The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-20
WHAT WE SECURED
By the Fall of the City of Santiago
de Cuba.

The territory surrendered to us by
Gen. Toral makes about 5000 square
miles, The Spanish soldiers to be sent
to Spain is estimated at 10000 men.
Major Hopkins, the military aide to
Secretary Alger, this afternoon had
spread before him a huge map OF Cuba
showing the surrendered zone turned
over to the American troops. The line
begins at .Acerradcros, about l5 miles
west of Santiago harbor and then runs
due north about - miles TO Palmo So
riana. Had the line continued due
north it would have passed west OF HoI-
g,lin. thus taken the Spanish garrison
at that point. Evidently Gen. Toral
wished to avoid the inclusion of Hol-
guin. so the line turns abruptly to the
northeast ut Palmo and runs to the
coast town Of Boca del Sas,la on the
south coast The extreme length Of
this surrendered tract is about 10
miles and the extreme width about 30
miles. tapering to 4 less width and
making in all about 5000 square miles.
1t is rugged. mountainous country,
with very few towns OF any size.
SANTIAGO TIE CHIEF POINT.
Santiago with its fine harbor. is the
main point. while Guantanamo is second
in Importance H. }. Allen of Kansas
City. who had just come from Santa
90. was with Secretary Algcr during
the afternoon and gave him some in
tcrcsting details as to the character OF
the country now surrendered to our
troops. He said the country was so
wild and rocky that It afforded practi
cally no camping ground for a consider
able body of troops and in his opinion
there was not point in this sweep OF
country suitable rs 4 base Of operations
for an army.
Except the Spanish force at Santa
90 numbering about 10000, Mr.. Allen
says there are no Spanish troops within
| the surrendered zone. as it has been
overrun by Garcia forces. The Span
ish garrisons are at Manzanillo and Hol-
suin. to the west of the surrendered
zone. Mr. Allen says these Spanish
sarrisons do not exceed 5000 men.
This. he says. is Gen Garcia estimate.
Mr.. Allen left Santiago only last Sat
urday. At that time he says there
were two suspicious cases, thought to
be yellow fever, in the hospital at Sib-
oncy.
VALUABLE GARRISON POINTS.
The navy department had not heard
up to the close Of Office hours to what
extent the American feet was participa-
ting in the Spanish surrender. With
Santiago in our hands the way will be
clear for Admiral Simpsons feet to
enter the harbor and proceed up to the
wharves; as soon as the torpedoes and
mines at the harbor entrance are re-
moved The Notifications of MORO
castle. Socapa, Cayo Smith and others
are included in the surrendered zone.
The possession of these fine fortresses,
particularly Moro castle, will afford
valuable garrison points for large
number of men. The terms under
which these strongholds are surrendered
are not yet known in detail, but it is re-
garded as likely that their big guns pass
with the surrender While the fleet
will soon be free to move up to Santa
20 city, some doubt is entertained IN
naval circles whether any good could be
accomplished by such move, as it
might subject some Of our sailors to the
contagion existing within the city.