The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-05

(copyFight, 1893, by tho Associated PteSs,J
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 3 $3.50 p.
m.-( DELAYED In trausnission)-Sum-
mo2ed by Major General shafter a
mseang NE he'd hero this morning Mt
tdqdaFters ana in the presence OF ev-
en- Commanding and medical officer of
tie Ftfth army corps, Gen. shafter read
q cable message from Secretary Alger
ofdating him, at the Recommendation Of
Surgeon General sternberg. to move the
army iulo the interior To San Iuls,
Wh6ro it's healthier.
AZ Q result Of the conference, Gen.
SLATER VIII insist upon the immediate
two weeks
As an explanation OF the situation, the
fpilCWiug Letter from Col. Theo. Roose-
vet, commanding the First volunteer
cavalry. 10 Gen. Shafter was handed by
the latter to the correspondent here OF
the Associated Press for qualifications:
MAJOR General ShASter:
sIH:-In a meeting Of the general and
medicat officers, called by you at the
palace this morning, We were all, as you
know, unanimous in our view OF what
. ELNull9| QG AQAl1 WIN LIZ ~
keep Us hero in the opinion of every Of-
nor commanding division or a bril-
Gade, WIN simply Involve the GeSiTuc-
ton on thousands There Is no possible
paason for not Shipping practically the
Gfitire command nuf'th at once. Yellow
fever cases are very few in the cavalry
division, where command one OF the
two briEades, and not one true case OF
YRllDW fever has occurred in this divis-
ION except among the men semi TO the
hospital al Sib0ney, where they have, 1
beheYe, contracted IT. But iif this d.
WHOM there have been 800 cases OF ma
ihFiai fever, Not man has died from
q: but the whole command Is 80 weak
and shattered az 10 be ripe for dying
IKE rotten sheep when a real yellow fe-
yer epiderac, instead OF fake epidemic
IKE the present, strikes US. as Il Is
bound II We stay here vt the height OF
sickness Eeason, August and the
beginning Of September
ouRran4inlnE ag1lEst malariai fever
Is much like Quarantirdng against the
tootiache All OF US are certain as soon
IS the authorities as Washington fviy
abbreciafe the cordstiOn Of the army
70 be sent home. II we are kept here II
Win in all human possibility mean an
appeAing disaster, for the surgeons esti-
mate that over half OF the army. II kept
here duidng the sickly season. VIII die.
THIS IL no: only terrible from the stand-
point Of Individual lives loss, but It
means ruin from the standpoint Of the
military efficiency Of the flower Of the
American army. for The great bulk OF
a. regulars are here with you. The
Sex list, large though 1t Is, exceeding
. 1900. afToris but fairt Index Of the de-
blitation o! the army. Not 10 per cent
nre flt for active work. Six weeks on
the north Maine coast. for instance, or
elsewhere, where the yellow fever germ
cannot possibly propagate. would make
Us al as at as figbIrg cocks. abe as
NE are. eager, to take leading part In
the great campaign against Havana in
the fall, even II We are not allowed to
try Porto Rico.
1--WE can bo moved rorth. 81 moved at
once, With absolute safety to the cOIin-
nv. although OF course It wor.G have
been iEhniieIy better II we had been
moved north or to Porto Rico two weeks
20. If there wee amy object in keep
* Us here, we would face yoSow fever
with as much lLdinfercipee as We face
66ilets. but. there is ro object In 1t. The
6irimmune Tegimeg.s 0EdeLed hero are