The herald., 1898-08-13
THE fighting STOPS
AND LEE GET NEWS
OF PEACE
Roth Issue Orders to the Troops -
Cease Active 0perations-Garcia
Disbands His Army

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-At II o'clock
tonight Adjutant General Corbin received
from General Shafter an acknowledgement
of the receipt by him of the proclamation OF
the president. UP to midnight no reply has
been received from General Miles, 1t hav.
ing been impossible to get into communica.
tion with him. In response to the notifica-
ton sent to General Fitzhugh Lee, the
former consul general at Havana wired the
war department:
"Thanks. The Seventh corps has ceased
firing. Unofficial"
II Is we'll understood that General Lees
command was being reserved for the ate
tack upon Havana, if the necessity for one
should arise
The text of General Skaters reply fols
lows:
SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Aug. 12.-Ads
jutant General, Washington: Telegram re.
ceved. Message as to peace negotiations
being about concluded. Will notify Spans
ish at Holguin by courier tomorrow and
Manzanillo and Cienfuegos by wire and will
try to get to Havana. VIII also notif3
all Cuban forces l can reach.
"sHAFTER."
The Death List
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-At l:30
O'Clock this morning General Skaters re.
port of the health conditions Of his troops
at Santiago was received at the war de~
partment. 1t follows:
Sanitary report for August 18th:
Total number of sick, 3O1O.
Total number of fever cases, 2340
Total number of new cases, 221.
Total number of fever cases returned To
duty 279.
Deaths August 10th and 18th, IL.
Troops Coming Home
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-The War De-
partment has received the following:
Santiago, via Hayti, Aug 70. Adjutant.
General. Washington: st. Louis left tho
Moro during the night of the 18th. with
the Ninth and Tenth infantry and two come
panies of the Seventy-first New York. st.
Paul should have left Guantanamo last
night or this morning with Second infantry,
four companies of the Seventy-first New
York and General Kent with his head.
quarters. Morteno leaves in a very few
minutes with Twenty-first infantry.
Rio Grande with Colonel Sargent's reg1s
ment on board has just arrived.
sHAFTER.
Sargents regiment Is the Second regts
ment Of immunes.
Garcia Stops Fighting
NEW YORK, Aug. pa dispatch ia
the Evening World from Santiago de Cuba
August II, says:
Jack York of Pennsylvania, who has
been serving with Garcia, the Cuban Gen.
eral, has just arrived here. He reports
that Garcia has suspended operations for
80 days and given his men permission to
go home, with instructions to report to
him at the end Of that period.
Immunes Arrive
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. u, 1 p. m.-SS
The Rio Grande arrived this morning with
the Fifth volunteers, an immune regiment,
under Col. Margeante, and the Second reg
uar cavalry. The Rio Grande will leave
tomorrow for Montauk Point with the
Ninth and Tenth cavalry.
Needs No More Help
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-The following
dispatch, dated Santiago. August u. wa4
received this morning by Surgeon-General
Sternberg:
Sternberg, Washington: Breakwater ar
rived yesterday. Received $1,000 from Pay~
master Coffin. Have previously received
s506 from Surgeon Appel. No more money
needed now. Immune soldiers and female
nurses to be sent probably will be enough.
No more doctors wanted.
HARVARD, Chief Surgeon.