The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-23
CUBAN COL0RS LOWERED
They We're Over Santiago's
Public Buildings.
COLORED SOLDIER KILLED
He Was Doing Sentinel Duty ut san
Luis and Fired Upon Armed M
tives. Who misunderstood His
Command to INSTRUMENTATION
Reported-CIara Barton Departs.

Santiago de Cuba, Aug. A.-The Cuban
civil authorities raised the Cuban flag
over the municipal buildings this morn
ing. but Gen. Wood ordered it taken
down.
Cuban flags were also hoisted over the
house of the San Carlos Club and sever
al stores and these were left flying.
One merchant who had raised Cuban
flag told Col. Wood he was afraid that the
American soldiers would stone his place.
Col. Wood sent a sentinel to protect the
merchant and his belongings.
The Harvard and the Prairie sailed to-
day for Montauk Point. The Harvard
carried $50 men of the Thirty-third Mich
igan Regiment. Gen Chaffee, Major
Creighton Webb. and Vice President Jar
Wis, of the North American Trust Com
pany. were also on board. Mr.. Jarvis
had intended to go 20 Havana TO open
a branch office of his company, but aban-
doned the scheme when he learned that
Americans would not be allowed to land
there.
Clara Barton Sails.
Clara Barton has sailed for Havana on
board the Red Cross steamer Clinton,
with quantity of supplies for relief work
Eleven hundred tons of medical and other
supplies were left here for distribution
among the distressed Cubans-
A great crowd assembled at the wharf
TO bid Miss Barton good bye.
The Prairie carried 209 men of the Sew
enth Infantry. The troops of the Fifth
Army Corps remaining here are the First
Illinois. the Ninth Massachusetts. Tween
ty-fourth Infantry. First District of Co.
lumbia, parts Of four batteries of artillery
and the sick that are unable TO travel
Arrival of the Bay state.
The hospital steamer Bay State has ar
rived here from Boston TO take home the
sick Of the Second and Ninth Massachu-
sets Regiments. She has five surgeons.
six male nurses. and six female nurses on
board. with a complete disinfecting ap-
paratus. The steamer has ample accom-
mOdations for all OF the sick of the two
regiments. and will sail for Boston Mon
day or Tuesday.
Sentinel Shot and Killed.
A coIored soldier, belonging to the
Eighth Illinois Regiment of immunes, was
shot dead at San Luis a short distance
east OF Santiago on Friday night, where
a battalion OF the regiment was sent FOR
guard duty, soon after its arrival. about
a week ago.
The regiment was in a bad state of dis
cipIine The men were so very disorder
ly that the civil authorities and mer-
chants of San Luis sent complaints of
their conduct back 10 the city.
The soldier who was killed was act
ing as a sentinel, ana ordered several
armed Cubans who were passing his post
20 halt The Cubans misunderstood the
order and the sentinel fired upon them
The Cubans returned the fire and the
sentinel fell dead.
Gen. Lawton, upon hearing of the oc-
currence, sent staff officer TO San Luis
TO investigate the affair yesterday. but
the officer was unable 10 obtain any
definite information.
Accordingly, Gen. Shafter himself
went TO San Luis today to look into the
state of affairs there.
CoIored Troops DepredatiOns.
The depredations of which the Cuban
officials and merchants complained were
the Iooting of stores and stealing of
poultry by the colored soldiers, and one
case was reported Of an attempted Grim
inal assault.
The military officers here are astonished
that a regiment of und.sciplined colored
men should nave been sent here under
such circumstances.