The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-08-11
1RIlJMP MARCH.
INTO Ricana Hug American
Soldiers and Welcome De-
Iiverance of the Island
From Spain.

- hasn here almost week, and,
a the exception of the landing at
,,.oiea, not shot has been fired
,,mors are continually coming in
H.. the Spanish soldiers have gath
l..dst this or that point, but there
!. ns,er any foundation when they
locked for The Americans
,,'t know what Spanish soldiers
Il aok ike, and everywhere the
n fukee soldiers go the Porto Ricans
|. r.s. them with cheers, and, after
ss manner of the country, hug
J, hem
I Yesterday there was report that
hare were some Spaniards at Juana
a MAJ. and four companies were sent
L. find them. Couriers announced
4 The coming OF the Americans to the
N ovp. and brass band came out to
4 rsst them. All of the citizens
4 ware assembled on the outskirts of
4 Ina town, and as the Yankee volun-
/ isers appeared up the road the band
II Dl.ysd yankee Doodle" and other
1 patriotic airs. while the people cried
4 aViys los Amsricanos Many had
| presents OF cigars, cigarettes, tobac
4 20 and bananas and other fruits with
which they loaded down the soldiers
1 and insisted upon taking the visitors
4 10 their homes and making them
Welcome.
A half the houses in the town had
American flags waving, In she public
square the mayor made a speech of
Welcome in which he said that all Of
The people of Juans were Americans
now, while the crowd shouted,
"Deash to the Spaniards!'
I Besides the towns already report
ed in these dispatches nine others
have signifed their delight at the
coming of the Americans. These
towns are Arroyo, Satillas, Ylabu
Goa, Salinas, SantA Isabel, Ajuntas,
Psnueulas, Guayan.ala and Guaya
mo. There were Spanish troops in
all OF the important towns IN this
district Gusyamo had large gar
risou.
It was reported to the American
entertainments that these soldiers
intended to make fight, and this
morning Gen. Wilson sent two com
paniss there. On the way the
Americans met couriers, who said
that the citizens had ordered the
Spanish out of the town and had
hoisted the American flag. The
soldiers thought this was trick and
observed great caution in approach
ing the town; but getting nearer
they saw the American flag waving
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the town without hesitation.
Here they found a bigger recep
ton than that which was given then
at Juan Dlaz The American fae
was waving over the public building
and not a man in the town had OPP
posed it's being raised. The band
we're playing American airs and tn
men and women fell upon thei
knees and worshiped our soldiers
The mayor made a speech in whicl
he said that the dav of the deliver
ance of Porto Rico had come.
The enthusiasm of the people wa
unbounded. Crowds followed tn
soldiers everywhere and the Amer
leans could hardly get away fro1
them. The mayors of four othe
towns visited Ponce and told Ger
Wilson that the people OF thel
towns were glad to be American
The towns had surrendered an
they were ready, they said, to tur
over everything to the America
officials appointed. Word was r
ceived from other towns that ha
not been visited by the soldiers an
conseq uently had not formally su
rendered, but the people and tt
officials had heard of the landing
the Americans and had hoisted tt
American flag at once and kept
hoisted ever since. driving out ii
Spanish from towns where soldier
were stationed. The people in thes
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