Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-06-29
Straps and facts.

mas OF lale Deeu dllOTueu StNeTdl up
portunities to distinguish himself, and
the opinion is occasionally expressed
that perhaps Admiral Sampson is CIV
ing him a chance to recover the points
he lost as the result of the court-mar-
tial some years ago on account of his
cruelty to sailors.
During the five days fighting of
the marines at Camp McCalla, Span
lard died on the outskirts of the camp.
He was found by sentry feebly gasp
ing for water. He was brutal to the
last. Pointing to a machete he car
ried in his hand, he said: "Do you
see these notches?" There are 20 OF
them-16 men and four women
There were no tears shed in Camp
McCalla when the man died, but he
was given a decent burial.
- Senator Mason, of Illinois, who
was an ardent advocate of war to free
Cuba, is opposed to war for con-
quest. He told the Republican con-
vention: "When the first gun was
fired and the Spanish fleet went down
at Manila the lust for land seemed to
strike many people. I want no terri
tory and decline, as your senator, to
consider it as anything but an insult
to sell the soldiers upon the battleship
Maine. 1 know the tendency of the
times. I know that we went out to
the world as a good Samaritan, and
while performing the act Of good
Samaritan, l want no larceny on the
part of our country. You will under
stand me now and hereafter when /
say that this is not war for territory.
This is not war for money"
- While shelling the batteries of
Santiago de Cuba last Thursday, the
battleship Texas was truck by 6inch
shell, which passed through her port
side, killing F. o. Blakely, an appren-
tice, and wounding eight others. The
Texas, with a number of troops, was
making feint west of the entrance of
Santiago harbor and was shelling the
woods. A Spanish battery on the
hill west of the harbor opened on the
war ships and for three hours there
was a lively exchange of shots. The
Spaniards shot wild, but at last a
she'll struck the Texas just above the
gun deck and exploded. Blakely,
whowas standing directly in the path
of the shell, was cut all to pieces, and
eight of his companions were wounded
at the same time. The names of the
wounded on the Texas, include the
following: J. Simonsen, ]. E. Nelson,
H. A. Lee, R. Russell, R. G. Engel, G.
D. Mullin and J. E. Lively.
In an official report, General Shafter
tells of the landing of his troops along
the Cuban coast, east of Santiago. He
acknowledges the great assistance of
the navy, and says that without this
assistance he could not have made a
landing because of the unfavorable
conditions along the beach. Mules
and horses had to be thrown out OF
the ships and towed ashore. Light ar
tillery was landed without difficulty ;
but heavy artillery cannot be handled
without the aid of steam tugs and
lighters. General Shafter also went
on to say that arrangements were in
progress to transfer General Garcia,
with between 5000 and 1000 Gu
bans, from a point west of Santiago
to Juaragua on the east, in transports.
This, General Shafter said, would give
him between 1000 and 5000 Cubans.
Only two men were lost in making
the landing. They were both Negroes
who fell between boat and a pier
and were crushed. The lack of facil-
tiles for landing the siege guns has
delayed, to some extent, the opera
tions against Santiago.
- Major General Henry w. Lawton,
who is commanding the vanguard of
the army moving on Santiago, is a
veteran of the Civil war. Born in
Ohio in lS43, he became first sergeant
of Company f, Ninth Indiana volun.
teers, on April IS, 1861, and served
through the war. He has brevetted
colonel of volunteers on March l3,
1865, for gallant and meritorious SER
vice. He received a medal Of honor
"for most distinguished gallantry in
leading charge Of skirmishers against
the enemy's rifle pits, taking them,
with their occupants, and stubbornly
and successfully resisting two deter
mined attacks Of the enemy to retake
the works in front Of Atlanta, Ga, on
August 3, 1864, while serving as cap
tain of Company A, Thirtleth Indiana
volunteer infantry, and brigade officer
of the day" A few months after he
was mustered out Lawton was appoint
ed second lieutenant in the Forty
first United States infantry. In 1871
he was transferred to the cavalry.
The opening of the present year found
him inspector general, with the rank
of lieutenant colonel. On May 4 last
President Mckinley nominated him to
be major general and his appoint
ment was confirmed
- Springfield Republican 'It is a
barbarous thing for the Spanish to put
prisoners of war in the line of fire OF
their own countrymen, and coming
after Admiral Cervera's courteous note,
it shows what all students of Spanish