The Lamar register., 1898-07-06

dispatch: ~
Playa del Este. July 3.-To sa,r,-
tary Of War. Washington. u. O.. Cam,
near Seville. Ccba. July 3-We bays
the town well Invested IN the portI,
aud eas'. buJ with very thin Iine
Upon approaching ii we lind Il OF suct,
a character and the defens. 80 strong
that u will bc impossible to carry II by
storm with my present forces.
Our hisses up 10 date win appreciate
Thousand. but list has no, vel b..,.n
made. But little sickness. outside on
exhaustion fnom in,ense heat aud eN
eruoh OF the battle Of day before yes
'e.uay hnd tue almost constant IRE
which is Kept Up on the trenches.
Wagon road to the rear * k,.p, nm
with soine difficulty. ON account ~
rains. bur win be able to use Il for
the present.
Gencrai Wheeler Is seriously m and
VIII probably have TO go TO the hear To-
day, General Young Is very N: con
nncd 10 his bed. General HAWKINS
slightly wounded In foot during Soriie
made Isl night. which was handsome
~ rcpnlse,i
The behavior of our troops was
magnificent
General Garela reports sha, he holds
the ruiirt1i from Santiago 10 san Luis
and has burned bridge and removed
some Tniis; also that Grneral Panaio has
arrived AZ Palma and that the Frenrl,
ccn<ui with about 400 French citizens
came INTO his ilue yezicr,iay fram San.
tiaee; have directed him 10 trrat them
with every courtesy possible.
SKATER
SecresnTy AlSer sent the following
rvpiy 10 General Shafirr:
To GeneraI shaf,er. The President
directs me to say that you have the
gratitude and thanks of thc nation for
The brilliant AMI effect work OF your
noble army on Friday. July IL. The
steady raior ani heuuism of officer
aud men Jhriil ihe American people
with pride The country moErns the
hrAvr men who zen in hafJie They
have added new names TO unr roll u
heroes
,Slgpcsn n. A. ALGER.
secretary of War
The dispatch sIcaks for itself. and.
a. Adjutnni General C1rbin slid. tells
what desperate hEht our gallan;
troops have bsen 10. Il wHs rNreived
~ noon Today. and after luil Of near.
formation from the feil.
At first. when Il hecume known that
the Anleri-au commander had reis1ri-
~ ibr Gefcnsss TO b. ~ strong Il
would b. imfsrssihie 10 carry them
with BIZ present forcr. there was mo
fnrniarily a wnye Of deep apprchen.
sinn, fint this was not shared by the
military authorities here An their en-,
erEis-. all their attention. was turned
90 meet the Situation as presented by
fienerai Shaftcr. Their. was nslther
time nor dlspn-iiioe 70 take account %
what had rone tefuTr. when the fact
was pialn That the American army bad
feis IT, way. Inch DO Inch. under a
blazing sun. through tropical vcgtigI-
tidu. steadily advancing and beating
hack the fOs,. taking position after po-
siii1n. mill, - General Shaffcr report
81, tlsr Town was wei Invested on the
north and east by the long drawn cut
line % American troops This was a
suiiicirus tribute tn ihv valor % oar
brave men. and II silenced all eBvii
over tbc conditions now presented by
Generii ShafJer.
II WAS time for action. Tor rein
fur.cmcnf.. and toward the execution
of this end every effort nf the admin
istratt1u WIS nj ono. turne,i
But there was other information of a
NOR. encouraging nature at the
sauie time.
shortly after II O'clock this morning
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy Allen
left the White House hastily, and, go
Ing directly to the department. posted
the following on the bulletin board:
General shaftes telcEraphS:
Playa del Este. July 3.--Early this
morning I sent n demand for the sur
render ~ Santiago. threatening TO bom-
hard ihe city / believe the place viii
b. surrendered.
This cuntradiets tile report that Gen
eral Shafisr had fallen hack.