The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-20
SAD DAY FOR SPANIARDS
HISTORIC EVENTS AT THE SUR
RENDER OF. SANTIAGO

TrfumphaI Entrance of the Amer
lean Forces Into the Conquered
City-Picturesque and Dramatic
Scenes That Were Enacted
spanish Troops Seemed IndiTer-
ent-Gen. Toral Was Detected.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 1S (yia
Kingston, July 19).-The events preced-
Ing the hoisting Of the American flag
over the governors palace here, amid
the booming Of guns. the din of martial
music and the cheering of 10000 men
along seven miles Of entrenchments.
were full Of interest.
Shortly after o'clock on Monday
morning Lieut.. Crook, Of Gen. Shafter's
stair, entered the city and all the arms
In the arsenal were turned over to him.
Inc work Of removing the mines which
obstructed navigation at the entrance
OF the harbor had been progressing all
night. At about o'clock Gen. Toral.
the Spanish commander, sent his sword
to Gen. Shafter, as evidence Of his sub
mission, and at $40 a. m. all the gem
eral officers and their staffs assembled
at Gen. Skaters headquarters. Men
were drawn up all along the heights.
Gen. Shafter, with his mounted escort
Of 800 picked men Of the Second caval-
ry, then rode over our trenches to the
open ground on the foot of the hill,
towards Santiago. They advanced to
the deserted Spanish trenches. There
they were met by Gen. ToraI and his
staff, all In full uniform and mounted,
escorted by detachment Of Spanish
troops. They were in full view of our
troops. The scene was picturesque and
dramatic. Gen. Shafter with his gen.
erals and staffs, with the troop Of
cavalrymen with drawn sabres on the
left, advanced to meet the vanouished
foe. After few words of courteous
greeting Gen. Skaters first act was to
return Gen. Torars sword. The Span
1sh general appeared to be touched by
the complimentary words with which
Gen. Shafter accompanied this act, and
he thanked the American commander
versation as to the place selected for
the Spanish forces to deposit their
arms, and the Spanish infantry detach-
ment marched forward to a position
facing our cavalry, where the Span
iards were halted. The latter were
without their coIors.
SPANIARDS INDIFFERENT.
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saluted and were saluted In return by
our trumpeters, both giving fourishes
for lieutenant generals and major gen
erals. Gen. Toral then personally or
dered the Spanish company, which in
miniature represented the forces under
his command, to ground arms. Next,
by his direction, the company wheeled
and marched across our line into the
road, and thence to the place selected
for camping them. The spaniards ad-
vanced rapidly to the quick notes of
the Spanish march, played by the
trumpeters, but it impressed one like
the Dead March Of SAUL Although
no attempt was made to humiliate
them the Spanish soldiers seemed to
feel their disgrace keenly, and scarce
passed. But this apparent depth of
feeling was not displayed by the other
regiments. Without being sullen the
Spaniards appeared to be utterly in
different to the reverses suffered by
the Spanish troops and some Of them,
when not under the eyes of their off,
GERS, seemed to be glad at the prospect
OF good food and immediate return to
Spain. Gen. Toral, throughout the
ceremony. was sorely detected. When
Gen. Shafter introduced him by name
to each member Of his staff, the Span
ish general appeared to be a. very
broken man. He seems to be about
sixty years Of age, and Of frail consti-
tuition, though stern resolution is shown
in every feature. The lines are strong
ly marked and his face was deep
drawn, as If in physical pain.
Gen Toral replied with an air of alb
straction to the words addressed to him
ard when he accompanied Gen. Shafter
at the head of the escort, into the city
to take formal possession Of Santiago,
Gen. Toral spoke but few words. The
appealing faces Of the starving refu-
gees, streaming back into the city, did
not move him nor Gid the groups Of
Spanish soldiers lining the road and
gazing curiously at the fair skinned,
stalwart-framed conquerors.
THEN TORAL SMILED.
Only once did the faint shadow of a
smile linger about the corners of his
mouth This was when the cavalry
passed through barbed wire entangle-
ment. No body Of Infantry could have
got through this alive, and Gen. Shaf-
ter's remark about Its resisting power
found gratifying touch in the defeat
ed generals heart. The Spanish sys-
TEN Of defense as planned amazed our
soldiers. Although primitive it was
we'll dcne. Each approach to the city
was thrice barricaded and wired, the
barricades being high enough and sufi-
clently strong to Withstand rapid ap-
proach The slaughter among our
troops would have been frightful had
1t ever become necessary to storm the
city. Around the hospitals and public
buildings, along the west side Of the
line, there We're additional works and