The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-08-02
CIVIL WAR NOTWORSE
Genl. Shaftcr Writes TO Secre
tary Algcr Telling of the
Campaign at Santiago.

N"ih l'h * " a. tDdiil Id ~.
Washington. Aug The secretary of
war has received the following letter
from Gen shaner transmitting the com
'nissioners report Of the surrender o. the
Spanish army at Santiago
Camp before santiago cuba. July Is. 1893
take the liberty Of sending to you.
this morning copy Of the agreement
between the commissioners on my psrt
and the commissioners on the part Of the
government OF Spain. for the surrender
Of eastern cuba. The schedule Just sub
mitted shows there TO be a little over a..
0 men and onicers-about g.ooO more
men than ] have had myself. and am
very glad TO say that we have got an
these men with very little loss ~ lire
compared to what it would have been
had We had TO have fought them
Tho city Of Santiago IS simply a net
work OF Notifications at every street cor
ii'.A iiHN liN NiNIfti fNilNflNlhH Ni IL
strength until / went into it. although l
knew those old stone towns were natur-
auy very strong Everything is going
admirably, SO FAR as the transfer Is CON
ccrned. and the Spanish troops are ~.
having we'll as they are perfectly d.
lighted OF the thoughts Of getting home
/ send to YOU personally telegram OF
Gen. Linares 60 his government which
,uy of the consuls gave me It shows the
straits To which the were put and the
ceilings that animated them. lie stated
the case exactly ! dld have him so COM
)lctely surrounded that It was impossible
FOR him to set away. and / could wait
aud he could not.
send ont tomorrow morning 20 receive
something over 2800 men up in the inte-
rior "a short distance about thirty miles,
and in two or three days viii send 20
iuanatnuamo To receive the 7000 that
nave surrendered there. They should be
ihlppcd from Guantanamo Bay direct
yo Spain. Thcfe are also about 800 men
soch from Baracoa AID Saqua. on the
lorth coast who will come into pors
here for shipment win send an oricer
ro6nd with a Spanish officer.
We have gotten a great deal more than
nad any idea OF getting in the way OF
munitions Of war In everything but
,ood they were well supplied. Have got
few beautiful modern high power guns
about "a dozen.
"Ny only fear is that We shall have
,ome sickress. and H is for that reason
lhat have wired you go earnestly about
,ctinr these prisoners away, 30 that we
'au ro up Ga the mountains with my
.ommaud at San Louis. which Is said 10
De- very healthy. II is at any rate about
500 feet above the sea and has com
uuulcauon by rain with Santiago.
$50 far there is no fever In sartlago. l
upposc because there So no one there
Except lmmunes. Three cases only SO Tar
hls year and the English consuls tells
me- there was very little last year.
"Of those who served throughout the
.lyu war. an declare that they never had
any thing that compare with It for
hardships. with only one set OF clothes,
officers have been untn now rnined. on
nearly every day, carrying three days
auous. Ike the men on their person
and suffering every prvauon that any
nan can. added 90 AN these privations, IN
,ddition. aII the horrors " disease IN an
Unknown land and very limited accom-
uodatious should they be wounded. The
spirit shown by them aud by the whole
rmy Was simply grand. I can recall no
Instance where n greater surrender has
been made than this The nnal surren-
ier Of Gen. Tora and his generals 10
myself and my generals was highly dra-
Matte as was the hoisting Of the nlg
over the city Of Santiago, one OF the old
est cities IN this continent
81 want 90 thank you and the Presi-
dent for the words of cheer that have
come To- us and 10 say that none OF us
have ever doubted that every effort pos
sible 90 make our lives as secure and our
situation as comfortabl as possible would