The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-11-17
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rue he said, there Was a little
: cadet on board of each of the YES
SIS, but he had no authority. An &C
rual naval officer or an officer of the
quartermaster'S department on each YES
sci would have been better. What was
needed was prompt communication be-
tween the commanding officers and the
vessels and the masters of the transports
did not respond very promptly"
He was questioned at some length
concerning the conduct Of the campaign
in front Of Santiago and replied that the
result was what he had expected it
would be. Everything there, he said,
was strained to get men on board and
consequently there was comparatively
little effort to secure equipment. While
ne knew nothing officially of the plans
of campaign, he was sure there was a
plan. He was quite certain from con-
versation he had had with General
Miles that he had a plan, though he did
not say that this was the plan carried
into effect.
"Of course" suggested Governor
Beaver, Santiago was the goal OF the
;ampaign''
What Was to BE Expected.
"Certainly. The fact was published
50 extensively in the newspapers that
many of the men on board the vessels
would not accept this inform alton as to
the destination as correct"
Asked as to his opinion of the result
IF the campaign he said he thought it
was consistent with the character of the
men who conducted it-"What was to
De expected from the limitations of
General Shafter. think it would have
,een different if General Miles had been
n command--that it would have been
more satisfactorily conducted. think
hat he has more of the spark and
;enius of command than any man in
ne army, and [ am sure that if he had
lad charge, he would have been in the
ront rank"
The Lord Was on Our Side.
Ex-Governor Woodbury. suggested
hat the battle in front of San Juan had
Jeen fought and the victory won within
light days of landing. General Brock
.nridge in reply said the victory had
oeen won E'when General Torals nerve
gave out" This, he continued, had
been the war of all others when success
lad been won in its earliest stages. He
believed that the war was the Lords
war, and that this wonderful success
was due to his supervision. The time
for the battle was, however, short
enough. Yet it must be remembered
chat the distance between the battlefield
and Siboney was less than half days
march, but while he considered the re-
suit as marvelously commendable, he
did not feel that General Shafter was
above criticism in the conduct of the
campaign.
No Matter How 1t Was Tangled Up.
He could not believe the 'result was a
to the fact that the army was one which
was capable of meeting all calls. "No
matter how it was tangled up" he said,
lit went to victory"
He had at the time quoted Lord Beres-
ford when he said to his army upon a
certain occasion: 81 have led you into
devil of a fix and it is now your duty
to fight like hell to get me out of it. y
He was sure, at least, that all engaged
in the war had acted with zeal, and
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he was capable and he had never known
war in which there was not criticism
at fine close of IL