Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-25
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
UNLESS there is decided change in
che present plans of the war depart
ment about 100, 900 volunteers will be
mustered out within the next 30 days.
The president on the 10th appointed
the two commissions to adjust the
evacuation of Cuba and Porto Rico
They are: For Cuba-Maj. Gen. James
z. Wade, Rear Admiral W. T. Samp-
SON, Maj. Gen. Matthew c. Butler.
For Porto Rico-Maj- Gen. John r.
Brooke, Rear Admiral Winfield S.
Schley, Brig. Gen. William Gordon.
ACCORDING to the present intention
of the war department, Maj Gen.
Lees army corps, the Seventh, will be
kept intact and sent to Havana as
soon as the weather becomes cool
enough. There is little doubt that
this will give the Sixth Missouri serv-
ice in Cuba as a part of the army of
occupation.
SENATOR CUsHMAN K. DAVIS, chair
man OF the senate committee on for
eign relations, has accepted the tender
of an appoin tment as me m Der of the
Spanish-American peace commission
The two American commanders at
Manila, Admiral Dewey and Gen. Mer-
rift. united in joint dispatch to Wash
ington announcing the capture of Ma
Mia and asking for instructions as to
the manner of dealing with the insur-
gents. They were told to enforce law
and order and to treat all lava biding
citizens alike.
AT midnight on the nth the presi-
dent announced his decision to muster
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volunteers, but the wishes of the vol
unteers will be consulted as much as
possible about remaining in the serv-
ice.
IT was said to be the opinion of the
officials of the treasury department
that there will be no necessity for an
other bond issue, growing out of the
war, and that the present revenue law,
with possible slight notifications,
should be retained on the statute
books for an indefinite period.
A SPECIAL from Washington on the
18th said that Rear Admiral SIMPSONS
flagship, the armored cruiser New
York, will be the first American war;
ship to enter the harbor of Havana
since war was declared. She will carry
with her the members of the military
commission to arrange the details of
the evacuation by the Spanish troops.
AN uneasy feeling was entertained
at Washington on the 18th in regard
to the Cuban insurgents around Santi-
ago and it was decided to send more
troops to preserve order in the terri
tory under American control.
The secretary of war has ordered
the Fifty-second Iowa regiment in
camp at Chickamauga, Ga, on the 10th
to proceed at once to Des Mesnes, Ia,
where they eventually will be mus
tered out
THE war department received dis
patch from Gen. Shafter stating that
the Cabandonza had sailed on the 18th
from Santiago de Cuba with Spanish
prisoners, taking 2, 14S men, 100 Off
GERS, a. women and 45 children. Two
other vessels were also said to be load
ed and almost ready to SAIL
IT has been estimated that there will
be $4,000 applications filed as the out
growth of wounds inflicted and dis
ease contracted during the war with
Spain. At an average of $40 per
month the estimated cost of pensions
will be $12, 600, 900 per annum Forty
eight per cent. of the claims now on
file are for invalid pensions and So per
cent. are made by widows and minors
who lost their husbands and fathers
in the fight for Cuban freedom.