chicago Gen.
eral William R. Shafter told the story
of the Santiago campaign. With several
members of the cabinet and select lot
of army officers he entered the First
regiment armory at 8 O'Clock in the aft
ernoon and carried the place by storm.
In an instant the awaiting audience was
ON its feet, waving hats and handker-
chiefs and sending volley after volley of
cheers echoing against the solid walls
of the armory. General Shafter, Secre-
tary James Wilson and Mayor David a.
Rose of Milwaukee were the speakers of
the afternoon. After a prayer by Rev
+. a. Noble, ID. D., Chairman Dixon
introduced General Shafter as the "hero
of Santiago" AS the general took the
stage the audience arose again and with
heads uncovered cheered until the gen.
eral raised his hands for silence After
thanking his audience for their approval
ON his own behalf and that of his men,
TO whom he said the credit and thanks
are due. he told his story as follows:
Now. perhaps it will not be unin-
teresting TO you to hear q few of the in
cidents connected with the campaign,
which, of course, you have read of in
tho newspapers, but which ! can ex-
plain somewhat more fully. There was
apparently some besitancy in stan ting
My lips upon that were sealed until
few days ago, as my orders were secret.
and / was directed net to communicate
them to any person, and never have,
but recently the secretary of war has
seen fit to publish them, and if You
have read the papers you have been able
TO see that what was considered state
of unpreparedness was not so. We were
twice embarked and twice taken back to
Tampa and disembarked. On the first
occasion the cause was the appearance
of Admiral Cervera's feet, it requiring
the entire navy that was disposable to
go after that fleet. and the second time
by report, that afterward turned out
to be incorrect, that in the st. Nicholas
channel. through which we would have
to go. some Spanish cruisers had been
seen.
Immediately after the breaking out
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-07

he in our rear when we attacked the
town was little village called Ell Ca
ney, four miles and half from Santa
go, and whence the best road in the
country connected with Santiago. Ibid
not know the exact force there, but it
was estimated to be 1000, perhaps
a little more, and it would Of course
have been very hazardous to have left
that force SO near in our rear.
instead or nn1shing the affair by 3
o'clock, as we expected, it took until
4 80 o'clock in the afternoon before the
last shot was fred, and then after loss
of nearly 100 killed and $50 wounded
on our side and the almost total annihi
lation of the force opposed to us. They
had an idea that they would be killed,
and when men believe that it is hard to
capture them. Just at the close of the
battle 800 or 400 did attempt to escape,
but ran out in front of a brigade that
they did not see, and in the course of
about 800 or 400 yards most of them
were dead or mortally wounded, so that
probably not more than 20 men on the
other side escaped from that battle. It
was most desperate struggle.
"Men were killed in the trenches by
kets, and one man I was shown two
days later with what would be called
tremendous head on him, and the in
terpreter asked him how that had occur
red, and he doubled up his fist and
spoke of the soldier that had hit him as
a black man, that he had dropped his
gun and hit him in the head with his
fist. That was pretty close work. Mean
while the battle in front of Santiago
prog crossed, with three divisions on our
side-one of dismounted cavalry and
two of infantry. 1t was beautifully
fought. Every man knew what he had
to do, and so did every officer. The or
ders were that Immediately upon being
deployed they were to attack. They did
it. Every man kept going, and when
ones comrade dropped the rest kept 60
ing. The result was that in about two
hours the line was taken, and practically
that afternoon the battle Of Santiago
was ended, for those men never adj
vanced beyond that point.
During the night I brought up the
division of General Lawton that had
been on the right at Caney and put
them on the extreme right, where had
intended to have them the day before
and where had they been we should
probably have taken the town and have
got only the men that were there and
not the $4,000 that were far beyond
our reach who were surrendered few
days later. On the night Of the I'd of
July weak attempt was made upon
our lines. In that the Spaniards had to
expose themselves, while my men were
covered. The fight lasted but little
while, and they retreated.
"On the morning of July thought
we had SO much of an advantage that
could notify the enemy, first, that I
wanted surrender, and, second, if they
declined to surrender that they could
have "a hours to get the women and
children out of town. OF course civil
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-07

