Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-07-29
War Notes

the Philippines.
The people are assured that needless
delays will not be tolerated by our
government i'll negotiations for peace
Germany has expressed approval OF
the suggestion that the United States
rellnquish the Philippines for Porto
Rico.
\ Washington dispatch OF the 18th
states that Spain had entered formal
petition for peace, through the French
Ambassador.
The volunteers who go to Porto
Rico have been provided with the
krag-Jorgensen magazine rifle used by
the regular army.
James Hamilton Lewis has been at
tached as aide to General Brooke. He
will be a field officer with no compen-
Sation. He goes to Porto Rico when
ordered.
Sampson reports that the work OF
raising the sunkcn Spanish battleship
Maria Theresa has progressed, favor
ably, and he thinks will bc entirely
successful.
Here is bit of history in 1862
one hundred and thirty-six years ago :
II took the English with fleet of 200
vessels and an army OF 1900 men
from June 9th until August 14th to
capture Havana.
\ special dispatch to the n. Y.
Herald from Madrid, dated the 18th
inst says that the government has re-
ceivcd a dispatch from Manila an.
nouncing that the city had been sur
rendered to Admiral Dewey.
Deputy Navy Auditor Ewing COM
plies from official figures an aggre-
gate of the war expenses up to the
18th inst, amounting to $l25,OOO,OOO.
The appropriations for prosecution of
the war aggregate 1902 100000.
1t is charged that SPANS overturcs
for peace are only intended to develop
the intentions of this government re-
garf.ng the Philippines, which it is
hn,nI tn 10 q nr,fn
of foreign powers that may result in
advantage to Spain.
Miss Jessie Schley, delegate from
the Peace Society OF Paris, was in
Madrid Il few days ago, interviewing
members of the Cabinet with the OBJ
ject OF inducing them to sue for peace.
She is a daughter of Chas. Schley, of
Milwaukee, Wis, who is a cousin of
Commodore Schley.
Gen. Shaffter's official report of the
American casualties at the battle of
Santiago shows the loss of 90 offices
POS enlisted men. The wounded mum.
Der so officers and 1923 men, with 81
men missing. The missing men are
supposed to be dead, and so far as
known the Spanish took no prisoners.
A special dispatch from Santiago
dated the Odd says that Gen. Garcia's
forces met detachment of Spanish
soldiers who were on their way to the
city to surrender to Gen. Shafter, and
fired upon them killing 20 men. The
Spaniards defended themselves with
such valor, however, that they killed
twice that number of Cubans.
The U. S. military expedition which
left Guantanamo Thursday of last week,
arrived at Porto Rico and disembarked
at q point about 20 miles from Ponce
and IS from San Juan, Tuesday of
this week In skirmish with Span
ish troops, by crew of about 30
marines belonging to launch of the
U. S. auxiliary gunboat Gloucester,
40 Spaniards were killed and not life
was lost on our side.
At Manzanillo, on the 18th, our
blockading ships, consisting of seven
vessels, attacked the shipping in that
port and after an engagement of about
two hours and half, in which the
land Notifications took part, three
Spanish transports and three gun
boats were burned, and one other gum
boat was driven ashore and another
sunk No casualties resulted on
either of our vessels.
1t seems that Garcia was not killed
that he did not write the complaining
letter attributed to him; that he has
not resigned his position in the army
and gone to the mountains to sulk in
consequence of some want OF courtesy
on the part of Gen. Shaiter, and the
statement that his forces attacked a
party of Spanish who were going to
Santiago to surrender, is disputed,
which shows about the amount OF
credit which may be placed on "war
news" these days.
Cubans at Cienfuegos are starving,
as result OF the war, and the same
condition exists even in Madrid, as an
open secret. The most strenuous ef-
forts have been made, and the strict
est censorship of the press enforced,
in all Spanish possessions, to keep the
dread truth from being known abroad.
AT Cienfuegos, the population con-
sists mainly of old men, women and
children-a all the young men having
enlisted-and their situation is hor-