The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-01

saSs-How GonsraI WOOd, the Military
Governor. has ovoreOmo ths Dimsult
ProbIsms that PrO,sntoa Thsm'Oivs,.
The city ThorouEhIy cIeanssd aud an
EGsotivs Sanitary sEasm EstabiiShod.
The streets Dsainod and the HarOor
Cisansd oat-A.wondSrfalT lTTanIforma-
dos.
WASHINGTON, Sept so.-secretary
Alger has received long letter from
General Leonard Wood. military gov
ernor Of Santiago. II Is personal to a
great extent, but deals with many
questions OF interest to the public, and
Secretary AIger has allowed some ex-
tracts to be published. 1t may be stated
that the secretary feels that the course
Of events at Santiago ilas demonstrated
the wisdom shown in the selection of
General Wood for this peculiarly dim
cult post. Combining. as he did, medical
skin with the highest type OF soldierly
qualities and executive ability he was
able to meet and overcome the problems
presented at Santiago. The letter, more
over, presents vivIdly, the frlghtful con-
ditions that confronted the American
army Of occupation after the surrender
Of Santiago.
General Wood says In part: II have
mad" writes General Wood, "a very diff
cult position from a sanitary point OF
view, and not an altogether easy one
from 4 military and civil standpoint
When we came into the city the sani-
tary situation was something frightfuI.
There were great many unburled dead
In the houses, between two and three
thousand Spanish wounded and sick and
a great horde OF alf-famished and sicE
people, nearly twenty thousand in
number, who had Just returned from FL
caney, where they. had gone during the
siege. The water supply Of the city had
been cut on; there was no water to be
Obtained. except from clsterns and a
few wells, and the streets were full OF
dead animals and all sorts Of filthy ma
teriaIs. I had to start in from the bot
tom, and repair the water works. Then
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