New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-07

AMERICAN AND CUBAN OFFlCEho
BROUGHT Up FROM SANTIAGO.

s1on,rs OF THE CONDITIONS AT TIE FRONT
LIEUTENANT pEL1.Ew TALKS OF THE SICK
NESS AMONG THE TROOPS
The transport louisiana arrived mere yes,er
aay afternoon from Santiago She left that
mort on August with forty officers ana men
On hoard. who he'd been sent North for various
s.oa None of them was ILL., and all were dis
r..a tr,.,, Quarantine last night. Eight left
,ns ,.esss, and came to the city The others VIII
o,,,a IN this morning The sanitary conoltoh
80 the Louisiana was excellent and she came
S,,o nort under conditions far different rom
sAose Of some OF her transports arriving receh'i!'
vv,,b only forty passengers. all In gooo hea''"'
she had a competent surgeon on ooa'u' "'''O
other vessels carrying more men hau 10
eeon. The surgeon in charge was ~ "
Gardiner OF the Red Cross. VINO was d'O0'''
panied by his wife
IT, oniejana brought twelve pouches OF mai
rhich after a thorough Gisinfccton' VIII VIC o.
90 the General Postoffice for distripu''o"'
,-ansnort took from Tampa to SiDohey p0
tim of the I'd Cavalry. and large Juan e.:
.unn,ies for the commissary department a. Gun
tago. The list of those arriving on '''e
ana is as follows:
OFFICERS.
,,....,.,,c Colonel = BURR United States Engineers
IA.ut,nant- Colonel Dr. ". +. DE sA'A1
Iacrct's staff Cuban army ,.e
y.,cr = NJ DE sALAZAR. General Lacret s'Ai''
c.n.a,n ELLIS General Iacret's s'oN
Lieutenant =. l. PsLLEN. sn": Nu ~ ,,,,,.s.rs
Is.utenan. A. T. WEYBnEcHT SIN ONO Noiu'''
voN-coNN1ss1oNED OFFICERS AND Pfl-
YATES.
n-r,v,No T j. musician. 10Th Infantry
prXvyrr T. sergeant. Troop 49, 81 CeVarY,
nn,,,roI srtlnc4r Company H. 9th Infantry
neov-x 7 NJ. engineer. Uascd states transport MIS-
- h,oc,.r,i,h. ouarter,naster's Department
GOVERN J. ". sergeant. % cavalry
CaoNl. c. D.. n:tihcer. L. :. \.
EfI.TEE. W. ecrpo,a,. company E. 1871 Infantry.
CEHELIA W W, quarte-mas'er's CLERK 'h'''1 ''A'''
cRrry. F. E. private Company b % Infantry
HOWE p. private. Company J. 10Th inia"''l
JENNINGS. j. H.. artlnccr. Battery c. AN AT'"SIY'
Iavo-E ". j. private Company Z. 2ls' ln'a''N'
MIxTosH A. private. Troop T. 81 Cavalry,
MEYERS W O.. private. Company O. iO'" ihi""'''
o,Bp.EN. C.. private Company 4 sh lnfan'Y'
rov,rRs J. A. private. Company II. 9ih Infantry
RAyscN 1ohn NJ. private. Company - iS' A''"o''
Voiamt-ers.
sAgEEs NJ. private Company T. al Infantry
gCoEXs C. sc-~saH; Company B. lo'A ln''n"'
wUrrv :, y rouscan company p, OH Infantry.
civil. EMPLOYEES IN THE ARMY.
ooyIg = r. packer. Pack Train No. =
H.A1x.Y L. packer. PACK Train No. J.
JACKSON d, stevelore.
JACKSON g., teansteT Sd cavalry
MADISON. F. =. stevedore
PETTY c. tcamster. s'h Infantry.
Sem. = tean,ster. 81 Infantry.
sIMwOI,D. u. teaalster
THOMPSON, q. w. tea1'steF
wANssCHATFE H.. teamster. 30 Infantry
WILLIAMS, c.. tearnster, 9th Cavalry
CIVILIANS
GARDINER. w D.. surgeon in charge Red Cross
GARDINER. Mrs. " D.
sAYAs A. servant Of Major saazaT-
scI,nERO Charles z. coio!sd boy. camp follower
Company +. 9th Infantry
Eight of those who arrived on the transport
mme up from Staten Island late last evening
In the party were Lieutenant {. T. feiie"' Oh
the Signal Corps. and Captain Mitchell ElIis'
Colonel w Z. De Salazar and Major [. NJ DE
salazar. Of General Lacret's staff. Lieutenant
Pelew is an assistant professor OF chemistry OF
Columbia University. He went to the 1roht az
n member OF Squadron A, and was later pro-
noted 10 a lieutenancy in the signal Corps he
was at Santiago only ten days but "hle thei'
he had opportunity see the troops under their
present conditions. In speaking OF what ne
saw he said:
ct, IL ,nnossibIe TO give an estimate as 10
how rnany OF our men are sick The conditions
under which they are working are terrible The
anil around Santiago is of A clay formation and
"a result il holds the water. The men IN the
trenches often had TO stand for hours in the
water I noticed one popularity or the SICK
ness there. and that was that some regiments
seemed 10 escape any serious Illness. while
others were almost decimated by fevers Of vaii-
Gus kinds.
while was at Santiago l visited the camp
occupied by the Spanish prisoners. and found
that the subaterns and privates were rejoicing
over the fact that they had surrendered They
said that now they had plenty to eat ana Wouln
soon be sent back 20 Spain and could have a
good time there They declared that they had
been away from home for three Years ana mao "a
not had enough 20 eat al any time None OF
them seemed 10 think Of the humiliation or de-
feat. as their whole thoughts were centered on
getting back home and getting pIenlE OF IoVu,
Lieutenant Colonel De Salazar. his brother,
Major De Salazar. and Captain Ellis were all
on the staff Of General Lacret. Of the cuban
Army. They were with him when he took the
first supplies to the Cubans on the steamer
Florida from Tampa three months ago. Lieu.
tenant Colonel De SalaZar was the surgeon OF
the expedition. Both ne ana ms DT9imer ,,s are
residents Of this city. while Captain Ellis lives
in Cincinnati .
They said they left Tampa three months ago
with an expedition of 49, men under the com
mand OF General Lacret. The Florida carried a
large cargo OF supplies. which were safely
landed Part q these supplies were sent across p
the trocEa FL Moron 10 Genera. bonez IN
charge OF Colonel Menocal, with an escort OF
two hundred men. The rest were distriputed
among the Cubsns IN other parts OF tne ls ,
Af,er the supplies were landed the expedition
under Genera! Lacret went 10 tho capital or inc
Cuban Republic at Las Esperenza, ana re-
manned there for some time , 49,.
Tho star officers who returned reported may
the condition of the Cubans in the interior OF
the island was pitiful They we're iNlng entre'
~ an MAINTAINS and the buds Of palm trees
and we're. In fact haf-starved. The Cubans
who we're near where the American troops
had landed received plenty OF supplies put a.
Vet no attempt had been made TO send any lnto
the interior 49, ,,, -.
These men were all through the Province o.
SANTIAGO. and they say that the Cubans We're
MISUNDERSTANDING their lack Of food, still ready
10 hght the Spanards. On their return IRON
Las Esperenza they went TO Santiago, ana were
with the American troops there for seVera
days -