The age-herald., 1898-07-18


 June, in which the Rough Riders and part of General Young's command partic-
 ipated, General Toral said that less than
 2,ooo Spanish troops were engaged. his loss
 being 265. He wouold not say how many
 Spaniards were killed at Ei Caney and be-
 fore Santiago. ''Heavy-heavyl" he said.
 dejectedly
 In response to an inquiry, he said that
 transportation would be required for be-
 tween 22.OOO and 5000 men. that being the
 force ir the captulated district
 General Miles remained at Juragua dur
 ing the completion of the arrangements
 yesterday. and a copy was sent him by
 General Shafter this morning. That is
 splendid" he said; i've have got every
 thing that we came after"
 GENERAL MILES AWAITS ADVICE.
 General Miles went to Guantanamo to- day, and it is reported that he will remain there until the Washington government definitely decides about the Porto Rico campaign. A large number of troop ships are lying off here, and it is generally be- lieyed that large part of General Shaf- ter's army will be moved soon.
 The camp at Juragua contains nothing now but hospital tents with guard of two companies. The blackened ruins of few burned buildings are still visible, but in most places the debris has been removed and the white tents of the hospital corps are pitched on the sites of the burned buildings. The fever hospital is situatetd about half a mile across the railway bridge to the northeast of the town and is well F,x. a 1nI men are still on the hospital ship Relief which lies here. All are recovering rapidly.
 The volunteer regiments which arrived since the fighting ceased are standing the climate remarkably well. The men seemed greatly disappointed because they arrived too late to share in the battles, but they are seeing plenty of real hardships of cam paigning. The daily downpour of rain last week rendered the camp very uncomforta- ble. The rifle pits and tents and the ground are soaked with water and the miserable yellow clay of the Cuban coast makes marching almost an impossibility. The narrow trail from Juragua to the front is cut to pieces by a constant stream of wagons and it takes hours for a supply wagon drawn by four starving, exhausted horses, to make the twelve mile trip.
 THE CONDITION OF TROOPS.
 The troops look to be in good condition in daylight, but when the swift, tropical night has come down, damp and cloudy, when the shivering miserably about the sputter- ing camp fires or searching for dry places l for their blankets, the great mass of troops | seems little like a victorious army The | men do not complain, but accept the rain- l soaked hardtack and wet shelter tents with | 
 Scarcely a warship remains off Santiago | harbor entrance, almost the entire fleet | holding positions directly opposite the de- | serted fort at Aguadores.
 This afternoon the New York, flying the | blue flag of the admiral, lay anchored with 1 her bow almost on Aguadores beach, while | clustered about her were the other ships or the great squadron, the Brooklyn lying | a little further out to sea. The rifle pits 1 which crown the bluff are deserted, the | Spanish soldiers lounging unconcernedly on l the beach under the guns of the fleet The men of the navy are impatient to get into l Santiago harbor, but it is not known yet when the entrance will be made
 The refugees who have been quartered at Fl Caney were ordered back into the city today, and as most of them are with | out food, the Red Cross society's aid is | considered very important
 GENEROSITY OF THE JACKIES.
 The open-handed generosity of the Amer can seamen was shown today when was opened on Commodore | Schley's flagship, the Brooklyn, for the l benefit of the young wife of George Ellis, the only man killed on the American side | turing the battle with Admiral Cervera's | feet. The men eagerly offered their mon- | sy, many whose salaries are but SIT and SIS l ! month giving s20 and s25. The subscrip- ton soon amounted to $907 and then one of the seamen who had a silver coin taken | from one of the Spanish vessels offered it | for sale for the benefit of the fund, and it | was bid in by another seaman for s25
 Lieutenant Commander Mason offered a | } peseta piece from the Infanta Maria Te- | resa, and it's auction brought $6O more The | fund tonight amounts to over $1,000