The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-24
SHAFTER'S ARMY
Will Remain on the Santiago Hills for
the Present

| NEW YORK. July 23-A dispatch to the
Times from Washington says:
To the question what Is to be done with
General Skaters Fifth Corps now at San
tlago," the heads Of the war administra-
| ton can find but one answer. That Is to
keep ii in Cuba until every vestige of yell
| low fever Us stamped out Of 1t. 1t can be
| stated positively and upon the highest pos
| sible authority that there is no intention
of bringing the troops back to this country
| at the present time.
The authorities here believe that 1t would
| be dangerous and criminal to run the IRISH
of spreading the fever broadcast through
out this country by bringing the men back
here, so long the pest is among Them
| and 1t is agreed that the best place to fight
the disease is right where they are now.
Adjutant- General Corbin, when asked
what 1t was proposed to do with the San
tiago army, said.
what can we do but leave the troops
there till they are free from the fever?
We can't fight 1t anywhere else as well as
there. Undertake to bring them back to
this country now and It would infect every
transport we have. and If we brought tn en-
back, where would we land then? There is
no CITY on the coast that would not rise up
in arms at the very suggestion of landing
a fever infected army within its limits
Besides, there is no reason to believe
that removal at this time would he of
advantage to the men themselves. No, the
best and the only thing we can do is to fight
| the fever on Its own ground, and until it is
driven out of the army II would be mad
ness to bring the army back to this coun-
| try"
The administration would welcome moth
| ing more cordially than the opportunity of
bringing the men who fought so bravely
at Santiago back home ana giving them the
best camp to be had in the most salubrious
| climate the country Affords but 1t is their
conclusion that. for the present. at least,
and so long as the fever RACES, the Fifth
| Corps will have to be kept where 1t Is.
AS evidence that II ia not intended to use
the transports at Santiago to return the
men to this country. an order has been
| sent to General Shafter to have all the
| ships he has with him sent back here at
once for use In transporting the Porto Rico
expedition.
Does Not Write
| WASHINGTON, July 23.-It ia stated
positively at the War Department that the
|
ed to have addressed to General Shafter
announcing his withdrawal from further
cooperation with the American troops, has
not yet reached the War Department The
officials are inclined to believe that II the
letter really exists, and of that they have
little doubt, 1t will reach Washington only
| through tho mails from Santiago.
SO far no mail report of any charac ter
has fro, <,t,, 1t.
| landing In Cuba, to the great disappoint-
ment of the officials who are looking anx-
iously for detailed accounts of certain
events in the progress of tho campaign that
| were only obscurely outlined by General
Shafter. 1t was hoped that the St. Paul
| which arrived at New York, would bring
| along lot of mail. but she did not do SO,
probably from fear of yellow fever
| The only word that has come from Gen.
eral shnfter over night was the statement
that General Duffield left Santiago for
home yesterday and that General Corbin's
son. who was reported to be better, was to
leave for home rs soon as he could be
| transported safely. He and General Duff
field are said to have suffered the only two
| pronounced cases of yellow fever in the
| American camp.
| No word has reached the department
from any official source relative to the re-
ported attack by GarcIa's Cubans upon the
body of Spanish soldiers who were march
| ing into Santiago to surrender to Shafter
In tho absence OF a reliable report on this
| occurrence, which, II true. may be fraught
with the gravest consequences and affect
| tho attitude of the United States govern
mont toward the Cubans. there is DISPOSE
1 IN To 4 Mt b, Iro no
| partment.