The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-03


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ca Eiraf, Il E6leaJ eS ~ once tdP haI-.
bot. Second. * permits the Sc tnr1l g
th0uia6dG oe Women children dlid ioid.
men. who cave left the Town aealiHg
h1mha fdflent ana who ore now sun Err
Ing where they ere, though ] am oQinl
mp best @ supply thela Win, 1921:
Third, L saves the great destfuction %
property which q bombQ fqmenl W9gl9
entail. most Of which belongs 70 Cue
bans and foreign Tesldents. kouttn, y
It once relieves the command. while lt
Is In good health, for opeFhtlons else
where. There are now three cases OF
yellow fever at SIbonsy In AichlGan
regiment. and II It gets started no one
knows where u VIII stop We Will lose
BY this simply come prisoners We DO
not want. and the arms they carry.
believe many OF them will desert ana
return 10 our lines, 1 was told ~ q
sentinel who deserted last niGhl, that
two hundred men wanted TO come, but
were hfeald our men would ere upon
them, ". R. sHAFTER
General
Ghafser sugsoSilohl DisapproVsls
WASHINGTON. July ., has p. N.
Major General shaftsr, Playa del Este.
Cuba.
ain reply to your telegram recon-
mendlng terms OF evacuation as proc
posed BY the Spanish commander. after
careful confederation by the Prealdent
and secretary OF war, am directed 70
say that you have repeatedly been adj
vlsed that you would not be expected
to make an assault upon the enemy AZ
Santiago Until you were prepared 70 do
the work thoroughly. When you are
ready this will be done. Your telegram
Of this morning said your position was
lmpregnabie ana that you believed Tne
enemy would yet surrender uncondltlon-
ally You have also assured Us that you
could force their surrender by cutting OF
the supplies. Under these circumstances
your message recommending that Span-
lsh troops be permitted to eyacuate ana
proceed without molestation TO Holguin
10 great surprise, and ls not approved
The responsibility OF destruction ana
distress TO the inhabitants rests entirely
with the Spanish commander. The sec-
rotary OF war orders that when You are
strong enough to destroy the enemy ana
| take Santiago that you do It. II you
have not force enough It will be dis
patched to you at the earliest moment
practicable, Relnforcements are on the
way. OF which you have already oeen
advised. In the meantime nothing ls
lost by holding the position you now
have and which you regard as impreg-
nable. Acknowledge receipt
by order of the seere tary Of War,
III. C. CORBIN, Adj-Gen."
Shaster replied to the above stating
that the instructions Of war department
would be carried out, Telegraphic cor
respondence touching the terms OF SUR
render have already been published IN
4 detail and the whole country knows the
result. ,....,..
Next. the correspondence shows the
history OF the Porto Rlcan campaign,
July IS, the secretary telegraphed Miles
at siboney what he had determined upon
as he wished to.dlrect transports, Miles
replied that after comforting win samp-
son, Cape San Juan was considered the
best place to land. He suggested Q e9m-
bined naval movement on Porto RICO,
and asked to take with him 500 marines.
He was then at Playa. This last re-
quest was refused by the secretary. He
said: II do not think well Of your sug-
FestIon about marines, We have enough
army for our work Do not take Colonel
Humphreys away from Santiago"
Miles succeeded in getting Sampson to
increase his naval convoy and then tel
egraphed under date Of st. Thomas,
July 26, that circumstances were sueh
that he had changed his plans and taken
the halbor Of Guanica. Secretary Alger,
however, asked on July 20, why the
plans had been changed. Mtles FePlleu.
under date of 3Oth from Ponce, that at
first 1t had been Intended to select only
rendezvous at Port Fajardo, but that
that intention had become known ana
fhe spaniards had been able to eoneen-
trate In the vicinity. Then Port Fa5ar-
do was not a safe harbor, and he was
without the lighters which ne had e%-
pected 10 meet. August 2nd, in tele"
gram relative to supplies, General Miles
recommended that the manufacture OK
Springfield rifles IS calibre ammunition,
ali white canvas tentage and biack
leather equipments OF every description
be discontinued, as they are obsolete and
should not be part OF the army equip
ment
The secretarys reply was as follows:
WAR DEPARTMENT. Aug. 8.
"Gen. Miles, Ponce, Porto RICO;
AS you ought to know the last cahbre
45 Springfield rife was manufactured IN
49, smokeless powder cartridges are
now being manufactured and Will DE
forwarded, Isuggest that you set along
with what the government has on hand.
The question Of currency and duties VIII
be taken up to-day. Your action reuuir-
ing all duties to be paid In United States
currency ls approved and VIII be ad-
ilered to.
August Q. General Miles telegraphed
that ne had been informed that naval
vessels at Ponce had been ordered
around to San Juan. In order that
there might be no conflict OF authority,
he requested that no aggressive action
be taken against that place; that no
landings be made or communication held
with the Spanish officials or forces on
Inc island Of Porto Rico by the navy.
THAT portion devoted to the telegraphlc
correspondencc Of the war closes with a
few dispatches indicating the nntsh Oh
the Santiago campaign.
The statement OF the expenditures ana
estimates of the department presents
some formidable figures. The eXpehdt-
ttlres for the fiscal year ended June 80.
| inst were SG2,b3l,7S4. and the estimates
for the next fiscal year beginning July
Isl. 1899 are $l95.950S77. OF this great
estimate, the sum of S55,430,9OO, Is
charged to pay Of the army. The estt-
mate of extraordinary appropriations
rc0ulred FOR the slxmonths ending June
40. 1899. are $780, III ,5S9, and the estimates
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