Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-08-03
War Notes.

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Cervera's ships W, re worth 3O,,
900, 600.
There have been 90 desertions a,
Camp Thomas.
Shafter reports the yellow fever
under control.
Important news is expected from
the Philippines.
Cubans are charged with robbina
dead on the field.
The Philippine army is to be in-
creased to 40, 900 men.
Old soldiers must attach war reve-
nue. stamps to pension vouchers.
Cubans have petitioned President
Mckinley for control OF Santiago.
1000 Spanish soldiers at Guantan-
amo laid down their arms July 25th.
Four soldiers OF the End Philip
pine expedition died on the voyage.
Shafter has been ins. ructed to col
lect duties on imports in Eastern
Cuba
1t is prophesied that we will be
fighting Cubans in less than a
month.
Wagons have been designed to as
sist in laying telegraph wires on
battle fields.
General Wood has succeeded Gener-
al Mckibben as military governor of
Santiago de Cuba.
Germany, France and Austria pro-
test against the Unlted States getting
foot hold in Europe.
Private Flowers, company L, Belle
vile, died of meningitis at Camp
Merritt July 2lst.
The bodies of Captain Capron and
Hamilton Fish have been brought
| home for interment.
Brigader General, Fred n Grant
has been assigned a brigade in the
Porto Rican expedition.
Colonel Funston has reprimanded
war correspondents for writing com
planning letters to their home papers.
The Spaniards claim that u. s..
gunners are poor marksmen lust as
we claim that they are poor marks
men.
Captain Sigsbee of the Maine stated
recently that he never had any idea
who was responsible for the destruct-
ion of the Maine.
Uncle Sans present authorized
list of soldiers numbers 261, 400 men.
The number in actual service lacks
IL 600 OF this mum ber.
Samp on's seamen do not get the
$500, 900 prize money for cupturing
Cervera's fleet because the army CO.
operated in the capture.
1t is rumored that Captain Eulate
of the Vizcaya shot and killed
about forty Spaniards because they
would not stay at the guns.
The pope processes annexirg Cuba
and Porto Rico to the United States
and restoring the Philippines to
Spain granting Spain special rights in
the two former islands.
The British steamer, Newfound-
land, was caught by the Mayfower
While it was trying to run the block
ade into Cuba with $50, 900 cargo
Of food.
The rescue of deported Cubans will
be included in Watson's mission to
Spain. Many of these unfortunates
are imprisoned on the island of Fer
nando Pc. near the coast of Africa.
A heap of charred human remains
near the ladder in the wreck
in the Spanish Christina, sunken by
Dewey shows that the engineers
were penned in by closed matches
and all burned to death.
A most pitiful appeal comes from
Cienfueges stating that 5000 old men,
women, and children are dying.
Sampson says that nothing can be
done for them until that place is TAX
en- which will not be for some time
yet.
Mrs. ] A. Porter, wife of the presi-
dents secretary, was with Clara Bar
ton caring for wounded in the battle
Of Santiago. She reports that the
Spaniards shot and killed many OF
the wounded while being carried to
the hospital
The pay per month of soldiers is as
follows: Colonel, $-91 lieut-colonel,
$50; major. s20S; captain, mounted,
S166; captain, unmounted, Sl5O; ad
jutant; $50; quartermaster, $50;
lst lieutenant, sl25; End lieutenant.
SIG; chaplain, Si25; common SOL
dier, $13 to SIS
Three months of war with Spain
have passed and general satisfaction
with the result is felt in the United
States. A quarter of million troops
| have been confined snd an unbroken