The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-22

the city is but a shadow Of its for
mer self.
The majority of the houses are ate
solute ruins. and the public squares,
| once green, with fountains playing IN
! their centre, are now neglected. But.
| here and there through the open doors
| Of more pretentious dwellings one
| meets with the vision of an open court
| filled with palms, brilliant hued pou-
| chianos and other Towering trees and
plants. 1t is like brief glimpses of
| happy past long gone. There is no
| sewerage. The drainage is all from the
surface into the harbor. and the lower
part OF the city, through which much
| Of the drainage runs, especially from
| the poor quarter around the bullring
to the northwest of the city is the
seeding centre Of malaria, typhoid
| and other low fevers.
| There are four hospitals in the city,
the civil hospital. presided over by the
Sisters Of Charity, and the military,
the Mercedes, and the Conchas pos
pitals. In these hospitals are 1,74
| patients, which is a comparatively
| small number, considering the lack of
food and long siege. 1t must be re-
| membered that the reconcentrados
were never admitted to the hospitals
and when the notifications of the pro-
sosed bombardment by our batteries
We're received, every patient who could
| stagger out was driven into the
| streets.
LEPERS IN THE STREETS.
Twenty lepers, who were in the civil
hospital, were turned into the streets
and they have been roaming them ever
! since. The largest number of patients
are in the military hospital, where
there are thirty-seVen wounded Span
ish officers and 431 wounded soldiers
and sailors. In addition, there are
| hundreds of cases of malaria and
dysentery anG six cases Of yellow fe-
| yer.
The sailors were wounded in the bat
tie of July 1st and End. They were
| disembarked from the ships of Ad-
miral Cervera's fleet in order to assist
in resisting the attack of the Ameri-
can troops by land. These sailors say
that when the Spanish fleet sailed out
of the harbor half of the sailors and
marines on board had been fighting
and working in the trenches ashore
for forty-eight hours previously. Ad-
miral CerVera, they also assert, Sacri-
feed his fleet in obedience to the pop
ulor clamor both in Spain and Cuba,
including Santiago, that he should give
battle to the American fleet.
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Santiago de Cuba, July Is, via Kings
ton, jamaica July 19, Ills a. m.-The
events preceding the hosting of the
American flag over the governors pal
ace here, were full Of interest.
Shortly after 6 o'clock on Monday
morning Lieutenant Crook, of Gen
eral Skaters staff, entered the city
and all the arms in the arsenal were
turned over to him. The work of re-
moving the mines which obstructed
navigation at the entrance Of the har-
Dor had been progressing all night.
oI>o ,oJo fLo
Spanish commander, sent his sword to
General Shafter as evidence of his
submission, and at 8:45 o'clock all the
general officers and their staffs assem-
bled at General Skaters headquarters.
Each regiment was drawn up along
the crest of the heights
General Shafter and his generals,
, with mounted escorts of 100 picked
; men of the Second cavalry, then rode
over our trenches to the open ground
at the foot of the hill on the main road
to Santiago, midway to the then de-
serted Spanish works. There they were
, met by General Toral and his staff, all
in full uniform and mounted, and a
select detachment Of Spanish troops.
What followed took place in full view
Of our troops. The scene was pictu-
| rescue and dramtic. General Shafter
? with his generals and staffs, grouped
e Immediately in the rear, and with the
| OF cdVdlry1on WIN Drawn Sd
bres, advanced to meet the vanQuish-
S ed foe.
= After a few words of courteous
2 greeting, General Skaters first ac
! was to return General ToraPs sword
4 The Spaniard appeared to be touched
= by the complimentary words with
+ which General Shafter accompanied
this action and he thanked the Ameri
= can commander feelingly.
- Then followed a short conversation
Il as to the place selected for the Span
ish forces to deposit their arms anC
a Spanish infantry detachment march
- ed forward to a position facing Ou
cavalry, where the Spaniards wer'
- halted. The latter were without thei
cOlOrS.
Eight Spanish trumpeters then sa
. luted and were saluted in return b!
= our trumpeters, both giving f1ourishe
y y for lieutenant and major generals.
Y THE SPANIARDS GROUND ARMS
y General Toral then personally or
y | dered the Spanish company, which, il
= miniature, represented the forces unde
- his command to ground arms. Next
by his direction, the company wheeled
| and marched across our line into I'll.
road and thence to the place selected
l. for camping them. The Spaniard
! moved rapidly, to the quick notes O
| Ino spanish pldyeu ny the
peters, but it impressed one like tn
:, dead march from Saul"
Il Although no attempt was made t.
humiliate. the Spanish soldiers seemed
: to feel their disgrace keenly and
scarcely glanced at their conquerors a.
| they passed by.
n But this depth of feeling was not dis
: played by the other regiments. With
e out being sullen, the Spaniards appear
s ed to be utterly Indifferent to the re
:. verses suffered by Spanish arms ant
= some of them, when not under tn,
X eyes of their officers, seemed to re
n joice at the prospect of good food ant
s immediate return to Spain.
o General Toral throughout the cere
t n,ony was sorely detected. When Gen
|. eral Shafter introduced him by nam
= to each member of his staff, the Span
o ish general appeared to be a very brok
d en- man. He seems to be about so year
!. | of age and of frail constitution thougl
n | stern resolution is shown in every fea
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