OF the war 1 was ordered from San
Francisco to New Orleans, and there re-
ceived a telegram to go to Washington,
where l was told that the first eXpedi-
ton to leave the United States was to
be commanded by me. and ordered to
Tampa TO prepare for it. l took the
troops that l thought best fitted and pre-
pared for that service. There were some
magnificent regiments of volunteers.
but to part of them had issued arms
only two or three days before. They
were not properly equipped and lacked
experience. AS had the choice, l took
all of the regulars that were there, and
with them three regiments of volun
teers. They were magnificent men, as
perfect as men could be, but. as You
know who served in 1861, poorly pre-
pared TO take care Of themselves at first
You recollect 1t was months before we
were prepared, and we made numerous
mistakes that led to sickness and death
The same things have occurred again,
and they always will continue with
troops that are not used to the field, and
III this campaign men We're taken di-
rectly from their camps Immediately
after being mustered in and put into the
tary history.
- practically had the entire regular
army of the United States, 90 of the %
regiments OF infantry, five of the ten
regiments of cavalry and five batteries
of artillery, with three regiments of
volunteers-the Seventy first New York,
the Second Massachusetts and the regi
ment known as Roosevelt's rough rid
ers. The last were practically seasoned
soldiers. They were men from the from
tier, men who had been accustomed for
years to taking a little sack of corn
meal ON their saddles and blanket and
going out to sleep out Of doors for a
week or a month at time. Of course
they knew how to care for themselves
in camp.
EARLY in June was called to the
telephone in Tampa and told from the
presidents mansion in Washington to
proceed Immediately with not less than
10, 900 men to Santiago; that news had
been received that day that the fleet of
Cervera was surely within that barbor,
and that if 10, 900 men could be placed
there at once the fleet and the city could
be captured in 4S hours. The horses
and mules had been taken off from the
ships as we'll as the men, and the time
consumed in reloading the horses and
mules allowed me to embark $4,000
men nearly. That was very fortunate
for me and our cause. The voyage was
uneventful, hardly ripple on the wa
| ter, and after seven days we arrived,
with Admiral SIMPSONS fleet in front
Of Santiago harbor. You understand
that we knew nothing of the topography
Of the country. There are no maps OF
it. All you could know of it was what
you could see from on shipboard and
from talking with people who had lived
there. Their information is, as general
| officers have usually found. very defec.
| tive.
! ..That afternonn, with Admiral
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-07

IIZeu people Go not fire on towns filled
with women and children if it can be
avoided.
1.-THE Spanish commander declined
very promptly to surrender, but said he
would notify the women and children
and those that desired to go, but he
wanted "a hours more, and said there
were great many people to 60 out
They began to stream out at once, and
for 4S hours old men, women and chill
dren poured out until it was estimated
that at least 20, 900 people passed
through our lines and out into the
woods in the rear. Of course there was
an immense amount of suffering, and
numbers died, especially of the old. For
tunately we were enabled to give them
some food, enough so that they existed,
but at that time, with the Cuban forces
that I had, was issuing daily 45, 900
rations. Forty five thousand people are
good many to feed when you have
such fearful roads and food could only be
carried on the backs of mules.
"Two days after this I saw General
Toral, and was convinced from con-
versation with him that he was going
to surrender. I had no one but myself
to take the responsibility. In fact, did
not want any one else to do it. but
while I was convinced myself it was
hard to convince others. I knew that we
could capture the town at any time,
that we had it surrounded so that they
could not possibly get away, although
on the night of July 2,sOO men march
ed in. I had understood there were
5000, but when we counted them a
few days afterward there were only
$500. 1 knew that if we carried that
town by force thousand men at least
would be lost to the American army,
and a thousand good American men are
a good many to expend in capturing
Spanish town, and I did not propose to
do it if could possibly talk them out
of it.
General Toral knew just as we'll as
I did that knew just what he had
that he was on his last rations, and that
nothing but plain rice; that we had his
retreat cut off F; that we had the town
surrounded; that he could not hurt us,
while we could lombard him and do
some little damage perhaps, and that it
was only question of few days. l
found out few days later what the
hitch was which caused their delay, but
General Toral had told me that he had
been authorized by Blanco, the govern
or general, to enter into negotiations
and make terms for surrender, and in
Cuba, you know, General Blanco was in
supreme command His authority was
such that he could even set aside law
of Spain. Knowing that, felt sure
that after very little delay they would
surrender. They desired to get permits
sion from the Madrid government to re-
turn to Spain. It was that that delayed
them. Immediately upon receiving the
permission to return to Spain they sur
rendered
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-07

