The gold leaf., 1898-07-21
Santiago Surrendered.
SPANISH COMMANDER YIELDS TO
AMERICAN SUPREMACY.

AmEkISAN SOFkEIbA\
Finding it Useless to Hold Out Longer,
1emmed In and Helpless as He Was.
Gen. ToraI Surrenders toOen. Shaft
er-Spanish Troops Lay Down Their
Arms and Leave the eCity-Americans
Take Possession and Raise the Stars
and Stripes Oyer the Government
BuiIding-Great Rejoicing Over the
Good News.
Santiago de Cuba is now in pos
session of the American army under
command of Gen. Shafter. The
Spanish army under Gen. Toral has
surrendered and evacuated the city.
The following account is given:
Santiago de Cuba, July, 17,-At 9
o'clock this Sunday morning the
Spanish troops, under command of
General Toral, left their trenches
and marched into the American lines,
where, one by one, the regiments
laid down their arms. At the same
time the Spanish flag was hauled
down, and the Stars and Stripes
hOlsted IN Its place.
General Shafter and the American
division and brigade commanders
and their stats were escorted by
troop of cavalry and General Toral
and his staff by 100 picked men.
General Shafter returned to Cen
eral Toral the latter's sword after it
had been handed to the American
commander.
Our troops lined up at the trenches,
were eve witnesses of the ceremony.
General Shafter and his escort, ac-
companied by General Toral, rode
through the city, taking formal pos
session.
The city had been sacked before
they arrived by the Spaniards.
Az the palace elaborate ceremonies
took place. Exactly at noon the
American flag was raised over the
Governors palace. AS the brilliant
folds unfurled in gentle breeze
against tleckless sky, the cavalry
band broke into the strains of 1.-The
Star Spangled Banner" making the
American pulse leap and the Amer
lean heart thrill with joy.
At the same instant the sound Of
the distant booming of Captain
Capron's battery, firing salute of
q guns, drifted in. When the music
ceased, from all directions around
our line came floating across the
plaza the strains of the regimental
bands and the cheers Of our troops.
The infantry came to ''order arms
a moment later, after the flag was
up, and the band played Orally
Round the Flag, Boys following with
Sousa's The Stars and Stripes For
| ever" After this incident President
McKinley's congratulatory telegram
was read to each regiment.
The ceremony over, Gen. Shafter
and his staff returned to the Amer
lean lines, leaving the city in the
possession of the municipal authori-
ties, subject to the control of Gen.
Mckibben, temporary military gov
ernor.
The Thirteenth and Ninth Regi-
ments of infantry will remain in the
city to enforce order and exercise
municipal authority. The Spanish
forces are to encamp outside of our
lines.
The following dispatch was re-
cieved at the War Department from
Gen. Shafter:
''Santiago de Cuba, July II.
s'Adjutant General United States
Army, Washington: l have the honor
~
has been this istant, II o'clock,
hOisted over the house of the civil
| Government in Santiago. Per-
feet order is being maintained by
the municipal Government. The
distress is very great, but very little
sickness in town. Scarcely any
yellow fever. A small gunboat and
about two hundred seamen left by
Cervera have surrendered. The OBJ
structions are being removed from
the mouth of the harbor.
''Upon coming in the city l dis
covered perfect ENHANCEMENT OF
defences. Fighting as the Spaniards
did the first day, it would have cost
5000 lives to have taken it. Battal-
ions of Spanish troops have been de-
| posting arms since daylight in the
armory, over which l have guards.
General Toral formally surrendered
| the plaza and all stores at 9 a. m.
(Signed) ''W. X. SHAFTER.
MA jor General.n
| A subsequent dispatch from Gen.
Shafter, sent the same day, stated
that his ordnance officer reported
1900 rifles and 100000 cartridges
turned in during the day. Disarmine
and turning in would 90 on the next
day he said. A list of prisoners had not
then been taken, but under date OF
| the 18th Gen. Shafter communicated
to the War Department the surpris.
ing information that the muster rolls
of the Spanish troops in and about
Santiago who were surrendered by
General Toral showed that they
numbered 22,759, and that the Span.
ish forces included in the genera
surrender far exceeded his own arm,
in numbers. The 22,759 prisoner:
mentioned include only those in and
Immediately about Santiago city.
Between 10000 and 10000 more
Spanish soldiers are supposed to be
in the zone of the surrender. making
about $4,000 or $4,000 prisoners
| that the L nited States will have te
transport to Spain.
lT would have added to Sampson
reputation if he had stated thai
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