Griggs courier., 1898-10-13

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TUESDAY. OCTOBER l.
The war department has decided to send
more troops to Puerto Rico at once.
Augusta. Ca. viii b the headquarters
OF the army corps which 10 to bs stationed
in Georgia and South Carolina.
The American authorities In Manila have
invited all the school-teachers to resume
the instruction Of their classes.
Savannah. Ga. has been selected ~ the
point OF embarkation Of all troops which
may hereafter be sent to Cuba or Puerto
Rico.
Gen. Otis reports the number Of deaths
among the American troops in the Phil.
ippines since July at four oflicers and s.
privates.
Maj. Gen. Merritt. who commanded the
American troops at Manila, arrived In
Paris to appear before the peace commits
sioners.
It is reported that the American peace
commissioners in Paris have formally de-
manded the cession by Spain Of the entire
Philippine group. This took the represent
atives Of Madrid by surprise, and they
asked time to secure Instructions from
the Sagasta cabinet.
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER s.
Ge, Wood proposes to inaugurate a sys-
tenn Of municipal taxation in Santiago de
Cuba.
Twelve hundred Spanish troops sailed for
Spain from San Juan and two transports
were being loaded with men as rapidly
as possible.
The Infanta Maria Teresa will SOON be
| ready to sail for the United States from
Guantanamo, Cuba. Lieut.. Hobson says
he l. confident he can save the Colon
also.
rn1iou,nr o,,% sfa roIto1, "a n, +orl 1Ix, ra
duce the war strength Of the navy. the
navy department has directed that the
monitors Puritan and Terror be withdrawn
from active service.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler testified before the
war investigating committee in Washing
ton that there was no shortage Of food or
medicines for soldiers. and declared many
reports to the contrary were false.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 6.
It IL announced from Madrid that Ad-
miral Cervera will be appointed life sem
ator.
The Spanish government has sanctioned
the sale. to South American republics. Of
the soants gunboats lying in Cuban wa
ters.
Spanish troops continue evacuating ter
troops took possession Of 1t as soon as
evacuated.
Secretary Long has named the four new
monitors contracted for a. follows: The
C00nectlcUt, the 6lOrl06s the ArkanSa9 ana
tho Wyoming.
It IL stated on authority that the various
stories published relating to the work Of
the peace commission now in Paris are
purely speculative.
President Mckinley and Secretary Of the
Navy Long have determined to recon-
mend to congress the revival Of the grade
Of vice admiral. to be filled by the promo
tion Of Rear Admiral Dewey.
Gen. Boynton testified before the war in
vestigating committee concerning Camp
Thomas. Its location. Chickamauga park.
he asserted. was one Of the most health
full in the country; the water supply.
abou. which so much had been said, was
pure and abundant; typhoid fever was
brought into camp by the troops. but at
did not equal that Of the regular army in
barracks; the officers Of the quartermas-
| ters', commissary and medical divisions
worked day and night. and he accorded
them unstinted praise. He said as nue..
food was wasted In one day. or left over.
berland had to eat during the whole Of the
siege OF Chattanooga.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 2.
Gen. Calixto Garcia left Santiago de
Cuba for the interior on his mission Of
disbanding the Cuban insurgents.
The transport Port Victor sailed from
New York for Puerto Rico with large
quantity Of commissary and quartermas-
ter's stores.
Orders were received at Jacksonville,
Fla. for the Seventh corps to prepare at
once to go to. Savannah, where It will be
embarked for Cuba.
Maj Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will go to Ha-
vana the latter part Of this month to as
sumo command Of the United States mill
tary forces in the Cuban capital.
tn, command of the North Atlantic squad
ron and his flagship. the San Francisco.
has been ordered out Of commission.
Before the war investigating committee
Gen. Lee detailed the conditions prevailing
at the camp at Jacksonville. He said the
plentiful. the men well taken care Of, and
he had no complaint to make of the war
departments treatment Of his command.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER
Admiral Sampson was reported to be ex-
tremely i'll in Havana.
The government has informed Spain that
the evacuation Of Cuba by the Spanish
army must be completed by December /.
A general order was issued organizing
new army corps and designating various
points in the south where the troops shall
be stationed.
The government has decided to make
Camp Wikof a winter hospital camp, and
will erect there the largest and best
equipped hospital in the world.
President Mckinley notified the United
States military commission at Puerto Rico
that the island must be evacuated by the
Spanish forces on or before October 18.
| Gen. Greene. Col. Lee and Maj. Hersey
testified before the war investigating COM
mittee in Washington that the vast ma
jority Of complaints, were exaggerated. II
no. without foundation.
MONDAY, OCTOBER TO-
Japanese papers strongly favor the re-
tention of the entire Philippines by the
United States.
An official statement shows that in the
war with Spain II persons in the navy were
killed and 81 wounded.
The American evacuation commissioners
gave a banquet in Havana in homer Of the
Spanish commissioners.
The Sixth United States ummunes) and
the Forty-seventh New York sailed from
New York for San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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