New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-23
GENERAL CARACAS REPORT.
SAYS NOTHING ABOUT \ MlSuNDER-
STANDING WITH SHAFTER

HE COULD NOT PREVENT EscARro's coIt-MN
ENTERING SANTIAGO WITHOUT ABANDON
ING POSITION OF AMERICAN FLANK
The first official report OF General Callxto Garcia
concerning his operations around Santiago was re-
cevcd yesterday at the office Of the cuban Juh'a
IN this CITY The report came by special messen-
ee- and after II had been read by the Cuban rep
rcsentatvcs present. Horatio S. Rubens. couhsei
for the Junta. gave out translation OF the report
The report is long. and covers all the "i'a,S
movements in and around Santiago in detail In
the first part OF the report General Garcia says
that he received communication from "ehe'"'
Miles on June informing him OF the plan 10 az
tack Santiago. He then tells OF MS CONFERENCE
with Admiral Sampson. and says:
II must now declare that my object IN ''o'l,'s
my forces on Santiago de Cuba and meeting the
Admiral of the United States Navy mas peen ~
ohov tho orders | received from the 'ounch OF
Government TO obey and respect the orders anu III
structions Of the commanders OF the Ahi'''.""
Army on their commencing operations IN the Ter
rtory under my command -
General Garcia then tells of his first conference
with General Shafter. and says that 'e"e'''
chaf,or adopted his suggestions as TO the LANDING
o. the American troops and the plan OF caihp"'s"'
A detailed account is then given OF al ,"e "'oN
ments Of the Cuban Army. as well as Oh ou' V" r
nm 10 and including the battle on san Jua" nm
lie gives considerable attention to the orders give"
him by General Shafter to cover different pos'"o"'
and tells OF several night marches maze III re-
sponse TO orders from General Shatter 10 s"a'"
different roads. In his account OF the ueS'' W
~ Cervera's feet General Garcia says 49,
"on the morning Of the 30 there was htins
With the CITY At 10 O'Clock the Spanish Navy
,ro,ehed anchor from the Bay OF Santiago. "he'e
! :, had becn for some weeks. and withlh one "o''
! Il was destroyed by the American "e"-oi
| Admiral Cervera. with his officers and seameh'
! about six hundred escaped by land west " '
tiago but the Cuban forces on the CO.'S
nelled them to surrender General Jose Oahuea,'o
! cohreco who afterward delivered them u '"'
American Navy. against receipt a.,
co,erol Garcia makes no direct reference III MS
report to any trouble or mis'inde' s'"'"'e =,
General shaf,cr His report as 10 the entrance o.
| sparish achievements into santiago anu w.
Movements leading up to the SURRENDER u '"' wv
on the nigh, Of the Sd and by the road r %, Ell
hn ,iiy under Colonel Escario. having left Nan
zanillo on June % and being hurried 10y u, psIr,a
MiIo u,rS'o o., ~ attacked hy forces Of General
Francesca Estrada suffering heavy losses ;,h that
MANS IT," ',,enant-, olonei I.ora fought aided Dy
The cavalry Of the division 81 Bayaino or G
escort of cavalry, under l.ieu'ehan' o,n"vhat Al
Poov Colonel Escario recovered SO I'm mere
Palma where he left his w onnas" de- iU CUBA by the
Cobrr road having sustained some n,S ,iyht have
heen prevented had been able TO go 10 IN e sesn
vim nv forces but In that case shon'" -, aonk
Obliged TO a9anno .rm nv on the 4h received an
Official message that he enemy n l,,oi"n Monte
,I cole,o and San Miguel After u o cooA LIZ
was suspended 20 allow Genera Sl M ,he spanish
NJ. rermif,ed an the families 10 cave ,lr
