The Jersey City news., 1898-08-01
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ON TO SAN Juan
General Henry's Division
Joining the Main Army
at Ponce.
SPAIN's BRUTAL s0LDlERY
Hideous outrages on Native
Porto Ricans a Prelim-
mary to the End.
CONQUERED CITIES DELIGHTED
CONQUERED CITIES DELIGHTED
The Stars and Stripes Hailed
With Cheers and Profes-
aions of Loyalty.
SHIPS IN GUANTANAMO BAY
News OF Our Naval Force in Cuban
Waters--The Texas Damage--
spaiu's Ruined Hulks.

PONCE, Island of Porto Rico July So
1898 6 p M via the Island OF ST.
Thomas, Danish West Indies Sunday
lnorning) Major General Miles hourly ex-
poets the arrival of the transports hay-
ing on board Brigadier- General Schwan's
division of six thousand men. and also
the Mohawk with the Fifth Regular Cav
airy.
General Henry's division, consisting Of
8, 400 men, andSincluding twenty-six pieces
of artillery, has been ordered to march
Immediately from Yuaco TO Ponce In order
to be ready to join the movement north
to San Juan
The Sixteenth Pennsylvania Regiment
was sent this morning towards Juana Dlaz
eight miles north Of Ponce, en- route 10
San Juan, where. it is reported, the Span
iards will make stand.
Word reached here this afternoon that
the Spaniards were numbering native Por-
to Ricans, violating women and jndulging
in general outrages.
The Sixteenth Pennsylvania Regiment
will be reinforced if necessary,
The first real resistance IS expectag
when our troops reach Aibonito, thirty
five miles northeast Of here. Aibonito
has thousand feet elevation.
General Miles says he has no intention
of making a landing of troops at Cape
San Juan, especially as the place is only
a roadstead where transports are liable
to suffer from the prevalent storms.
The railroad from Ponce to yuaco is
now in the possession of our troops.
General Stone found five mines On the
track These were destroyed and the
track is uninjured.
Our troops found seventeen spaaiards
in the Yuaco Hospital all Of whom had
been wounded in Tuesdays fight. Two
of them have since died.
Proclamations have been issued by
Yuaeo, as a United States city, express
ing delight at annexation and the ad-
ministration of General Miles and of our
troops.
The Mayor of Ponce has called upon
all the residents of that place to exercise
caimness and eircumspection under the
new and desirable conditions. He also
urges forbearance toward conquered enc
mics.
Much enthusiasm is everywhere mani
tested at the sight of the Stars and
Stripes.
General Miles has issued lengthy or
der of Instructions to General Wilson, VINO
will be Military Governor of Ponce PROV
ince and city until General BroolSe's ar
rival 1t is of the same tenor as the in
structions which General Miles gave to
General Shafter at Santiago. Both or
ders are based on the administration in
structions given to General Merritt re-
garding the government of the Philippine
Islands. The local Mayor, Judges and
police will remain in authority, subject
to the orders of General Wilson. The
custom house offices will also be con-
Quoted as formerly, for the present. Their
receipts amount to considerable sum of
money.
The question of the proper discount on
Porto Rican silver gives some trouble to
General Miles, but he says this will set
tie itself in due course of time.
Chaplain ChidwiclS, Of the Cincinnati
formerly Of the Maine, introduced TO Gen.
eral Wilson this morning two of the lead
ing Jesuits of Ponce, representing a
thousand churches and their dependents
in this province. The priests wanted in
formation regarding their support, and
General Wilson said that. under the Con-
stitution Of the United States, it was not
possible to apply any governmental money
for church purposes
Father Chadwick said 1t would be all
the better for the Church if its own peo-
pie learned to contribute to its support.
Spanish volunteers continue to come in
and give themselves up.
The health of the troops so far is good,
though the weather is hot.
The following is the text of the Mayors
proclamation, issued at Yuaco, as