The western recorder., 1898-07-07
SANTIAGO WILL FALL
snAFrER CAN TAKE =
sampson Can Help In the Hsrbor-Fore'sn
Consuis Want to Get Out-MAny OF Our
Omcers Wounded


Omcers wounded.
New York. July A cable to the
HernId. dated General Shnfters heau-
quarters before Santiago. sunday, oy
the Herald's dispatch boat Golden hod
to Port Antonio, thence to kingston
Jamaica. Monday:
With the destruction Of Admiral Ger
yera's fleet the work OF taking saho-
ago becomes much less difficuit- AS
long as General Shafter had no siege
guns and could not be assisted py
friendly feet In the harbor, the cap,
ture of the city promised to be hnru
task, and II would be pracucaiiy inl.
possible TO hold the city II captufeu. ~ ~
is now estimated that between 1,2Vo
and 1 500 Americans are dead, wound
ed or missing after the two days hight
ing about Santiago l am rold by one
of the surgeons who assisted In the
hospital work that probably $50 to 5oo
Americans were killed No official iist
or official estimate of the dead ana
wounded can be obtained yet.
Unofficial estimates place our loss as
high as 1000, and to date 45O men sur
fering from wounds that are not seri-
Gus have been brought to the hospithi.
Our surgeons have not enough sup
plies, bnndages or nurses The medi-
cal staff Is too small.
All the ranking officers of the cav
airy division were disabled. Both
Wheeler and Young are Ill as are Sum
ner, Wood and Lieutenant Carroll.
When Carroll was wounded Lieutenant
Colonel Hamilton took his command.
Hamilton was killed soon afterward,
and Major Vessels. who then took
command, was wounded.
Colonel Wood seemed to escape py
succession Of miracles. Lleu~nant
Colonel Roosevelt was not hurt. nl-
though he was everywhere In the thick
of the fight. The cavalry division lost
thirty officers killed and wounded, and
Mt one time n captain was in command
OF the regiment. Nearly half of the en-
listed men in the cavalry were wound
ed. The artillery forces were nearly
as bad of.
The Michigan troops at Aguadores
encountered the enemy in trenches and
on fiat car, which was armored and
armed with machine guns. This
checked the expected advance toward
MORO which Rear Admiral Sampson
had hoped they would occupy after he
had shelled the batteries. There is said
to be no doubt that General Shnfter's s
next move will be TO push troops for
ward along the railroad track to attack
with the fleet the outer batteries at the
mouth of the harbor. AS soon as these
defenses have been silenced and put In
the possession of our forces Rear Ad-
miral Sampson will be able TO free the
harbor OF mines and send his ships in
to the inner harbOr. This done. the
Spaniards will be compelled to surren-
der the city mt once.
A dispatch sent to Washington on the
evening of the 3rd by Shafter says:
"To-night my lines completely sur
rounded the town from the bay on the
north of the city TO point on San
Juan river on the south. The enemy
holds from West Bend San Juan river
to its mouth up the railroad to the
city.
"The British, Portuguese, Chinese and
Norwegian consuls have come to my
line with Colonel Dorst They ask If
non-combatants can occupy the town
of Caney and railroad points, and ask
until 10 O'Clock of 9th instant before
the city is fired on. They claim thai
there, are between 15,000 and 20,00C
people-many of them old, who will
leave. They ask If can supply them
Will IOO1s Which, tiiiinOt tfp iOi wan,
of transportation to Caney, which Is
fifteen miles from my landing
Monday morning he telegraphed:
"Killed n Spanish general in affair
at Caney and a large number of Off
GERS and men, WHO are still unburied
General Linares' arm was broken. My
demand for surrender of Santiago still
being considered by the Spanish au
thorities. Pando Inns arrived neal
break In railroad with his advance.
| think he will be stopped"
Also the following from Assistant
Adjutant General Wagner at SAME
place and time:
"Pando six miles north with 5000
Garcia opposes with 5000. LawtoI
can support Garcia and prevent juno
tion."
General Skaters ultimatum re
ferred to called for the surrender OF
the city Mt noon on the 9th.
The changed naval situation viii
bring no abatement in tho activity OF
the authorities here in carrying III,
war directly home to Spain.
There is renewed determination t,
get Commodore Watson's Eastern
squadron away nt the earliest mo
ment, for the double purpose of strik
ing blow mt the coast towns OF
Spain and of pursuing Admiral Ca
mara's fleet. which has halted at tn,
entrance of the Suez canal. Secre
tary Long made the official statemen
to-day that the fleet would sail at tn,
earliest possible moment. and al
though he did not go into details us /,
its purpose, 1t is well understood tina
it will devote its attention to tn,
Spanish coast and to Camara. TIL,
destruction of the Spanish fleet n
Santiago relieves Admiral Sampson
from the surveillance of this squad
ron, and he can readily spare tn,
ships intended for the attack on tn,
Spanish coast.