The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-08-10
MOVE NORTH AT ONCE.

The Orders Given to Gen. Shafter's Army
Officers at Santiago Protest Against
Longer Stay In the Fever Infected Dis
triCt.
Washington, Aug. 5.-Col. Theodore
Roosevelt has succeeded in hurryinS
the movements of the war department
in fetching Skaters army away from
Santiago, though in his disregard OF
the conventionalities he has drawn
upon his head rather sharp rebuke
from the secretary of war, who evil
IDENTIFY regards the course pursued BY
Roosevelt as calculated to injure dis
cipline, though inspired by the most
worthy motives. The war depart
ment for some time has been intent
upon removing these troops and it is
now more than week ago that Gen.
Shafter was instructed to cheer up
the soldiers by publicly informing
them of this determination. 1t was
rather a question of ways and means
than lack of intention to redeem
this promise that caused delay.
AS far as the question of removing
the troops back into the mountains
was concerned (the question which
seems to have precipitated an indig-
nation meeting among the American
commanders at Santiago), it is learned
that the medical department here
made no such recommendation. All
that it had to say on this subject was
that if the troops must remain near
Santiago, an effort should be made to
remove them at once to some health
ier camping ground. Surgeon General
Sternberg agrees with the opinion ex-
pressed by the signers of the round
robin" at Santiago that men who have
suffered from the severe malarial
fevers of the south Cuban coast, so
far from being immune against at
tacks of yellow fever, as has been as
serted in some quarters, are actually
in very much greater danger than
those who have escaped the malaria.
The department yesterday gave out
statement of it's resources in the
way of transports at Santiago and
also as an incident directed attention
to the fact that the troops cannot be
withdrawn as whole until the Span
ish prisoners are disposed of. Other
wise there is no certainty that, find
| ing themselves able to do so, the Span
iards would not overpower their cap
| tors, repossess themselves of Santiago
and thus lose to the American army
the small foothold in Cuba which it
has cost so much blood and money to
secure. 1t is the expectation that all
of the American troops will have been
removed from Santiago to the United
States by the end of this month,
Upon being informed of the in
formal request made by the command
ing generals of the American army at
| Santiago to have their men removed
Immediately to the United States, the
war department officials stated that
this request has been anticipated, and
that the department had been direct.
ing the best part of its energies to
the return of Skaters forces to the
United States. 1t has already pre-
pared for their reception an idea
camp at Montauk, L. l., and orders
were sent forward on Wednesday tC
begin the homeward movement by EN-
barking at Santiago five cavalry reg
iments of Skaters force, including
Roosevelt's Rough Riders. 1t is thu
intention of the department to con
duct this movement as rapidly as th'
resources of the government will per
nit, having a regard to the safety o
the men themselves.