The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-18

Copyright 1895 by Associated Press.
Santiago de Cuba, July l.. noon
Amid impressive ceremonies the Span
ish troops laid down their arms between
the lines of the Spanish and American
forces at Q o'clock this morning.
General Shafter and the American
division and brigade commanders and
their STATS were escorted by a troop
of cavalry and General Toral and his
staff by 100 picked men. Trumpeters
on both sides saluted with flourishes.
General Shafter returned to General
Toral the latter's sword after it had
been handed to the American COM
mander.
Our troops, lined up at the trenches,
were ye-witnesses of the ceremony.
General Shafter and his escort, ac-
companied by General Toral, rode
through the city. taking formal pos
session. The city had been sacked by
the Spaniards before they arrived.
At the palace elaborate ceremonies
took place. Exactly at noon the Amer
lean flag was raised over the palace
and was saluted by 21 guns by Captain
Caprons battery. At the same time
all the regimental bands in our line
played 1.-The Star Spangled Banner
after which President McKinley's con-
gratulatory telegram was read to each
regiment.
The 18th and 9th regiments of in
fantry will remain in the city to en-
force orders and exercise municipal au-
thority. The Spanish forces are 20
camp outside of our lines.
p. m.-The American flag is floating
in triumph over the governors palace
ben has been appointed temporary mill
tary governor. The ceremony of hoist
| ing the stars and stripes was worth al
the blood and treasure it cost. A vast
concourse of 10000 people witnessed the
stirring and thrilling scene that will live
| forever in the minds of all the Ameri
cans present. A finer stage setting foi
a dramatic episode it would be difficult
| to imagine. The palace, a picturesque
old dwelling in the Moorish style OF
architecture, faces the Plaza de Ia
Reina, the principal public square. Op
posite rises the imposing Catholic cathe
dral. On one side is a quaint. brilliant
| ly painted building, with broad veranda
the club of San Carlos. On the other
a building of the same description al
the Cafe de la Venus. Across the plaz;
was drawn up the 9th infantry. headed
by the 9Th cavalry band. In the stree
facing the palace stood a picked trool
of the End cavalry, with drawn sabres
under command of Captain Brett.
Massed on the stone tagging betweer
the band and the line of horsemen wer,
the brigade commanders of Genera
Skaters division with their staffs.
On the red-tiled roof of the palac'
stood Captain McKittrick. Lieutenan
Miley and Lieutenant Wheeler; imme
diately above them, upon the fiagstaff
the illuminated Spanish arms and tn
legend "Viva Alphonso XIII" All about
| pressing against the Veranda rails
crowding the windows and doors, lin
ing the roofs, were the people of tn
town (the women and non-combatants)
AS the chimes of the old cathedral RAM
the hour of IL. the infantry and cavalr.
presented arms. Every man uncovere'
and Captain McKittrick hoisted the star
and stripes. AS the brilliant folds un
furled in a gentle breeze against
fieckless sky. the cavalry band brok
into the strains of The Star Spangle
Banner" making the American pulls
leap and the American heart thrill wit
JOY.
At the same instant the sound of tn
distant booming of Captain Capron'
battery, firing salute of 81 guns, drifte
in. When the music ceased. from a
directions on our line came fiOatin
across the plaza the strains Of the reg