Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-22
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
WAR NEWS.

west Virginia is alone among all tne
states in the union enjoying the dis
tinction of having all her troops kept
in the federal service.
Because his men were not furnished
with rations Capt. e. V. Walsh, of COM
pany F, First Missouri volunteers,
marched his company out of Jefferson
barracks in st. Louis and dismissed
them-a thing unparalleled in military
history.
1t is officially announced that the
American flag will be raised over San
Juan October IS.
The battleships Oregon and Iowa
sailed from New York with sealed or
ders from Washington.
Maj. Beebe, of the American COM
mission. died in Havana of yellow fever
The Third Illinois infantry has been
ordered back from Puerto Rico.
Spanish officials at San. Juan have
signified their willingness to turn over
the government Of Puerto Rico to the
Americans.
Gen. Brooke has been directed by the
war department to consider the sub
ject of a permanent garrison for the
island of Puerto Rico.
Orders were issued by the war de-
partment reducing the number of men
in the Nebraska regiments to 81 men,
but Col. Bryan will remain in the serv-
ice.
Spain has acquiesced in the demand
of the United States that the island
of Puerto Rico shall be turned over to
this government on October 1s.
The Spanish mail steamer Reina
Maria Cristina has sailed for Spain
with 1,O7S officers and troops.
The court-martial in the case of Jo-
seph P. Mcintyre, chaplain of the war
ship Oregon, found him guilty of con-
duct unoecoming an officer and SEN
fenced him to dismissal from the naval
service.
Maj. Gen. Francis v. Greene has been
ordered to report to Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee, and will command a division of
the army of Cuban occupation.
Fifty-6ve war vessels are now under
contract for the government, and
when completed America will rank
third in naval power.
"A -haAHS ulsp pdlSu says budt &hdCd-
bulos, the chief controlling the five
northern provinces of Luzon, has re-
volted against Aguinaldo, and that
sharp fighting between the insurgents
is proceeding.
The Spanish government cabied Gen.
Blanco not to turn over any further
territory to the Americans until the
peace treaty had been definitely
signed.
Montero Rios. the president of the
Spanish commission, said in Paris that
Spain would never give up the Philip
pines, no matter what the consequences
might be.
Maj. Gen. Sumner, promoted for gal
lantry in the battle of Santiago, will
be sent to one of the corps in the south
and given command of division.
The Spanish government announces
its intention to maintain strong
force of troops in Cuba until the treaty
of peace with the United States is
definitely signed.
Col. Young's cavalrymen were mus
tered out of the United States service
at Fort Sheridan, Ill.
The American military commission
ers in Cuba have notified the Spanish
| authorities at Havana that the United
States will assume entire control. mill
tary and governmental, of the island
| of Cuba December /.