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be victims OF the malarial fever, with
which disease those who died, were af-
fected. These facts have been reported
to the authorities at the navy yard and
tho physicians there will make a further
inspection of the vessel and determine
whether or not she sail be sent to Guaran-
tine. Owing to these conditions nothing
has been done In the line OF preparation
for landing troops. The trip from Santi-
ago was without unusual incident aside
from the sickness and deaths referred to.
The Harvard left Santiago Sunday at 4
p. m. and made fair progress. For some
time before that she had been receiving
prisoners as they were sent to the rear
by the land forces of the United States.
There was an impression here that the
Harvard was bringing more Of the Span
iards captured In the battle In which the
fleet of Admiral Cervera was destroyed,
some OF whom are now prisoners on Sea-
vey's Island, having been landed from tho
cruiser st. Louis. 1t was learned soon
after the Harvard reached here that this
was not the case, but that nearly all those
who arrived this morning were captured
in skirmishes which occurred soon after
the American troops landed in Cuba and
continued as they advanced towards San
tago.
Some of them were a remnant of the
force upon which the Rough Riders
charged with such terrible destruction to
DDtn SUES on tnelT naTCn from SlDOney,
hut the majority were laborers and other
attaches of the Spanish troops who were
engaged in the construction of the trench-
es and other works of defense before San.
| tiago. They were a sorry looking lot,
even those who were not i'll, as seen from
the deck of a tug alongside to-day and
were In a far worse condition than those
who came last Saturday.
While Admiral Ccrvera's men showed
many signs Of privation those seen to-
day were tattered and unkempt. their
clothes were torn and stained with blood
and mud. while in physical appearance
| there seems to be hardly man able to
care for himself, and 1t was easy to be-
/ lieve the phyhician's word that half of
the 1908 were diling. IT was an impos-
sibiity for an outsider to get into closer
communication with the Spanish than
could be accomplished from the tug which
took DR.. +. s. Towle the port physician,
down to the cruiser DR.. Towle was the
only one permitted to go aboard the Har-
ward.
/ DR.. David q. Lewiss of the Harvard re-
ceivcd Or. Towle on board the cruiser and
the formal examination was begun at
once. Meanwhile some of the Spaniards
and those on board the tug were engaged
in necessarily limited examination of
each other. There seemed to be some
lack of confidence on the part of each,
but II did not last long and from ono or
two of the prisoners who possessed n
small stock OF English words, an attempt
was made to gain some information about
the condition Of those on board and their
experiences before and since leaving Gu
ba. The effort was almost a total fail
! ,Je owing, however. not more to the ig-
norancc of the Spaniards than to their
apparently sullen disposition, whcret
those who came on the st. Louis would
assume an appreciative expression of face
upon hearing kind word, although the y
might not fully understand It, Those on
the Harvard gave little response to- any
advances to-day and If they did make
answer 1t was with such gruff and sur
~ tone and manner MS to repel all fur
Their attempts 10 talk with them.