Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-20
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was driven into the streets. Twenty
lepers who We're in the Civil hospital
were turned into the streets and they
have been roaming through the city
ever since
| The largest numbr of patients are IL
the military hospitals, where there are
81 wounded Spanish officers and 43l
wounded soldiers and sailors. In ad-
dltlon there are hundreds of cases of
of yellow fever.
| The sailors We're wounded in the bat
| ties of July l and Jul g They We're
| disembarked from the ships of Admiral
| Cervera's fleet in order to assist in re-
| sisting the attack of the American
| troops by land. These soldiers say that
when the Spanish fleet sailed out of the
| harbor half Of the sailors and marines
on board had been previously fighting
| and working in the trenches ashore for
As hours. Admiral Cervera, they also
| assert. sacrificed his fleet in obedience
TO the popular clamor, both in Spain
and Cuba. including Santiago, that he
should give battle to the American
fleet
Strenuous efforts to prevent the
spread of disease among the victorious
American troops in front of Santiago
de Cuba were made as soon as the city
our soldiers have been sent as rapidly
as possible to the hills north of the
city. where they have established new
camps.
Everything possible is being done to
improve the sanitary conditions of the
camps, especially in the case of the
troops which are expected TO take part
in The expedition to Porto Rico. Of
the regiments here, only those which
are not in the slightest infected will be
allowed 20 go TO Porto Rico. The 9th
ers will remain here for the present.
camped on the high ground north Ct
Santiago. Two immune regiments from
New Orleans ana Mobile are expected
here daily and. upon their arrival they
will be sent into the city at once. ami
viii form the only American garrison
force which viii remain there.
Santiago is now a city ofsilence. The
American flag waves over the military
headquarters. on Morro's Flagstaff. ana
Red Cross cmblems are as plentiful as
the church spires
Almost the entire population this
afternoon is gathered about the
Wharvcs, where the Spanish shipping,
now prizes of the United States will
soon he augmented by a large fleet of
transports flying the American colors.
Some stores. mostly for the sale of
| liquors or drugs. are open but their
| patrons are few. Besgars are in evil
dence. of the Same importunate sort
| which make Havana unpleasant for
| foreigners. Now ana tn n a man or
woman of the better class begs the cor
respondents for milk for my little
one in the name Of cod"
/ At the dock where the Red Cross
/ steamer State of Texas is unloading
| and preparing for a long stay. a guard
! FROM the 9Th Infantry has been mount
ed. but tho soldiers have had little
| trouble except from the inroads of bad
| boys. Indigenous to seaport cities.
There is no evidence of gloom on the
| faces of the Spanish men and women.
These mcrcurial people are already
laughing and are pleased at the mill
taiy and naval show and at the pros
poet of getting food other than rice
ana salt meats.
Nearly all the better class of houses
are closed The residents evidently
not yet returned from I'll Caney ana
other suburban places to which they
! tlcd on Ike threat Of hombardmont by
the land and sea forces of the United
States.
Filth is noticeable everywhere. and
strange to say the city is healthy in
spite of it. But if Santiago is to con-
tinue healthy, much sanitary work is
necessary. Arrangements therefore,
are now under way to remove the
most dangerous features and to i'm
prove these which tend to purify the
city.
The harbOr of Santiago de Cuba is a
very delightful place, with its high
ramparts of mountains. groves Of CO.
ca palms. banana trees and loWerin2
shrubs pushing down to the very brink
of the water The channel is tortu-
rous and marked with bright blue and
Wh.4e buuys, or more clearly defined IN
places by long booms Of logs marking
the entrance Of shallow bays and in
l,ts Old churches, forts and bastions
share the promontories with lighc
wooden houses for the summer use OF