The herald., 1898-08-06


transports here will take the first ship
ments and the embarkation will begin to-
morrow. There is great rejoicing among
the troops.
Orders for the Removal
SANTIAGO, Aug. 4, p. M, delayed in
| transmission From the moment Secre-
tary Alger's cablegram was received this
morning ordering the immediate removal
of the army north, everything has been
hustle and activity at headquarters. TIE
| transports here, six in number, have been
| ordered to discharge their cargoes and to
get ready without loss of time to take on
board the first shipments for home. Other
transports are expected here shortly, and
1t is expected that eighteen transports Will
| soon be conveying our soldiers back to the
| United States. The Yale and Harvard
among others, are understood to be on their
way here.
General Skaters orders for the move
ment of his command provides the follow
| ing program:
The embarkation Of the Third and Sixth
| Regular Cavalry; the First Regular Caval-
ry and First Volunteer Cavalry Trough
Riders) will be embarked. These regi-
ments have been ordered 70 be ready to go
on board ship the DAY after tomorrow. For
the present the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry
will remain in camp.
Only the private horses Of the officers will
be taken. The other horses will be turned
over to General Wood, who remains here
as Military Governor.
Bedding to Be Burned
All the tents will be left standing and all
| the extra worn clothes and bedding which
| may possibly be infected will be destroyed.
| The First Brigade of General Lawton' s
division, under General Chaffee, will go
next.
| All the men able to ride will be put on
ponies and taken to the wharf. The others
will be conveyed there in wagons. Ali the
| men who are suffering from yellow fever
| or infectious disease will be left here. Every
precaution will be taken to provide for the
safe and healthy arrival of the men north,
The volunteer regiments will next be
shipped in the following order:
First Illinois, First District of Columbia
Seventy-first New York. Ninth Massa-
chusetts, Eighth Illinois. Thirty-third
Michigan, Thirty-fourth Michigan.
No tenting or surplus baggage will be
| taken DdCk 10 the DNlteQ states.
Captain McKittrick and DR.. Goodfellow,
of General Skaters staff, left here this
afternoon by the Berlin for New Orleans.
Gathering Transports
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The War De-
partment has ordered the regular feet Of
transports at Ponce to proceed to Santiago
| 10 join with the transports already there,
in bringing General Skaters army to this
country. There are ten large transports
| with the fleet at Ponce, some of them, like
the Mobile, having a capacity of one thous-
and men. All the rest have a capacity of
| 6540 men. This, with the ships already at
| Santiago will give a carrying strength of
| over 1900 men at trip. In addition to
the transports announced by the War De-
partment yesterday being ready at San
| tiago 1t now appears that the Orizaba,
capacity $50 men, is also available. The Yale
| Will also be brought In the service in the
| course of week or ten days. AT present
she Is to be utilized in taking General
Grants brigade to Porto Rico, after which
she will return by way of Santiago and
take on a load of Skaters men.
| The press dispatches from Santiago say
ing that the troops were greatly elated on
the prospect Of beginning the homeward
movement to day Is accepted with satisfac-
ton by the war officials here. They say
that the embarkation has already begun and
the louisiana which left day before yester-
day with cavalry cupboard, is now we'll on
her way home.
The Fever Expert
| PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 5.-John
Guiteras, the famous yellow fever expert
and one Of the Cuban advisers In this coun-
| try, arrived at his home In this city from
Santiago de Cuba, where he had been en-
gagged In yellow fever work under the direc-
tion Of the government.
| DR.. Guiteras was decidedly averse to dis
cussing the conditions existing In and
| around Santiago. He also declined to make
any comments upon the efficiency or al
legged lack Of efficiency of the medical and
hospital corps of the army. Concerning the
yellow fever which has attacked the
troops, DIR. Gulteras said:
| THE yellow fever cases thus far have
been of light order and mortality among
the troops has not been heavy The most
| serious source of trouble a present Is from
| typhoid fever and malaria. Most of the
men Ill in the hospitals are suffering from
one or the other of these diseases
LAS the season draws on, however, the
yellow fever will become more serious.
and then it will be worse than the typhoid. p"
Continuing, the doctor said:
For reasons apparent to all, cannot
discuss the affairs Of the army in public.
l shall make an official report of my obser-
vations direct to Surgeon General Stern
berg. Most of the troops now in Santiago
l suppose, will be brought to Long Island
to recuperate. 1t will be an admirable
place for them"
Action Just in Time
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Army officials
are greatly relieved to know from the San
tiago dispatches that what appears to have
been great danger to the American army
has been safely passed by.
The reports of the American mmanders
at Santiago. including all the ma or -gener-
ais. division and brigade commanders,
which were made public In the news dis
patches yesterday, gave for the first time
to the public news of the terribly democrat
| lied condition of the American army
| If this state of AFFAIRS had been known
a week ago, the most serious results must
have followed. The Spanish government
| must have been excited to refrain from
making peace overtures, and to prolong
their resistance. The publicity given to
these reports is most strongly deprecated