The San Francisco call., 1898-07-15

tary Corbin to discuss plans for send ing away the Spanish prisoners.
 There was not much to be done at | this end of the line as to the details of 1 surrender -..
 This is a matter" General Corbin said. after leaving the President, ito be arranged by General Shafter, or rather by the commissioners under the terms already agreed upon. Now that the main question of surrender has been settled the only thing necessary to be done is to agree upon certain de- tails as to whether the Spanish troops should remain in town or whether they should be marched out on the plains to lay down their arms. I assume that all this will be arranged this afternoon, and General Shafter, In accordance with the dispatch just sent, will send the full particulars some time to- night"
 Among other points to be settled be- fore General Shafter occupies the city are those relating to the destruction or removal of the mines and other danger ous obstcles in forts garrisoning the city, the disposition of the surrendered army, etc. All these questions involve deliberation, and some time may elapse before General Shafter is able to report fully upon the conclusions reached by | the Commissioners.
 1 Now that Santiago has fallen, the control of the territory surrendered comes prominently to the front and in wolves to some extent the question of recognition of the independence of the Cubans. Members of the Cuban Junta are talking here tonight about making the official capital of the Cuban republic at Santiago. They are a little prema- | ture, however, in thus reckoning. It Is not the intention of the administration to place the Cubans in the control of Santiago at this stage. Secretary Alger said that the control of the surrendered territory would be in the hands of the military and naval forces of the United States, and that a military government would prevail until the Spanish have finally evacuated Cuba and a stable form of government had been devised.
 That portion of Cuba surrendered to General Shafter by General Toral com prises the territory at the extreme eastern end of the island, east of a line running northeasterly from Aserra- dero on the southern coast, a little west of Santiago, to Sagua de Tanamo on the north, and almost due north from Santiago. This territory com prises these three districts Santiago, Guantanamo and Baracoa
 The western districts of Manzanillo and Hclguin, with its harbor of Gibara, were not surrendered. It is not thought that there are any Spanish troops with in the surrendered territory besides the 12,0O0 to 15,00O surrendered in Santiago city by General ToraI
 Three thousand Spanish troops were near Guantanamo at the time of the at tack upon the United States marines, but l am informed at the department that most of them effected a function | with troops from Holguin and cut their way through Garcia's line into Santi- 1 ago. These troops amounted to about 4000 leaving in Holguin district about $500 men, 5000 of whom, however. have, 1t Is feared, gone to Porto Rico with General Bernal. In ManZanillo district there are about 12,000 troops, and these are still there.
 The surrender of course. carries with 1t the turning over to General Shafter of all Notifications, guns and other mu- nitions of war of all kinds in Santiago or any other part of the surrendered territory, as well as any gunboats or other vessels belonging to the Spanish Government in any of the waters en- braced within the limits named by Gen. eral Shafter. It is also necessarily im- piled that the authority of all Spanish officials, civil as we'll as military, in the surrendered territory ceases, and that all functions of government are to be exercised under direction of the