The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-05

! correspondence OF General Shafter as
to the surrender of Santiago:
Playa del Este, July 4, 1S9S.-Hon. +.
A. Alger, secretary of war, Washing
ton. Headquarters Fifth army corps,
July 3.-The following is my demand for
the surrender of Santiago:
Headquarters United States forces,
| near San Juan river, Cuba, July 3. 1898,
$50 a. m. To the commanding gen
eral of the Spanish forces, Santiago de
Cuba. Sir: 1 shall be obliged, unless
you surrender, to shell Santiago de
Cuba Please inform the citizens of
foreign countries and all women and
children that they should leave the
city before 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. Very respectfully your obedient
servant, r. f. SKATER,
Major General
which Colonel Dorst has just returned
at $50 p. m:
Santiago de Cuba, 2 p. m, July g.,
1898. His excellency, the general COM
manding the forces of the United
States, San Juan river. Sir: 1 have
the honor to reply to your commune
cation of today, written at $3.50 a. M,
and received at l p. m, demanding the
surrender of this city; on the contrary
lombard this city and that l advise
foreign women and children that they
must leave the city before 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning. 1t is my duty to
say to you that this city will not
surrender, and that l will inform the
foreign consuls and inhabitants of the
contents of your message Very
respectfully, JOS. TARAL,
"Commander-in-C Chief Fourth Corps"
NoN-CoMBATANTS WANT TIl1E,
1.-THE British, Portuguese, Chinese
and Norwegian conSulS have come 10
my line with Colonel Dorst- They ask
if non-combatants can occupy the
town of Caney, and other points, and
ask until 10 o'clock of the 9Th instant
before the city is fired on. They claim
that there are between $1,000 and 10000
people, many of them old, who Will
leave They ask if L can supply them
with food, which l cannot do for want
of Transportation to Caney, which is
10 miles from my landing.
1.-The following is my reply:
1.-THE Commanding General Spanish
Forces. Santiago de Cuba:
"Sir-In consideration of the request
of the consuls and officers in your city
for delay in carrying out my intention
to fire on the city, and in the interest
of the poor women and children who
will suffer very greatly by their nasty
and enforced departure from the CITY,
have the honor to announce that Will
DELAY such action solely in their inter
est until noon of the 5th, providing dur
ing the interval your forces make no
demonstration whatever upon those OF
nv own. / am, with great respect, your
obedient servant, w. r.. SKATER.
major General. U. S. v"
MASTER OF THE SITUATION
General Miles has received two dis
patches from General Shafter this
morning. In one General Shafter says:
Il feel that am master of the sltua-
ton, and can hold the enemy for any
length of time"
In the other, General Shafter says:
my demand for surrender of Santiago
still being considered by Spanish au-
thoritieS."Is
one of these dispatches was in re-
Spouse to congratulations from General
Miles, in the course OF which he SAID:
Il expect to be with you in one week,
with strong reinforcements.
General Skaters reply is as follows:
playa del Este, July General
Miles, Washington: Fifth Army Corps,
Near Santiago, July 81 thank you in
the name of the gallant men' nave tne
honor to command for splendid tr1bute
They bore themselves as american sol
diers always have. Your telegram Will
be published at the head of the reSl-
ments in the morning. l feel Chat am
master of the situation, and can hold
enemy for any length of time. L am
delighted to know that you are COM
ing. that you may see for yourself the
obstacles which this army had to over
come. Ny only regret is The great num-
Der of gallant souls who Ghave given
their lives for their cOuntry's cause.
"(Signed) SHAFTER-
SANTIAGO SURROUNDED.
The war department has given out
the following:
Headquarters Fifth Army Corps,
Near Santiago, July 3.-Tonight my
lines completely surround the town,
| from the bay on the north of the city
to point on San Juan river on the
south The enemy holds from west
| bend San Juan river to its mouth up
the railroad to the city. General Pan
do. 1 find tonight, is some distance
away. and will not get into Santiago.
| (Signed) .'SHAFTER."
playa del Este, $3.50 a. m, July A.
HEADQUARTERS Fifth Army Corps, Near
| Santiago.-When the news of the dis
aster to the Spanish feet reached the
front which was during the truce. the
regimental band that had managed to
keep it's instruments on the line, played
The Star Spangled Banner and
.There'n Be a Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight Men cheering from one
end of the line to the other. Officers
and men without even shelter tents
have been soaking for five days in the
afternoon rains, but all are happy.
| (Signed) SHAF'TER.
SUNDAYS DEVELOPMENTS.