Morris tribune., 1898-09-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATE WAR WITH SPAIN.

Major General Wilson has left Ponce
Porto Rico, for the United States.
! Spanish gunboats, it is reported, have
sunk Philippine insurgent fotilla
The American military commission
has held its first meeting at Havana
The Third United States infantry
has left Camp Wikoff for Fort Smell
ing.
Gen eral Shafter denies that friction
exists between General Miles and him.
self
Ex-senator Henderson has declined
to serve on the war investigating COM
mission.
Spanish war expenses appropriated
$378,800, 900, aside from the loss of col.
onies and ships.
The Eighth Ohio, participants in the
Santiago campaign, have arrived at
their home cities.
The Fourth Wisconsin regiment has
been ordered from Camp Douglass to
a Southern camp.
The Spanish senate has adopted the
Hispano- American protocol by sitting
and standing vote.
The battleships Oregon and Iowa
will leave for the Pacific coast about
the end of September.
General Shafter called on the presi.
dent Saturday and gave the details of
the Santiago campaign.
Yellow fever has broken out among
the American troops in Porto Rico.
One death has been reported,
Senator Gray of Delaware has accept.
ed the fifth place on the peace commits.
sion, which is now complete.
President Mckinley, in answer to a
announces thatno more troops
will be mustered out at present.
All the volunteers, except the sick,
have left Camp Wikoff. Thirteen
thousand regulars are still there,
General Miles, it is said, declares
larger army is necessary and will rec
ommend plan Of reorganization,
Wild scenes occurred in the Spanish
cortes on the opening day, resulting
from discussion of war and peace
President Mckinley has been pre-.
sented with a Spanish flag captured by
American troops at Coamo, Porto Rico
: The sick and wounded American SOL
diers in the Philippines sailed for home
Monday on the hospital ship Rio jan
Giro.
Secretary Alger has requested the
president to order a thorough and
searching inquiry of the war depart
ment. d
Admiral Dewey considers the situa-
ton at Manila so critical that he has
asked for an additional battleship and
cruiser.
Senior Canalejas, in speech in the
Spanish cortes, violently attacked the
Liberal ministry for their conduct of
the war.
The Santiago daily death rate has
dropped from 70 to 30 in the month
since General Wood has taken charge
Of affairs.
The First and Second Wisconsin vol
unteer regiments have returned home
from Jacksonville and Porto Rico, re.
spectively.
The United States evacuation COM
missioners have arrived at Havana. An
official call was made on Captain Gen.
oral Blanco.
The transport Missouri has arrived
1t Montauk Point from Santiago with
261 men on board. Thirteen deaths
en- route
Relations between the Americans !
and insurgents in the Philippines is /
becoming more strained and crisis is
considered near at hand.
The plan of having parade in New /
7 ork of the troops returning from |
Porto Rico and those at Montauk has
been definitely abandoned
A committee Of three Filipinos, ap.
pointed by Aguinaldo, has left Hong
Kong in order to confer with Presi. i
lent Mckinley upon the future of the
Philippine islands.
The military examining board ap.
w AAFOolASdU0 dG
Camp Thomas has reported 1t finds
5he sickness to have been due to mis-
and poor sanitary ar.
The sick soldiers of the Twelfth and
Fourteenth Minnesota reached st.
Paul Saturday on board hospital
rain The seriously i'll were taken to
Twin City hospitals and the others
tent to their homes.
General Miles, on arriving at New
York from Porto Rico, admitted that
ecent published interviews with him
we're substantially correct. In uphold
ng his position he gave lengthy
tatement to the press.
The president has appointed com.
mission of nine to investigate the con.
luct of the war, as follows: Robert
I. Lin coln, Commander.in. Chief Sex.
on OF the G, A. R., General Schofeld,
Daniel s. Lamont, General John B.
Gordon, ex-senator Henderson, Daniel
,. Gilman, General Granville M.
Dodge and DIR. Kean of Philadelphia.
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