The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
War Notes.

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at Honolulu June %.
Gen. Miles and STAFF left Washington
for Santiago Thursday morning
Only few colored recruits have en-
listed who cannot read and write.
Neither General Miles nor General
Shafter are graduates of West Point.
''The Spanish fleets are obsoletes," is
the way the Kansas City Star states the
case
All Spanish prisoners are being
treated as humanely and well as pos
sible.
Gen. Shafter denies that the Cubans
have killed any prisoners taken by
Americans.
Madrid dispatches say that the Span
ish ministry is divided into war and
peace factions.
Commodore Schley's son is lieuteh-
ant in the regular army and is now on
the way to Manila.
Congressman Allen, of Mississippi,
wants to recruit a regiment Of Congress
sional rough riders.
General Miles says that Admiral Ger
vera's sOrtie was zone Of the boldest
deeds in naval history"
In the various military camps SOL
der who has had the measles or been
vaCcinated is a veteran.
Fridays dispatches state that Admiral
Camara's fleet has turned back through
the Suez canal and is returning to Spain.
What American soldier or sailor is not
hero and would not prove that he is
IL he had an opportunity to demonstrate
it?
So far as good fighting ability is con-
cerned it seems to make little difference
whether man came from West Point
or not.
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt says Of
his rough riders that every officer and
man did his duty up to the handle. Not
a man flinched."
The Atchison Champion thinks that
Cervera made two mistakes at Santiago.
One was in going in and the other was
in coming out.
Colonel Wood, Of the rough riders, has
been appointed as a brigadier general,
and Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt takes
his place as colonel.
The first company of Oklahoma's bat
allion of troops was ready for muster
the same day that the entire first Kan
sas battalion was ready.
General King stated last week that the
Twentieth Kansas would leave San
Francisco for Honolulu some time be-
tween the 18th and 18th.
Dispatches from the Cuban feet say
that the estimate July Of Spanish
losses in the Cervera affair were 1000
killed and $500 captured.
A veteran of the Civil war who is now
in the service says that the boys are get
ting far better rations and treatment
than they got in the COS.
Brigadier Generals Hawkins, Lawton,
Chaffee and Bates have been promoted
to the rank of major general for meri-
toriOus conduct at Santiago.
Spanish officers taken in the capture
of Cervera's fleet says that Santiago
would have fallen soon if our army had
kept the fight up little longer.
A White house war conference de-
cided Thursday that Santiago could be
taken with less loss of life If lombard
ment were temporarily postponed.
The general opinion of the press is
that If Cervera had not made his sortie
from the harbor of Santiago that Shafter
would have been compelled to fall back
to the sea.
Many men high in official circles at
Washington are of the opinion that
Spain will not be the the only country
Uncle Sam will have to fight before he
gets through.
Blanco cables to Madrid that the war
should be kept up and that I'VE find our
selves in a position from which we are
able to make our enemies feel the con-
sequences of the war"
Gen. Young refuses to issue rations to
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