The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-26
To be Sent to Western
North Carolina
GARCIA'S COMPLAINT
Of Ill Treatment by General Shaner
Cuban Troops to Act Independently
Of Skaters Comma nd Mile. u.ps.
None Of Shafser's soldier wv ish M.
FxPcdiuon-Nany Of the Troop. suiI
Camping on h Liaes-WheeIcr SuiI
HI.

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Santiago. July 20. via Kingston. ia
maica, July 81. 1918 y. m.-Generai
Shafter has opened a cable Office here
and is in communication with Wash
ington regarding the disposition OF
the Fifth army crops. which consists
or those troops that came with him
from Tampa, and the r-einforcements
from the four transports which have
since been unloaded-the Thirty-third
and part OF the Thirty-fourth Michi-
gan-none OF the latter have been in
action. but are all camped in the same
place, and so far as health c~onsidera-
tions go. General McKfbbin seems to
have held the opinion that the Fifth
could join the Porto Rican expedition
under General Miles, as soon as SAN
tiago should fall. This was the evil
dent intention when the invasion army
left the United States. but the condi-
ton OF the men now, according TO the
physicians and commanding officers, is
such that the entire corps should re-
turn at once.
General Miles has cabled that he
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single man among them. and he be-
lieves that after their hard campaign
they should be given a rest OF at least
two OIL three weeks.
General Skaters messages 10 the
same effect have beer most urgent and
the doctors say the men should go
into camp In the mountains OF North
Carolina or western Maine for a
month. Washington agrees TO this and
will do everything possible the cable
dispatches today say, to carry the ar
my away from here. But there Is a
lack OF transports.
The cavalry division has been sent
into the mountains. at it's own re-
quest, to see If 1t cannot get into shape
to join General Miles, and II no fever
develops the men may go to Porto
Rico.
The Twenty-fourth infantry liz acting
as guards and as nurses at the hospital
at Juragua, and more OF them are
needed. The colored troops are all
likely to remain here to attend TO sick
and hold Santiago.
General Shafter has cabled to Wash
ington that it Is ~imperatively neces-
sary hat he should have more i'm
munes sent to him quickly and the
probability is that a corps will leave
within the mex ten days.
All our men are now encamped on
the nghting line, where they have been
for two weeks, except General Wheel
er's men, who have been sent into the
hills.
General Wheeler is still Ill. but he
resists the pleas Of his friends 10 re-
turn to the United States.
GARCIA DISGRUNTLED.
New York, July 21.-A Santiago spe-
cial to The Journal, dated July 10th,
says that General Garcia has written
a letter to General Shafter. declaring
that he is disguised at his treatment
at the hands of the Americans and will
therefore withdraw his forces to the
hills.
Among the things OF which General
Garcia complains is the failure OF the
American commander to officially no
tify him of the surrender of the Span
ish force under Genera Toral, and he
is also incensed at the alleged fact
that he was not invited to be present
at the ceremony attending the formal
capitulation of Santiago. Another
grievance Is the retention of the Span
ish civil authorities in the administra-
ton Of their functions in Santiago.
For these reasons Garcia declares he
will no longer cooperate with the
forces under General Skaters com
mand, but will act Independently. as he
did before the American troops landed
in Cuba.