The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-22
KIN ID Y W AS WISE.
Showed Better Gsneralship thar
Any OF the Generals
Iss5s at Santiago. sa

Chicago, Ill, July 15.-It turns ont
lthat the President is wiser than any OF
his generals. says w. d. Curtis, the
I SVashington correspon of the Record.
Ills military sagacity has been demon
tstrated. We shall probably hear good
tmany explanations from Miles, Shafter
land the other bold warriors at the front
Las to why they recommended the accept
ance of the Spaniards offers of capitula-
ton; but 1t is fair to assume that their
lpdgment was warped by the rains and
the Hoods and the mud and the discom-
forts Of the men, and particularly by the
fear of yellow fever.
The President was immensely gratified
when he got the message that the surren-
der was absolute, with only the condition
that the Spaniards should be sent home
mt our expense. That will be more of
an accommodation to us than TO the
Spanish government. Prisoners Of war
are always a nuisance, and Torafs men
would have been particularly because
Of their contagious diseases and their pow
Ierty. Uncle Sam must not only feed but
clothe them. Nearly every man in the
Spanish army is in rags, and it would be
much cheaper sand easier to send them
to Europe as Rrst-class passengers than
keep them on rations for six months
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yet been decided upon, but it is the nm
derstanding at the war department that
neutral vessels like the emigrant ships
of the German and Italian companies
will be chartered and sent to Santiago
to furnish the transportation. It is not
thought best to risk our transports in
such treacherous waters as those of
Spain, and besides the Spaniards might
leave germs in them; we need them for
! other purposes ~
Gen. Mckinley, who has proven a big
ger man than Miles. or Smarter, does not
propose to let the present triumph inter-
fere with future ones. While he expects
that Spain will now ask terms of peace,
he believes the best way to realize that
expectation is TO keep pounding, and Gen.
Brooke has been called to Washington to
confer concerning the preparation Of his
troops at Chickamauga for the Porto
Rico expedition. 1t is the purpose of
Gen. Mckinley to call home all the boys
at Santiago except the artillery as rapidly
as possible, and give them a chance to
rest and feed up and tell the folk about
their lighting. while several regiments of
immunes will be sent down to garrison
that city during the summer and assist a
military governor, who will probably be
Gen, Shafter, to restore order and rebuild
the town and revive business and agri-
culture in that province. Every possible
encouragement will be offered the resi-
dents of Eastern Cuba to recover their
prosperity. Steamship communication
with New York will be resumed at once,
public improvements will be introduced
and the owners of plantations will be af-
forded protection while they clear their
fields and plant their crops. The iron
mines will be in operation very shortly,
because the ore is needed III Baltimore,
Pittsburg and Chicago, and before the
summer is ended Eastern Cuba will be, in
condition to illustrate what may be ex-
|pected of the rest of the island when it is
relieved from Spanish despotism.
No attempt will be made to attack Ha,
vana. Gen. Blanco will be allowed I'd
contemplate his Notifications and study
the art of war within his own lines with
out disturbance from our ships or soldiers
He is. entirely J, cut off from communica.
ton with Madrid and the last news he will
I hear from the outside will be that Santa.
go has surrendered. One can imagine
the unhappy and hopeless situation in
which he is placed with his supplies OF
food rapidly growing less and no prospects
of rescue or re-enforcements. $50.
The Porto Rico campaign, however, will
be short, sharp and decisive, and Gen
| Mckinley expects to have Old Glory float
ing OYER the castle of John the Baptist
before the end of the month. =.