lily fear or oomnard oy h ,'s houses and
streets ~ Cubiia~ and FL Can@y- ,,,ra,sd h'q
an, n va, nf sven nu1dred men win the oeSieg,i; ;
aPny ON also som Ane siy foraa con
AIMED 10 gain positions on tie right TANK re'N'
ns 'a , 6 ,Sa srlnics dlsconnuins he ensmy
asked permission 20 eNac , .a tbat he would
submit the pro2 enaqa shaf,er the unwisdom
pointed og' .y va in that form had re-,
liable Information from lioguin tnat s,'V hnsand
under General Mario about SIX ,Sss,ance OF sanJi-
AGO 4. cuba In view Of this 'oV'lru ,. a., - =
roads approaching our rear snard 10 ~, orevent
enemy realizing 'her plans ana n as, ~ sppr,i, %
those Who ware h'si.s.d from InaSn,S nar, 81 nv
lr ~ noints where they might make the orea AZ
a. me s" ,,u e which we're in tn. east and
the two divisions OF 49,, n9 ng S'''""' -
ON En- loth advanced my RICH, flank to CON-
peicy Close the .lcf ana a nv rorses to execute
r,nk movement that the enemy might thlihh ~, ~
, c,,,l,o. md compel them give them lp me
operation gave good results ! ne rhrty ~ 'ni
hast. abandoned the villages OF Dos Camii,.. Hn,'
If Largo With this evolution the circle was com
49, az ,b~ division OF Cuba as FAR a. the shores
! OF the bay. including the cemetery, c..- a., $40,
,rc.u, IN. proposition OF the Spanlards 20 ,NdcUtt
,o INV and retire go iog ain General Slaitrt non
ned General Tora that II the city dd not Srr'iuSSr
hy o'clock he would IRE upon u !n' "a. NJ,
~, ,i,ing I'M az o'clock tremendous nrlng OF rH's
ana guns burst against the city from az me NM
loan lin. and part OF The cuban ii' ~ tl' r'iiie
am. tho Navy began 10 lombard the city from ~
coast up twilight. when hring was susp' ,ii'o,
ON IN. nth the firing and bombardment continued
| until . a m AT which time another armlstire was
conruicd the enemy taking ADVANTAGE OF ms 40 no
make some iefences ana place cannon ana tnS
Ar.ri.ane 20 place their batteries Just landed hhd
] ,,,rs.lx * TO make some trenches ana mount TWO
cannon i2-pouuders. on height Al me slt' OF lvS
| r,wipns 10 fir, on the fortifcatons between 'hr
| milling and the bay. The armisticc lasted All OF
Inc i2ih AMI 18Th. We having mounted our cannon
'id. - IA. CITY ON the lth firing should have
| commenccl AT T. O'Clock. hu the enemy asked for a
,,olonrafion OF the armstice. giving a. "A rea-
Son that the Spauiafds had decided 70 suii"nd",
he ci,v and ali tho villages and towns comprised
in mo general command OF Santiago de cuba oc-
cunied 10 the east OF Dfienic. inside" or a
palma Sorlano and ending Al Sagua de Tanamo
ON tho north with the condition that an tnelr
forces be- sent 20 Spain by the Government OF me
| United states The Spanish troops comprised IN
NJ .,rl,tl,tfon amounted to tWonty-three thou
sand men az communicated by General Iorai 20
General Shaftor WITH the surrender or the city
~ Santiago and other towns whlch VIII be "Nhcu-
tod shortly the territory OF the FIRST Army corps
I'm h.. free I'm that ~ he Second the enemy has
.,l,. Iiolguln Ginara and the villages on tlr ran
v,av line lciwcen the cities in tho north ana MAMA
Milo In the south. with two or three n'ishDorihs VII
The American Government has decided 10 occupy
IN. -.tv OF Santiago ~ present with TWO regiments
and as General Miles has not given me orurrs
With my forces their respective territories
Give ne corresponding orders that the htteen nun
Jr.l mon Won have asked FOR from Orente be pu
~ the disposal ~ General Juan bu'aSse III tl'
,Its.s rg IN