Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-07-18
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be seriously considering the PROPOSE
ton to leave only immune regiments
to hold the conquered province and re-
turn the body OF the corps to the United
States and sending other inmunes from
there to reinforce the Santiago detach-
ment if necessary.
Many of the troops are eager to par
ticipate in the Porto Rico campaign
which is rumored about headquarters
will Immediately follow, but this is
strongly opposed by the surgeons.
New cases of yellow fever continue
to appear daily, and fully 600 are now
under treatment, but the disease is Of a
very mild form and the physicians say
it is now well in hand. Only five deaths
have occurred up to tonight.
The formal sanction by the Madrid
government of the terms of capitulation
today unraveled the tangled skein of
demands and counter demands between
the opposing commanders which threat
ened yesterday to end the negotiations
and compel return to arms.
After numerous conferences had re-
suited III the agreement, already sane
toned by General Blanco, General
Toral decided that the approval of the
Madrid government was necessary be-
lore he WOULD leave the city.
General Shafter maintained that no
such approval was necessary; that when
General Toral agreed to surrender the
province of Santiago and General Blanco
sanctioned it, the agreement of sur
render became an accomplished fact.
He insisted that General Toral had
either surrendered Thursday or acted in
bad faith, but documentary evidence
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mentioned that he only capitulated sub
Ject to his government approval, and
the six commissioners by whom the ar
ticles were signed about 2:1o O'Clock
yesterday afternoon SO ruled.
The whole matter was cleared up this
morning, however, when General Toral
received the necessary sanction from
Madrid.
The agreement consists of nine arti-
Giles.
The first declares that all hoetilities
shall cease pending the agreement of
final capitalization.
Second-That the capitalization in
cludes all the Spanish forces and the
surrender of all war material within
the prescribed limits.
Ihlrd-Ihe transportation of the
troops to Spain at the earliest possible
moment, each force to be embarked at
the nearest port.
FourthAThat the Spanish officers
shall retain their side arms and the en-
listed men their personal property
Flfth-That after the final capitula-
ton the Spanish forces shall assist in
the removal of all distractions to navi-
CATION in Santiago harbor.
Sixth-That after the final capitula-
ton the commanding officers shall
furnish complete inventory of all arms
aud munitions of war and roster of,all
the soldiers IN the district.
Seventh-That the Spanish general
shall be permitted to take the military
archives and records with him.
Eighth-That all guerillas and Span
lsh irregu1ars shall be permitted to re-
main in Cuba if they so elect, giving a
parole that they will not again take up
arms against the United States unless
properly released from parole.
Nlnth-That the Spanish forces shall
be permitted to march out with all the
honors of war, depositing their arms, to
be disposed OF by the United States in
the future, the American commissioners
to recommend to their government that
the arms of the soldiers be returned to
those ''who so bravely defended Them -
The articles were signed yesterday
afternoon after a four hours session of
the commissioners, who agreed that the
terms of capitulation should await the
sanction of the Madrid government,
which came this morning.
SHAFTER'S DISPATCH.