VI the enemy

lit is announced by military experts
as an axiom that trained troops armed
with the present breechloading and
rapid firing arm cannot be successfully
assailed by any troops who simply as
sault. or course you can make the reg
ular approaches and dig up to them.
The fallacy of that proposition was made
very manifest that day when the men
composing the advance marched as de-
Hberately over those breastworks as
they ever did when they fought with
arms that you could only load about
twice in minute and of the range of
only 200 or 800 yards.
''This army was an army of marks
men. For 15 years the greatest attention
has been paid to workmanship, and I
suppose four ifths of all the men in
that army wore on their breasts the
marksman's badge. / had given orders
knowing that the noise of firing is
harmless and that shots put in the air
are harmless had given the strictest
orders to all officers that their men
should be told not to fire a shot unless
they could see something moving, and
the firing was to be by individuals,
what is called file firing, individual fir
ing. The Spanish troops, not so we'll
drilled in firing as ours, used volley fir
ing, which is very effective against
large bodies of troops massed and NOV
ing over a plain, but utterly inefficient
when used against skirmishers moving
over rough country. In that battle,
which lasted two hours, less than ten
rounds of ammunition per man were
fired by my men, and the losses, not
withstanding my men were exposed
their whole bodies-whiIe the enemy
were in trenches, where only their
heads could be seen, were about equal.
81 saw the commander of that force
few days later in Santiago, and in
talking about it he said to me: Your
men behaved very strange. We were
much surprised. They were whipped,
| but they didn't seem to know it. They
continued to advance, and we had to go
away. He was quite right about it.
They did have to go away.
"On the goth we had reached the i'm
mediate vicinity of the peaks in front
of Santiago, about a mile and half
from the city. On the 3Oth 1 carefully
reconnoitered the ground as much as
one could in the dense underground and
determined where 1 would make my at
tack, which was simply directly in
front, and to make % direct assault.
There was no attempt at strategy and
no, attempt at turning their TANKS. 1t
was simply going straight for them. In
that 1 did not misjudge my men, and
| that is why 1 succeeded SO we'll. If we
had attempted to flank them out or dig
them out by regular parallels and get
close to them, my men would have been
sick before it could have been accom-
plished, and the losses would have been
many times greater than they were. The
only misfortune, as I judged it, of the
first days fight, but which have since
learned was for the best, was that i'm
mediately on our right and what would
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ITO BE Continued
The herald., 1898-11-17
A LAST CURTAIN CALL
FOR THE PROMISING ACTRESS,
ETHEL MARLOWE
Played the Part as "Polly Love" and
Fell Dead as She Left the
Stage

NEW YORK, Nov. l6.-Ethel Marlowe,
a cousin of Julia Marlowe, died at the
Knckerbocker theater tonight during a
performance of THE Christian" in which
she played the part of Polly Love. She was
"a years td
Miss Nihrlowe had arrived early at the
theater and gave no indication that she was
other than perfectly well. In the third act
Miss Marlowe, as Polly Love, was an i'm
portant figure in the play. She went through
her part without fault. AS she entered the
wings she met one of the actors. She COM
mented upon the excellence of his make up,
laughed and then seated herself upon IA
piano stool. Suddenly she tottered and be
fore anyone could rush to her assistance she
had fallen to the floor. 1t was at first
thought that she had tainted, and messen-
gers were sent flying for restoratives and
doctors.
Within few minutes three physicians ar
rived, who made every effort to revive her,
but in vain. Later they diagnosed the case
as heart disease, and gave their opinion
that Miss Marlowe was dead when she fell
from the stool.
While all this was happening, the act on
the stage came to a conclusion. Then, the
audience knowing nothing OF the tragic
happening behind the curtain, the final act
was begun.
The audience, in ignorance of it all, insist
on a curtain call and the drop went up. The
applause continued Viola Allen made a
pitying gesture and the stage manager came
before the curtain once more and said that
he was about to call for physicians aid but
that it was not necessary. The hidden sig
nificance of the speech was not understood,
but it had the effect of causing the audience
to disperse.
Ethel Marlowe came of an old theatrical
family. Her father was the late Owen Mar
lowe, who played with excellent companies,
and her mother, under the name of Mrs.
Owen Marlowe, is a member of the James
X. Hackett company, playing old woman's
parts. The late Virginia Marlowe, a sister
of Ethel, was also an actress.
The herald., 1898-11-17
N ew instructions

MADRID, Nov. l6.-The Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Duke Almodovar de Rio,
has received dispatches from the Spanish
peace commissioners, now in Paris, indi-
eating that today's meeting of the joint
commissioners will not be the last. The
commissioners, it is added, have received
additional instructions to defend Spain's
rights in the Philippines.
The Minister of Marine, Senor Aunon,
and the Minister of Foreign Affairs have
conferred on the subject of Emperor Will
liam's visit to Spain.
The newspapers discuss the Carlist agi-
tation, but express belief that the follow
ers of Don Carlos will not issue revolu-
tionary manifesto.
The herald., 1898-11-17
SAMOAN AFFAIRS
The Natives Can't Decide the Question
of King

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. l6.-The steam
er Moana, which arrived from the antpodes
and Honolulu today, brings the following
Samoan news to the Associated Press:
The question of king is exercising the
minds of Samoans to an almost unprece-
dented extent, and candidates for the thank
less office are as thick as autumn leaves, but
there are but two logical candidates. The
chiefs representing the whole of the Samoan
people are now considering who shall finally
be thrust forward to guard the destinies of
the people. 1t now looks as if there would
be but two aspirants for the office, the rep
resentatives of the Malietoa family. If the
two factions cannot agree on king it is
thought that instead of resorting to the Gus
tomary force of arms that the leaders may
be induced to lodge the settlement with the
chief justice, according to the Berlin act The
consuls of the treaty powers are watching
the situation with critical mien.
just when the parties will make the names
of their candidates known cannot be stated
at this writing, but it will doubtless be very
soon.