The times., 1898-09-12
THE SPANISH PRISONERS
Those Lately at Guantanamo
in Direst Distress.
A SUPPLY OF MULE BROTH
Col. Ray Killed Two of the Animals
Daily for Sufferers Cubans Arc
Being Disarmed-NO Further It'd
ings of the Kanapahn, Wrecked
on the Reefs Near Nire Bay.

Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 1.-THE last OF
the Spanish prisoners at Guantanamo, ex-
cept Gen Pareja and his staff and eighty
men, who are very sick. have sailed for
home.
The only Spanish troops now in the
province of Santiago are at Baracoa and
Sagua de Tanamo. There are 2.0o0 of them
at the former place and 200 at the latter
Col Ray, of the Third Immunes, left
for Baracoa today with the light draugat
steamers San Juan and Los Angeles to
take these troops to Guantanamo. The
water is too shallow at Baracoa and Sa-
qua de Tanamo for big steamers.
The Spanish Transatlantic Line steamers
San Augustin and San Francisco are in
the harbor here awaiting the arrival of
the troops at Guantanamo. when they
win proceed thither and take them on
board. The entire lot will have sailed for
Spain before the end of the week
Col. Ray told The Times reporter today
that the condition of the men sent home
from Guantanamo was most wretched
There was an epidemic OF yellow fever
! rate of from sixty 10 seventy a day
when he arrived there, a fortnight ago.
with the ba talon of the Third immunes.
The suffering OF the men was accen-
! tuased by the scarcity of fresh meat. No
| beef was TO be had. Col. Ray was forced
| TO kill two mules daily to supply the
| Spaniards with the fresh broth that was
necessary to keep them alive. Col Ray
had no trouble in main aiming order
among the prisoners.
Col Rays men also suffered on ac-
! count of the scarcity of fresn meat. ot
which they had none for more than three
weeks. The battalion contracted yellow
! fever from the Spanish prisoners, and
! there were sixty CASES among tie Ameri-
! can troops. When Col. Ray left Guam
among them. but the fever was not es-
peclaIIy fatal. 1t was not nearly SO
( deadly as malignant malaria or dysen-
! terry.
Col. Ray says that a hundred million
| dollars OF American and English capital
is invested in plantations about Guam
tanamo. The machinery Tor the planta-
I tions, however, is idle, owing to the un-
settled condition Of the country, capital
lists being unwilling to attempt to harvest
the crops or to do any other work until
Trey are assured that the American Gov
ernment Will guarantee. security TO life
and property.
Col Ray has had no trouble with the
CUbans since they made the demand ten
days ago that they be allowed to occupy
Guantanamo Jointly with the Americans.
He has disarmed about 1000 Cubans, who
appeared in Ike town with rifles and ma
chetes, He has ordered his men to take
arms away from ali persons, Cubans or
otherwise, who may display them pub
licly Two hundred Cubans have volun-
tariIy surrendered 10 Col. Ray and asked
for raticns. They were relieved.
In pursuance of Gen. Lawton's genera
plan, Col Ray has refused to issue ra'
tions TO any persons with arms in their
hands. No new cases of yellow fever
have been reported in Santiago today
Capt. Shields. one of the six patients oi
the Fifth Immunes, who were sent TO the
yellow fever hospital, was discharged thi:
morning. The other five cases are doing
well.
No further news has been received here
concerning the loss of the dispatch boat
the Kanapaha, which ran on the reefs
above the bay of Nipe. Information o.
the wreck was brought to Gen. LawtoI
by the captain of a schooner, which ar
rived here from the north coast of thu
island.
Ire scene of the wreck, so far as Is
known. is five hundred miles from here
following the coast line. 1t was SUPP oseC
that the men who were aboard the boat
all of whom are reported to have beer
saved are making their way TO Nueyitls
or some other north coast city. where
they can secure a vessel TO take them tC
Havana, to which city they were bount
from Ponce, Porto Rico.
Gen Lawton instructed the captain o
the steamer Los Angeles, which sailed to
day for Baracoa and Sagua de Tanamo
to bring the shipwrecks men to Santiago
, if he runs across them.