The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-05
To Remain at Santiago VIII Mean
Death TO Thousands,
NOT 10 PER CENT. FIT FOR WORK
Can Re Moved North Now With
Safety. But Real Epidemic Of Yell
low Fever May Break ont at
Any Timc-No Necessity for
the Troops Remains
ing There.


SANTIAGO DE CUBA. August $50
j.. M.-Delayed ia mission Sum
moned by Major-General shafter, meet
ire was held here this morning 40 head
quarters and ln the presence OF every
commanding and medical officer OF the
T.uh Army Corps. General shaiter re"a
a cable message from Secretary Alger
ordering him at the recommendation OF
surgeon-Gcncml Sternberg, TO move the
army into the interior 90 san LUIS Wnlch
De- much higher As q result OF tne coh-
ference General Shafter viii insist upon
tho immediate withdrawal az the army
north within two weeks.
ROOSEVELT WRITES.
AS on explanation Of the situation the
following letter from Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt commanding the First Noiun-
tecr Cavalry 90 General Shattcr was
handed hy the latter 90 the correspond
cnf here 20 The Associated Press Tor
ruh .cauon:
.Msior-Genoral shaftor Sir.-ln meet
ing OF the General and medical officers
called hy you at the palace this morn
ine we were aII as you know unanimous
In our views of what should ne done with
The army Io keep u- here. lu the opln-
iar of every officer commanding oiNl-
eion or brigade VIII simply involve the
destruction of thousands. There is no
possible reason for not shipping pract.-
rliIr the entire command north 40 once.
yellow fever cases are very few in the
cavalry division where ] command one of
fhe two hrisades and not one true case ot
yellow fever has occurred in ihis dlyl-
.'n ,A,eil stHolt lue l ~.
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-ao .,.-s ~, ,,,'i,r,.i rs,l- ,-ot "a man
,..s e..-, h. f.... .i., ,..,',i. ,-,-r,e,,5 is
81. vaai11.5 and sbatterel as to be ripe
... r..ro if,. r9.,a., sre.., ,rbcn "a real
yellow fsysr endemic instead of "a fake
.r...rr.r Ike the ura-enE strikes us as
u ie bound to If wa stay hero at the
heleht OF the sickness season. August and
the beginning of September. Quarantine
aaainst malarial fever SIS much Ike qrar-
anuring acliust the tooth ache. All ~
ns are certain as soon as the auiholi-
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,..li,fl,,ei f,,r. iog, t,, b. ,,e.rs rri,
fra,o tbe .t.rarof-f Of Tho u,ilirar,, ef7-
.Har.t- nf tr. r.r.ar rf fna American
army for The rreat buus off the REGULARS
are here with Won.
THE SICK LIST.
The sick l.t large though it is exc
coeIng fr1 affords but "a faint index
of the debIItatI0u OFF the army N0t 30
prr cent. are ft for active work Six
weeks ON the north Maine coast for i1-
stance. or elsewhere where the yellow
f.rer germ cannot possibly propagate.
would mako DIS alI ae Nm. as frrtIne cocks.
atl. as wo are c4eer t0 take part n
Tho great .4mnaicn AGAINST Havana m
the fu even ff ve are NOT allowed to
,-r Port, Ei.1.
GAN 1919 MOVED SAFELY.
owe can he moved north f moved 200
or.. vifr absolute .rfet,- to the country.
ALTHOUGH .f c0ur.. r would have hs.n
ntl lnfalv better lf $50 had been moved
north or to Porto Rico tw1 weeks ago
j. herc were any object in Keeping us
hero We would face yellow foFCr with as
much Indifference 1s we face bullets hu,
here is no object in &c. Tho four immune