The age-herald., 1898-07-20
DRAMATIC SCENE
 OF SURRENDER General Shafter Graciously Re- turned General :,al's Sword.
 7s:=*- LIEUT.. CROC$ INFERRED CITY And All Arrc.S. Arsenal Were Turned
 $ to Him. THE OFFICERS FELT .HUMILIATED Scarcely Looked at Their Conquerors
 as They Passed. QUEER IDEA or THE SOLDIERS They Believe That the United States Has Purchased Cuba, and That We VIII Pay Them All Back Salary
 McKibben In Charge.
Scarcely Looked at Their Conquerors
 as They Passed.


Santiago de Cuba, July 1s.-via King ston, July 19.-11:15 a. m.-The events pre- ceding the hoisting of the American flag over the governors palace here amid the booming of guns the strains of martial music and the wild cheering of 10000 men along seven miles of entrenchments were full of interest.
 Shortly after o'clock on Monday morn- ing Lieutenant Crook of Shafter's staff en- tered the city and all the arms in the ar senal were turned over to him. The work of removing the mines which obstructed navigation at the entrance of the harbor had been progressing all night. At [ o'clock General Toral sent his sword to General Shafter as evidence of his sub- mission, and at S:45 a. m. all the general officers and their staffs met at General Shat.,. $ headquarters. Each regiment was u1awn up along the heights. General Shafter and his generals and 100 picked men from the second cavalry then rode over our trenches to the open ground on the road to Santiago midway to the then deserted Spanish forts. There they were met by General Toral and his staff all in full uniform and mounted, and select de- tachment of Spanish troops. What fol-
  troops
 The scene was dramatic. General Shaf- ter, with his generals and staff, grouped in the rear and with the troops of cavalry men with drawn sabers on the left, ad- vanced to meet the vanquished foe.
 After a few words of courteous greeting General Shafters first act was to return to General Toral his sword. The Spanish gen. eral appeared to be touched by the com- plimentary words with which General Shafter accompanied this action and he thanked the American commander feeling ly. Eight Spanish trumpeters then saluted and were saluted in return by our trum- peters.
 Company Grounded Arms
 General Toral then personally ordered the Spanish company which in miniature represented force under his command to ground arms. Next the company wheeled and marched across our line in the road and thence to the place selected for camping them. The Spaniards moved rapidly to the quick notes of the Spanish march played by the trumpeters but 1t impressed one like the Dead March" from. Saul
 Although no attempt was made to hu- initiate them the Spanish soldiers seemed to feel their disgrace keenly and scarcely glanced at their conquerors as they passed.
 But this apparent depth of feeling was not displayed by the other regiments. Without being sullen, the Spaniards ap- peared to be utterly indifferent to the re- verses suffered by the Spanish arms. Each of them when not under the eyes of their officers, seemed to rejoice at the prospect of good food and an immediate return 10 Spain.
 General Toral throughout the ceremony was sorely dejected. When General Shaf- ter introduced him by name to each mem Der of his staff the Spanish general ap- peared to be very broken man. He seems to be about 60 years of age, and of frail constitution, though stern resolution is shown by every feature. The lines arc strongly marked and his face is deep drawn as if in physical pain.
 Spoke But Few Words
 General Toral replied with an air of ab- straction to the words addressed to him and when he accompanied General Shaf- ter, at the head of the escort into the city to take formal possession of Santiago, Gen eral Toral spoke but few words. The ap- pealing faces of the starving refugees in the city did not move him nor did the groups of Spanish soldiers lining the road looking at their stalwart conquerors. Once did the faint shadow of smile turk about the corners of his mouth. This was when the cavalcade passed the barbed wire entanglements. No body of infantry could have ever gotten through it. General Shafter's remark about its resisting power found the first gratifying echo in the Span ish generals heart
 Further along the desperate character of the Spanish resistance amazed our sol- diers. Although primitive it was well done. Each approach to the city thrice bar ricaded and wired and the barricades were high enough and sufficiently strong to withstand shrapnel.
 The slaughter among our troops would have been frightful had 1t ever become necessary to storm the city.
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